The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-26
BUYING GOOD HORSEFLESH
Purchasers Becoming More Plentiful
aud the Market Is Beginning 10 Siiffen.
Will Be Three Hundred Flyerson the Indian
apolis Track This Season-New ones OF
Last Week-General Turf Notes

sters has been exceedingly good, the prices
paid ranging from Sits TO $40. There has
been q pickup in the sale of drivers. good
ones bringing from 1925 to el75, the COM
mon ones ranging from SS5 TO 500. Not SO
many draft animals have been disposed of.
The inquiry for coach and match
teams has been brisk. Orders are
waiting IN various stables and exchanges
for good match teams. which are hard TO
get Wherever city buyers 60 they find
foreign purchasers IN almost all the conn
try towns. Next month farmers will
tighten their hold on their horses. and the
better ones will not be in the market.
Blair & Blake sent o carload of roadsters
and coach horses to Pennsy lyania late last
week. and Mcdonald. of Chicago was IN
the city gathering up coach horses. Hor-
ace Woods purchased q carload OF Ken
lucky blood. among which ere three nne
saddle and good park horse.
few months ago the Russian prince.
Wlasemsky, undertook TO make very ex-
tensive trip over Asia OH horseback, and he
has encountered great difficulties and more
or less real danger. In the kingdom of Siam
In the rainy season. like some sections OF
our own country. much of the territory be-
comes flooded, the water rising In many
places so high as 10 require swimming the
horses and only those who have had ex-
perience in this know anything about It's
difficulty and danger.
When unaccustomed to il the most gentle
horses often become fairly frantic. and ae
such times 1t Is very likely TO prove fatal
Tor any person in the water. no matter how
good swimmer he may be, as he ls very
sure To be struck under by the horse. not
viciously. but just as drowning man Is
said TO grasp at straw. the idea being 10
get support or assistance.
At such q time the only safety which the
swimmer has is by diving out of sight. and
swimming under water until reaching
the tail: when it is very easy to urge him
forward toward the bank, as nearly all
horses with heads unchecked and free use
of the legs. are quite strong swimmers.
There Is a great difference In horses as To
the depth at which they swim. Some swim
so lightly that with rider on their backs
the upper portion of the saddle remains
dry. while others swim so deeply that only
portion OF their heads are above water.
The sensation Is very different from that
of riding anywhere on terra frIna, as the
least inclination on the part of the rider TO
either side tips the horse over. and when
on his side he 10 quite irresponsible oil max
ing Roadway. In Fighting the unifn al 1t the
rider leans just o trite too far in the ODpo-
site direction the horse Is carried hey ond the
point of equilibrium TO the opposite side.
the Russian Prince had several horses
drowned. and was finally obliged to take
elepsnts. =.
The pool rooms of Covington. KY. refuse
10 allow the we'll known .urfman. Robert
Holloway. TO lay his money on races with
them. Just before going to Hot springs
the past winter his winnings were so heavy
and continuous that during his absence
the pool men entered into q com bine agree
ing not To accspt any of bis bets. Good
judgment and PROBABLY little luck en-
nbled him To beat tho bookies nearly every
time. Scores of pikers and pluDgcrs fol-
lowed him IN his betting, and itls said his
presence In CovingtOn during the winter
cost the bookmakers something like $780,
OOO Holloway has gone To Lexington TO
look after his string of race horses. he
says the Covington bookies haven't an
ounce of sand"
BY the French law, on every highway in
France and every street which has steep
grade. there Is stationed. at point where
the rise begins. an extra horse" The law
compeIs the use OF this horse until the sum-
nit of the hill Is reached. and there is d
heavy fine for refusing to hire the extra, at
a small liked rate. A plaoard by the road
side indicates the point where the extra
MP, shows where hemay be- dispensed wit
All the truokmen and other teamsters in
large cities pay strict attention TO this reg
uletion. framed IN the interest of toiling
animals. -
Thomas Stuard received last week the
following horses. to be trained at the In
dianapolis track: Lena T.. 2:27l4. by Amer
lean Boy; Little Elgin. 2:29I, by Elgin
Boy; Burmah. green PAGER that can beat
2:20. by American Traveller; Orval. a green
three-y-ar-old son of Norval. and sure
Irotter: Dennis. green tbree-year-old. by
Hamcnger: Verne Walker, fOur-ycar-o old
green stallion. by Badger SDrague. Verne
Walker promises TO be very fast. and Mr.
Stuard has yreas faith IN him. This driver
has now an even dozen good ones on his
hands. 4 few more will arrive next week.
There will DO more horses trained on the
track here this spring. it is believed, than
ever before; horsemen with their strings
are already quartering. and the demand
for stalls is brisk. The straw has not yet
been takon off the track. most of the work
being put on the road. BY the 10th of mex &
June there will lie AT least three hundred
horses training at the track. Three eta bles
are In now. AMI others coming soon as
the sun appears. The year promises we'll
for horsemen. and all seem to be enjoying
the prospects
Horse Notes
Indiana's Governor Matthews is O breeder
of trotters and q practical all-round horse
man.
The racing season in England YVES opened
last Tuesday with the Lincoln spring
meeting.
Orrln Hiekok will come east the present
season with some Of Governor Stanford's
trotters.
in 1892 only seventy-slx made records Of
2:2G and better.
T.. J. Hamlin thinks his mare Nightin-
gale Is likely 10 win tho crown now worn
by Nancy Hanks.
The Indiana bred and raised trotter
George, record 2:l4ls. Will again try con-
ciusions with the lightning brigade In 1885,
T. Abercrombie. OF Nashville. Ind. lost
bis Elgin Boy brood mare. Lucille. 2:2ila, n
few days ago. He had refused q, 50O for
her.
J. w. Knox, the former owner of Nut
wood. and lately superint endent of Fash
ion stud farm. is COW located at Terre
Haute.
Hon. j. C. Sibiey. one of the proprietors
of Prospect Hill stock farm is probable
Democratic candidate for Governor OF
Pennsy lvania.
With the EnglIsh buyers it's "d-n the
pedigree; let's see 'em trot." and words of
like import are quite fashionable In demo-
c:atic America.
The Terre Haute track holds tho worlds
records for both trotting and pacing and
VerCe Haute Ia tho hest horsa town in Tndi.