The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-18
Tli0R0uGnBRrDS TRAINING.
Proctor Knott in Pine Condition and Sam
Bryant Growing Proud and Hsughty.

coal business, ana. mCllentallS, 10 1dk5
a look al Proctor Knott Ed Corrgan
is en route West. having stopped over
from Memphis. were he has been watch
Ing his horses in training there Milt
Young had no definite purpose other
than 10 have a chat With his Louisville
friends and to talk up the merits of
OnOndaga and other McGrathiana
sres to the turlmen and breeders here
sbOnis.
Captain Brown evidently was more
anxious to see Proctor Knott than he
was TO attend to his coal interests fol
be had no sooner arrived than he struck
bee line for Churchill Downs, and in
half an hour afterwards was feastng his
eyes on the great gelding Sam Bryant at
his elbow. They made a striking pair,
tn'se two Sams--the genial rOsy-cheek-
ed Pittsburgher with his immense
figure and falstafiian rotundity,
and the long, lean, red-faced, ferret.
eyed keutuChian. with his self-im-
ponance and bad grammar Away
from his equine idol sam Bryant is
pretty sensible fellow, albeit murderer
Of The Queen English but place him
along side OF Proctor Knott and he be-
gins TO swell like the frog in the fable
In fact, stranger knowing neither
would ind DO difficult to determine
which was the aiiaction--the man OF
fhc horse Bryant usually gar
rn'ogs, ON this occasion was yOlubiliiy
itself Probably be saw IN the person OF
the iatcoal king andturiman purchaser
for thc FuWrity winner, one who, unlike
ihe Higgins, would moi haggle over a
paliY five thousand OF two. So his
tongue ra;ilel on like the hoofbeats OF
q field OF twenty on "a hard track He
had seen horses and horses in his day
bui bee bad never seen but one Proctor
Knott and. as the Captain nodded his
head ia acquiesCcnce, he can give every
one them id hifaluiin Eastern colts
the Faycrialc colt, Salvador n EN- all
"a tcn-p0nnd beatin', and don't YOU
forget it, The pittsburg Sam again
nodded and smiled and the Kentucky
Sam smiled also But the offer that the
looked for never came Bryant's elO-
queucc had been wasted Captain Brown
Is not 40 present buying horses. II any
thing be- is little long on the equine
market. and would doubtless like TO sell
horse OF two himself
After the inspection a reporter asked
The Iiushurgher what he thought of the
big gclding "lle is "A wonderfully fine
looking cOli-wonderful' said BE. Il
don't know that ever saw horse Of his
age sO large and. at the same time OF
such excellent racing conformation. lie
MAS .e-hiug big fellow last year, and
he has grown and expanded in proper
ti0n as thfce-year-old.
$50 you think hc is the greatest three
year-old ON the turf, Captain =
Well, now. didn't say that sim
ply ,aii hC Was "a wonderfully fne-l00k
ins colt Ne may De AN that and still
not De the greatest on the turf, he add
ell. with II compassionate smile al my
ignorance "l You know and pretty
little dimplc lost itself in his big FAT
cheek. have few colts of my own
That Rogers tells me are very good-yery
GOOD indeed
Reporter and The Don for in
stance.
well. yes. Reporter especially
"Nll Proctor Knott and any of your
colts como together on The turf next
-sason>'
No, certainly not in the West, as l
shall not race at all in this section the
coming season
The warm weather off the past few
davs has warmed the sluggish blood OF
horse and trainer alike into action at
Churchill Downs, and active training
operations for the season have fairly set
in There are about seyenty-iye thor
Oaghbrcds here, and the dust Is begin
ming % iy al the early morning gaiiOps.
Proctor Knott, ia all the glory OF pair
of new shoes. is taking his work with the
rest and seems 10 relish IT, His coat
is unusually smooth and glossy for
this time of the year, his muscles
hard and polished, and showing great
development. lie has fine head, broad
A. ihe forehead, high checks, and wide
between the laws lie still carries his
head in a high and peacock fashion. His
neck is long. filling into weN-placed
shoulders, with an immense length from
the point of the shoulder TO the hips His
hind legs are rather straight, but there Is
evidence of great power ia his quarters
and STILES His feet and legs are IN the
pink OF condition.
He was given three quarter spin ana
repeat yesterday at pretty still pace
and Brvsni's face had a satisfied look
after ii was over. Come-to-Taw ac-
companicd the big gelding on his trial
Journeys and didn' Z seem at all abashed by
his distinguished company. Milt Young,
bg the way, says Cometo.Taw VIII
never prove Derby winner; that no
horse. not a thoroughbred, ever covered
the Derby distance in winning time.
This is a gentle hing at Come-to-faN
breeding bis dam, Mollie seabrook, not
being member of the equine four hun
drein Nevertheless, C0me-to-Iaw has
undoubtedly inherited all Of his sire >
qualities. aud every student OF turf his
torv knows what old Long Taw was IN
the matter of speed and staying powers
Not only that but Come-to-Taw az a
tWo.vear-0ld. with top weight up, covered
tbree-ouarters on several occasions in
very fast time yanquishing some OF the
fne-t.bred colts on the Western turf
Bearing this in mind, together with the
general excellence Of his three-year-old
development. there is apparently no GOOD
reason why he should md any trouble IN