New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-16
cRIppLEs ON THE TURF.
rvopoueHBREDs IMPROVING OR DE-
GENERATING "

horses srort practsed on p'e, ,au.,a, ,aoa
go, states what is known o. understood in other
.us This idea was pei1e0u' s,a+cs became a
-.,r,ss long before the oni hroucbt II here in
countries ~ Nor,rerians may ha~ , YEARLY
nation. The Nor"'s ,ved win Columbus nearly
1909. or poss''H q historical fact tha' Soo"s,'""
500 years i~'oi' 1.os for NJ other PulP'o '
Cabot came heiV r,,res Of spniards ana Foi'usueSo
to make hu's some n;cnton' anu "'o.0' ].,a
ioho - hoyo been the chieio'u .n,notoro that the |
i Gov II Is not surprli'ie, - Cor gain II |
s shopld have become ." ',,or nlane hut IL has |
turf shouu 10 10 on a much lgher piaio, ", -
eStablsheu VI NAV De said OF baSeoali "hich |
slid down. Inc .," only and IT is highly propaole
is played for ro' ' coon ave professional looVoaii
that NeW-forA ,~.es 70 rushers ana nan oaohs,
WIN pm -. limited sales Is gro" NV can |
Racing ~ who follOy 1t Simply oee aus o,t
MAINS more money Ou' scarcelv going
Of snythins that It has degenera'eo "oin
too far !" business and too often the business -
spor. " name calculated TO prevent holoi'Oi0
''rtnen from participating IN ~
q Are we improving the breed
But INV 1hor,, ,sed TO be I'm this country d hOiSo
OF hoiSos Of poton who in the course on us
OF INC oaraer q the turf won forty-egh OF MI!
UNI he heat race. Is there horSo ntie -.
lou" ,a run ON four-mile-heat race "l'hou. OUiS
' boof or bringing tendon OF sPll"i"e ~
=, Roston ad grandson. the mighty heh'u0hS'
,rhom q far-mle heat was only pio"'n0'
y. was alpost unbeatable "heh Il" anu
nc ~, racing days were over Johh
wheh ms ,m m a breeder lor $4,000. What
nu", ,ols give $4,000 for Hanover, VINO IS ho
V - borseq Kentucky had speed ana Was
nOu 80 n a stayer; Hanover has speed ana is
- 20 y, a nOnstayer. Sprinters are hoV "ah'o"
- ,.e s,ud As between Hanover, a type OF inc i"0o
- % ne present day. and KENTUCKY NP0 VI
I,o- not
- q. twenty years ago, the former does no' appeal
A0e' % '.b ~ an Improvement. The difference be-
- ,, two estimated in money, is aDou' @ooooo'
W. u.r,ver probably has won more money LOT inc
!e' ,han Kentucky won for Mr.. Hunter owners
~ ,sd 10 run their horses nowadays over us 'anoo
:. o,ud There is too much danger OF oredANe
,A.r, down. Because of this an OVor"lOiis -
.,,r NJ the races are under mlle All oi''
- can safely be sent 10 the post thlee 'iinos
-, provided he is not asked 10 go each uiiio iho
a,, six or seven furlOngs but one race ol my 1
"a half &c considered sufficient 10 warrant resi- auu
'sNu a "1 a.. so,,oral DAYS When the secretary OF
-. club Is bold enough TO announce heat race
"a. ,hoen,,4es limited 10 a useless lot Of crawling
selling plates, III WHICH 'No io
sort of interest
B,,t. agin. the question is, Are we improVlns NV
- 90 horses N GO back nearly quarter vi 4"
century and recall the performances OF horses u oy
.re,age merit Think of that delicate WaSp""i9',"
6uv Baloon. a daughter of imported 1orAshiio' -.
