The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-11-05
he 5 AN 0DD HORSE
BERT SEL!tDt\. vilE TsOTrl,N. CIV
10 &IE.NNTNING EiT T\Lk.
lie tln> Wan. \rrA Queer Traits
Sleeps On ~ PILLOW and rlnNS ON
the NoStIrr'> Nanin-Thurou.hiH
Understands Ills Drivers Tuli.-I~
Welt Ncrs"d in TRICKS al thu Tmrf
aud Takes ,d,antnEr of Them.

l;,rt %l, Zion t. ,h' most rolu'3r odd ,r"i-
ter um hr y ti"nnl 'rr"t,imE .,'.s''rintiru
trucks. lie wins purses ;rli. hI" Won th"m
rur 81, ven wears - on' in purses in M.
We is wn!ni,;; Them :tl! %nys ,hr thrtSn
Intrr-Dc":!u.
II" t., cranky. II, has Slrn,,.: likes aud
d#k"", never fnIg"t+ :,n insult az II kind
ness. will allow uniN Oh" man tn ,iriv" him
understands MI that j., sud tn HIM. Likes
tobacco and beer
lie knows how t. inrk'r race AWAY
from h"ttrr horses Ito understands the
tricks of the track. Tie Is alt"rti"n;io
toward Il few. and when With them Is IL
household pct. li PLAYS III" Gni". sleeps
with his li"nd ,n II.."w. Is courteous 4"
hens cats ro,,.irr, liy,. hates dogs, will
lnv" li,tI" To Il" with women.
Bert Sheldon is a black p"!lins .,ixi""n
hands hi"h. with sound lc@;% nnl feet amt
wonderful starving qualities,
~" wiz born June -, i&>., sired hv
Warwick BOY. s!.,m cole. lay Freshman. W.
r. Coles of 'iinnl county. PENNSYLVANIA.
bought him when II" w:,s y Nrhrling and
kept him for -four years b, fore allowing
him to enter II r:,"r.
In tn" iaSl eleven years during whirh he
has been raced Eu has nryr. htrm 81. k
nr lame. except once. when he walked into
- nIani"l'. IN Newark. H." has always start
ed IN race when entered. has .,""u en-
tered in some 800 races. and has won rX
;'rilN "a; heats on tracks WIZ lr records arr,
kept. I!csn'rr l." figures frequently ON
tracks tlri, ar" not Ia Tia" National rru, =
ting assurintiun.
ON rae" mornings l:,rt is in his r;liryi
mood 4" So" Ian 10 al Mir. Smith his
driver and pant oWii,r. with ears back and
mouth open. one would think Sort w;,4 go
ini; To eat him alive" I!ut they know ,arI,
other. Inst, ih ui making u.s.. of his tc,iI,
tcri VIII rhr"SS his master aud show hi;
iill"'tl"nr" I" b" ON tn" track When h.
goes out for his walk lm:urr brr ,I.f,u,
ali ho"d"'l and hlankrir'l. h. saves his
strength ana cuts c:'p,,ri like other
horses. He wnIk. 'lcinui'iy IN til" We, ,;,l3s,
scarcely lifting his feet. and instead of
gupinE his sin quarts Of grain eats II,
SLOWLY 80 as Ia digs II we'll. As thu, hour
l"f IN" rae" arri"'"ii"S Mr.. Smith talks
1" th" horse. tells Inn :il",,, In. ,ljfr.,rn,
'i"rS'S IN tn" race. tn" number u, heats
ana tho h"rs" listens ni,rn,lvcly
Nh"h th" race IL ul he meyer fries; T.,
sh"" on IL tn" bell taps h" slows down,
watches the other horses. ana us soon ~:
ne last on" has passed him Turns ,,nd wakes
pack I" the starting: point
When Ii" gets tn" word "lo" n. ,n.,,,., e, ,
"nr" for the pole. If h" can prt three r,.r,
ahead of the inside horse he tries Ia ,rn,.d
him out.
WISER THAN MANY JOCKEYS.
MR.. smith tells Of :, wonderful race I'm no.
ioht" which Illustrates the understanding.
between horse ana driver.
There was an immense. crowd .t ,h,
lf'ck IL was To be n battle royuI bc,w..,
i5trt Sheldon and IA Toronto llvnrtr, H.r,
ma" br'H racing for two %,
.nrc' weeks. the other hn,s,
was fresh. AS they turned the las,
quarter Bert was using every inch ~,
strength. bat neither could gain Dow,
they came toward The finish line neck nm,
neck
Just h'f"rc they passed under tn" wir,