Wichita eagle., 1889-09-15

BIZ the hundreds. II q breeder hiss fifteen
N ares or more il paws him 10 keep stallion
4 great stallion, father OF rzany speedy, hardy
youngsters who have shown their Hessle ON
the track, il a gold mine in Kentucky. Sew
eral stations know of have sixty engage
ments IN a year az s5oeeach- That Is sSo,oVo
in a yeNr from one horse, whose keep and
care cost but q few hundreds OF course,
there are many stations whose fees are
smaller, $3.50, 500. s1oo, and even down to
$50. but ie is the $500 horse that has his
books r1ose quickly hlsCf."
And bow are the colts sol6f,
At public auction. Every Nay tle-breed-
ers Of the Blue Grass take their yeariinxs TO
Lexington. The sales have been advertised
all over the country, and catalogues sent 70
all dealers in thoroaghhresfs. Earssrsen como
in by the hundreds and thousands froznevery
part OF the United SsafeS According topro-
granl.ne the yearlanSs OF one breeder are put
UP one day. and thoss<aG auccher the day fol-
lowing. In tiecase Of two OF three sureilor
breeders. their colts are put up The same day.
During these sales Lexington is fa1rfy given
over to horsss. Nothing else is talked Of. The
yeartings are brought ont IN FROM Of big
stable where the aactioneer end crowd are.
II Is a rule among the breeders 70 sal every
colt offered. no matter what is hid Some
times colts go at such low prices as 10 MAKE
one fairly groan-
Two or three years ago let q colt so at
$50. though knew be Was worth tive times
that sum. As a 2-ye<ar-old be sold for s. 600,
and as "a S-year-old brought s9,eo0. The
average price Of yerlings AZ these sales
WAGES from s7ao 20 81 10 Certain stables
~
account of the great srccess Of their colts on
the turf daring the previous wear That Is
what makes or upulakes br,sster-the pr
Torrance Of his product on the track
''Buving wearing colts Is somewhat like u
lottery. with the difference thai you know
YOU are get-fng something II intrinsic value
The man who comes into kentucky 70 buy
horses need not be an expert horS.uaan in or
der 10 avoid bong s~sndlsd- Pet.sgrees are
as Trustworthy as noSss On the Bank Of Eng
land. Il has happsusd IN sise past that I'M
principled men sold horses for which they
made false claims, bat these, nae'f were ostra-
cizezi. denounced, d.syr1se~l- No man that
VIII deal in fictitious pedisrss. ca peStsgreos
that are IN any way frauiuiens, can hold
his head upin KentucA speak 81 tho pur-
chase Of warnings resembling n
lottery because one can never tell
whether he is buying prize or
a failure Many Of the h,gbs-ze priced ysar-
lirs-s turn out badly. woilo araEJ,o thccheap
colts. scrawny and weak, make the greatest
Of race horses Majesty crf $50 ~ war
ling, and her winnings ON the turf, helicv@,
are as great a. S50,ooo. Corriyan paid but
1925 for Lizzie Dwyse, and she IAss won 81,
COO in stakes. The Bullet tiliJ, " anCls.. which
cost only 1913 IA a yeariIng, won 81, 225 as
IA 2-year old Parole WIS sold for $50 a.
a yearfiug and won $4,000. Thusss-sT-oeS
Why as it-that ~ few kentuckiaiss own
racing stahbesf'
There is more nroneyin breedirI-. more
certainty and lesS'that issNuloying and IN
pleasant. Very few Kenfncekals race their
horses, and know gyasas.sner, brTessrs of as
fine tlrorour-hs,rests as ever sts tilFo grscx
who have not been To "a hoFSe rsscc~for years
Nor is it5true.th.t kentIlckrzns arc fond Of
betting on horse races Ihrar a<frnirzstlon
for horse dc MOI find expression chiefly IN
the size of The Wagons they make i,ftso books
a. h too often the Class with men who have
less 10 DO with racers and know infinitely less
OF them
What h your opinion of tsc-curnparasive
merits Of English and Americas, race horssssf'
The English are Er-nt breeders aud great
trainers They do not crowd their horses as
hard, warnings and 3-year~oliS, our
stable owners do. In thlsSpauitry to- rnEny
horses are kept 30 raEprs edge from colt
hood up. In comparing English with AEnsr-
lean racers il must bc horne HI mind that
the naetbosisare entlrVay tihfsrts1t A. "a rule
they run longer distances than Wa do. their
courses are not always level, and are often 81
turf They no not LsSap Lslzso az sc III,
either These fscts InEllSs IL very difficult ~
cognpare records and noritS Bot | venture
this assertion That II twenty English borss.s
were to come over here 10 compete IN our
races. and twenty American ho-~es were Ia
be sent over there 20 cosny@te in theirs. chs
American horsss wouhd win n lzTE,eT percent
age Of the events they sosrtsd Ia than the
English horses would or atsle to win here
Are white men usually ,T1ployed % han-
die thoroughbred
The Kezgtueky thoroughbred is ryarcd
literally by the hand Of the negro. Perhaps
We could rs.i-s great bor1s-s without the col
ored men, but ] doubt b. The negroes take
charge OF 1isnn from foal TO thsnl0EDsr,t they
are put ca the cars 70 t, sitEpped ssxsJ. Thry
alone feed. rub and caro- for Etslis0grs mares
and colts White usu aIf.-0ft.n employed
as trainers and on tbe large hsrIsIE sigrr-
inteDdonts, but only neF,roes touch tn tsorzes
or enter thar stalls The D<gTo D LIE b..
employer m that be lover the Thoroughbred
next to hrs wife aud,ciRLdnets- Thy have 70
rnarkahks control n borses Often vicious
animals from thu Dorti arc sat down
20 kentucky 10 ~ bansikd by ou NJ
gro groorns rsuYa<nter oTss ugly brute
in whose sta4t no man bad be<-n fos a year
witboas "a Clai, IA In hand. Ia wsS@ one
q my coLored men would go into ttlIs hHi-
malls stall and crawl tetvvEsTl lSs krEz Our
coiOred pe.T,le nrs toe usoss faithful and loyal
ssr-vaurs ia tie .o4ld Rneshorss~ worth tszsa
Of thousands n dollars are lsfi ia The solo
charge Of bisck gToon1s Ny ssstns farm and
stables, Isf1diDS several very alzE'sise besysa
one 81 tn.rn I refussst ts,1oo fo~-Ss IN
charge a a hlaIi n4an. II tx1" Wa a mil
ION dollars t1sere. and ~ bad ths kgJ - sh-
safe IN wi1Ics II wa k~pt, ~o<ld-eae no un-
elsiness.r BOE=-s-z CRAVE
whers Chocolate Comes rrorn.
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