The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-19
How q Coward Horse was Cured.

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How q Coward Horse Was Cured
Probably no trainer in this or any other
country has had greater success with horses
that had been given up by other stables on
account of peculiarities of character than
has Billy Lakesland, the owner of Tattler,
Tea Tray, and several other horses that
never fail topay for their oats. In Tea
Tray especially was Lakeland's value as
trainer incalculable. This horse was con-
sidered by the Dryers to be one of the I'm
est colts in the country, but he got into bad
ways and became highly sensitive and very
morbid and cowardly. He was such no
torlous coward thar the Dryers could do
nothing to make him run, and after losing
a pot of money on him they were glad to
sell him to Lakeland for small price.
Billy, who is thorough student of horses
ways and customs, at once went to work to
lind out why it was that horse capable of
such good work should have turned out so
heart and was easily frightened by crowd,
so he first tried him with big
blinkers that hid everything but the track
from his sight; but this practice was not
| attended with much success, and he made
another move. He removed the horses sta
BILE to distance from the track and kept
him off by himself, only bringing him to
| the track when he was to run. This brought
him to point where only finishing touch
was needed to make great race horse out
Of him. He was such coward that the
noise of the hoof-beats of other horses
who were pushing him closely would almost
| invariably cause him to give up the fight
| and drop back. Then it was that Lakeland
put on the finishing touch by stopping his
ears with cotton. and now when Tea Tray
= - =.
hood on and his ears stuffed with cotton he
is hard horse to beat. 1t is by just such
methods rs this that Billy Lakeland
has been able to get his horses to do good
| work.. He studies as an entomologist stud
les new species of bugs and insects and he
| generally finds what is necessary to trans
form his selling placers into good racers
| New York Sportsmsn.
Salvador ON His Way to California.
Salvador, king of the turf, is about to be
retired to the stud and it is not likely that
the thousands of eastern racegoers will ever
again see him on the track. Mr.. J. B. Hag-
gin, his owner directed Mr.. John Mackay,
who is the manager of his breeding farm
at Sacramento, CAL, to start with the horse
for that place on Wednesday last. In ODE
dience to this order. Mr.. Mackay left Mon
mouth Park with Salvador on the day men
toned, in the car owned by Mr.. Haggin, for
the transportation of his horses, and will
! accompany him to the end of the journey.
Salvador has the credit of being the king
| OF thoroughbreds, both last year and this,
and mayhap in the future some of his pro-
| geny will reach the same high position on
the turf that he so honorably held.
In his three years on the turf, Salvador
has won for his owner $114. 685. divided as
| foII 4
old, $69,620; four years old, $4,000.
| Newsy Turf Topics.
Mr.. Withers said to reporter that he
believed the mile record of 1854, made by
Salvador, could be beat three seconds on the
same course next year. The track was not
in good condition when Salvador ran.
Both Axtell and Sunol have failed this
season of being the stars that it was thought
they would be. The stations leg never
allowed him to be speeded and the mare
has failed to fulfill the great anticipations
that were INDUCED i'll concerning her.
A gold medal, engraved with the portrait
of Dictator and his best time. 2,l7; Direct
1854 and Margaret S., 2:12l5, has been pre-
sented to Monroe Salisbury by the state
board of agriculture, of California. for the
! best trOtter and progeny at the state fairs
| for the last three years.
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fornia, where he will take charge of the
trotters belonging to Count Valensin, but
before starting for the other side of the
continent he goes to Independence with
| Guy, and hopes, on the kite-shaped track,
to lower the black gelding's record to 2:1OA.
The trotting and pacing records for
youn gsters are now as follows: Yearling,
Norlaine. 2:3l1a; two-year-old, Sunol. 218;
three-year- old, Sunol, 2:1O; four-year-old,
Sunol, 2:1019; fve-year-old, Jay Eye See
2:1OM. The PAGERS stand as follows: Year
ling, Daisy, 2:3S; two-year-old, Manager,
three-year-old stallion, Don Pizarro, 2:14s4;
four-year- old, Green Leaf, 2:1114; five-year-
old, Adonis, 2:111a.
The Coney Island Jockey club has opened
the great trial stakes for next year. The
race is sweepstakes for three-year-olds, of
800 each, and only SIS if struck out by
March -, $a5 # By April Is and $50 if by By
will 60 to the second $1,000 to the third.
Starters will pay 800 additional. The race
will be over the Fnturity course, and entries
will close on December LIST. next.
Forty-six four years old, thlrty-eight
three years old and seven two years old have
cludes all performers of these ages, whether
trotters or PAGERS. Sunol, by Electioneer,
heads the four-year-olds with mark Of
2:1011; Rupee, by Guy Wilkes, leads the
| three-year-OldS with q record of 2:19M, and
Manager, by Nutwood, the two-years .old
with pacing record of 2:l615. but PAGERS
have little value as compared with trotters.
At recent sale of thoroughbred year
lings held at Doncaster, England, a FLY by
Hermit sold for $4,000, filly by Scottish
Chief brought $19. 400, colt by Rosicru-
clan brought FL 600, q colt by MacGregor
$12, 900. The prices realized for the young
sters averaged 5000 upward. Fifty year
lings disposed of in one string sold for
$150, sos, and in another string Of fifty 500,
775 WAS realized for the lot, which was the
largest sum ever realized on one day at any
previous Doncaster sale.
A bill of interpleader was fled in the
United States court at Chicago last week
by the Washington Park club to decide
whether j. Clay or Kenzie Stone is entitled
to stake of $1l,115. Clay entered his
horse Balgowan and Stone his horse King
man in the Hyde Park stake, which was
run July II. Baleowan came in first and
Kingman second. Stone claims he IA an
titled to the stake because Balgowan Wa
allowed to carry lighter weight than au-
thorized under the rules of the club. This
is denied by Clay, and he insists the money
belongs to him.
The st. Louis pool. rooms, having lost
about LOCO during the season, are ON the
verge of total collapse. There is a class
| of gentlemen bettors in that city who make
betting on horses a business and they hit
I the bookmaker5 steadily and heavily. Dick
l he and hia vknar Honl, l~~-