St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-06
John Bradford Renews the Argument in
Favor of Thoroughbreds Against
Trotters.
The Produce of Mr.. Grattan's Stallion,
Herod, Making Their Way to
the Front.
Another Training and Boarding Sta
BILE Established on St. Anthony
Hill Last Week.
Tho Colts of Commodore Kittson's
Stallion, Black wood, Jr., Show
ing Fast Time.

sales of thoroughbreds and trOtters held
this year would settle the question of which
sells the better [ will put this matter OF
comparative capital invested in a new way.
that should satisfy all. To the Iowa gen.
tleman, who wished me to compare state
| with state will say my comparison IN
cluded every public sale. of either class. OF
which | could find record. held in North
America this year. Had the sale of DR..
| MlntZers poor. starved, neglected thorough
breds occurred in 1886, it would have been
included. Mr.. Grattan objects to my citing
many animals as trotters not worthy or
the name, but he and the gentleman In
| Iowa wish ME to make comparison De-
tween the thoroughbred and what they
term the genuine trotter. very well;
will do so. / will not, at their suggestion,
name a Thoroughbred equal in value to
| Maud S, as the value of either would be
| Suppositous, and invoke fresh controversies
that would be endless. For the last twenty
years Robert Bonner has left nothing un-
done to possess the finest collection of trOt-
| tiers gathered together by any one man.
Three of his horses. Dexter, Rarus and
| POcahontaS, were the sOvereignS of the
! turf at various times. One of his horses
| Maud S, is the queen to-day, and will be.
| for some time yet, in all probability. In adj
ditiOn to these Mr.. Bonner has bought Lady
Palmer. FlatbLsh Maid. Auburn Horse Joe
Elliot. Startle. Mambrino BERTHE, Lady
Stout, Grafton. Maud Macy. Wellesley
| Boy, Edwin Forrest. and many others. With
this end in view, during these twenty
years, Mr.. Bonner has spent $500, 900. In
| this one single year Mr.. Haggin of the
Rancho del Paso farm, in purchasing
| thOroughbreds has spent S156. Us. This
Jongleuse, Altitude and many others whose
prices cannot obtain. The trotting world
has but one Mr.. Bonner; the running turf
has many Mr.. Haggins. In Europe there
| is no demand for trOtterS outside of Russia.
| The average price of thoroughbred year
| lngS is fabulous Please Cod some day we
will have free trade. When that happy
| day comes what future there is for our
breeders of thoroughbreds. Dropping the
L.subject of price, let us look at the COM
parative value of the two animals on the
! turf. A young trotting colt, in breaking,
requires harness and breaking cart, when
| broken and pat in training his wants are
many. First. of course he must have a
| track harness and sulky, next he will have
to be shod many times be-
fore the right method adapted to
his peculiar case is hit upon.
| AS u6 PROGRESSES III JIdllllil9 UOOlS Vi
various styles and uniformly high prices
will be found necessary. He must now be
sent to one of the public training courses.
as the road or rough, uneven track at
home would, by its inequalities of surface
cause him. when extended. to strike him
self and thus get off his gait" If you do
not hire driver of your own you will have
to put your colt in tile hands Of a pubic
trainer. who will charge you from 81 to S.!
| day. The trainer will expect you to pro-
vide a sulky. harness, wardrobe con-
sisting of coolers, walking suits. hoods to
all indefinite number of ever changing |
boots, and then besides all this YOU will be |
expected to hand your groom a dollar |
every time you meet him. | regard it as a |
great misfortune that Mark Twain or Bret |
Harte never owned trOtter. Well, the |
trainer is honest, the colt steadily improves |
under his handling. he shows trial which
you think will justify you in entering him |
in his class through some clrcnit. L viii |
not dilate on the thousand things that fol-
low now. will only mention one You
will find yourself throughout the entire
land compelled to pay 10 per cent entrance |
money in trotting races. Should you win |
you will receive 50 per cent. of the purse, |
so you see you really pay 20 per cent. OH the |
greatest possible winning you can make. |
Should your horse in the interval between |
entering and starting go lame. or fall sick, |
you will be held for this entrance money, |
which should be called 20 per cent. in
stead of 10 per cent. How any one can |
make money at this business | fail to see. |
If the colt trots very fast you can sell him |
for profit, but suppose he DON'T what |
then? There are many blanks and few !
prizes in the trotting horse lottery. Now
LOOK AT THE OTHER PICTURE.
The young thoroughbred needs no har
ness no boots, no sulkieS. no tee weights. |
nothing but a saddle and bride. very few |
blankets. plenty to eat an active little boy |
to ride him and plain common sense to reg
ulate his gall0pS which he may take any
where, in the field or in the road His is the
natural gait, adapting itself to any place
and not requiring as his artificial hybrid. bas
tard descendant. the perfectly level track on
which he must be trained to trot, as babe
to walk. The thoroughbred can be, nay
should be- kept at home in his early prepa-
ratons. Should you think your colt Sutfi-
GENTLY promising to be entered in any OF
the various stake races, you can enter him
at an expense of never over per cent of
the amount he may win, most generally 3
per cent. Should you. for any reason,
decide not to start him, the payment
OF q StldIl IciSdSeS
YOU upon making your declaration. There
is none of that 10 per cent. or pound of
flesh business as on the trOtting turf.
Should you not soar so high as stakes you
can run your colt i'll purses the entire
wear without paving 1 cent of entrance.
And then what possibilities are before you?
the bread winners among the thorough
breds numbering a much larger percentage
than among the trOtterS. This year twenty
four thorougbredS have won over SO. 900
apiece. The Bard won SAL. S95. Rupert
who earned the least of the twenty-fOur,
has won S10.093. The entire twenty four
have won this year the grand total of S439,-
RS. more money than Mr.. Bonner has
spent buying trotters the entire twenty
years he has given to that occupation. L
wish it was in my power TO say how much
either one of those trOtting champions
Harry Wilkes or Oliver K, has won this
year. have an idea neither one OF them
could go very far. if any. above Rupert
who is at the bottom of this list OF twenty
four. If you, Mr.. Grattan, or the Iowa
gentleman, will inform us will thank you,
and l will say but little about the small
amount of money it took the gallopers to
obtain their winnings and the necessary
great expenditure required before Harry |
Wilkes or Oliver K. won ole cent.
The Dwyer Bros have won this year
S2OS, 100. To have won this much Oh the
trOtting turf they must have paid $40 900
in entrance money, whereas they only eX
pended SIS. 900 for that purpose, a consid-
able portion of which went towards the
payment of forteits in stakes in which they
saw lit not to start Mr.. Baldwn's thor
oughbreds have won 500, 600 for him this
year. The morals of the running turf are