Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-27

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 boy for $500. In 1896
August Belmont paid Griffin ST., 500, and
the year before Gideon & DAILY paid
him $4,000 retainer. This year Fred
Taral receives from Marcus DAILY re-
tainer of $4,000. Tod Sloane, who is
riding for Pittsburgh Phil, gets $4,000.
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 a
check for $4,000 lying under each. The
other day Mike Dwyer declared that his
jockey cost him more money than Nc
Laughlin, SO it is safe to presume that
Willie Sims gets more than $4,000 as q
retainer.
"Your second trainer, or foreman, is
the next item to consider in your ex-
pense account. A thousand dollars q
year, with his board and keep, will dis
pose of him, and he will be the only UNI
der-paid man in your establishment.
Under practically the same head come
the exercise boys. For stable of IL
horses you will have to pay them $40 a
month and board.
The Stable Cuisine.
s'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
will 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 plate will
be needed, and for heavy going another
kind will be required. No owner is 60
ing to run the chance of losing race
in order to economic 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 year will not more
than cover it.
''The keep of your horses will amount
to about eight dollars day-which does
not include stall rental of about four
dollars a month for each animal.
Saddles No Mean Item.
mo saddle can be bought now for less
than $35, 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 fol
outside work, which will cost you $40; a
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.
"The veterinary surgeon will come
higher than your family doctor. II
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 bt
performed, and the veterinary sends il
his bill for that. The lotions-witct
hazel, skunk oil, arnica, and other lini
ments-all cost money; and if you get
off with less than u thousand-dolla,
doctor bill you may consider yourseli
lucky.
Probably you have not considered it
but starting your horses is going tt
count up before the racing season i:
over. The cost varies all the way from
ten dollars for an overnight event, te
$500 for the Realization or Futurity
E,;apy fi,,,n n cfnr 10 nd
win the lowest possible expense is 500
ten dollars for entrance and ten dollar.
for the Jockeys fee. There is also /;
small fee for registering your colors.
"The colors themselves will cost yo,
500 4 set; and with your proposed
stable you will need three sets. They
are of woven silk, and have to be manu-
featured to order.
Transportation, too, is costly, espe
cially if you race your horses on tracks
far apart from one another. The ami
mails must all be sent by express, a.
there is too much risk of their taking
cold and going wrong when shipped b,
freight.
"Why, could sit here and pile up thu
expense account all night; but tn,
items have mentioned are the princi
pal ones. OF course, the winnings O
certain stables more than offset this
but those stables are few and far be
tween"
JAMES H. TUcKERMAN.
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cold In head and have never tried TIL
popular remedy. There is no longe
any excuse, as 10 cent trial size O
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druggist or we mail it for 10 cents