The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-13

his plans. he said:
II bought Kings Courier because / be-
lieved him to be one of the best 2-year-
olds out this season, and the only one
that seemed to me to outclass him-Mss-
merist-is not for sale. 1t was my inten-
tion to acquire by purchase this fall quite
a string of American-bred horses and
send them across the water. but Wishard
the American trainer, who has made such
success in England and who will have
charge of my stable. advised me not to
do so. Kishard says that horses sent
over from this side are apt to arrive in
more or less demoralized condition, owing
to the eXigencies of a sea voyage, and
that it is seldom one RECEIVERS sufficiently
to train into form for active racing dur
ing his first season over there. Another
reason why he advised me against max
ing any further purchases here was be-
cause the English handicapperS always
give the American colts the worst of it
| in races where the weights are arbitrarily
assigned. 1t used to be the other way,
| foreign-bred horses being given generous
allowances in stake events and not much
thought of generally, but of late years
the Americans have made so good a
showing that. although the Englishmen
will not in conversation admit their SUI
periority, they are in no way backward
about slapping the weight on them when
it comes down to business.
81 shall. of course. have a number OF
horses in my string, but they will be pur-
chased by Wishard, or subject to his ap-
| prevail, at the December sales. In that
way a lot of useful performers whose
| merits are fairly well known can be Sc
| cured and it is my opinion that Wishard
| or any other first-class trainer is so far
| the superior of the average Englishman
| in the same business that other things
| being equal. an American trained horse
| will beat an English trained one all the
| time. In addition to Wishard as trainer
| l shall have the services of both the Reiff
| boys as jockeys, and that means a great
deal. 1t has been pretty well demonstra-
| ted by Sloan. Martin and the Reiffs that
| the American style of riding is a better
one, so far as the winning of races is
| concerned, than that practiced by English
| riders. For all these reasons it seems tC
me that, with a stable OF good horses,
ought to have a measure of success. II
| may be, as some people assert, that Amer.
| lean horses are better than those bred ir
| England but Wishard does not tell me
that. On the contrary, it is his idea that
SO far as horsefesh is concerned, the En-
| gishmen have us beaten. He says tina
| Flying Fox this years Derby winner, il
| so much better than any American col
! of the same age he ever saw that there
| is no comparison.
| Il snail leave mere IN FEBRUARY. COINS
first to Italy. and make a tour of tina
| country and France before visiting Eng
| land which will be reached about April
The announcement of Colonels Drake
plan caused sensation in turf and finan
cial circles.
THAT European trip said one man
means that there will be an exodus O
certain Chicagoans to England next sum
mer to bet on the Drake sta BILE. and if tn
! horses win a faIlr will toll
to bring home the money.
you knoy how that crowd will specu
late on anything they think well of. an,
horse racing suits them to a dot The,
were conspicuous on the Eastern track
more than once last summer, and / know
of one member Of the party who bet-an,
lost--$19, 900 on one afternoons events"
Dave" Gideon one of the most emf
nent of Eastern trainers and owners, re
Gently delivered himself of the followin,
suggestions as to improving the honest,
of racing:
| The stewards of race track should b.
men who are fearless, with integrity, I'm
questioned. Men who rate also compe
| tent to judge a race, and men who swoul,
act without regard to name or person
and, above all. men who are proof agains
influential bullets.
Such men, in a short time, would knoy
the characteristics of every horse an,
jockey in a month, and could tell whel
| horse is running true to form or not
and what caused any change; whethe
to place the blame on a rider traine
or the horse. In fact, by constant atten
ton to duty they would be as conversan
with racing as an accountant with fig
ures. 1t should be SO arranged that the
be on duty at all the tracks, for a chang
at this place and that place only leave
lC0pholeS for dishonest men to craN
through. to scrape up the goods and chat
tells Of the public under their very eyes
and through the incompetency of tn
stewards they walk away with the plum
oer. and naturally the press and publ
howl.
Many a time this thing is done, an
when the explanations are made by tur
writers and close watchers of races, tn
stewards are frequently convinced tina
they allowed a culprit to escape. but it
then TOO late for them to act for the
deem it wise to let the ma tier drop 1.-THE
than admit their incompetency
Again, scandals could be ayerted b
discretion. Like deformed humans
crooked horseman can rarely be made IN
right. He may try to be on the level bu
when an opportunity occurs for a littl
sure money the old feeling is revived i
him and ne is only too willing to 'lste
Ito reason. Now these men" continue
| Gideon, "can be dealt with very ouietl
and without attracting attention The