Telegram-herald., 1889-09-05

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a. ce4loFs in taor94F kors.is HasseIl~o ecEls
"a % lhs niLE.lIe e.is .lal tlolzsn.ls fFou every
paKt II tie Cnlrea states AeosTeiag topFo-
Efaznzne tie yesrllass * one oreeleF are put
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leWing T. the case * tso ~ tbree sns 'lar
hreesexs. taeir colts are pat up tie sAn- lay.
Daring the=e sai-s Lex.lgtou IL falFiy glvea
0ver q 1orsas. Nothing el-~ l. aik7d ot. me
yezrhlgs are brought oug Ia fFoAt q : b-g
stable where tie al-rsaoer ald crowd are.
lt Is = rule amoag tie breeders % SCI every
toit offered. 10 matter what Is rad. some
times edits 81 - sucn low prices - maze
one fairly groan.
Two or tbree years ego ! l.y a colt 60 az
sis0, though knew hs Vas wosth Eve times
that SUM As 2-vear-cll he so.i Tor e. 010,
and as a s-yoar-oli brought S3o9 The
average prics u yesrliugs at thsss sales
varies fran 500 y G. 3o Certain stables
have done as well a. S2,0o some years on
account q tie great success Of their colts On
thu turf during the previous year. That i
what makes or un1naies bresCer-,he per
formznce OF his product on tie track.
buying yearllng colts Is somewhat Ike a
lottery. with the difference taat yop know
you are gssting something % intrinsic value.
The man who comes into keutuckv - Guy
horses noed not be an expert horseu-a in or
der 10 avoid being swinGied. Pedi. ses are
a. trustworthy as notes on tbs BanE % Eng
land II hes happened IA ths past that M
priaoip,ed men s)ld horses Tor which they
made false claims, but these men were ostra-
cized, denounced, dissraced No nan that
viii deal in fictitious ped.grees, or peiisrees
that are in any way fraudulent. can hold
bis head up IN Kentucky. speak OF the pur-
=
+ lottery because one can never tell
whether he is buying prizo OF
failure. Many Of the highest priced year
lngs turn out badly. while many Of the cheap
I colts, scrawny and weak, make the creates,
Of race horses Majesty cost sS25 ss year.
/ ling, and her winnings on the turf, believe
are as great as $4,000. Corrigan paid but
s42J for Lizzie Dwyer, and she ms won t25,-
i -
I cost only S375 as a yearlsDg, won 81, ,225 a.
2-year CID Parole was sold for $50 "a:
yearling and won Sss,oCO. Thus it goes"
"Why IS il that so few Kentuckians own
racing stablesf
There is more money in breeding, NOR.
certainty and less that is annoying and un
pleasant Very few Kentuckians race their
borses, and know gentlemen, breeders of Il,
fine thorouzhbreds as ever ate blue grass
who have not been 70 a horse race for years
Nor is 1t true that Kentuchians are fond Of
betting on horse races. Their admiration
for horse does not find expression chiefly il
the size of the wagers they maze in the books
as is too often the case with men who hav,
less 10 do with racers and know infinitely les.
Of them"
What is your opinion OF the comparative
merits OF English and American race horsesf Z
1.-The English are great breeders and greai
trainers They 90 not crowd their horses a
hard, vearlings and 2-year-olds, as oui
stable owners do. In this country too many
horses are kept to razors edge from colt
hood up In comparing English with Amer
lean racers it must be borne in mind tha
the methods are entirely different. As rul,
they nun longer distances than we do; thei
courses are not always level, and are often o
turf. They do not keep time as we do
either. These facts make it very difficult {.
compare records and merits. But / ventur
this assertion, that if twenty English horse
were to come over here 70 compete in ou
races, and twenty American horses were Z
be sent over there TO compete in theirs, tn
American horses would win n larger percent
age Of the events they started in than tn
English horses would be able to win here
"Are white men usually employed TO han
Gle thoronghbrodsf'
"Tbs Kentucky thoroughbred is resre'
literally bv the hand OF the negro. Perhap
we could raise great horses without the col
ored men, but l doubt it. The negroes tax
charge OF them from foal to the moment the
are put on the cars 70 be shipped away. The
alcne feed, rub and care for stations, mare
and colts White men are often employe
as trainers and on the large farms ss super
insendeats, but only negroes touch the horse
or entT their stalls. The negro is like hi
employer in that ne loves the thoroughbre
next 70 bis wife and children They have re
msrkabls control Of horses. Often viciOu
animals from the north are sent dow
to Kentucky TO be handled by our ne
gro groomx / remember Que ugly brut
in whose stall no man had been for a yea
without club In his hand. In week on
Of my colored men would 20 into this an
mails stnll and crawl between his legs. Gu
colored people are the most faithful and loys
servants IN the world. Race horses worth ter
Of thousands Of dollars are left Ia the sol
charge Of black groonns Ny ntire farm an
stables, including several very valuable horse
one Of them | refused $4,000 for-is i
charge Of black man II there was a mil
ion dollars there, and he had tho key TO th
safe in which it was kept, would feel no VI
easiness' Robert GRAVES.