The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-03-10
Mr. Barnumt
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n few finely bred trotters across with him /
in connection with his show, it was Splan |
whom he selected 10 take charge OF the
trotters and show Englishmen what |
Americans can do with horseiesh. |
All the trotters which went over stayed |
there. Lady Cleveland, Star, and Magnet |
were bought by Louis wynants the
Robert Bonner of England;" Little Sioux |
and Boston Bov were bought by w. ;. Leon |
ard. the London horseman. and Almont /
Clay was sent TO Daniel McPhee's stables in |
Vienna. Splan came back empty handed. |
He brought lot of orders for fine trotters
over with HIM. and in the fall will return TO 4
England with a good-sized shipment. Be
sides filling his orders he will take num-
bHr of good horses over OH speculation. He |
was up at kelloggt sale yesterday after |
noon, and talked very enthusiastically about |
English horse lovers and the future |
of the American trotter there. lie said /
that the horse annex 10 Barnum's show ]
aroused the liyeliest interest among En-
glish breeders. The thoroughbred English
trotter, he said, is seldom over fourteen
hands high and makes notable record if
he trots mile in $50. II was n treat 10
! Englishmen TO see "A lot of American trot
tiers of sixteen hands, and bliss TO them 10
I ride behind horse which would scorn a
2:30 pace on the track. William DAILY, the
trainer Of Foxhall, took q spin one after
noon in a sulky, and on returning, said:
"Thank you-not so much for the drive
as for getting me home alive"
STILL" says Splan, "it astonishes the
American TO find how much Englishmen
know Of American trotters. their breeds,
/ performances and even their rocorda. The
| English. any way, are nation of horse
! losers. and know infinitely more about
horses than Americans do. You can't fool
the average London shopkeeper on a horse
so easily as you could the average rich
American amateur. They have horses and
training reduced TO n science over there
Every English landed gentleman is an eX-
pert Of the first water, and the popula-
tion of country towns, 10 man,
can size up horse and his points
at a glance. Every Englishman who
can afford 10 keep horse owns one and
good one, too, and before his boys and girls
are IL years old they are skillful drivers and
can follow the hounds in a way that would
make American country club men stare
Mr.. Splan says that one of the best essays
that be has ever read on the American trot-
ter IL the recent production of young En-
glishman, j. Irvine Lupton, who has only
been out of the university few years. but
has been studying horses since. English
ptople not only study horses and horseman-
the subject. II is, therefore. he says, a
great pleasure 10 talk about horses 90
English people They are very apprecia-
tive, and, far from being preiudced against
American trotters. they exhibit the greatest
conceivable interest in them.
Mr.. Spian SAYS thht now is the time for
American breeders 10 push things in Eng
land. American stock is known there in
the present descendants Of MarlOck. which
/ nj lQ ont nj
Warlock was got in Kentucky by Belmont.
out of Waterwitch, and sold when colt by
Robert Steele. of Philadelphia TO an Eng
lish gentleman who wanted him for n road
horse. He was used in the stud for five or
six years in England, until last wear, when
John Madden brought him back TO this
country and sold him to $. A. Brown a Co..
of Kalamazoo. He has lately gone back to
his native state Col. II. f. Stoner, of Paris.
Ky., having bought him for $1,000 The
sons and daughters which Warlock left in
| England are now. as three and four year.old
colts, bringing 5000 10 1880 ench in mar
ket. II is Wallock and his descendants,
Splon thinks that have prepared the Eng
lish people for the introduction OF American
trotters. Interest was lapsing some
what but Barnum's exhibition braced II up
again, and now is the time 10 go in.
Americans must not send any poor stock
over there. though" said Splnn Yesterday.
That's exactly why former attempts in this
line have fallen dend fiat. They must re-
member that Englishmen know horses all
over. and know them thoroughly, and they
won't look AT anything that Is not frst-class.
Let Americans send over perfect stock. and
they've got market"
Mr. Splan said that trotting horses were
not wanted in England now for racing pur-
poses. The demand WIS for road horses.
his is practically the only use 10 which
trotters are put there. As such they are
highly esteemed. Louis Wynalts has iif-
teen Russian trotters in his private stables.
Good horses of all sorts bring excellent
between Sl.5OO and 5000 for his
hunters. Since the English use trotters
only for private driving they do not know
much about sulkles. Splan said the major
ity of people who saw Barnuma sulkies
thought they were made ont OF steel. They
could hardly believe a 4j-pound vehicle
could be made Of wood and hold together.
II took urging 10 persuade some of the
English horscmen TO drive fast in so light
sulky. Span said that, Notwithstanding
there was very little racing OF trotting
horses, the demand for trotters MS rond
horses appeared 70 ho substantial and ell
during. The reason lay in the perfection
of English roads, which makes high speed
practicable almost anywhere. But, amy
way, the English are getting educuted to
the racing of trottIng horses. A few years
ago there were n few trotting races.
but rncing was so closely identified with
running horses there, thnt the sport
made no headway Resides trotting races
were mostly held on the public highways or
straightaway tracks, where the surround
ings did not encourage enthusiasm, and the
heavy carriages used made good races i'm
possible. Now, however. there are two gen
uine American tracks in England. One OF
these, Antre Park at Liyerpool.is one OF the
best furnished snd equipped tracks that
Splan ever saw anywhere. II Is owned by
JnmeR Gilmore. The other il iu the suburbs
. OF London. II is Alexandria Park. and is
run by the Alexandria Park Trotting asso-
citation. This is also a finely equipped
track. Other trotting tracks are being
talked of, and there is a project on the part
OF London horsemen 10 start AN exchange
: TO be deyoted especially to the sale OF
J trotters.
Mr.. Wynants has given Mr.. Splan orders
for three tirst-class trotters, and he has
. orders from others for breeding mares OF the
best blood.
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