Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-06-03
SHOEING THE RACERS.
Talk with TEr. A. j. Pendie'0h
About the Business.

In his peregrinations this afternoon
DEMOCRAT scribe ran across MI. a D.
PendIeton, ST.. whose general knowledge
of horsefesh, and especially OF the man
ner in which racers should be shod LOT
the track, makes his opinion valuable IN
regard to that class of equines and thelr
performances on the turf.
"You do most OF the shoeing Tor the
racers, do you not?' inquired the re-
porter. :. -,
Mr.. Pr do a good deal OF 1t, but am
always willing to DO more. :.
Rid YOU shoe any race horses LII
the old times in Utah? :.
Mr.. P.-Not very much, as people IN
those DAYS run their horses ana we haCl
no trotting races, and everybody thought:
that \ horse was better without shoes II
YOU wanted good time out OF NM
R.-Where were most of the races run
in those days? =, r.4
track.
R.-Was there any Derby day? =.
Mr.. P-Thare was no Derby Day IN
psrticular. but the time for the general
meet was when the auvoo Legion used
to co over Jordan fer the annual three
DAYS drill. That was the time Tor racing
The officers of the Legion were arrayed
in uniforms brighter than the MONDAY
sun. Of all that radiant lot there was
one who drew more attention than all
others. This was General \. +. Rock
wood. He looked SO military" that he
was more admired than all others. His
horse was usually poor but the hollow
places were filled up with yellow leather
till it looked quite fat. The General was
born commander, but the trouble was
that the boys were not born soldiers.
This was the cause of the races. You
see, the cavalry in parading up and down
and around would occasionally scare UP
a wolf or fox, when free-for-all go-as-
you-please race began. It was useless to
try and stop the boys and make them re-
form into line, for there was something OF
! far more Importance on hand than pre-
pairing to defend the country; and the
boys absolutely refused to obey. the
orders.
R.-There are no such races nova
days, are there?
MIR. Pho; but l have Just sent away
some horses which go in the races this
month.
R.-What were they?
Mr.. P.-Mr Walkers Countryman
Grey George and Ethel, Mr.. Travis
Tommy Dodd, Mir. Richards stallion l.
C. Lee, Mr. Glanfeld's Blue Dick anC
Birds Eye, Oregon Short Line, Mr.. Arm
strong's Cromwell, Jr., Alex. Grant,
runner, Davy Andale, Mr.. VIM. Groes
beclI's bay flley, and number more, toe
many in fact for you to remember.
R-Are the entries to the races almOs
full?
MIR. P.-I think that almost all the
races are full, and only this morning there
were six new entries.
R.-Who does most of what may bE
termed your fancy shOeing?
Mr.. P.-My son Andrew. He shoe
Wildmoor, Ordnance, Red Boy, and some
other famous runners that were here IL
the summer OF 'S2. There are a number
of others with me who will make first
class shoers yet.
R.-Do You charge more for shoeinG
racehorses than others?
Mr.. P.-Yes. Why?
RI just wanted to know just one
question more. Do you do any shoeine
for nothing?
Mr.. Pho. We quit that last Satur
day night, and are very sorry, as we
would have liked to accommodate you
Guess we could give you rate, though
R.-No rates for me, thank you. Coco
day