New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
SHIPPING FINE HORSES.
.rvANcEs MADE AND STILL TO BE
MADE.

,s FITTED UP FOR TIE TRArFIc-MErHops
~ rNcIANp--1HE DANGERS OF TRANS
PoRTArIoN OVER SEAS
The transportation Of horses. especially the
s,,hIv bred, nervous trotter or thoroughoreu'
srb,ect that interests horsemen of every
",..s MANY improvements have been made in
,n. methods Of shipping horses by rail in this
,,r,rv in the last twenty years. In the old
sav. before the advent Of railroads. when sucn
90, racers as Boston and Fashion contested
sor the bonors of the American turf. horses
~. .hinped by boat over the navigable rivers
80 canals whenever possible. but IL was not at
~ uncommon for racers to journey hundreds OF
lilies over the roads to meet their engagements
rr later years. nearly all horses. no matter
,hether they were humble drawers OF street
cars or champion trotters. were shipped on
.~.,.n, trains to their destination Shipping
-. hv exnress was begun in 1861 and the
champion trotters Of that day were instaiieo
IN what were then considered luxurious accom-
,odations in a freight car attached to express
trains
TIL. EXPRESS companies were not slow IN TAX
,rr advantage Of the desire Of the owners Oh
fast trotters to have them shipped in cars espe-
cially constructed for the purpose Goldsmith
Maid
,r an express car fitted up especially for them
Rudd Doble had q palace car for horses ntted up
a, what was considered an enormous expense
n 1879 From that year cars for horses owned
-. nr,vats individuals, fitted with staterooms
~ ,ho accommodation Of trainers and stable
.,tendants. gradually increased in number un-
,u the present time. when almost every staoie VI
.ny pretensions owns private car.
Z Baldwin was the 1rst turfman on the
p,c,ac Slope to own his own car. james b
uars,n owns at least ten nrst-class cars Inc
ownership of a private car. however. does not
sove the owner anything In rates as the express
.oronanias. contracts with the railroads prevent
,be latter from arranging the rates. consequently
the owner Of a private car pays the same rates
a. I, the express company furnished and ntteo
up the cars.
THE NEWEST METHOD.
o,,r1 20 a recent invention by II. Eugene
,e,vb of a portable STALL any car can be fitted
Mn at extremely short notice for the shipment
q, horses. More or less difficulty is experienced
hv all horse-owners in shipping horses. On GER
tain railroads in Virginia the officials Will not
nern,it the express companies to put horses IN
their cars. neither will they permit private
horse cars to be attached to the passenger
trains All horses must be shipped by freight.
hence Virginia is far behind other States IN the
methods Of transporting horses
Moreover the rates for shipping horses IN this
country are exorbitant in the extreme. 1t costs
three times more money to ship single morse
10 Chicago from this city than to ship single
horse to London. For common horses many
natent cars have been invented and rast 1relsht
trains have reduced the time Of journey from
Chicago TO this city from four days TO rorty-t"o
hours The horses are fed and watered on the
trains and arrive in much better condition than
WI N they were unloaded at intervals along the
road to comply with the National law that COM
pels horses and cattle to be fed and watereo al
least once In twenty-four hours. England Is 1ar
ahead of this country in the facilities for shppng
valuable horses from place to place. If anybody
there who owns horses desires to move them 10
some other city, he simply sends notice to the
railroad officials that a van or car for horses is
nodded He can then ride on the train with his
horses. The rates are moderate. when compared
with those in this country. Enoch Wishard's
horses were kept at Newmarket all summer
When he sent any Of them to the races they were
shipped by rail in the morning and returned to
their own quarters at night
DANGERS UNDER WAY.
Overcrowding causes a large percentage OF the
accidents that occur In shipping horses from
place to place. In closed cars sudden changes o,
temperature bring many attacks OF pneu'
unonia and lung fever that may be directly traced
to the ignorance Of the men in charge. During
cold weather II Is almost an absolute necessity
to have a stove In a closed car to insure safety
TO high class horses. or common ones. for thai
matter In cold weather when horses are put ir
closed car the animal heat engendered by the
horses and the cold temperature outside cause
the car to sweat 30 profusely that the water car
he scraped off the sides and drops like rain from
the ceiling Of the car. A fire In the stove keep:
the car dry and the temperature no higher thar
that caused by the animal heat. owing to the fac
that the doors and ventators can be openeo
and the air in the car kept pure and sweet
At one of the great sales held at Lexington
Nv 21o horses were shipped East Sixteen o.
the highest cassed horses bought ut the salt
were crowded into a car that did not contain {
stove. 1t was in midwinter. OF the sxteer
horses, two died and were thrown on at Pitts
burg All the others were sick when they ar
rived at their destination, and although the!
were the highest priced horses at the sale ant
had won many races. only two Of them ever woi
races afterward. and one Of the two was thick
winded.
This story is told to show what some turfmei
will do to save a few pennies They will pa!
fabulous prices Tor nOrses az Soiee' o'u '''
trust them IN the hands Of men to be delivered
at their stables whom they have never seen ant
know nothing about Even II the expense o
shipping is one OF the most important items o
stables that travel say from Memphis to Sleeps
head Bay. horse-owners would be greatly bene
hted by not overcrowding their horses In clos
cars They would also save money in the end b!
securing the services Of intelligent men to atten'
TO their horses on all long Journeys by rail-
WHAT EXPERIENCE TEACHES.
John Miller. Of Lexington. KY. has. withou
doubt shipped a larger number of horses TO
racing men than anybody else In this country
Mr. Miller "vanned" the Duke of Marlborough
aesas ho tern,ed the mules he bought in Ken