The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-05
g,ctsdcd stock.


'aux 4. m'cAurL's TRAINING TRAck--oTnsR
'o" W. r,sus IN THE souTBwEsT-S26l,o0 zoo
rom A SINGLE HoRsE--Ho" HORSES AKh
rr,xrp-- OTHER HORSE TALK.
r'>,,rrs.on6euce OF the Richmond Dispateh.l
'''' SALEM, VA. August 2, 1873.
-scent visit to the Monterey Stud Farm
Soic,n has called the attention of your cor.
" n,Icrt to the interesting subject OF
re- >. Using. or rather to that important
.t"'-h of Inc business which has for its
% S;n,, the introduction of improved strains
',n ,,a6 and tro,ting horses into Virginia.
Q, 'n,e in Richmond who are familiar with
i,;cbt of Colonel John \. McCautl driy-
u, njs fast horses on franklin street, every
ny ",.cn;nc dsripg the winter, will not be
wv ,ri,n} TO learn that he is the man who
80 l,a,,n hold Of this business and made It
%, nn,v the amusement Of his leisure hours,
~ va, work upon which he is enthusiastic
N. y, and lavi<hly spending time and money.
VIZ ,i>i, put ne in possession of many facts
i;rb viii doubtless he read with pleasure
va. "a nrctit by the public generally rs wei! as
, a. t,rnrr<. tock-raiSers, and horse lanciers.
rho Monterey Stud Farm Is, l believe, the
-, orr Of tie kind in Virginia. 1t Is beau
.%;,,r in;atc6 in the world-iamed valley Of
a. Toannlc. inst outside the thriving town
~ ..,c,,, and through il will run the Valley
"s.>od NOW under contract and soon TO be
.,.:;, trom Salem 70 Staun.on. It embraces
' '',,,, Ihrce hundred acreS Of splendid gra-
..nt and, selected for the purpose, well set
- Nine Grass and orchard grass. and with
.rr. .nrinr water in every hetd. Ii IS fenced
;, =. 70 senrate the different classes OF stock,
IL IN caeh iMlcSure are sheds for shelter.
rIr tr,in,ng.trlck is admirably laid out as q
It.mi,s course on gently llndulating land,
'..r adqred Tor developing the muscles OF
.0,,,,,l. colts: and view Of all parts Of it IS
.1r,,n,,pieLsby neat and substantial stand,
s-a,, which also one of the best views OF the
.,n.n and surrounding varied landscape Is
a,rlrl. The pure and bracing atmosphere
Is.y. here stirring. il bottled and sold by
s.hmond physicians. would doubtless find
.'.ly >,t. and ob,iatc the necessity Of go
:, 10 the springs.
C,ioncl McCaull'S stables embrace thirty
.,a fine horses. Al the head OF the stud
,.,nds orange Blossom, >iN-year old stall
- which Colonel McCaull bought in Or
go, COUNTY. \. y. last spring. paying
~ him the ,nu. little sum OF five thousand
,,t,rs. Orange blossom is Il beautiful bay,
zen hands and M inch high, weighs
..,rly one thousand pounds. and is one OF
no most ,ymuctrically-formed horses have
yer seen. He comes Of the popular Ham,
,fonian and Star crossing, proved to be
n. best trottipg stock. and from which also
IN, Dexter, Go!dsmith'S Maid, George
v;I,>. Jaw Gould. and many other celebr1
I'd r,cers. Orange Blossom, by the various
-o>>c,. possesses more OF the famous Mes
.,rccr blood than any horse III South
rc>t Virginia. In this connection
recall the fact that the introduction OF
,,.r nor~ Hamblctonian into Orange county.
Y Y, WAS the greatest single source of rev.
ME ever known in that wealthy county.
H.. himself has up to this time earned for
II, owners no Jess than S261 900. Colonel
NrCTl proposes 10 allow the Use Of Orange
Blossom. nj low rates, for the general im-
pr,,yrmcnt ii Virginia horses for the road.
va!iIla. Il beautiful hay tillv, half-Sister to
Grange blossom, is Il very fast and promis-
in. three ycar-old. costing $1,000. She. as
we'll u Orange Blossom. will trot at the va
nous agricultural fairs in Virginia this fall,
and both will undoubtedly achieve great
reputation and put money in the pocket Of
their owners. | cannot enter into details
x 10 the o;hcr members Of the Monterey
tables. but they are principally brood mares
nd roIts Of the most approved strains of
thoroughbred and trotting stock. A glance
them would please anybody and delight
10 soul of any Judge Of horses"
Everybody who owns or cares for horses
viii bc Interested in the system of training
n vogue Il, Monterey farm. The chief OF
H. stable department Is Mr.. William L.
l&>. Richmond man. and IN experienced
nd >kilful trainer. Mr.. Bass is devoted to
orange Blossom. and sleeps with him in the
luxurious apartment specially fitted up for
HI accommodation. This is the way Mr..
Bass treats his horses in training: At }
o'clock in the morning the stable boys are
rou>cd. and a. soon as the stables are clean
81. beds shaken up. and the horses Smoothed
down mot brushed. they are fed with one
quart Of oats and a quart OF water. After
'aiiur they are imrne>sed and driven slowly
from the stables TO the track, where they re-
ohr tEItir morning exercise, Jogging from
Inr TO ten miles according TO advancement
Il tr.iningl with occasional bursts of speed
dong the stretches. Carefully blanketed
hey are then walked TO the stable and there
d>rotcd. atter which they are walked from
'yc to twenty minutes. The walk over,
they are rubbed dry under the supervision
# the trainer and put in the stables, where
they ruminate upon three quarts Of oats and
rom two TO three pounds of hay, with halt
a bucket OF water to wash them down. AT
lrr eating they are cleaned, and brushed, and
muzzlcd. and turned into Il boN-stall to rest.
The noon meal consists Of four quarts OF
oats ind three OF four pounds of hay. The
horses are then undiSturbed until AZ O'Clock
+. NJ. when they are clothed in English
blankets and walked IN hour. The walk is
followed by rubbing out" and then
omr- simple evening meal, which is no.
-Ing more than four quarts OF oats without
aay hay. They are then muzzled and
Srncd loose into boX-Stalls, where they re-
lain until ) O'Clock on the next morning,
when the whistle Of the trainers calls the
'aDlc-bovs to a repetition Of the labors OF
Ii" preceding day.
Once fortnight the horses go through &
'wrat for reduction Of flesh until in condi-
ton. For this purpose one blanket is tec
@mund the neck and another around the
'@dy, and the whole is then warmly covered
with hood. in this condition they WALL
y trot until Hlc perspiration bursts from
very pore and runs in streams Of clear water
lown their sides and limbs. 1t is Colonel
AcCaull'S theory that too much clothes bakes
/ ne tai under the skin. and impedes rather
>4n promotes perSpiration.
Other Gentlemen in Southwest Virginia
",ldcs Colonel McCaull are interested in the
production Of hooded stock, and arc doing
%ui't they can TO encourage it. Colone
.2tTrt ". Hughes, at Abingdon, has 9
'ttvndid blGe-erass farm and fine stable Of
,l'rorsnbreds, brood mares, colts, and fast
4 ihmny stock. Colonel Pascal Buford, al
'llord'> Depot on the Atlantic, Mississippi
I no Ohio railroad. has a number OF fine
I'!oughbred horses and mares. Draper 4
III