The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-03
FAST ROAD HORSES.
Fancy stalls and the Careful Attention
Bestowed Upon Them.


Floors of hard pine covered with mating
for the horses to walk on. Stalls commod.
ious and neat as tidy housewives kitchen.
Running water and shower baths for these
pets, and every ring in the place of brass.
Monograms are here and there, at the head
or sides of the stalls, and occasionally a
hons head or some such fancy in the way
OF decoration can be seen. Go back
and you will find the walking places " fol
the aristocratic jewellers therein. This in
Mr.. Works stable is 100 feet long by 25
feet wide, and in Mr.. Vanderbilts 60 feet
by 40 feet. English paintings of horses and
races of great value hang in profusion
around the last named walking place."
From these places of exercise you can look
through glass roofs to the sky. The ven
hlation is perfect, and twelye-inch bars and
massive doors insure the safety of the valu-
able stock from outside instrusion.
Trusted employees remain with the trotters
night and day, and dismissal instantly fol-
lows neglect of this important duty. The
clothing of the crack trotter Is rich and
plentiful, and forms not the least interest.
ing feature of the place.
You may have valuable trotters, but
you will be disappointed in them il they are
not kept in good shape" remarked Dan
Mace. They cannot be neglected, or evil
follows. OF course, q horse in systematic
training is looked after closer than those
which are given brush up the road daily;
yet the latter also demand constant atten-
ton. It would be something almost crimi-
nal in my eyes If, through the neglect of an
attendant, one of my valuable horses should
fall sick. To show you what is done to
horse in training, day by day, let me tell
you how I put horse in shape When the
attendants first get up-say five o'clock
they give the horses swallow or two of
water. Shortly after, breakfast of two or
three quarts of oats is furnished. The
stalls are then cleaned out. This done, the
eyes, nose and mouth of the trottors nre
sponged out. Rubbing dry follows, when
they are blanketed and taken out for n gem
tie walk of half an hour or SO, during which
nibbling grass for ten minutes is allowed.
The walk over, the horses go back to the
stable, when their feet are thoroughly wash
ed out, the animals cleaned of and honestly
rubbed down. This done and they are III
for their morning work, whether q Jog or to
be speeded-that is left to the trainer. Once
more returned to the stable, they are blank.
sted, sweated out and scraped out. The
nd rul he
finished, they are covered with lighter
blanket, and then walked to blow out or
become rested. Brought back to quarters
they are once more rubbed down, and nm
hour or so later they arc escorted to the
'ubs, where their legs are soaked in water
md rubbed dry. Then their legs are rub
bed with rum and done up with bandapes.
Oats, water and hay are then given them.
their beds made and tLey nre locked M for
rest.
-Four hours later they are again fed,
hen walked once more, during which they
can nibblc little more grass, and then they
are taken back TO the stalls and not again
disturbed for the day. The fourth meal is
at nine p. NJ. Some horses are exceedingly
delicate, and these want feeding six times a
day. This is good deal to do for horse,
but when he is training, and you expect
him to trot q real good and, probably, a try
ing race, it must all be done honestly and
faithfully, or on the day of trial you will be
left out in the cold
OF course, for ordinary road purposes,
the attention and regimen noted may not
be wholly necessary, but then the treatment
and care must be nearly up to that mention
ed. And just here, may say, that because
of neglect many horses grow stale and prove
disappointment to owners. Having ex-
pended great deal of money for n fast
horse and then to have him beaten by some
scrub, because OF lack OF condition, is
very CALLING, and owners are justified in
keeping rods in pickle for the men who are
responsible for such state of things Good
men employed to take charge of trotters
can always obtain big wages, but often
times an excellent fellow will lose his Job
through carelessness. And the verdict is
generally, Served him right. York
Herald