The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-14

| should be mated with the famous oaks
| winner. but remained for Major Dam
| geriield TO name Carbine. the great Aus
| tralian stallion. now in England. Major
| Daingerfeid has few peers as Judge OF
| form and individuality. while his knowl-
edge OF blood lines has stood the ties.
| OF fierce competition. His letter 10 the
| Sportsman Is as follows:
Box 522. Lexington. Ky, u. s., \.
Sir,-Not having at hand for reference
| either the English or American Stud
| Book. and depending largely upon memory
| for the horses now in the stud IN Great
| Britain. / submit with much difidence
my selection In the That's Competition.
with the reasons FOR same.
In Glass /. and Class H.. select as
| mate for That's.
CARBINE.
NV reasons for this selection are: FIRST.
3-the predominant strain. or tap root"
of both pedigrees That's and Carbine's).
while g. occurring at first remove IN sire
and fourth in dam of That's, Is met by
eame blood through Carbne's dam (Which
is correcO; and y in the third dam OF
Carhfne Is met by Il in Noltaire. sire OF
T-xtravaganza. the fourth dam Of That's.
Fourteen in the male line or Carbine
Grand dam is met by four lines OF the
same blood one removed further pdch
I'm tho pedigree OF That's. thus giving adj
mirabIe balance TO the pedigree OF their
offspring
Secondly. because with equal or greater
chances for making a phenomenal racer
tho offspring. whatever the sex (by rea-
son Of the many lines to that wonderiui
tap root. the dam OF the Two True Bluesl
should not "moult a feather IN F1iue
on retiring 10 the stud. Yours. &C.
II
Mr. simmons Harrison and Mr. J. \.
DOYLE were the judges. and they had Sc
lected Carbine.
The Queen OF England has denounced
the practice Of docking horses as ooth
cruel and inhuman and declines to furthet
countenance IL. She has requested the
Prince OF Wales 10 discontinue 1t also.
The dictates OF fashion seem 10 favor
the continuance OF the cruel habit, both
i'm England and in this country, for the
present az least. However. / am incltued
TO believe that before many years II Will
be abandoned totally. without even the
passage OF a law forbidding 1t. Mere
banging the tails OF some horses, ac-
cording TO the opinion or many expert
Judges. adds TO the appearance. and until
within the last few years ii was the
general custom TO see all running horses
race with banged fails but now the tide IS
changing. and numbers OF owners and
trainers run their horses with long tails.
The prominent Western owner. trainer.
aud Jockey. !. J. McCaferty. who always
run his horses with FUN tails, gives his
reasons for the practice I'm the following
way:
In the first place. long tail on
horse is useful 10 brush off flies In hot
weather. A horse which has been banged
VIII fret and become very restless in fly
time when attacked 10y fly. With a
banged tail he has no means Of getting
rid of it. Even I'm the stall he scrapes
and frets until he IS worn out and many
times horse will rub all the hair or
his hip bones In his efforts 20 rub on
sCme insect which is annoying him. With
n long tai a horse can whsk II around
and dislodge hy from almost any part
OF his body. This IS my first reason.
Again. a horse Is not nearly as liable 10 be
cut down I'm a race when he has a
long tail. as when he has when
banged. for this reason: When i horse
IS running his tail sticks out similar to a
flag in a high wind. This being the
case, a horse coming from the rear cuts
either TO the inside or outside as soon
as he catches glimpse Of the horses
tail in front OF him. Consequently. the
longer the horses tail is the less liable
Is "a horse TO jump on him.
Nervous hourses always train better
with long tails continued McCanerty.
They are generally thin-sklnned and
have short hair consequently are bother
ed more than d thick-skinned horse with
insects. and a long tail is almost a neces-
sity 10 keep them from frettingand scrap
Ing until they become so weak and M
tempered that they are not III TO race.
l have found quite a difference between
q thin-skinned horse and a thick-sknned
horse. The latter class | have found are
very lazy and have 10 be pushed 10 work.
They also have a very heavy coat and do
not answer TO the whip and spur as
readily as q thn-skinned horse.
MY reason for running horses high IN
flesh is the fact that they run stronger
and run longer. \ horse with plenty
OF flesh on his bones viii run race after
race without feeling il. while d horse
keyed zip 20 the highest pitch VIII surely
go back after a race. and has 10 be .n-
dulged before he is III to race again. !
am great believer in running horses
high in flesh
Mr. Mccaferty's Success as owner
trainer. and Jockey. entities his opinion
to weight. ana the reasons he gives for
his system are certainly logical
The cold OF a few weeks since.
which was followed by snow and then
continued rains has rendered the drive
ways around the city almost totally unit
for road driving. and as a consequence
the boulevards are nearly deserted. pre-
senting a strong contrast 10 the lively
gatherings Of the late fall season, which
continued all through the month Of De-
oember and until during the fore part or
January. However. while road driving
has been practically abandoned for the
time being horseback exercise IS INDUCED
I'm 20 quite an extent, and those VINO
fancy cross country riding have had
ample sway for enjoyment o. the sport
at the semi-weeky meets of the Deep
Run Hunt Club, which have been well
patronized as usual
I learn from Mr.. c. p. Mcdonald or
Blacksburg. who IS one Of the most
prominent breeders OF harness horses
IN Southwest Virginia. that he has closed
out his interest In trotters with the Boz
harmon Brothers. OF Stamford Conn,
and henceforth will continue breeding on
his own account. The Messrs. Bohannon
own Omega, the last foal Of the famous
old Jessie Pepper. and in was in 1859 while
that son OF Quartermaster was kept by
his owners az their farm near Pulaski
City. Va. that Mr. Mcdonald I'm conjunc-
tion with them bred Blue Grass Girl
sister TO Blue Grass Hambletonian,
2:i9 81. 10 him. and the result was Vir-
ginia Mcdonald. 2:25 The latter gentle
man still owns the bay stallion Havelo.l,
son Of Prlncops and Iottie by Handle