The evening times., 1896-03-23
ENOCH WISHARD, THURMAN
Some of the characteristics of the
Noted Horse Owner.
His Marvellous Work in the Way of
Plating and Shooting His Run
ners-Now in England.

The result of Enoch Wishard's departure
to England with the string OF horses owned
conformity by him and the Messrs. Duke
Will be watched with interest by American
racing men generally, outside or RaILlpO
his string is seemingly OF not much ac-
count. True, there may be u diamond in
the rough among tue yeariings ne mas taken,
but as they have not been tried to any
appreciable extent, OF course no prognos-
tication as TO their merits can be made.
But as the Messrs. Duke are men OF vast
wealth the probabilities are that they VIII
soon acquire some first-class racing ma
tcrial abroad. Britishers Will be much in-
terested in Mr.. wishard.
His modesty, his genial manners and his
address are bound 10 make him friends
from the outset, and his Cleverness ami in
genuity are sure 10 provide them with
plenty OF the amazing surprises which the
skilled cOnlurer can provide. Mr.. WISH
ard is a type OF the all-round clever man
developed in the bounding West. OF Ger
man ancestry, he combines with the char
acteristic Teuton steadiness the ingenuity
OF the New England Yankee He is a first
class bOOkkeeper; he is well read in mod
ern literature; he is a carpenter, a painter
and can draw rather better than the anna
teur. He is also a musician.
Another rather amusing accomplishment
that he has acquired is that he can shave.
Many a trainer, who, during the height OF
the rac eng season, was unable to visit
the village barber shop, has had the pleas
urable sensation of the firm stroke OF
Wishard's razor over his bristles.
But, above all, he is an expert in farming.
Mr.. Robert Bonner is an enthusiast in the
science of properly shoeing horses, but,
without intending to be in the least de-
rogatory, Mr.. Wishard is some pounds
better. When he and McCafferty first came
from the West, Mr.. Wishard personally did
all the plating and shoeing for the big
string of horses, and some OF his work was
simply marvellous. The best piece of work
ever done by him, though, was performed
during the late Pimlico meeting. The mare
Helen Nicholas, after months of labor and
care and watchfulness, was at last rounding
into IA cling shape when in one contest she
stepped on a stone and bruised her foot
so badly that most of the trainers thought
that she would never be able TO race again.
A few days later she started In good
company and won in commanding style.
Wizard wishard had enabled her to do
1t. He took an ordinary scalping boot
and oD the lower edge sewed wedge
shape flap, which tapered off into long
narro wed tongue. The flap was driven
down under and over the frog, the tongue
being passed up the front of the foot and
then through buckle on the front OF the
boot, lust over the cOrOnet.
In order to seucre the whole OF it, and
do away with any possibility OF slipping,
a long baDdage was wound round the shin
and met the top OF the leather boot. The
probability is that between the sole and
| the frog there was n wad of cotton batting
| or two saturated with ether or cocaine.
Helen Nicholas is now rs sound as ever,
and was among the Jauntiest passengers
| that stepped across the gang plank or the
| steamer Manitoba.
| Mr. Wishard is keen, observing man,
always ready and willing TO learn, and l
think that his experience in England will
| be profitable one. Incidentally, it might
| also be observed that Mr.. Wishard, while
| by no means plunger, as the term Is
| generally considered, knows how 10 make
| a big bet when he believes his horses have
| chance to win, so i should not be at all
| surprised if, after he has thoroughly famii-
| iarized himself with English racing meth
| ods, he would give the British ring re-
minder or two OF what American racing
men can do.