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

tina animals change Of air, vcntlates the
boxes, airs the bedding and gencrtly
fTeshens up the horse. II is strange
that the value OF this system has never
been recognized over there. Here We
feed three times. over there four times
"a day. Neither are horses cooled out
and rubbed down on the training grounds
as they are here, but are taken at once
10 the stable where they go through
very elaborate tOilet-dToSsing a horse
as II Is caiCd-in many cases pounding
and humping the horse with wisp of
straw which IS great thing to put a
polish on the bTute'S coat, but frequently
with thin skinned and nervous horses,
renders them YCrtable saYagcS.
Perhaps the greatest difference Is In
the final preparation for racing, over
there everything is done with trial horses
oyer certain distances and win an ad-
justment Of the weights; they get their
trial horse ready as soon as possible
and send IT off 10 the early races to as
certain II 1t retains all last seasons
form, they are ready to try the entire
string; with us II is simply the time
test; if a colt works a mile with his
weight up I'm l%&. II ought 10 take that
or faster TO beat him. We frequently
see horses, however which work one
way and race another. This is the wrong
Kind To own. Another great difference
Is, that the American trainer always
BallOpS his horses just before the race,
and sWcatS him out q bit; and English
reaction has set in, however, and the
American trainer does not pursue such
extreme methods as formerly obtained
I'm the craft.
oXrhhwks ticofwg e1ylEr Idosy ohatao
Independent OF the tact mat each
horse has his family traits, others ac-
Qulre some bad habits that are almost
impossible to eradicate. Some turn ar
rant rJgues and Sulkers,-these are near
~ always inherited; but others turn
'cribbers' ana stall walkers" The lat
ter habit is a very peculiar one and re-
minds me Of the FeStlesSneSS of the aver
age Wild beast in cage. When horse
Is so affected he walks all the flesh off
ms bones and it is impossible to keep
him in condition for racing. John Nc
tancry, whose aStuteneSs as trainer
is generally recoSnized, had stall
walker in his string once and he hit
upon a novel eXpcdient TO stop these
Wanderlngs, IL not to completely cure
them. lie hung to the rafters of the
and cloth, just low enough to hit the
colt squary in the head at almost every
step IT took, 50 that whenever the colt
started on one Of these walking tours
he got crack that brought him up with
sharp turn. and If he started off again
another WtaCk. The bricks were hung
ahout every two or three feet IN an ire
Euar circle, so that the colt dd not get
iar ON the walking expedition.
"Sulkers' are the bane of a trainers
Nc. 1hey cause more trouble than any
Qtncr species OF equine Shortcomings
Peter, in England; IN this country, EOe
who had TO be fooled in all sorts of ways
to be gotten out OF the stable on race
DAYS; Ben Ali. Reporter. dubbed the
"Klng OF Sulkers." Picknicker, Pick
pocket. and Sport are some OF the shin
ing lights which turn owners and train
er's hair pTematurely grey. Sport, IN
this respect, is the most educated and
cunning race horse seen in years. His
owners tried him at Sheepshead Bay in
Il heavy weight handicap on the grass.
with li5 pounds up. Everybody said
that Sport would got try ya-i with
that weight, and he didn't; when the
flag fell he got off last and when they
had run quarter OF a mile. be- stopped
dead short; and could not be persuaded
or logged into going on at all finally
getting up on his hind legs and dancing
all over the track, and would not move