Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-24
HIS STIFLE CAP HURT.
THE FAMOUS STALLION,
BADLY INJURED.
The Peculiar Accident Which Befell the
Great stAllion-It IL Improbable
that He Will Ever Be Able
Again to Trot.

At an early hour yesterday morning
the groom who has charge of the famous
trotting stallion, Mckinney, went into
his stall at Agricultural park and found
the horse unable to lift his off hind foot
from the ground. He at once ran to the
club house of Mr.. Ryan, and at the
same time dispatched a messenger in
search of Mr.. Durfee, the owner of the
horse, who resides about two blocks
from the track. A moments consulta-
tion revealed the fact that, in some way
or other, twisting about his stall, the
great horse had dislodged the cap of the
off stife from its natural position.
They at once got box to put under him
of about a foot deep, on top of which
they placed mat on which to rest the
foot. Then, lifting all together, they
got the foot up 30 high that the box was
passed under the injured limb. Nc
Kinney is but five years old. very
tough horse, and one that requires q
great deal of work. During the cam
paign which closed in November he got
work enough to have used up any ordi-
nary horse, but stood it as we'll aH sta
tionary engine could have done. At
four weeks after the campaign had
closed he was quite fat, and at seven
weeks he looked like brood mare. Last
Tuesday morning, in company with his
owner, the HERALD's reporter was look
ing at the great horse as he stood in his
stall. The latter said:
II never saw horse thicken out as
he has done in the past six weeks"
"You never did, because you never
saw q horse that would eat as he does.
But he has had no grain since he came
home; nothing but hay and carrots" "
replied Mr.. Durfee.
you'll find it hard to get that big
bean. belly off him." said the reporter,
"when you get ready to train"
~ don't care whether ever trot him
again or not" replied Mr.. Durfee. "He
has 4.year-old record of 2:121a, which
is five seconds better than Stamboul
and eight seconds better than Palo Alto
at the came age. l don't see where it
would pay me to lower his record to
2:08% even. He would get just as
many mares with his present record
and of just as high class. You were
right when you eaid ought not to cam
paign him any more. He is too valua-
BILE horse to be carted about the state
nuN CduPhiSuCu iOi PuloCos UhAAh
will let people come here when they
want to tackle him after this"
1t now looks exceedingly improbable
whether the great brown stallion will
ever get to another pace. He is just as
available for breeding purposes as ever,
but his present lameness must always
interfere with severe training here
after. There can be but one cause as
signed for this-the want OF plenty OF
slow work, just to keep him in true
form and prevent relaxation of the
muscles. Had this horse been sent to
the Baldwin ranch or to Rosemeade
this mishap might not have occurred,
for he would have been given lot 300
feet square to play in for several hours
each day. There are number of cases
where horses have recovered from this
trouble and trotted good races after
wards; and as Mckinney has been the
representative horse OF Los Angeles
ever since Mr.. Rose sold Stamboul, it is
to be hoped he may recover and retain
his old title of the Bulldog OF the
Turf"