The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-27
WINNING BY L0uDON.
IhssoWnsr X thu Horse Tells How
a ~ Cleared $4,000 In
One Raca
sAs ---
" pisappointrnent II His Early
Days. Selling for Less
Than 82OO.
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uiss Great Raos on Csncy Island--Isncct Of
S4 ! Jockeys Duplicity-LyinE
Very Low.

AHFYHE STORY THAT i AM NOV y
relate ID about Richard Loudon,
se,lS9 horse; also about myself, RichaI
Ioadon. the man. Not that ! combined VI
attributes OF l biped and ~quAdruped, cen
teur like, but that there was in reality tv
distinct Individuals, Richard London, u
horss, and Richard London, the man, 9th
Srwiss ths humble narrator.
From tho very first that ] can remembe
81 ny boyAoed / always had : passionat
fondnsss for tho h~igh-mindsd thorough
brad. Not your cold-hlooded p~rosaic slow
70 Of the farm, but the nery, almost un
broken descendants Of Diomed. Hisrchy
Boston, Lexington and the other famou
p~roRsnitors Of our American racing fami
l,es. 4 was never so happy AZ from the tim
/ Was deemed equal TO the task Of throwing
Len over 1 ffisky yearling OF q boltini
tWo-yaar-old and showing shat %yonngste
the way hs Or shs should go in track gallol
ma track trials. Did ! get tumblsd? Yes
many 4 timsl
nv uncie was \ Kentucky stock breeder
ana he had a few tho%roughbreds reared il
aaodeat way. But the first real good one
he eyer owned was Ida Stanton. by Wea-
vi. out Of Ada Stanton.
He got her in ! peculiar way. Adjoininf
His farm in Woodford county was the plact
or nv. +. Stanton, 4 well-known breeder Of
dns stock, aad among other choicely bret
horses on tho place was Ada Stanton, q
mare in whose veins flowed tie blood OF
some Of the greatest performers and pro-
ducsrs in tho stud book.
After d visit to the Grandstend sire
Weaver, Ada Stanton in due time foaled
bay flly that. while strong and active, wal
! late foal and rather underaized. This
estimate on the new conner, and when my
uncle, who saw more in the young thing
than did her bssder. proposed a trade for a
Wilkes colt. ! ~trotter, the offer was quickly
snapped up, aAd I had the pleasure of lead
Ing ths Ada Stanton ally over to u place
nyssA.
A ysar worked wonderful Developments in
The Ally. My uncle named her Lids Stan
4oa,sand later on ran her with great success
allever the county.
80 10 I attained mans estate bethought
mo that ], . green country lad, would keep
q watcifui lookout for some such bargain
in the race horse line az my uncle's great
mare had proved TO be, and make a start
u AOI NyUGlls tClkOaudAAsJ Sok0S oOoACA
than / looked for.
Over at the aeighboring Endorf stud
farm there was held annually the usual
spring vale Of %yearlinga, at which some
great bargains were often obtained, after
the equine swslls. 30 called on account Of
their relationship TO winners, had been
knocked down to m~illionaires or their rep
1eaentatvss.
Ansng The LOT to be sold the spring
which proved an auspiciozs one to me was
bay colt ~ Lawyer, out Of Optinc. As the
sire was 4 son of Lexington and tho great
mare Lsvity, and the dam by that famous
son Of Irish Birdcatsher. knight of St.
1 high dprios. But perhaps because he was
: bit .buc~kskinned" and had just the sus-
pioion stan ''osslet'' on his left hind leg l
got him dirt oheap for something under a
couple Of hundred dollars.
] never shall forget my feelings as the
a~uctisassr. Colonel Brewster, after knock
ing the colt dewn to me. asked What
nams?" and ! proudly answered him "Diok
Loudon, sir." and pulling out my slender
bank roll. paid for the %youngstsr on the
spot, and led him avsy amid the approving
mods Of many Of my asniorsin the business.
Well, for a long time I Thought hat l was
badly ''stuck'' in the Lawyer colt. After l
had him bridle-wise and got HIM to gallop-
ing q bit, the fall after he became my prop
erty, he developed a propensity for boiling
that nearly cost him his logs and me my
neck. One day when | was riding him my
self, trying to teach him to "byeak" from q
"drum tap" he broke with a vengeance.
hundred yards, and then espying a break in
the fence made for it. Essaying to get
oyer, he emily succeeded in 'straddling' the
obstacle, after dumping me on the other
side on my head. When I scrambled up
rubbing my Uranium. there was nay world
beaten that was to be hanging over the
rails, struggling for dear life and apparently
impaled.,
But after some of the help had let down
the rails and the colt. too, l found the
youngster was not impalsd. although. he
had outs and bruises all over his legs and
the inside of his thighs, and he hobbled off
20 lame that we could hardly get him to the
barn.
Well, / did no more with the colt that
fell. ! turned him out, and fortunately,
when ] took him up the next spring, he was
apparently as sound as ever. Before be-
ginning to work him, however, I took my
uncis's advice and had him added TO the
list.
Ny uncle was not q believer in running
two-yaar-olds to death, however. and again
taking his advice, l did not start the
younester many times as a two-year-old.
For all that he ran a fair race in good COM
and then l named him after my
uncle, Richard Loudon. Az l was also
named after my uncle, there were then
three Richard Loudons-Loudon, En-,
Loudon, Jr., and Loudon the horse. Which
OF the trio did the most service to the house
of Loudon in ths period covering the nara
tive | am about to relate / willleave to my
readers, however, to judge.
The following spring, after resting up
there a bit, | shipped tho horses direct to
Saratoga, via the Chesapeake & Ohio and
Pennsylvania railroads to New York, and /
arrived Win my SINAI string OF three in
good shape at the Springs after a rapid
"trip.
As il was some weeks yet before racing
began at the Springs, l had little trouble in
securing stable room ut Horse Haven, and
after . confab with Secretary Whaiey. of
the association, selected one of those i'm
mediately behind the old grand stand in the
famous pine grove. Here l had the old
quarter mile sandy track to gallon
my horses on, rs we'll rs the regular course
just across the avenue.
MY life at Saratoga during these prelimi-
nary weeks was very pleasant. The unsur-
passed water and pine-ladan atmosphere of
Horse Haven did wonders for nv horses
as we'll az for myself. and by the time the
last weeks OF July arrived my little party
was In good shape for business. An inter
estsd spectator OF my horses progress dur
ing theae pleasant summer mornings was
Secretary Whaley, the nestor OF American
racing officials. Partly Wal this due to a
natural sentiment on his part, as he had
himself brad Optine, the dam of my colt
Richard Loudon, and afterward sold her to
the Endorf farm stud. Prior to f~oalinp
my colt, Uptime had thrown that good race
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