Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17

Laughlin. SO 1t Is safe to presume that
Willie Sims gets more than 10000 as a re-
ta.ner..
Your second trainer. or foreman. is the
next item to consider in your expense &C
count. A thousand dollars a year, with
his board and keep, will dispose Of him,
and he will be the only nnderpaid man In
ur'establishment. Under practically the
stable of twelve horses you will need three
boys at least, and you will have to pay
them so a month and board.
The Stable Cuisine.
This board. mind you. Is not the sort of
stun that boys of their class ordinarily
would have. Every good stable has its
own kitchen, where the men eat. Your
chef-and you will have to have one-wlll
buy the best that the market affords, and
he will pay race-track prices for 1t, which
are 10 per cent higher than any other
prices. Your cook will cost you $50 q
month the year round.
THE shoeing Of these race horses Of
yours is another item which will make q
cavity In your pccketbook. You will have
to buy different plates for them for DIFF
ferent kinds of weather. On a fast, dry
track one kind Of plate will be needed,
and for heavy going another kind will be
required. No owner Is going to run the
chance of losing a race in order to econo-
mize in his shoeing bill; and although this
expense necessarily varies according to
the number of times your horses are start
ed. 1t Is fair to say that $500 a year will
not more than cover II.
THE keep of your horses will amount to
about 81 day-which does not include
stall rental of about 81 a month for each
animal
mo saddle can be bought now for less
than S35 and you will have to have mar
tingales and different sets Of bits for
beasts with sore or hard mouths and spe-
ciai saddles to fit the backs of special
horses: And then there will be the bill for
the clothing-a winter suit for outside
work, which will cost $40; winter suit for
the stable. which will cost another SO; a
rubber suit for wet weather at $50; and
the boots and bandages will amount to
about $40 for each horse. Eight hundred
dollars will not more than pay your sad
dlery bill.
Doctors Bill.
''The veterinary surgeon will come higher
than your family doctor. In warm weather
your horses will eat well, work well. and
yet go to pieces after a race. Then the
surgeon will be called in, and he will charge
just as much as your own doctor does. At
any moment your horses are likely to so
sore or contract a splint. and then firing
must be performed, and the veterinary
sends in his bill for that. The lotions
witch hazel, skunk oil, arnfca, and other
liniments-all cost money; and if you get
of with less than a thOusand-dollar doctor
bill you may consider yourself lucky.
Probably you have not considered It,
but starting your horses is going to count
up before the racing season is over. The
cost varies all the way from SO fer an
overnight event, to $500 for the Realization
or Futurity. Every time horse starts and
does not win the lowest possible expense
is so; $40 for entrance and $40 for the
Jockeys fee. There Is also a small fee for
registering your colors.
The colors themselves will cost you
800 set; and with your proposed stable
you will need three sets. They are of wo-
ven silk, and have to be manufactured
to order.
Transportation. too. is costly, especially
II you race your horses on tracks far apart
from one another. The animals must all
be sent by express, as there Is too much
risk of their taking cold and going
wrong when shipped by freight.
why. Fcould sit here and pile I'D the
expense account all night; but the items
l have mentioned are the principal ones
VI course, the winnings of certain stables
more than offset this, but those stables
are few and far betw cen"