Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-19

horses of all grades could be secured
three months time, the regulations gov
erning the selection of serviceable ami
ais would have to be waived in certain re-
spects, as Canada and the United States
combined could not supply half the nun'-
Der of serviceable horses of the regular
military standard necessary to complete
the requirements of the war in South At
RIGA. n..
1t is known that the British war office
has secured Europe for suitable animals,
and that the United States is the last re-
source. The scarcity of good horses is the
cause OF grave anxiety to the British gov
eminent, as the movements of Lord Rob
erts' forces in South Africa are retarded
for lack of proper transport facilities in
the way of mules and "gunners.'
At present there are 1000 mules and 500
horses at New Orleans awaiting transpor-
tation to Cape Town, and on the arrival
of Col. Ainsilie some BIG Chicago and New
| York firms will have ready 5000 head
more for shipment.
Dealers say lit will be imp ossibie to pro-
cure 10000 horses in six months, as the
| local demand for good animals is far and
away in excess of the supply, but ii the
| British government agents will not be too
exact, animals of a hardy type can be
procured in the western states that Will
be found suitable for the work.
| The stable of t%rotterS owned by Inos.
| Lawson, of Boston, and which the owner
has gotten together at an expense OF
about $50, 900, is to be campaigned this
season in a style which borders on the
| spectacular, says a writer in the New
York Telegraph. 1t is nothing uncommon
for a trotting stable to have a private car
for its transportation from place to
! place, but Mr.. Lawson's establishment
will have two. one Of them being given
! over to baggage. There are two trainers,
a manager, a bookkeeper, a blacksmith
and an tenda for each horse. 1t is an
elaborate outfit when it is considered that
the stable has no sensational performers,
but ever since he began operations at
Lexington last fall Mr.. Lawson has gone
ahead in a broadgauge way, stopping at
| no expense to secure just what he want
ed. Not only has this been the case in
respect Of his trotters, but the same rule
has applied to his coach n carriage
horses. Only last week. in New York he
gave SIS, 200 for a team of park horses,
81 1900 for another pair and $4,000 for the
high stopper Red Cloud
Just what the trotting string will &C
complish is a matter in which the horse
world is taking great interest. The only
ones in the lot hat have already "made
good are Boralma and Glory, each Win
ming a GOOD race at Lexington last fall
Sagwa and Poindexter, two green horses
tina have been named in a lot Of early
closing stakes, We're picked up at auction
during the winter, n costing $7,1OO and
the other about Sc, 900. Sagwa comes from
Missouri, but Charlie Tanner, Of Cleve-
land, introduced him into high priced
circles and is credited with having driv.
en- him in 2:1O. Tanner can fit a horse out
with as good a story as any man in the
! business. and he sent Sagwa into the
I New York ring with one that would not
be outclassed in the Arabian Nights. II
the horses live up to Tanners novelette,
he will walk under the wires in all his
races. Pindexter is a fast horse, as he
showed last fall, but the railbird crit.
les say he is too big to stand the hare
knocks of a campaign. Still. it should b.
remembered that all the Lawson horses
were selected by the stable manage
Harry Gray. and he is a shreWd Yankee
who knows the horse business thorough