Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-23

great eNsTtiOn 10 plot q t.utting hurs,
around through the usua.iy uumeruu.
scores aud around the track auriul
he l. at. The fact is nat no hsruer
work car b. engaged Ia for so short a
length ci sim. .hau he driving OF q
,rottilg hor5e III a holly contest, d
heat or tn riding on a gaiiOper when
It is auyone's race from Nire TO wire
70 b. sure, hgd a drlg,r an ANNA.
that possessed an amount ot syeed 81
great that 40 vas but chiid's play
for him t. win the race in
which he YVES contesting, then Tn,
work required 10 pilot the horse
thruughult the race would be very
sligA5 and tu drive such a herse Is a
thing deyoUt!y to be sough5 after "
the aVerag' American relusmen.
r. return to the essential things
required Tor f8st time III a race, we
have only to BtDte that y hard, smooth
track, one shat does not cup beneath
thu powerful beats # the trott,rs'
hoo!s, is absoluteiy necessary bef"re
fast work can ne expected or had.
Plooty OF water placed upon the
Courcii Bluffs track avery night i'm
incdiately after the races Of the day
had been completed, aud then Il good,
thorough ecr8plng and lsyoilng during
tho morning following, wu!uid have
made GS fast u track AS eror lay out ot
doors. The water Was not to be- had
during the exposition ot 1882, ,hough
it is to be hoped that nex year all
%AOupjano vail BE- fouuG.
A great many of the i.ity have an
idea that trott,ug or running horses
Ia detrimental - the animals heal b,
and that the life of the horse is great-
ly shortened by the work that he ta'
to nnuergo.
This Is q fallacy and 1t can
plainly be illustrated by the present
meeting, and several of the animals
that were upon the grounds and con
tested very sharply during the week.
reaser, the little beauty that cue.
cumbtd to the speed aud staying pow
ers of Jack Peregoy, has been trottiug
tor nearly ten years, and to-day Is
freer from the many defects that
horses' fl ,sh IL heir TO, than auy ami.
NAL OF his age that has been used upon
tho streets of Council Buff, for the
same length Of time. There la the
mare Fleta, the property OF Ben Her.
shey, of Muscatine, Iowa, that hat
been upon the turf since 1872, a,
which time she won the four Year Ole
etake race at Chicago over the ole
D. xter park. This animal ia appsr
emily as good q horse now ss abe VA
ten years ago, anG you a find scores
OF horses ho older that are hardly
worth their keeping. Every one
knows OF E Ia RDwett, now called
Loved One, and they also rememosl
that for q number of years she
has been q great horse III her elias!
whenever 3 race became split and t",
or more horses had u show for tirs'
money Except for a slight decrease
III speed can any person say thai thu
game mare is any the wOrae for en-,
! numerous hard contests that abe ha
engaged il? The reason why tur
horses, as a rule, attain a healthy ole
, age III better condition than thel
brethren at other occupations is du'
to the care besto we'd upon them Will,
they are III service, We are sorry t,
say that many 6 horseman exercise
more Judgment ~ caring for his hOrs
than tor himself; and if you can hnd
! man and horse that have been insep
! cradle compositions for a long term q
years, you will iiud that the man i
much the worse for Yea
, There are many intricate points i
the management Of hOrses, rs well u
men, DUNG a meeting like the on
= just closed, that the outside worl,
wonder at and do not understand
They f%rt quently criticise too severed,
/ q driver Tor not making a better show
. ing with mis- horse than he ap
, pears. Did they know all til
. circumstances connected with the tx
perleuce Of sand animal they woul,
? probably, very surely Judge with
2 better conception Of Whist Was RICH
3 and what was wrong. Ia tie 90
special RAGS, in which the driver 4
Flora = was taken from his suiky al,
Mr. Turner, the manager If DItcI
Girl, selected 10y the judges 10 nnisI
the racS, every one expected 10 SO
Flora p so on and and win the race
T. and ia this, as all our readers yer,
well know, they were disaEpDIuten
A great many began to assert hat Mr.
. Turner was not dong all that WAS pos
' sible 10 win. Did these self sam
! croakers know THAI Fora p had bee
engaged III a fast race, tor her class
: only the cay preceding; that oni,
q since Sep em0ur first had she bee
{ upon the turf, consequently uwo mar
i races in succession proved entirely to
q much for the colt, for such Flora
most assurediy isl Also let it b
4 known that Milo q 10 % contributed
q mentally aud ph! nlctlly that tn
Longer she trots the Dstter work doe
j. she perform, and n three heal rae" ,
s!musi certain to tud her gin
4 for third OF fourth Place, whie d liz
o II soyeul heat race invariably prove
/, the long inukod tor %c'arce, AND ~ suc
n company a. she WAS ptscrd IN Las
1 ,huraduy Milo q is bound 20 yin
No auiuAl is ~ all iimes IN Whit
t. hoisemeu col the pink q! condi ion
% taal rs, a. NOT 20 the eA'enC o. thei
ability; They are t%uojeeo {" spells .
4 ir5tspusiunu exactly the s,m- rs tnsi
ID uai,er., f]tiruos, udmiotIs or the spec
@ ta'orl VINO are snxionsly watching n
) If rts of the animals upon the ,raeli
A horse in order 10 be ii TO trnt
+ good race nust ne in the hest G
health and spirits and in good hume
q with himself az well AS his drivlr.
8 dyspeptic driver often sours the oispc
q sition of his horse AID Consequent
n when called upon To put forth hia bet
efforts, tho animal disappoints hi
a friends, the driver and everyone els
t but himself.
3 Gould the horse speak what a revo
%lutlou would be- brought about IN tin
9 system of training and dulving, Wher