The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-02
HORSES AND
HORsEMEN

surroundings. The pubic oemahu none''
races.
erty of John Ii. Lamb, Jersey vilie. III,
died recently. She was the dam OF n
Aiexander, $40, and Woody Jim, 2:a9A.
Raanehamp 4 Jarvis, Concordia, kan..
have recently purchased the three ysar-old
colt Inspector, by Dictator, 2:l7. dam by
Harold, second dam by Belmont, third dam
by Pilot, Jr.
Punishment is rarely necessary for a
ho,se, unless he be vicious. In that case
YOU NAV have a long tight before yoh
against odds of superior strength and en-
durance.-The Horseman.
lobe Broderick, of Chicago, has sold the
~trotting mule, Jack the Ripper, to Nat
Brown, of Omaha, Neb., VINO WIZ use n.m
for exhibition purposes. He mas a recoru
Of o:4OI. but is expected to reduce it this
season.
buchanan, the Kentucky Derby winner
IF 1884. ia attracting considerable ~ent
as a sire lust now. His colts began 20 race
this season, and the first three that star.ea
at Memphis. Buckhound, Helen l. Wv
Gray Goose, are all winners.
II in observed that latter an animal has
shown true racing qualities. but not before
that. there can be no good objection TO SEND
ing it as many miles against the watcn as
may be desired, SO that the marx may DC
lowered to the utmost.
It ia remarked of Msmbrino Dudley that
he ssis a grand looking horse. He 10 OF the
same age that Georgs Wilkes had reached
when he came to Kentucky. and has more
performers in the list than that great horse
had at that time. His record is "a seconds
faster than George Wilkes. he Is by a
great sire and ont OF q great oam, anu is d
game race horse"
ION the first day of the Kellogg sale in
New York recently Rosa 4 Bemis, OF Broad
albin, N, Y. purchased the black stallion
Rustic for $Slo, and sold him a few min
utes afterward for $1,000. On the second
day the same gentlemen Jnn the pay
hour refused s. 200 for him. Why did
not the auctioneer get these better prices
for the first seller or owner?
A story is told of Almont showing, it ls
said, ''the power of memory III horses"
Almont's disposition was of the most kindly
nature, and he would permit any one 10
stroke his glossy hide and play with him.
One day his groom struck HIM severely and
was discharged for SO doing. Almont
showed no change but, more than two years
afterward. when the groom returned, ne
suddenly became vicious and would NOS let
the groom come near him. He evidently
remembered the groom and the blow OF
two years before.
The horses foot is, after all, a good deal
of what we make it. and if our horses. from
their colthood up, had their feet more prop
erly attended to, and especially were they
invariably to stand while in confinement
on something less deleterlous to the moor
thar dry wooden flooring, from which the
horse suffers no attrition, Whatsoever, ana
by which it is moreover depleted OF its
natural moisture, their feet would. in the
period Of the animals active usefulness, be
found to be better shaped. harder, less
brittle. and in every way better suited TOR
the work required of them.-MLllam DICK
son.
The fight has been made and the victory
won, and henceforth the one-man power In
trotting horse registration is at an END.
John H. Wallace wanted the earth IN return
for what he had to offer. but the end of a
cood deal of bluster and talk about not a
cent less than $500, 600 was that he got Just
S13O,O0. And that was plenty. A great
deal of credit is due to MIR. L. Broadhead for
what has been accomplished in this respect.
The constitution of the new organization
'provides for the formation of the Amerl-
can Trotting Register association to be or
ganized under the law of the state of Ill
inois with a capital stock Of $4,000. di-
yided into $50 SHARES of 300 each, no one
man to " more than fifty shares. 1t de-
fines the duties of the officers, the execu-
tive committee, the board of censors and
the registrar quite specifically"
s'Green Mountain Maid will" says one,
''stand in the great brood mare table in an-
other year probably, as the dam of eight
$50 performers, as her daughter, Ellne. Is
expected to make a fast record this season.
Inever look over that old matron's list of
performers without = profound feeling of
regret that in her later years she was not
bred to some of the leading Wilkes-Mam-
brine stations once or twice. A colt out
of Green Mountain Maid, if sired by Alcan-
tara, Baron Wilkes. Red Wilkes or Nut
wood, would to-day not only be worth a
fortune, but would quickly bring a fortune
if oSforaI fnr GALA arT tn S$nnyf0rf Ennh a
colt would bs of priceless value. With
two exceptions. however, her produce was
all by Messenger Duroc, a horse that sire
some speed. and When that has been said
there is little else to ba said in his favor
snapper" Garrison's valet has quite
good deal of quiet fua at the jockeys ex-
pense. "Snapper's' weak point is putting
on his shoes. He always puts the left boot
on first, and considers it lucky if by chance
he tries to get the right boot on the left
foot. If he does he feels inyincible. On
the day of the Salvator-Tenny match
the valet a fee to give The Snapper" his
right boot ftst. When he vas dressing
md the valet gave him the boot, and he
found on trying that he had the wrong
boot on, he was tickled nenrly to death and
felt he could not lose. When he did lose,
he felt all through as though he WAS bonud
to win. He subsequently discovered the
trick that had been played on him, bu'
holds to the superstition, saying that if that
right boot had come to HIM naturally he
could not have lost.-New York Press.
A writer fof Wallace's Monthly says
"Ihe country is full of horses with ped.
grees we'll bred and deeply bred in %trottins
lines that for all practical uses for which
the horse was intended are worthless; ant
it is this class of animals that causes the
uneaSiness in regard to prices Which mani
tests itself every little while. And as lon
as breeders generally continue this line o
breeding the good ones will never depre
ciate in value, but ateadily grow higher. |
is an admitted fact that no one knows hoy
to breed a great trotter eye.v time, and
is the truth of this great fact that causes
proper selection to stand out more prom
inently and demand more attention; til
failures to accomplish the object sought t
be attained will be numerous enough wit
all the attention.. study and thought tina
one can possibly give to the subiect."
Ar experienced horssman gives the foI
lowing as a means of curing the bad habi
of halter pulling: "Have," he says, "a stra
in the halter long enough to pass throug
ring in post or manger and reach to Tia
hind feet when the horse stands IA natural
lv tied. Fasten a strap around tine ankl
of one hind foot, pass the halter stra
through the ring between the forelegs an
faaten to the strap aFound the ankle, pnss
surciIgle around the horse to hold up tt
strap. When he pulls he will sit down lii
dog. A few attempts, it is said, will sui
due the most inveterate halter-bresker
yornDr ral1tjnu his ay,priayt1a in ~ -,