The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-08
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
SOME NOTES ON THE TRoTTERS At
OCooNEECHEE FARM.
Balancing tho Trottcr-A Spring Race
Meeting to he Held Here--Extrsiight,
son of starIigh Recent Sales.

inss, 1.-Two stock and other attractions,
ample evidence OF unrcmitung care and
attention 10 the stock. and such details
IS plainly seen IN every direction
Col Julian :. Carr has expended money
with liberal hand IN making additions,
since the estate came into .sion,
ard no farm in that section or North
Carolina is better known
Occonccchcc skirts the suburbs Of the
Old-fashioned town OF liillhoro. or rather
portion OF its thousand acres DO. while
the thriving city of Durham Is only four
teen miles away. ana in fine weather
Col. Carr often drives through the coun-
tfy iu preference 10 reaching the farm
hy rail. ln the various departments AZ
Ocronecchoe arc reared many varieties Of
fowls. pigeons. swine and sheep. and
these with the farm herd Of Jersey cat
tlc and thoroughbred and trotting horses
have carried on many premiums at fairs
al over The State.
Of iho tr0uinc bred matrOns at the
farm which wcrc mated last season with
wcll-known sircs of speed. Consolation, a
big chestnut. daughter of Norfolk. is IN
foal 60 Bar0nct. 2.il -. her fun sister
Magnolia. U.s. in foal 90 onward. 2.2j IA.
as is Dearest. hy Madrid. TO Alcautara
Gladys "a bay. daughter of Alacantara,
and rl sister TO Wilkes Bee, Pc If. Is
in fOa 10 Bow Bells. 2.l9 Ia. She SIS the
dam of Kitty Hawk. 2.2S L.. and Of
Eufaula c.. that trOtted "a half in .0t last
season.
The thoroughbred mares, Miss Walton,
ly John Morgan. her daughter WaltOona
hy Ben uimyar. are both .n foal 20 inn
ported CharaXus. Madge Morehead.
brown hly. two years old. IS by import
al order. out OF Miss Walton ana Tess
TempIar. a bay niiy Of the same age. IS
ly imported Cavalier out of WaltoOna.
Mr Arrasmith is working a string Of
tr0ttng bred colts and hllies over the
farm track among them eight yearlings.
by Onward Noryal. Baronct and Saman-
tacc. son OF NOrVal
ln addition to these Arrasmith has
Tuxedo. "a chestnut colt. 3, by Pamlico.
out of Maud Morgan. Marie Reed.
chestnut nliy, q by kremlin. 2.0l 81. out
OF Magnolia. Eufaula c.. "a bay FLY, g.
by pamlic0. out of Gladys. Methys,
chestnut hlly. Q, fun sister 20 Eufaula
G.: L. y. c., q chestnut colt, 2. by
Kremlln. out of Consolation and Minnie
Tucker. a brown filly. 2. bv Norval out
of Gladys. Arrasmith thinks the chest
nut colt. ]. by Samautacc, out OF Dearest
will make "a tfOtter. lie is not large
put highly finished
Eufaula c.. was very fast last season.
and is now iu fine shape. She should
show mile. close TO PIP II she Keeps
right Col Carr has concluded TO dis
pose OF his entire collection OF brood
mares. and viii retain only the young
STEERS now I'm tho training stable At an
early date. tho former viii be shipped 10
Lexington and sold.
Mt William j. Moore. farrier at Allen
Farm Plttsfeld Mass. who has shod
Kremiin. 2.0l 3-4 and other great turf
performers owned AT that famous breed
ing establishment. writes as follows about
balancing the action Of the trotter.
Hr Moore is an expert, and his notes
will prove both interesting and valuable.
balancing the action Of the trotter or
PAGER" is an art acquired only by those
who have given the subject careful study
along with practical experience and much
observation
Accompanying these It is all important
that tho operator possess thorough
knowledge of the anatomy of the foot
and leg
RE must be able TO detect lost action.
while the horse Is in motion and remedy
the defect In order that "a greater rate OF
speed may be attained, with a CORE
spending decrease In the amount Of eXer-
uon put forth
To balance the foot and 10 detect when
that member is balanced on the leg, II
the h0Of Is not defOrmed and the cOrOnets
az tho quarters are I'M line with each
other. can be done with q compass
Russeu's foot adiuster and a straight
edge The foot being properly pared off
from the bottom 10 the white line, but
not sufficiently 10 produce soreness from
sole pressure. though some horses re-
quire a greater length OF toe than others,
here the drivers Judgment Will come in
very handiy
Both heels are TO measure from the
COrOnct 10 the bearing surface OF the
wall alike distance The next step is TO
draw "a line, Communicating al the centre
of the frog 40 the heel 10 centre OF the
same az the point; this done with a
straight edge. viii give centre of the
foot at tho toe, which can be marked
with pencil cor chalk. A tape placed
around the foot below the cOrOnet Will
give the whole distance. Take half OF
this measurement place 10 on the centre
of the frog at the heel. measure the dis
lance around the foot. just below the
cOrOnct 90 the centre Of the foot, I'm front
OF the leg and mark it. then measure
the same on ihe opposite side and il can
De seen how much more surplus foot is
ON one side of the leg than the other.
Do can readily be ascertained by mea-
surement with the compass. beginning at
the line drawn from heel 10 toe, II there
be more surplus horn on either side Of
The foot than on the opposite one, or one
rl.I' 'i ANr lex IMAM lNr Nliti
IT SO. remove 10. Shape the foot from
the ccntreiine 20 correspond with that Of
the pedal or coffin bone on the inside,
and 30 Che points OF the heels measure
like distance from centre Of the frog at
che heels on both sides and SO on TO, and
az the point Of the frog, You will by this
time have tho leg resting Oh the centre
Of the foot
II at this time the Russell foot adjus-
ter be placed on the bottom of the foot
and there is no vacant space between,
then the bearing surface must be level
a shoe fitted 10 this foot should by all
means DE levelcd while hot. and on a
perfect levellng plate.
Balancing the foot on the leg IS a sub
ject Tor profound study. and balancing
the action OF the trotter or PAGER is
equally go. The driver can usually in
form the farr.or as 10 weight Of shoes
bes. suited Co. the horse. ne usually hay
ng learned by experimenting IN that
direction.
William Simpson. OF New York. has
changed the name Of the champion pacing
stallion JnO n. Gentry. 2.O3 81. TO Cen
try Mr. Simpson will breed the famous
son OF Ashland Wilkes 20 few select
mares and then campaign him. He will
be- IN the hands OF William j. Andrews.
along with Bouncer. 2:lO IA. Adjournment,
il6 80. Orangelander. PIG "a. and other
high-class performers
Gentry was the star OF Holt & Scotts
consignment 10 the Fasie sale last month.
ana in ;he hands OF Andrews. the bay
stallion is likely 20 prove good money
"ihNer AGAIN This season and 10 reduce
ME record
The bay Feldinr Aitomont. 2.2i 81. that
Has quite a good rnrun4frpor ia the hands