St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-17
RecOlIections OF am Oid-Timer.

and thin grey hair walked somewhat
nervously up and down the piazza of
the club house at Buffalo park,
then sank into chair and talked
rapidly while the rain came down steadily:
Eyes, L am one of the old-timers. You
will find my name, Warren Peabody, pretty
thick in the annals of the turf for more
than forty years. l am 90, nearly
40, and l cannot get down on my
knees and rub horse as 1 once did. But
L can sit in sulky and jog us well as the
next fellow. Pilot, JT.? l knew him we'll.
l worked him one winter at Mobile. When
all right he could trOt in 2:35, but he was
high-strung and inclined to be unruly. John
Smith wanted me to go to Lexington and
drive him against MambrinO Chief, but
had an engagement which prevented. MI
Pope, who owned Nancy Pope, dam of
Pilot, ST., was bOok-keeper for Mr.. Helm
sOhn at Louisville, and at the time he
claimed that the mare was got by thor
Oughbred stallion. If there was not lots of
thoroughbred in Pilot, Jr., know nothing
about horses. We had no quarter boots in
those days, and so Pilot. Jr., frequently
cut his quarters, which probably made him
more unsteady in harness than he other
wise would have been.
Il was at WOOdburn when Alexander's
Abdallah and Bay Chief, or Bald Chief, as
we called him, were captured by guerrillaS
and run off. Abdallah was barefoot. and
the severe ride so exhausted him that he
never recovered. In the skirmish Bay
Chief was shot through the head and
CANDLES. 1t was pitifm to see him. He
was very fast horse. Edwin Forrest was
snowy and gOOd-gaited horse and always
liked him. He gave style to his colts
tf.t,
Ericsson? Yes. When he first came to
NE he had quarter cracks, caused by rats
having gnawed his feet He was a game
horse, for when drove him against Brig
nOli at Louisville and beat him i'll straight
heats down close to 2:30, the blood spouted
from those quarter cracks"
The old man here took a long breath.
and we asked him when his turf career be-
gan. He ran his hand across the wrinkled
forehead and the tongue began to wag again:
BLESS me, how time flies. In 1929 was
riding races at Long Island. That was
fifty-six years ago. Dimmick and
McAIann may be a little older than
am, but not much. We three are about
the only ones alive who were active
in the sulky before Hiram Woodruff
became famous. Among the horses with
histories which 1 have driven are Jack
ROsSiter and Flora Temple. And the pres
ent queen, Maud S, l don't forget her. She
got her early education from me. I took
her the spring she was years old. She
was something of puzzle then; would not
90 straight without heavy weights. | put
a SiXteen-Ounce shoe on her and logged her
on the roads. She was so awkward that
almost lost patience with her. But one
day she treated me to a surprise. / started
her up in a lane; it was considerably up
grade, and she struck q gait that made me
wild. l went back and tried it over again.
and she fairly flew. The uphill work
seemed to balance her. Shortly after this
Capt. Stone turned the mare over to Bair
His explanation was that | bent the elbow
too much; but it was not whisky. it was
morphine. l always carry it with me-"
With sudden movement PeabOd, took a
small bottle from his pocket. looked ten
derby at it, and then went on: 'Bair put
heavy shoes and weights on Maud and be-
gan to rattle her. Her legs swelled up
and he had to turn her out. The
gate was left open and found her on the
railroad one day just about train time. |
led her from the track just as the engine
hove in sight. and thus the life of the reign
ing queen was saved. Capt. Cottrell wit
messed the act and-he told Stone all about
ii. Later in the season when Bair had got
the mare to going, he attempted to show
her to some gentlemen. but she acted badly.
/ went up to him and told him how to ham
die her. For some reason it was necessary
TO start her from the center of the track, so
that she could have room to swerye toward
the rail in getting into motion. Bair took
the hint, and ever after that acted upon it.
We explained to the old driver that since
Mr. Bonner had leveed the feet of Maud
s it was not necessary to give her room to
Swerve in; that she could start just as well
next to the rail as twenty feet from it. but
he could not understand the philosophy of
the treatment, and we did not enter into
particulars then, nor do we propose to do
so now. Warren Peabody is an interesting
relic. Tap him right and you will open a
fountain which will flow for hOurs.-Turf,
Field and Farm.