Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-27


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elder Bcinont's generosity.
1T has brca1f an established cus-
tom. and the Jockeys cspect IL; You
must give 70 get the best work out Of
them. August Belmont. sr.. probably
was the most lavish OF all the turfmen
with his gifts this country has ever
seen. When old Raceland won the Sub
urban for him. he alIncst pastered
James Rowe. his trainer. and snapper
Garrison. his Jockey. with diamonds.
Then he give a turf dinner at Del
monico's. and with il more diamonds.
Another case was when Ills Tighness
won the Futurity. Gideon q DAILY told
McLaughlin and Bergen that the stable
had S10.cC0 % divide between them after
the race; and although Merry Mon-
arch ran fourth, Bergen, who had the
mount on him. received his half of the
$4,000.
some Recent Retainers.
"By recalling some Of the retainers
which Jockeys have received in the last
few years you will see how cheaply you
are getting your boz for $1,000. In 1896
August Belmont paid Griffin $4,000, and
the year before Gideon g. DAILY paid
him a $4,000 retainer This year Fred
Taral receives from Marcus DAILY re-
tainer of $1S,00O.. Tod Sloane, who is
riding for Pittsburgh Phil, gets $4,000.
Fred Littlefeld's annual retainer from
the Morrises is about $4,000, and
Thorpe, who is plotting the Bromley
string, gets no less than $4,000. 1t is
had to say what the Dryers pay their
Jockeys, as they have always been most
reticent about it. In the old days, how
ever, the brothers always used to in
vite Mclaughlin and Frank McCabe,
their trainer, to dine with them on New
Years day, and when the guests lifted
their plates they invariably found
check for $4,000 lying under each. The
other day Mike Dwyer declared that his
jockey cost him more money than Me-
Laughlin, so it is safe to presume that
Willie Sims gets more than $4,000 as
retainer.
"Your second trainer. or foreman, is
the next item to consider in your ex-
pense account. A thousand dollars a
year, with his board and keep, viii dis
pose of him, and he win be the only I'M
der-paid man in your establishment.
Under practically the same head come
the exercise boys. For stable of IL
horses you viii have to pay them $50
month and board.
The Stable Cuisine.
This board mind you, is not the sort
of stuff that boys of their class ordi-
narily would have. Every good stable
has it's own kitchen, where the men eat.
Your chef-and you will have to have
one-will buy the best that the market
affords, and he will pay race-track
prices for it, which are ten per cent.
higher than any other prices. Your cook
win cost you $50 month the year
round.
1.-THE shoeing of these race horses of
yours is another item which will make
cavity in your pocketbook. You will
have to buy different plates for them
for different kinds of weather. On a
fast, dry track one kind of a plate will
be needed, and for heavy going another
kind will be required. No owner is go
ing to run the chance of losing Il race
in order to economize in his shoeing
bill; and although this expense neces-
sarily varies according to the number
of times your horses are started, it is
fair to say that $500 a year will not more
than cover it.
THE keep of your horses will amount
to about eight dollars day-which does
not include a stall rental of about four
dollars month for each animal.
Saddles No Mean item.
mo saddle can be bought now for less
than S35, and you will have to have
martingales and different sets of bits
for beasts with sore or hard mouths and
special saddles to fit the backs of spe-
cial horses. And then there will be the
bill for the clothing-a winter suit for
outside work, which viii cost you $40;
winter suit for the stable, which will
cost another $40; rubber suit for wet
weather at 500; and the boots and band
ages will amount to about ten dollars
for each horse. Eight hundred dollars
will not more than pay your saddlery
bill.
Doctors Bill.
1.-THE veterinary surgeon will come
higher than your family doctor. In
warm weather your horse will eat well,
work well, and yet go to pieces after
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 go sore or con-
tract splint, and then firing must be
performed, and the veterinary sends in
his bill for that. The lotions-witch
hazel, skunk oil, arnica, and other lini-
ments-all cost money; and If you get
of with less than thousand-dollar
doctor bin 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
ten dollars for an OVarniOhf aVant IN