The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-02-07

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BREEDING HORSES.
Senator Stan:1 speaks of Hs Expeii-
| eDCe.
Sena or Leland Stanford, of Califor
mia, was sitting in the lobby of the
Windsor Hotel in New YORK one day
recently talking to a representative OF
the Times On the subject of horses.
He was enthusiastic, as he always is
when talking of horses, and he was
telling of his success both with trotters
and runners. The filly, Sunol, had
been disappointment to him as
four year cid, but he had hopes that
she would come around all right again
now that she had been taken back to
California. The Senator is thorough
believer IN the GLORIOUS climate OF
California as producer If horses as
we'll as men aud vegetables.
He was also interested in the well
f're of that fast sprinter, Racine, the
first horse to break the long standing
mile record of The famous Ten Brock,
and in the career of the beautiful and
high class Gorgo. Both of those horses
are the property OF Senator Stanford,
although they have been trained in
the stables and run in the colors of
other men.
Did you ever hear how l became
interested in horses2 suddenly asked
the Senator. No Well, III tell you.
1t was several years ago, and l had
been working very hard, in fact,
my physician said than unless | took a
rest l would break down altogether.
My business interests were so great
and so pressing at that time that l
could not think of following this advice.
told my physician that he mus! pre-
scribe something else. He thought
awhile, and then said that the next best
thing was to occupy my mind some
other way, and to obtain the relief and
rest that is to be found in diversion.
He suggested driving. l had at that
time one pretty good horse, roadster,
lrpd l followed his advice. l quickly
x rcame so interested in the animal l
po ssessed tiHsat bought another and a
better horse. l drove these and watch
ed them carefully. soon found my
self trying to develop them into some
thing better than they were, and sue
ceeded so well that bought others and
developed them. Almost before real
lzed it l had got together fair stable
and was deeply interested in the de.
velopment of the horse. 1t was but a
quick and natural step 10 breeding, and
l made it with enthusiasm.
In the old days when we washed
gold in the mines there was certain
sort OF dust that could not be separated
from the sand except with the use of
magnet. We used 10 put the magnet in
the dirt and the gold would stick to it.
In my leisure moments from mining |
was wont to amuse myself by expert
menting with my magnet. 1t was the
common horseshoe kind, and l would
dip it into head of iron tacks and
keep adding to its burden until the
limit OF its strength was reached. Then
l would strip away the tacks and load
up the magnet again. repeated this
! again and again until l found that the
power of the magnet was seriously i'm
paired. l succeeded in reducing that
power 10 one-third of what it was ori-
ginally, and l think l could have de-
stroyed it altogether by simply over
taxing it, although l never experiment
ted that far. When became interest
| ed in the development OF the horse
recalled these idle moments with the
| magnet, and | reasoned that the power
of horse could be destroyed just as
that of the magnet. At that time it
was the custom in training horses to
tax their endurance to the utmost.
They were given miles of jogging, and
were worked until they were exhausted.
This seemed to me to be all wrong. 1t
was just what had done with my old
magnet, and l was convinced that 1t
left the horse with impaired strength
and endurance every time it was done.
The more l thought about the matter
the more | became convinced that the
proper way to develop the horse was
to keep every effort demanded of HIM
we'll within his powers. He should not
be worked until he was exhausted, but
he should be trained to make one ST.
prene effort when his powers we're at
their best.
| applied this theory, and have not
only had remarkable success myself
hut have lived to see the whole sys
tenn Of training trotting horses revolu-
tionized. There was a time when
trotter was supposed to be immature
until he was nine or ten years old. Now
we have three and four-years- olds