The Butte daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1885-18??, 1886-01-01

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DrSTOS> Spirit Of The Turf has the fol
lowing in reference to Climatic influences
upon tile horse: THE breeder. az race
horses are beginning to give climate IA good
deal Of attention, and have not done so
any too soon. for there can he no good
argument produced toprove that all States
are alike il this particular. W. IN W had
considerable to say on this subject in
former years. ana believe much good in en-
pertinent. has resulted therefrom. But We
do not ignore our contemporaries Of the
press who have joined " Ill this particular
field Of labor. On this subject Of climate,
XoOfs and Horns has this to say: The
racing stables. and from individual cam.
paigncrs uf the fur West, is enough to set
one to asking questions regarding the in.
tucncc climate may have on the endurance
and speed Of race horses. Joe Howell,
though bred lar enough east ri the Rocky
Mountains, never appeared to know how
good race horse he was till he had done
running enough in the far West to have
used up two or three ordinary horses.
Hickory Jim. bred somewhere in the fur
West, has a rancllnan's brand upon him.
and until his lungs had been expanded by
the rare atmosphere Of the celebrated Belt
range, he was unknown to fame. AZ Sorrel
Mike, he made an humble commencement
on the turf, hut some occult influences, eli
matte Or otherwise, ultimately developed
him into Hickory Jim, the crack springer
from MONTANA. The doing Of such a good
campaigner as Jim Renwick must not he
recounted here, but the success tlut has
attended the careers Of Rutherford, Grin.
stead and Norfolk in the stud certainly
speaks volumes for the glorious climate OF
California. The durability OF American
horses is source Of astonishnent to Eng
lish turfmen, and in view OF the manner in
which they knock their own youngsters to
pieces this is not surprising. On this sub.
ject London Truth says: The Americans
contrive to keep their race horses running
in "a fashion which must appear almost
miraculous to such English turtles as have
leisure from maneuvering and specializing
to consider such matters. Since the days
OF Historian and Reindeer, there has not
been any ten.year-old horses running in
this country that / can remember. Parole
won the city and suburban in 1879, being
then six years old, and here he is running
the other day in a mile sweepstakes at
Sheepslead Bay, and so fresh and well did
he look that he was made favorite in
field Of thirteen; but, unluckily, his chance
wasextinguished by bad start still, never
thcless, he ran so prominently that it was
evident that he still retains his speed On
the score Of breeding there appears to be
little to choose between the English and
American thoroughbred, as they are very
closely related. 1t has been found, how.
ever, that the American can last longer upon
the turf, and there must be some reason
for it. The fact that the Western country
appears (other things being equaD better
calculated to produce good race horses
than the Atlantic States. it would
look as though the rare atmosphere of
high attitudes had something to do with
it, though the strong nutritious grasses of
the western uplands may be deserving OF
share of the credit" The Rocky Mountain
Husbandman says: That there is a
great difference in the lung capacity OF the
horse grown in these attitudes over those