The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07

are used with trottors. Then again some
horses can extend themselves only on
a hard dry track, others can falriy
swim through the mud and naturally
III their handling. these pecuhaFities
must he taken account OF.
OF course we inherit our horse racing,
like all other sports, from England. the
thoroughbred was first introduced by the
early English settlers into Virginia and
thence into Tennessee and Kentucky.
The war destroyed all the old breeding
farms In Virginia: still many OF the
oldest families In the stud book trace
back to those early settlers In the Moth
err OF Presidents" notably. 70 Harrison
OF Brardon, the founder OF ex-President
HarrisOn's family.
over there the trainer occupies a much
better position than with us. In this
country racing Is a business with ninety
nine out OF every hundred engaged In
IT, There is no family tradition mere
in, England IL IS no uncommon tnlng lot
several generations OF a trainer iamny
To- have handled the thoroughbreds for
one family OF owners so that the grand
son holds as trainer the same position
hts father occupied for a lie time. This
Of itself gives racing different status
and accounts I'm measure Tor It's per-
mauenCy as a national institution,
SO FAR as the practical part OF the bus
mess Is concerned, the English trainer
has a number OF advantages over his
American prototype. The climate Is
more temperate and equable. which is
great factor In handling thoroughhreas.
There Is no doubt that horses in England
show a higher state Of muscular develop
ment than ours. There are no deep
SHOWS and icy tracks In the early spring
over there as with us, which compel
our trainers TO do tn April and May what
the English trainer can start 10 do in
February. nor are there the terrific dog
days" Of August nor the thermometer
about the 100 mark In July to waste the
horses 10 shadows of themselves.
1 A. a 81. In
handling Of the yearlings than Is done
here The general features ara much
the same: but more care IS taken In the
biting and mounting. Side lines are
first put on the yeariing or dumb
Jockey on its back. and the youngster
after a week or so is logged around the
ring, gradually increasing the pace, TO
a nice even santcr. Then a boy or rather
a man weighing. perhaps, 100 pounds, or
as to accustom the colt to carry weight,
is nut w. Walking eXcersise is done
for a month before the colt Is asked to
gallOp
The American trainer has one very
marked advantage there Is so much
more range on the breeding farms In
this country, that the colt has done con-
siderable racing on his own hook ana
much better shape 20 handle himself
than yearlngs raised in England, where
the paddOCks are frequently so small
that the colt no sooner gets extended
in his play before he has TO stop him
self 10 KEEP from running into the fence,
So that while the American bred ycarl-
ing Is asked to do in september and Oc-
,ober what the Briton is only called up
ON for in February, when 1t Is fully two
wears old. yet there is not much TO
choose as the American bred youngster
is certainly more precociOus and more
Of n race horse Of it's own making at
an earlier date than the English bred
one
In stable methods there is Il difference
but Internationally i'm favor of the Amer
jcan plan After the morning exercise
over there nothing is done save to change
the clothing and toss over the bed. With
us the entire string does nice, quiet walk
ing exercise for over an hour; this gives