The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
Waited from Track and Road.
l.. W. HESS, Editor.

The annual meeting of the directors OF the
| Ottawa Driving Park Association was held on
Monday evening The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year Chas. Irion,
President; II. V. Wilson, Vice President; Lo-
| renzo Leland, I'd Vice President; A. F. Schoch,
Treas; w. W. Taylor, Sec, and Thos. Reedy,
Track Superintendent.
A meeting OF the Illinois Valley Circuit was
called FOR last Tuesday afternoon at the Cliff.
ton hotel, pursuant to CALL r. l.. Allen, +,
aayiland and Thos. Kelly, representing Jol.
| let; +. Knox, Campbell and of
streator, and W, w. Taylor, II. +. Gedney,
Jr., and l.. W. Hess, OF Ottawa, met there at
p. m. La Sale was not represented, The
| Illinois Valley Circuit was on motion de.
clared dissolved but was Immediately reorgan-
| lied with Joliet, Ottawa and Streator in the
circuit. The arranging of classes and claim
ing Of dates took up so much time, that the
work could not be flashed before train time,
hence the meeting was adjourned until Tues.
day afternoon.
This year racing promises to be the most
successful in the history OF the circuit. The
purses will be increased new features in the
way Of guaranteed stakes and special races
will he adopted. As Ottawa has never been
first place in the circuit, she will this year
claim that position.
Sometimes, in fact, quite often, when some
of our people emigrate west, they take with
them one or more Of our good horses, to help
Inn atn Of hat % y
SO it was when Charles Angevine moved to
Clyde, Kansas, for he took with him Rayoo,
7G2l, foaled 1885, by Don Cossack-record
BPS; Bashaw Cossack, 2:39l; Cossack
Maid, 2:3Si4 the four-year ODDS with records
are Sarah Cossack, 2:42, and Lady Cossack
2464. Diplomacy has been great 2,ycar
old this season, making record Of 2:3S]1-a
grand showing for any sire. The dam Of
Rayoo, Is Trichider, by Muscatine 1881, son
of that great sire Green's Bashaw, record 2;Sl
sire of Josephus 2;l92a; Fred Douglass
2:2O]2 and many others. Rayoo should be q
trotter and sire Of trotters.
Few farmers give that attention to their
horses feet that they should give. Most men
rub and curry well enough, perhaps, and
many take great pride and plenty Of time in
smoothing the horses hide; but seldom is it
that they think OF that most indispensable
part, the horses feet, and stop to give them
that little attention and inspection that is al
most daily necessary.
The feet OF the horse require as much attcn.
ton as the body, and some horses feet much
more. Without sound feet the horse is not
OF much service for labor. A horses feet
may become unsound by having to stand in a
,tahln Tln LoI "a &I,a
stable should always be dry, and the manure
that is caked under foot every morning
should be carefully removed by the groom.
AS often as necessary the hoOf should be
pared, and the frog examined as to soundness
and hardness. A little alum water and brine
should be kept at hand and the frog Of the
foot mOpped with 1t once week to keep the
frog sound and hard. A soft frog causes the
| animal 10 get famed easily, and so he cannot
travel or work well.
Sometimes stones and other hard substan.
ces get fastened in the foot, and if not re.
moved cause lameness Copperas thrown over
the manure Of the stable to destroy smell,
will tend to keep the hoof sound. 1t is we'll
to sprinkle 1t over the stable frequently, If for
no other purpose to cure the unpleasant
smell that often attaches to the feet Of hors.
es. Plaster will have the same effect, and Is
very useful to prevent the loss of ammonia
from the manure Country Gentleman.
The causes Of spasmodic collie are various.
With some, constitutional tendency from
some hidden cause gives predisposition to
1t, and in these 1t is often produced by causes
that would have no effect on other horses.
The predispositon often increases as the ami.
nal gets older, and the disease usually proves
fatal eventually. Sudden changes Of food, or
a copous draught of cold water when the
body has been heated or exhausted by over.
work or long continued exerfion or cold ap-
piled to the skin by q cold ram when the body
is in such condition, may cause it, or even
q change to cold, hard well water to which
the animal las not been accustomed.