Daily globe., 1883-06-04
iSDyGIl and Bran.

A reporter of the Cincinnati ENQUIRER
on Saturday last saw the famons Lucille
trot mile with running mate in 2.2O,
the last half in 1:13115, and Fannie Wither,
spoon go four miles in 2:35, 2:28, 2:23115
and 2:2112; this, too. On track that was
fully two seconds slow, and with an atmos-
phere that was far too cool for remarka-
BILE time. He asked Splan to give tie
patrons of his paper some idea of how he
conditioned horses and the following is
the interview. His ideas concerning bran
are certainly very startling, to say the
least:
mo two people train horse exactly alike,
bat there is enough similarity OF methods
to enable me to give something like gem
eral idea of how it is done. l will give
you a practical illustration by telling you
what has been done with Fannie Wlther-
and for ten days 1 had her led by tire
halter four or five miles day. Then for
the next ten days L had her logged on the
road about ten miles each day, going two
miles or so at time. On March Is, l be-
gan to give her five mile dashes, the first
four in jog and the last mile in about
three minutes and half. The next week l
had her trot mile in q little less, and
gradually have diminished the distance
trotted at time and increased her speed,
until this morning 1 have driven her three
miles, with the usual twenty minutes race
intermission, in 2:35, 2.28, 2:2315, and I
will give her another mile presently, and
after that another, just as if she was in a
fva-heat race. Under this treatment you
see she is getting as fine as silk, and gain
ing daily in endurance and speed"
'sMr. Splan, how about her food?"
'sThat is question that has to be deter
mined differently in every horse. When a
horse is in G pod health and condition he
will feel and eat we'll and be strong and
hearty. Horses are just like men in regard
| TO their eating. Sometimes you will have
a nervous horse that hardly wants any
thing to eat, and then again you have a
heavy, phlegmatic sort of horse that will
eat all the time. One must be encouraged
and the other must be restrained. lei
my horses eat grass every day, though
have seen the time when if you gave {
horse in training toothful Of grass you
would be considered crazy. Then horse;
used to be given sulphur and drenches
but now we are getting to be more lntelll
gent and humane with our animals, anC
consequently they are getting better anc
better every day. 1 never give my horse;
any bran. 1t is only the husk of the grain
and 1 would just as soon give a horse
quart of sand or gravel as bran. 1 try t.
study my horses tastes, wants and dispo
sitions, and feed them accordingly"
''What do you do on race days"
Il work my horse that Is to trot YER
little on the day of the race, most time
merely jogging him a few miles on tn
: road. Then I give him plenty to eat ia
enough ahead of the race not to be loa
on his stomach and all the water he want
;; to drink. When horse has to score an
! to trot through five or seven heats he ha
to work pretty hard, and here again
Is just like a man. Give man a har
task to perform on an empty stomac
; and he becomes faint and weak. So doe
a horse and faint or weak horse can
trot fast or keep his gait any length c
time"
/, "How about colts?''
n There you have me, for never traine