Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-01

while pursuing this avocae4ou are OF
gress value % me Il gives me the pow
or Of controlling myself a. well as 10
handle the stock which comes IN my
hand Ny admiration tor trotter be-
gan when l was a boy"
Budd Doble. one Of the most fsmcaA
II not shs rnost famous, driver OF tros-
ting horses m the world. spoke thus
while beginning most interesting con-
vsrsatioa about his experiences ON tho
turf Mr. Doble Is . small man IN stat
ure; but big 10 power on the track, not
only for himself. bat for other people.
When no opened his budget Of good
stnriea he said:
II drove and canpaigned Goldsmith
Maid for ten years, and put her into
her home In Trenton after All those
days Of hard work the fall she was
twenty years OF ago a. sound a. when
abe came into my hsndA She was. tax
Ing IL all Ia all. tho most remarkable
animal for the race track of which this
country has any knowledge 1t Is Inn
possible to tell what Maud 5. might do.
or oould have done, had she been sub
3ecoed 70 tho ssne exactions a. was
the Maid: bus taking tho record o. 10
stands, DO horse of this or any other day
has stood the test which my old pet took
care OF with comparative case In all
climates, under AL conditions. IN rain
or shine, ON n hard or soft track. she was
always ready, and you eosald rely upon
her doing hsr buxt at any time Before
~ = f. Al n,
on The Pashion stud BARN and we bade
each other good-hy IN 1851 she had
earned over three hundred and sixty
Thousand dollars In purseA Hence. her
financial record wa - strong a. her
physical one-
DEXTER was q great horsn In many
RESPECTS no was the most perfectly
equipped animal for . race that ever
saw. He could always be- relied on,
and had lots Of brains. which Is a very
inporsant thing IN trotter. He never
lost his head. no matter what the con
fusion. and during the years l drove
him never broke or left his feet but three
tines In tlse days when be was su
preuic h had plenty Of speed. and knew
how To uss 10 a. web ~ any animal in
the world.
"Brainsr Yea that Is what say.
mean that he had sense, juss like hu
man being 40 did Goldsmith Maid
There Is Just Is much difference In horses
as there are In men and women. What
I may call the intellectual quality In a
horse Is all important, and the man
driving him IN race feels secure when
he knows that his animal has good
sense Some animals lose their heads
and 80 ali - pieces in the confusion OF
scoring up. others drop their nerve In a
close finish. and often have seen a
horse with superior speed beaten out by
his rival. simply because the one had
brains aud the other had bad habits
or weakness IN the head. II Is worth
great deal 70 a driver a. have horse
upon whose brains you can rely in an
emergency. All these things one has Il
strssiy and know we'll before no can get
the best out N bis horse. In fact a
driver must study hfs animal Just like q
mechauic studies his machinery. only
The drivers needs are far greater than
the engineers because he has temper
and caprice To deal wish. rather than
cold conditions. To do well you must
understand the disposition Of the horse
you are behind A good driver mus'
know the length Of the stride Of hi:
horse. In fact, . man, 10 be successful