Telegram-herald., 1889-04-17

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Training opsrstioas have bsxun - fas
sario1s coelse<. bat after a.. s4e
besiauLuz # TIE active tr4iniuz
s-assn this year Is rather later
than usual aud. when one comes ~
tatnk ot it. there i Uel 3 0re4t aeai of
& .as ia Wairt u prepare horses fer tAe1F
cary sprBg sHEsgsusnts-
Mhat j. esi1x 41ue a0eui the Broeklyn
subaroAu Is : question sLat every body = 10
takes az interest Ia ssring AK Will ask
haze heard reports from every oook IA tie
coautfy tAat lays against this great sprsug
race. tut th~rs las not As set been any
demonstration Ia beaalt of any animals
i.~yoild Badge ard 'lsrra Gotta. About tde
former spoke last week. because knos
positively Iast. barring al accident. he
wil br certain starter. A. scou ~
hooks were opened la 0t Louis HE
part owner took tie odds 0f - to J 60 the
fail limit % eaeb book one bsiug s. 90
and the other a SO CO enterprise. Terra
Gotta vas also backed 10 tue luI limit IN
Two books by his owner. George HankIns,
and thus be may he regarded a. = certain
starter barring IA accident Somebody.
or somebodies are hard Al work trying ID
bear tie market about Terra Gotta. ssy.ug
that be ls not doing well, cannot be got
ready. ami that he i breaking ont ia
biotcbes al over his skin. | hsd letter
only a few days ago la which Terra Gotta
Is spoken OF ia very high terms. and am
satisfied that the uufAyorab!e reports
about him are preposteroas
A horse that l. bound 10 be backed
shortly is Judge Murray The colt.
fogr -ysar-old, by Ten Broeck- Bert La B
Is owned aud trained IN South Carolina
and j. practically Ia the hands Of the same
people who had that grand young cripple
Savauac, who as "a three year-old. ran
third 10 Tr0ubadour in the Suburban Of
Of 1886 II was the hardest work In the
world 10 get this son of Mortimer and Sly
Boots up To the race. as after every gallop
that he got he went sore. In the race too
he was badly cut down behind. But for
this lie might have beaten even the
mighty Troubadour. Who knows. IL
would be almost poetic Justice II South
Carolina would win the race which IL
came so near landing three years ago.
Judge Murray is not colt possessed OF the
extraordinary turn OF speed which Sava-
nae had but he is a round horse and can lie
what trainers call wound up TO the top
notch" Last year he was very good colt, a
better one in fact than his public perform
ances ever showed, but they themselves
were sufficient 10 stamp him an animal
that must not be overlooked, particularly
as he is in at only ll5 pounds.
So far | can only name one other starter
with q reasonable amount of certainty. and
that is Drumstck. lie is speedy animal
but is of the platiy order and is out
classed.
Now that Jimmy Mclaughlin has Joined
fortunes with the Chicago stable, West
ern establishment his great rival, Snapper
Garrison is the unrivalled premier of the
East, and he is getting ready for work
He can be seen any morning on the Long
Island roads enveloped in fannels. sweat
ers a thick pea jacket, heavy muffier and
sealskin cap, taking long wasting walks
for the purpose Of getting down 10 riding
weight Of 1l5 pounds. Garrison is not
man who makes weight very much in win
ter. "a he INDUCES in deal of steady,
strong physical exercise throughout the
close season But at that he now weighs
about l35 pounds and he prefers 10 begin
early so as not TO subject himself 10 a too
severe strain.
People talk about the ?rincely salaries
paid fashionable jockeys for riding races.
Does anybody ever think Of the physical
tortHres 10 which these men have to sub
;ect themselves 10 be able 20 get down to
ride at the prescribed weights. Turkish
baths, walks OF six, eight. twelve miles
twice "A day in sweaters, very often in a
broiling sun, abstinence from food, from
drink for twenty four hours at time.
Everybody knows how, after bit Of severe
eXertion, particularly in summer. the
whole system Graves for drink OF water,
but Jockey can afford very often To do no
more than moisten his lips, for "A substan-
tiaI drink OF water would put on half
pound of the weight which he tried so hard
10 get Off
was in a Turkish bath the other morn
ing. II i a place much frequented ty
athletes, jockeys and other people SINH
lqrly engaged in sporting avocations. /
met a jockey there who had been in the
place almost All night. trying TO get five
pounds off. He was engaged 10 ride so
called good thing at Clifton and he had
to make us pounds. 4 lot OF money was to
be bet on the horse and ne was 10 receive
handsome sum If he won.
The scrapngs. sweatings, etc, 10 which
that poor fellow subjected were exces
siye. / don't think that he quite got rid
OF the five pounds. for he declared two
overweight. And. what was more he did
not win. There was tho labor Of the
night, the fasting during the whole day
till nearly four O'Clock and a very cold,
raw day it was. all thrown away for moth
ing II a man like fhx' receives 500 fee
for winning a race, has he not earned itf
understand that Lon Meyers, the
famous sprinter win be seen iu the cinder-
path again very often during the forth
coming season. he was too busy and too
successful with his horse Lord Bescons-
field AZ the winter tracks 20 have paid any
attention to indoor athletics.
CHARLES VICTOR SASS