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rhe Stable spicis and span-rrainer's In
quirIes-Horser and Dogs.

The Stable spicis and span-rrainer's In
q-uirIes-Horses and Dogs.
"Thcre Is all tse difference between the
stable surroundings OF trotting horses and
running horses that there Is between a
palace and n howell" said a horseman,
Running horses being less priced, natur-
ally less care Is taken OF them. II you
visit the stable OF a runner you are apt to
find the animal with a Is blanket on,
standing in an unkept stan, with a col
ored man asleep in one corner and another
negro frying pork outside.
CARR TAKEN OF A TRoTTER.
with the t~rotters 1t Is very different.
You will find the stable spick and span
from hayloft to hoor-so clean that one
could eat a meal there without the slight
est computations on the part Of the stom-
ach. The harness will be clean and shin
ing, the several parts neatly hung on pegs;
and the rubbing cloths will be dry and
clean and folded in ~fancifnl shapes like
hotel napkins; the straw under the pam
pered animals feet will be as dainty as
dainty as the mating in a maiden's bou-
doir, while the ends OF 1t at the front "
the stall will be plated into the semblance
Of a mat. TIT horse itself will be fresh
rubbed several times n day, and his coat
will g~listen Ike silk. His hoofs will be
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will be closely watched by his rubber,
who is constantly with him.
Every symptom Is noted and reported
10 the trainer or owner Immediately IL ap-
pears. The trotter's meals are served him
with clock-like regularity, and his daily
life Is one round OF m~ethodical health
measures. The trainer asks twice a day,
as a doctor would about-a patient, a series
OF questions, which bring out the conduct
and condition Of the horse since he last
visited the stable. He asks how II has
slept during the night, II 1t coughed while
eating, etc. II night the rubbers sleep
with the horses, as "A trained nurse would
with a patient. AS soon as a crotter has
left the track after a race he is taken to
his stable and thoroughly rubbed down,
his hoofs and feet bathed carefully in
tepid water, his fore legs bandaged with
fnnnels, and his form enveloped in a
cooling blanket. BY the way, a trotter'r
dress suit costs fully twice as much as a
gentleman's. A suit, consisting OF a
dress blanket, hood, surcingle, cooling
sheet and cu~ning-boots, costs in the
neighborhood Of $3.50. The blanket, hood,
etc, are made Of fine, blue cloth, finely
bond and embroidered with the horses
name, etc.
HORSES n DoG COMPANIONS.
zone strange phase of trotting-horse
life" continued the same gentleman, lis
the affection often displayed between the
horses and their dog companions. Nearly
every trotting horse has for a companion
n dog Of some species, and for this animal
1t has a friendship greater than that it
would bear to one Of his own kind. The
dog is constantly with the horse, save dur
ing a race, at which time he seems to
know that he is to remain alone. This
fellow-feeling between the two animals
amounts to affection in some cases, and il
they are separated they are either SO
heart-oroken or 80 angry that they have
TO be brought together again.
when Bonner bought Rarus he did not
wish to purchase Jim, the horses canine
companion. The dog was cross and
snapped at Bonner when he entered the
stable. Bonner struck at him with a
whip, but retreated when the horse made
a savage rush TO defend his canine friend.
Another time when a bulldog attacked
Jim and was quietly chewing him up,
Rarus run out into the yard and nearly
killed the bulldog with his hoof. After
that Jim used to ride on Rarus' back
while the latter was exercising and bark
delantly at the discom1tted bulln-Chi-
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