The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-19
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ENDS UPIN KANSAS.
What Secretary Hewey Has to Say About
Kansas Horses.

Secretary Hewey of the State FAN
| associatio has written letter
! TO the Kentucky Stock Farm, published
in Lexington, in which he calls dtten-
ton to a few facts in regard to kansas
and Wichita in particular, as center
of fast horses. Susie q. ana CeclI
Wilkes did not come quite up to his
expecta tons, but they may excel them
in the next races.
The most interesting part OF Mr..
Hewey's Letter is as follows:
1T is known and believed, the world
over, that Kansas never occupies any
middle ground; that she leads but never
follows. and it should be equally UNI
derstood that she never does anything
bv halves. Wichita, according TO its
size is admitted TO have had the great
est real estate boom of any city on the
American continent. And who can tell
but what in the near future this may
be transpOsed into trottlng-hofSe
boom of the same magnitude? Wlchl-
Ia. county seat of SedSWlck county.
proudly boasts of being the home of
Ashland Wilkes. at the Toler Stock
Farm, and Patchen Wilkes at the jew
EFT Stock Farm. the sireS of the two
fastest pacing stations in the world.
Think of this one county where the trot-
ser and PAGER has been bred only very
few years. and where the speed-horse
business is yet in its infancy, sending
out into the open world not only one,
but the two champion pacing stations.
Robert r. Gentry, 2:0S&. and Joe
Patchen. 2:0i. Here. too, is the birth
place of Theodore Shelton. full brother
to John r. Gentry: also Symboleer (son
of CampbelfS Electioneer), at Rosewood
Stock Farm. in both of whom there are
grand probabilities this season.
who knows but what some day Lex
ington Will lose her prestige and Wich-
tia will be known as the hub of the
horse universe?" Who can measure the
possibilities of this section Of Kansas
and say that Wichita is not some day
destined to be the horse breeding center
of America? Wichita has one of the
fastest regulation mile tracks of the
west. and at present * the head OF the
horse-t rotting industry OF Kansas. At
the present time we have in active train
ing one hundred head of some of the
best-bred sons and daughters of the
most noted sires in the land. J. B.
Chandler of Online fame, formerly Of
Fullerton. Neb.. has permanently locat-
ed here with his stable of twenty-five
head. whose average speed can't be eN-
ce!led by any sta bic Ve8St OF the Mis-
sippi river He was induced to locate
here on account of the following adj
vantages: First, on account IF the pure
and dry air, that much dreaded disease,
pnsuTnonia. is almost entirely unknown
among horses here. Second. on account
of the prairie hay that we feed.it IS very
rare that a horse ever has that very
common disease known as heaves.
Third. our winters are usually mild and
our springs early, thus enabling horse
men To prepare their horses for the
early race meetings. Fourth. being IN
the very heart of the very richest agri-
cultural country in ;he United States,
feed Is generally moderate in price.
Nj. r. I4igbee of Emporia, Kan, who
has been training here this spring, left
last week for Baltimore. Nd, with his
string Of horses. including Susie c..
2IIl4. and Cecil Wilkes, 2.252.. to take
part n the races commencing there
Nav : Watch the papers. and I pre-
diet you viii see that Mr.. Higbee gets
a piece Of the money about every time
he starts in a race
&c. Z. Humphrey Of CTeScO. Ia. who
trained with Us last season. : back
with Us again this spring with MS sta
BILE d [ the head OF which : that fast
and game race mare Lady Wilkes.
> .16ls. by Ellerslia Wilkes. the prop
ertv Of \. a KitZmilIer. Of the county
e. Jewett OF Blackwell Q. T. * also
training here and has tha noted Tom
ogden. with race record OF 2-l-i4,
in his stables
A. ~ ~.
has one cf the fastest horses on our
track that can show a Jwo-muute clip.
and at the same time j eligible 10 a
three minute class. The following 10
cal horsemen are represented on our
track; John A Doysn. / .. west
gate. William Spar. Cash Henderson.
W. \ Brown, q. W Holdrigde J. Il /
I.aphana. Tom Arnold. John Rritten- (
field. .. a Miilar, William TTot;er. ".
Il. Dulany and Sam Anidon.
Wichita VIII give z three days trot- &
ing and pacing meeting on June L. = Z
and Il, and the prospects for success I
full meeting are very elcouraS luS. *
we expect the horsemsn from Texas On T.
their way through here 70 the Red Oak. .
IA, meeting. n stop oyer here and test 4
the metal OF their Ayers with that - &
our Kansas horses Wichita VIII alS1 4
give five days meeting n October II 5
connection with the Kansas state fair. (
which is bound 10 prove grand Sue |.