St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-21
A LOVER OF HORSES.
What M. WorI; Says of His Famous
Double Team-I S7OOOO Barn.

Double Team-I $4,000 Barn.
New York Correspondence
81 was &c years old yesterday" said
Frank Work, ''and have been interested in
horses for forty years. came to New York
in 1889, and in those days three-minute
trotter was more of a rarity than 30
horse is now. have always owned trotters
of various degrees of excellence for my pri-
vate use on the road, and have never al
lowed any of them to trot for money unless
it was in some private match that had
made. The owning of trotters is not a pc
cuniary matter with me, my only desire
being to secure animals that are
pleasant to drive on the road and
that can carry me fast enough, so i
can keep in the front rank. OF course be-
lieve that Edward and Swiveler are the best
team in the world. think they have proved
that ON more than one occasion. To begin
with, they are natural trotters, and when you
come to look the matter over carefully it is
very easily seen that horses of this ass are
few in number. Most of the trotters ii at take
part in public contests are converted PAGERS
or horses drilled to an artificial gait the trot
large proportion of them are obliged to
wear toe-weights and other appliances TO de-
velop the speed which they have, and even
Maud S, having the fastest record of any trotter
in the world, cannot begin to show her real
speed unless these weights are applied to her
feet. There is nothing of this kind required
with Edward and Swiveller. They do not
wear boots or weights, and have never
known them to touch a hair when going at
their greatest speed, and more than this all
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the natural preparation which driving on the
road has given them. They wear no check
reins, but carry their heads in the manner
which God intended them to, and they are
always ready at moments notice to do
their best. Most horses have weak spot
somewhere, but if mine have one I
do not know if. You ask me why they have
retain ed their speed for so many years. Well,I
do not pound them around every day and
drive them over hard roads that are not fit
for speeding purposes. When have brush
with another horse or team they are as eager
as one could wish, but when the racing is
over they are quiet and do not fret and fume
and act in the disagreeable manner that is
common to so many horses. | have been
careful not to do foolish things with them,
and have never known them to take lame
step. Edward was the first one of the pair |
bought. l had secured him to 60 with Bill
Thunder, but after putting them together
Thunder got little rattle headed, and Ed
ward was so fast and steady that | wanted a
mate for him and bought Swiveller. found
that he went well with Edward, and though
they were in color and some other respects
unlike, they soon became assimiated, so to
speak, and as their mouths were similar, the
gait of one naturally adapted itself to that of
the other until in short time they moved
like one horse"
'sWhat have Edward and Swiveller done?n
"Ihey were the first pair to trot in 80 or
better, and they have trotted three miles bet
ter than 2.20 where any other team has gone
one. Edward is my favorte. | think he is
q horse of as much endurance as | ever saw
and is little gamer than Swveller. ] never
had any trouble with either of them, and as
pole horse | do not believe Edward has an
equal to-day. The great thing with double
team is to have the horses mouths right and
then to have confidence that they wont
break, and Edward and Swiveller combine
these qualities in an eminent degree. l have
confidence in all my horses and they have
confidence in me-"
''What do you do with your horses, Mr..
Work, after they have become unfit for use?
Do you sell them!"
81 have sold but one horse in forty years."
was the reply. 81 don't believe in that sort
of thing If / buy Il horse and do not like
him ! get rid of him right away; but if he
suits me and | use him for my own driving
| never sell him, no matter how soon he may
break down or become sick or otherwise unfit
for use / have three of my old driving
horses at pasture now that have not had
harness on them for five years and they
never will have. | would abhor the idea of
selling a horse that mas served me long and
faithfully and would no sooner think of doing
it than i would Of selling one of my own
children.
''No, / do not know as there is anything
more can tell you about my horses that
would be of interest to the public. built
this barn two years ago and it cost me about
$40, 600 / suppose the lot is worth nearly
as much more, but of course the public does
not care about that