The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-09
AMERICAN HORSE LEADS
He Hxcsls the English Product
In many Points.
MORE BONE AND STURDlER
Tho Bitter Root to Re Represented on
Engisnd's Tracks Next Summer.
Winner OF the Cambridge
shire Stakes.

IL Is observed by an authority that the
American horse excels the English prod
uct In essential points. Kelston, the we'll
known horse critic. writes Of the merits
of the American product in the following
interesting manner:
Having In the last % odd years seen a
great deal of the thoroughbred. both In
this country and in England. a COMPARE
son of modes of treatment on the stud
farm and In che trainers hands may
prove of interest and profit to young be-
ginners on the turf.
while I would award the palm to the
English breeder in the matter of generally
further ahead In the matter OF mating his
mares than the American breeder. there
! think the superiority in management
ends. as, while IL costs the English breed
er at least three times as much for the
actual keep of mares and the rearing of
young stock for the market. the system
in vogue among English breeders I'm the
treatment Of mares and foals is much
more on the artificial order than is the
case in the most successful stud farms I'm
America.
I'm the big breeding establishments here
the stock generally Is much more out In
the open. and in the case of mares in foal
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even In cold and stormy weather foaling
mares. equally well cared for In the mat
ter of feeding. will show better results
year In and year out than mares that are
housed IL hours out Of the "a from the be-
ginning of October until the daisies are In
bloom the following spring.
1T is surprising how well mares do that
positively are never under a roof either
summer or winter. as Is the case on many
farms in this country where circumstance
make IL necessary. When this is so some
precaution Is. OF course, taken in the
care of mares due to fosl in the first three
months of the year. when the weather Is
generally more or less severe, but at that
many a ~youngster which has afterwards
proved n good race horse has been foaled
In the open and with only snowfakes to
greet his arrival.
at is difficult to realize how surprisingly
well foaling mares do that are never
housed. unless one has opportunity. as ]
have had for the last several years. to see
them thrive I'm the open. On one large
farm the mares that are housed and
cared for with the best judgment do not
On the average look a bit better than
those which have had only the starry sky
for "A covering.
"In the feeding Of mares thus kept in
the open the best results are obtained by
turning them out or a pasture thai has
not been touched during the summer
months and with plenty Of range. and IL
there IL some timber to break the force OF
the storms so much the better. This is the
system adopted by breeders who have
not accommodation for housing all Of
their mares. and with the pasture they
gather and ten or a dozen ears Of corn
on the stalk twice a day they do splcn-
didly.
1.-The average English raised yearling
would never he heard of as "A race horse
a -. TN
here. in two or three months after leav-
ing the sale ring. Many instances. indeed.
have come under my notice here of
youngsters being tried out a quarter of a
mile i'm three weeks after leaving the
sales ring. In England n trainer would
be reckoned crazy who would attempt try
ing even so early as the end of August.
In fact. as a rule. he knows but little
of the running abilities of his young d.
vision until the spring when they are 3
year-olds, which Is better than knowing
so much of them as yearlings.
But what ] want to say is that the
average English yearling could not be got
into the same condition OF fitness to try
for the reason that they have not had
the liberty and range. and have also In
most instances been forced and fattened.
the average English being
daft on the subject of having sleek coated
and beefy yearlings to lead into the sales
ring. 1t is this pampering of young thor
oughbreds on the other side which ena-
bies the American bred one to hold his
own so well as he does.
1.-THE English breeder and trainer have
so many other advantages that IL they
were to adopt the more common sense
plan as to less pampering and more range
and roughing ii their horses would be
sounder of limb. with better constitu-
tons. and there would be fewer bad wind
ed ones among them, and the improve
ment all around would be most apparent.
I'm the matter Of the handling and
treatment of stations. the system gener-
ally i'm this country Is more on natural
and common sense lines on the best regu-
lated stud farms. While the stations are
well taken care of. they are not fused
and babied with. but are allowed In the
proper season to have plenty of liberty I'm
roomy paddocks."
The Bitter Root will be represented next
season I'm England. Some of the thorough
breds from Marcus Days farm will be
entered I'm stake events on the English
turf. A recent London dispatch confirms
previous reports that Mr.. Daily will be
represented there next season. The latest
telegraphic report from London is as fol.
lows:
Marcus DAILY. the American millionaire.
will be represented on the English turf
next season. He has already entered a
number OF 2-year-olds in important stake
events. and from present indications will
be an important factor I'm the next racing
season. The copper kings advent on the
English turf would be welcomed. h
the quality of American thoroughbreds is
appreciated here was shown I'm the recent
Haggin sale"
Georgia. winner of the Cambridgeshire
stakes at Newmarket. England. last
"Wednesday. Is a 6-year-old mare. which
was bred in Australia. where she raced
successfully in her younger years. Prob
ably her most important victory there was
in the Australian Jockey Hub December
stakes. at the A J. G. summer meeting.
on Dec. rs. 1894. II seems so positively lu-
dicrous to write Of a summer meeting at
Christmsstide that I must remind my
readers OF a fact which they. Of course.
already know. namely. that the Australian
seasons are diametrically opposite to our
own. While we are now thinking OF over
coats and the like. our contemporaries In
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