The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-02

died again, mouth swabbed out. boots
taken off, feet cleaned out, bandages. II
any, adjusted, hood put on, If he is a
rogue, and then to the post After the
race the colt Is thoroughly scraped and
sponged and rubbed all over; frequently
the water has bottle of witch hazel or
aicohol In IT; little water to drink is
given here, and then net linsey or
oianket is thrown over the colt, from the
ears down, and pinned close about the
iuhss ana barrel; then the colt is led ba ok
10 the nome stable, whe;e more rubbing
goes on and the horse lis walked about
until he Is thoroughly cooled OUT and
dry, then turned into his box stall for
supper. after which comes bedtime for
man and beast, when II the horse is a
rogue he can chuckle to himself how he
iooieu them all; If an honest horse, how
welcome the cheers were when his num-
Der was the first up, or why that fool
Jockey made so many mistakes In the
race. and thus failed to land the money.
FATHER BILL.
Every trainer must be more or less Of
veterinary surgeon and up in all the
norne,pred remedies besides Almost
every body knows w. c. DAILY, Father
biil most people call him. or w. Cal
lsthenics DAILY because of the acrobatic
changes of form his horses frequently
utsplay when made favorites in the bet
Jung. DAILY IS famous for buying erin
pies from the big stables, where the
trainer mas big string of sound horses
10 iook alter and cannot be bothered doc
toring up perhaps hope!essiy unsound
morse SO along comes Father Bill" and
buys MIN. Perhaps Daily has a taste for
'his because he has wooden leg. Re-
Gently he bought an unsound, well,bred
Iewo-year-old that had never started
which some how or other had injured its
hoof. Boiling hot water is one Of the
raVortte remedies for hoof troubles and
as soon as the colt was his DAILY took him
over 10 his own stable quarters got a
tuo lull OF hot water and put the colts
toot In to soak. The stable boys then
took turns holding the colts foot in the
9up' Ia Btll. standing by. watch in
hand. Presently along came n tender
foot" who was doing the races and
looking over the stables. AS soon as he
saw the steam arising from the tub and
the colts natural efforts 10 get hts foo,
OUT ne boiled over with rage and said
II was "A damned outrage" and that he
would report DAILY 10 the S. p. c. A.
Shure. yez don't call that hot wa,ter?"
answered Pa Bill calmly, with a grin
that carried thIa corners of mis- mouth
around to the nape of his neck where
they met
Its cruelty ito animals"
IL pct yeZ tin dollars I kin put mo
own tut in there and kape It there fur
hve minutes" was Days answer.
The green 'un" .hsi:ated for a mo-
ment, then took out his money. Pa EI1
followed suit and the money was handed
10 the foreman as stakeholder.
rake that colt away" yelled Daly
And as the equine cripple hobbled off
on th!ee legs. Father Bill claoped his
wooden leg in the tub of hot water. Five
minutes were soon up and the defender
or the brute creation departed. dazed and
dos2. In the meantime the stable hove
and Keefe, Days premier Jockey. had
been rolling In commissions In n neigh
boring box stall. When the come on"
was we'll out of sight Keefe came pm
ming up with:
Father BIZ, why didn'; yer bet him err
hundred on that cinch?"
Are YOU crazy" yelled Daily; "s'posin'
Ia made mistake ann put in me
wrong fut--, !"
This story was soon ahoat. to the ac
compartment of shr.eka and wells OF
merriment. Irish wit. said everybody.
but 1t brought Father Bill q new name
/. c. Hot Water DAILY"
IN THE RACING STABLE
Work in the racing stable during the
season commences al half-past 3 In the
morning. when the first st!ing is exer-
cised: then breakfast at o'clock. after
this the second string Is galloped. Ev
eryihing is finished by 9 O'clock with the
horses, then the sfahs clothing Tho
yard and all the stable tackle carefully
cleaned and put away for the day. After
this all is ready for the days racing
All of the strings are fed three times n
day; at O'Clock every body turns in for
the night.
The trainer always sleeps in the stable
taking box stall and making as com,
Portable bed room out of 1t as cIrcum-
stances will permit. The calling de-
mands self-denial in the hiehes. degree
frequently in the season entan!ng grea;
personal discomfort and even hardship
Men IKE Hudgins, Jennings, Walden
Joyner, Miller. Birch. Stuart, Byrnes
Rollins, Campbell, Rove Lakeland and
others go through an amount of genuine
hard work that Is Incredible.
"Bternal vigilance is the price of Iih-
erty, 1t Is well recorded. Ii takes eter-
nal, external, internal. nocturnal and
matutinal vigilance 10 handle thorourh-
breds and win races with them. The 60.
cret of success in the handling of thor-
ouShbreds IS 10 FACE Them in the class
where they belong; ovsr-confidence nc tn
cott's class causes 30 per cent. of the
losses upon the turf. Il pays better to