Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-12-23
HORSE TALK.
Mexico and Aadrain Coanty to the
Front-Some Flyers Wintering
at the Fair Grounds.

Mexico and Audrain county are
becoming famous all over Missouri
and the West for finely bred horses
of every kind. We have trotters.
runners, saddle, draft and coach
horses which can not be beaten In the
whole country. We had the pleas,
ure last week Of visiting the Fair
Grounds with our friend, Ct. Lacey,
who Is n Of the most experienced
horse trainers in the world. Lacey
has had forty years experience, has
been around the world several times,
and has been connected with the best
stables Of horses in the world. He
now has charge OF ten promising
horses at the Fair Grounds. His sta
bles are large and roomy and he
keeps them looking like a parlor.
More comfortable quarters for horses
we never saw and the neatness dis
played in everything speaks for
worlds for Lacey and his employees.
Among the horses under Lacey's
charge we noticed Woodford, by
Woodford Knox, owned by William
Coons. Woodford is an elegant g.
year-old gentleman's roadster and
goes 2:50 to a road wagon any time.
VIM. Carriers Ida Irwin is the
pride of the stables. She trotted in
nine races last season and o seven
Of them. She trotted in 2:2S in st.
Louis and for one-eighth of a mile
she flew at a 2:1S gait. She is a
very valuable piece Of property.
Maud c, owned by Carter and
Maddox, is 5 years old and a pretty
PAGER. She goes in 2:30 whenever
brought down to her work.
Hebe. owned by a private party, is
a 2-year. old and PAGES ID 2:40. She
promises great speed. w. r. Carter
drove Hebe on one occasion when
he brought her time down wonder
fully.
Ian Jones owns a brown gelding
which trots in three minutes without
any trouble. Although a green horse
Lacey says he is satisfied there is lots
Of speed to be brought out.
Joe Mcdonald has a 7-year-old
sorrel horse, 16 hands high, which
trots in 2:50 and promises to do
much better.
Harper & Kimball, of Montgomery
City, have placed with Lacey a bay
gelding which PAGES in $3.50, named
John Henry. He gives promise of
being very fast.
c. F. Clark has a yearling, Almont
Smuggler, by Charlie Ross, which
now trots in a three-minute gait. This
is wonderfully fast for a yearling.
Clark also has some sucking colts
which spin along like they had been
trained to trot, showing clearly their
breeding.
In addition to the horses under
Lacey's charge, there are several
strings of horses at the fair grounds.
Bob Stanton and Left Ads have
charge of Clark & Potts stables, and
they have some beauties, which they
take just pride in exhibiting. Mares
have been sent from St. Louis and
Chicago to be bred here. Clark &
Potts have q complete stud. They
have as fine a saddle stallion as walks.
Their trotting stallion is good enough
for anybody. They have a fine coach
stallion ard their draft stallion is q
daisy. They also have some fine
running stock. We have not the
space now to go into the pedigrees OF
these various stations. Their colts
speak for themselves. In ten years
from now the stock of this county
will bear testimony or good work
done the public by IL who have
imported fine stallione flto Mexico.
The public is fast learning that it is
much cheaper in the long run to raise
good stock. They don't eat any
more than scrubs. Whether sheep.
hogs, cattle or horses, the best breed
is the cheapest, in every sense of the
word.