New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-15
A WoRKDAY AT THE TRACK.
HOW A TRAINER TAXES CARE OF HIS hohsfn
AND GIVES THEM TMAL

WoRKDAY AT THE TRAIN.
HOW A TRAINER TAXES CARE OF HIS HohSES
AND GIVES THEM TRIALS.
rs,x raceeoers have an idea the routine WORK o'
trainer and the stable attendants OF race track. ia
a day with trainers at Monmouth fArH. A.,
actually begins at 80 o'clock In the morning. NV
gray streaks Of light showing There Is heA'y ms
Th oh,rn q, the cricket ana katydd Is oil thai is
hoard The fields bathed IN the mist. look Nko 'shes'
shr whistle is heard ana then there are sounuS VI 'o
around Marcus Days stable " is fap'aiS s'o""e
uobt and eight horses with their riders are seen "s
., circle In front Of the stable The mist makes tne
sppear three times their natural size as they move 10
ward the track. The attendants with palis' so''P' %
cloths follow them. Byrnes forms 'heh' III ' ~ ,rh
the beys what them 10 do with the hofses inc
little fellows ore not wholly awake and dig their k'nekes
Into their sleepy eyes and pull themselves 'oee1er
make the trainer believe they are wue swan
As he goes Along the line ana '''o'u'
scrunizes each boys face he selects one ann says
last night The boy looks su'ienly ut MS
comrades Byrnos adds: Didn't tel you 70 stay ~ e
stable every night for going away without per-
sion before The little fellow 6luobers that pinch,
one Of boys had severe attack Oh coc anu no
be went to the druggist to get medicine
IAN right" Byrnes says; " Pinch you must "Ne
bg dose OF castor the horses have been worhee
'Pinch" begins 10 whimper: "Mr. Byrhes. amt haA
no collie Don't give me no castor OIL Inc We'"''
caor who says he been GRAND OF mercy LOOKS
caqgers at pinch" Byrnes gives HIM severe TOOK ous
saws nothing him in doubt as TO what punish
mel Is in store for him.
As he walked to the head OF line give tho boy
on Montana his instructions OF the boys turns to tho
little Ananies and says: an jess bet nickie youH
have to take Plnchs castor OIL"
By this time the little fellows wide awake and the
work Of the nrst sct Of the DAILY horses begins rs the
eight horses Of the FIRST working division start at9und
the track ct trot
At the stable the 'dcck.hands" the stable
called busy engaged in removing the soed bsddae
and airing the stalls which thoroughly cleaned and
swept out A full pail water is left a. the door OF
each box everything Is made ready for the return OF
the horses odor OF coffee IA waed from the
Kitchen where q robust Chinaman is tusiy engaged IN
preparing morning meal for dozen or more boys ana
men who have appettes described by the Chinaman ~
"s!lee samee Ike q shark"
py this time the horses finished their preliminary
WORK Of trotng and again Ia lne TO be- rubbed down
and hove their spongci out preparatory t" the Ie
work OF the day Byrncs begins with Montana ana tAhs
70 ench 10y a. he passes his hand over the muze OF each
horse lie saws to one boy why do snatch a. that
horses mouth whenever he makes the slightest mover
81 didn't snatch him" the boy answers
"You thought couldn't you through the bag hey
Well you and you'll get snached "heh We to'
tack the stable
The horses start OF cancr and at the end OF ne
and q half two out from the bunch brhe'
has his watch in his hand which clicks they pas ue
mile post As they swing Into te stretch ne hoes
cloth Ia hand which no raises III iioh' Vi h'''
holding IL still signal tho boys 10 keep 'neF
no, ses steady 81 pace Is satisfactory INS t"e5
,ass the finishing post they pull up ana fyrheS
consults his watch. He seems ploAsed ana ~heh '"o
horses return where he is standing he examines ue
carefully as they being unsaddled aud says WIZ"
them on and sponge their mouths and 90 to the s"oe
with them ~
The rest Of the division Is once more In line ne
selects and says: 'Wak NJ TO ue h''d Vi '"'
stretch turn around and brsk from the stand ana worn
a mic AZ about a two-minute gait Bee mat YOU III
keen together and don't strss 2e all the irscN
A. the boys start of, Pyrnes turns his attention 10
Montana and working saddle Is icLo'ea anu fep'cou
with another that everything VIII be IN ue hoStS
favor In the meanwhile Hyrnes gives the Low his IN
s,ructons As To how he wants him ride the TROLL the
catter Of hoos him 10 take cut his "atch once
nore a. the horses start to work mile IN .'o
minutes Montana is being walked up and down the
stretch Three horses tIottng b., ioHowcu ny
1--WE others Uyrnes turns TO his foreman and soys:
"Hyland is up. There goes his FIRST se'' A. '''
bows on the now coming dc"h the s''c'
Byrnes holds aof his hat which means 10 ta"e mem '"'
A. they are going faster than me in two minutes. A.
they ,,s him. he says: 81 80. They seemed to he iu oil
run this morning" Their nccks wiped on ana hoy
are sent 10 the stable when Byrnes calls one OF them 70
come hack walk him around few mrutes uh'i
Montana is ready" he 1t takes only lew minutes
IN prarc Montana when Dyinc tells the boys ~ mount
lie instructs boy the horse which lie fceaea 10
gallon to the hafne post and TO bre2H Win M"h'ana'
and pu up at end Of the rst hafme lie tells Inc
other lad Montsnas WORK mate 70 break win hi Us nc
comes through tie stretch, and the la nile with him.
but not to try him uliil the last quarter e'
to come away and beat him II he can. lie turns to
the att ndauts orders them to the stable and Mon
,anas trial begins. lreoks from the halfne post
and works q mile and half The horse that joins hi"
for the first hall laps him until the second horse Join.
them az the stand Byrnes coDsut his watch at every
eighth pole and when they reach the stretch ne takes
positon In the centre Of the track the horses come
numbering toward him. Montana is barely straight but
his working companion Is being Hidden with hands ana
heels In vain endcavOr keep up with the Suburban
winner AS they nash by the post iiyrncss watch nd-
Gates that the trial good enough win the Champion
Stakes. result: shows that racing against held Of
good horses is far trial with stable com
nsnons who enaeayor to assist him In every way.
Ey time there number OF horses on the tNe"
from the various stables Quart-rd at the old track al
Monmouth Park Montana ana his wording companions
10 the stable where they taken care OF under
Dvess supervision. The breakfast bell rings and thers
are two sets TO work for the Chnsman who attend,
q, the wants tcir shsrpened sppetites After break
fast and after first division OF horses Is made snug
tho second ret goes through much the routine The
,,rer. work for the day Is far from being finished. as
he tss TO go secretarys Office 70 see the handicap
announcements and the weights assigned. When the
weights appear almost every trainer INDUCES himself
wit. quiet halfhours "kicEing." Ne insists that the
.tb.r fellows horse into the handicap and that
the Handicapped should b. appointed superintendent Of
dsy nursery He eonsults the programme carefully TO
see ~ he con find SPOT OF his horses aud
after he has expressed his surprise the IN which
me PROGRAMMES Of meeting arranged. he places
his entries In his stable
the morning has any Of them to leave their