The Newtown bee., 1900-05-04

A fhAENDLl AND NhlSdbOhASl DAoO SS- -s~ SION.
 By the request of THE BEE editor and some of iCs readers, l was asked to fur nish a few items, either of my own or few clippings from different horse pa- pers. that would be of interest to the horsemen m general; not because hap pened to have one of that particular breed that is known to be bred in the purple lines for sale. That would be too deep and tar-fetched for my brain capac- ity. l know of but few, other than my friend Peck, that would be clever enough to conceive such plan to adyer- tise. Many thanks for the idea, and I hope in the near future to reap the golden fruit.
 Now what have written either of my own ideas or clippings from different pa- pers, 1t has been in a general way of what considered the best interest for horsemen at large, and was not intended for anything personal.
 In fact, believe there was not single item as regards the pacer that was not taken from horse papers and understood to be facts, and l am more than surprised that my friend, Peck, should squirm so under them, as l did not cast any reflec. tion on his horse, nor any other particu- lar horse. It was onlyigiven in general way. If, however, some of those facts should happen to strike in his dooryard it does not make them any the less true. And as he says he enjoys reading about the horse and is very glad to have some one interested enough to furnish our To- cal paper with items each week, as he feels 1t Is very beneficial to the horse interest. Now if that is the case, I am again surprised that he should pick it up or take exception to 1t. Perhaps he flat ters himself that there are some facts in this case that are not true.
 My friend also attacks 8 copied item about a PIP pacer bringing only S2OO. There were also copies of what some trOtters brought. May l ask why he did not attack those? In fact those men that own them have not made any kick as yet. And they are all copied facts, one AS much as the other. I am sure there could be nothing personal on my part.
 He says: "One pacer that brought $20O might not have been worth more than $lO0." AS much as to say he was wrong somewhere. May l ask him what a good size pacer, eight or nine years old, sound and all right, with quite 8 fast mark, brought? Also if he knows of any Grotter of like description having been sold for any such amount. Now is it not an undeniable fact that the fastest pacer in the world did not bring one-half the price that some trotters brought that did not go near as fast? And it cost just as much to raise them. My friend says {: All of our fastest and most attractive contests have been at the pacing gait" and asked why we all went to New Y ork, last fall, to see the great pacing race. 1 admit they go faster, and we all like to see speed, but they do not bring the price, so few want them. It Is like going Go the circus. We all like to see the clown perform, but very few of us want GO take him hone with us; neither do many of us wish to raise whole lot of clowns. Beyond doubt c. J. Hsmlin Is one of the most progressive breeders in the world. He also paid $10, ,000 for 8 Chree-year-old pacing stallion, but not to put it at the head of his stock farm, as he is on record for saying that he would not put pacer at the head of his farm. am not saying anything against this colt as a race horse. But my friend for got to tell you Gas he must have known the reason) why MT Hamlin gave such @ price for him. He bought him of his trainer, Ed Geers, as he was going to campaign him this season and he did not want Geers to take one of his own horses along to handle and race in connection with his.
 Neighbor Peck asks why it took four wealthy men to buy Starlight, a pacing stallion, this month. q guess he referred to Searchlight). I suppose it was be- cause few men like to take the risk alone to buy 8 pacing stallion with such fast mark for racing purposes, for if he did not prove a money winner there was no other way for them to get out whole. Not so with the trotter, as there are a number of men who have alone paid three or four times that amount for them. My friend says there are those who pre-. fer the pacer and others who prefer the the trotter. Very true. do not object to the trotting bred pacer myself. But do not know of man that would refuse to buy a good horse because he was 8 trotter; but do know of great many that would refuse point blank to buy a good horse because he was pacer. That is what makes them SO much less in price, the demand being SO much less. Now there are two kinds of pacers. The Crotting bred pacer makes good horse for the road, as he bends his knees and in fact he is gaited forward as rule very much like the trctter. He also is good horse to breed to because nearly as many of his get will trot ss a trotter of like breeding would get. Now 8 thorough bred horse Is & running horse, and as 2 rule he does not bend his knees much, ol in other words he has very little knee action, and when too strongly bred witt the trotter, for road horse he acquires the pace and mixed gait; for he doeI not catch his toes and blunder SO muct as he does at the trss. While a goot
 many of them go quite fast at the pace
 great many of them, however, have t