The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-03

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ordinary drivers. 6ON uD
The receipts of road horses and
drivers were light and it is expected
that during the coming year prices
will be good. In a conversation with
a gentleman last week who ought to be
better posted than he is, he made the
remark that even fast turf performers
were selling very low now and were
nothing like the value oftwo or three
years ago. 1 can only say this, as 1
said to him, old worn out crippled
race horses have no value whatever
and these are the kind that are gen.
orally sold at low. prices. But just
take a thousand dollar bill and go
into any part of the United States
where there are any light harness
performers and try to trade it off for
trOtter or PAGER that can go any and
you will quickly discover your mis-
take and your bill will stay your
property for quite a while. In the
past L have been advising breeders to
raise this kind of. horses, but as yet
have said nothing as 10 the kind of
horse to use and the best way that |
can advise is to give the experiences
of noted breeders. The lase Senator
Stanford, of California, used lu con-
tend that travelling blood on both
sides was not necessary; saying that
as long as the colt had enough good
blood from his dam the sire would
control the action and should be a
trOtter provided the sire vas horse
of excessive knee and hook action.
This theory may or may not be right,
yet the Senator was wonderfully sue
cessful in breaking worlds records.
S. A. Browne, of Kalamazoo, Mich,
wanted trOtting blood for several
generations and wits successful. DIR.
Horr, of Lexington, KY, wanted
speed regardless of breeding and was
successful, and so with many others.
But it seems to me that the Kansas
farmer, in breeding up, should be
particular about both breeding and
individuality, as for the first few
years he will be raising purely road
horses and these should have enough
good blood to give them spirit and
intelligence and inherit enough in.
dividuality from their sire to give
ich ic h af
makes the good rOadsters, speed be-
yond three minute clip not being
essential to the ordinary roadster. A
sire from a family that has bred on,
i. g. produced its like in each gen.
Grafton is the kind to use.
Fool man is tempted to risk his
little all on "tOuts" seductive sweet
ness and l saw this done last fall. If
this will just keep others from going
the same way, my story is at least
well told and L have had my pay.
In this very town, lola, at the
Allen county fair, the gamblers net
was spread abroad to catch the suck
ers there. A "lead pipe cinch" was
fixed in style, the "suckers" got the
"tip," certain horse without doubt
had shown 80 clip. To win the race
is easy, bar his falling down; its just
like finding money and We'll bank
rupt the town. But a sorrel mare
with hobbies just won IN hollow style
and the blters are all bitten and the
gamblers got the pile. Now to all
who read this little tale and those
who had the pinch, don't bet against
your judgment when told there is
"chinch." For "cinch" is just the
medicine to make a bettor sick and
it's music to a gamblers ear to hear a
"sucker" kick.
NOTES.
With all due respect to the typo
who set up last weeks article, L
plead not guilty t. spelling Beuzetta
as Beugetta and Duckers Station as
Duchess Station. My handwriting is
pretty bad l confess, but my spelling
on horse names is pretty fair. II
beg pardon and will be more careful
in the future.-TYPO.l
Glenn Kreuter has just got chest
nut mare that will make all the road
riders "step about" some if they beat
him down the road.
The Lewis-Wilcox running race
has been postponed one week.
Patchen Wilks and Jno. r. Gentry
will be sold at public auction in Feb
ruary. To the one guessing nearest
to the price of the former will be
given a new Caffrey sulky and to the
latter q fine set of harness. Send in
your guesses.
The very newest idea that has come
to me lately is to have a genuine
roadster race between the horses
owned by Messrs DeCiute, Whitaker,
Hart, Horville. Horton, Kreuter,
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