New-York tribune., 1896-01-03
COGENT'S SUPERIORITY.

EycryboIv who visited the Horse Show last year
FOR the purpose Of inspecting the horses on exhh'-
ton OF the fact that iamiin's Cogcni. from
the Village Farm. Bunalo. pa far and away The
superior I'm conformation. style action. manners AMI
breeding 10 any other horse OF his class exhibited
at The show. An English expert said to the writer.
"Cogent is freak in his superiority 10 other
horses. and would easily have walkover IN any
show rim. in Europe" Mr. HamlIn is at the Wal
dorf. where many lovers of high class horses gather
to discuss the highest type Of the horse No matter
what the type class may he. advocates vii. be
found in the Waldorf cafe expaiiatlrg upon the
excellence Of his particular class all the others
The trottng blood IN the carriage horse was the
topic OF conversation on New Years night Mr.
Hamlin asked to give a history OF Cogent. lie
remarkedA
II do not care to go into the details OF the breed
Ing and blood lines Of Cogent and the Village Farm
horses. Neither do care TO tel Of the disappoint-
ments and the pleasures incidental to breeding
distinct type OF horse. II would prove wearyng
10 many who are not familiar with pedIgrees CO.
gent has interesting history. but before relating
Of the Incidents In his career wish 10 make
a statement Several years ago when the English
hackney took the form OF II viruient epidemic
among the horsemen OF this country. said that
country would drive the .hackncys out Of the
market The Tribune made the same statement.
laughed at and some Of the men who laughed
are present As | am the one who .aughs last. Of
course will not recall some Of the complimentary
remarks made the time although my father
&C. j. Hamiin assured me that was an ass to op-
pose public opinion. | began to experiment
matching pairs Of trottng bred horses that had the
requisite size. bone and conformation for carriage
purposes Moreover. | firmly resolved that every
horse trained handled by me should be sold at
pubic sale. without any outside commissions to
coachmen touts or cappers.
THE first lot that was shipped from IN" \ilag"
Farm 10 this city sold for the highest prices ever
realized a public sale for carriage horses. Among
the lots sold was n pair Of horses that were pur-
chased by a magnatc Of the Standard on Company
for So ,., unon ~. nuro,.sor ~,
congratulated him. told him that the pair could
win at the Horse Show. and perhaps was blt
TOO enthusiastic in the praise OF the best pair OF
told me that he had owned horses before and mat
his coachman n thorough horsemsn and that
consequently had no reason TO fear for their wei
fare The sale In MAY OF last year. In June
Park but the report was contradlcted. went
West with the Village Farm trotters and was away
from home about five weeks When returned !
found a letter from a dealer. who said that he had
nurchas sed Cogent for S7j runaway and a
kicker, aud he wanted 20 know II would purchase
him. - ,,,, . ,,,,,,,,,-
81 lost no time in visiting the dealer who merely
charged me the expenses that accrued from the
time when he purchased the horse. In addition to
the s7J which he paid for him. The dealer had
given the horse excellent care. but he was mere
wreck OF what he In the spring. when he was
sold 10 the maGnste | shipped cogent to Buffalo. |
and by kind treatment rcgained his confidence
and he we'll as ever. ] wrote "A letter to
the magnate (Which was never answered.. IN which
I asked him to accent cogent "a glft and as
sured him that the horse was all right In every
particular ] entered him In the Horse Show. but
Iu the mean time started investigation In regard
vIllanous reputation as runaway and kicker.
found he Q victim OF anger. caused Dy