,ns,de n two weeks four heat races inc ms 9"
one rnis the second al TWO miles, the INN" al '
- md the fourth at four miles Here "os al
Hl'i'S' - oo,s OLA smaller than Firenzi and OF
- 1oss substance running twenty miles Ill lou
60 and heating all the best horses OF ihe u'o -
,,.a horse in training now capaDle Oh SUI" -,
tsupn is described nervous h'lc INNS O..
eveneck not much thicker than man H@"' 60,
,,,snot only a slayer She could sprint J." inc 10, -
company, going quarter on one occaSlo" u 20 80
rds Her sire imported Yorkshire, a son Vi .
,, 80, four heat races in four days al May WHO
=, md Yorkshire was not regarded as the greats
,o,so ~ his generation Kentucky was such siu'
=, Cor work that ordinary hoISo ''Ui'
I'm ,,,h him in his exercising gal!Ops YET tie always
,sisted on having something To Deat III H'' ~
-, h,s stabla companion, a winner Of many races
o - ,,ptcrtunate brute chosen for ms eVeis
- In order TO encourage KENTUCKY 10 10
- hes, the trainer would favor ArcJa WIN ledo VI
o,,arter of a mile and send the old morse ouo ="
- t, = task which he always accomplished
,oeore Arcola could reach the third mile post -
Stern chase OF that sort requires hish 0ou- 49,
onoo morc Are we improving the breed oil
,ososqs In great quantity there ought 10 DC some
oualitv The number Of horses In training .' o o
season is roughly estimated at 4OOO AOou' 90 =
cent of them $500 were selling .pia'er'' POI .ho
,9om were useful in handcaps' ana '0
-, feM were highclass stake hoiscS'
- ~ The TOD of the tree might be counted on
,n fingers of one hand. Hundreds VI NV
s,ning platers that infest the turn aIe ho1 IL -
sausage meat They never win races 4No' az
not intended 10 win, but are started ID inc l'er'S'
- - ord bookmakers Their mission Is 10 III
er.sse the size Of fields and improve ulo oorHIe'
They are hopeless cripples, requiring mort no
~ = vvorn-out crazy-qult Indeed, II may 10
,o1 &c a fact that nine in ten OF the best horses
IN training are crpples, magnificent crppies' may
lint cripples all the same. One Is spaV4Neu' III
other has thoroughpn, third quarter oia0h' .
turtb navicnlar disease, fifth rngpohe' d eN,"
bowed tendOns, and so on. ARC al 'i0 -
pesses hereditary? If so, the question: Aro "0
muroying the breed Of horses" Is answered.
III. n,rvers have been the largest buyers OF year
linz tboroughbreds in the United STATES Ior many
seasons. their investments in that dlfecuoh aP
pma,b,ng 100000 annually They have decided
10 buy no more undeveloped racers. III does ho'
pay Probably one yearng In hity turns OUT d
stake horse hut the Dryers have sometimes bought
fifty without getting that one. breeding must
have something TO do Win this i0'
terry. Pedigree throws no light on
youngsters future. He may be royalty Bred !e'
turn out platter he may be a scrub, yet urn OUT
stake horse Possibly breeders know less ABOUT
breeding than they think they do. There Is some
thing wrong somewhere when turfmen cease Duylhs
yearIhgs because family trees arc found TO lie
worthless qua d against degcneracy. The retirement
Of the Dryers from the annual sales OF KENTUCKY
Tennessee and California Youngsters will doubtless
caSse decline in prices. Notwithstanding inc
erroneous growth OF turf interests in America, rae
ir-men cannot afford pay fancy prices for useless
sock
20 snapper Garrison is going 10 England 10 teach
the youthful English idea how 10 ride VOL well /!
What fun there viii be d, Newmarket when the
snapper" gives Old John Osborne hs first lesson In
the art OF Whispering in horses ear,
when he underta axes 10 teach Tom Cannon how 10
curl his back for hustle in the bonestretch and
When he shows watts Webb, the Barrett brothers and
ae LOateses how easy II j. 10 pick up beaten horse
katwecn their knees and lift him over tie line winner
By short head Verify. the English lads will soon
learn that there is but one Garrison and his name
snapper"
The Elizabeth track will be closed on December 90
and l0t opened again till April -. That is sensible.
Reference was made in This column last Monday TO
the OwIers horses and jockey IN the first run