The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-14
PAIR Of NN SHIFTS
Cutting and Fanny Foley in
the West Stables.
SULKY LAWSUIT DECIDED
Rich Men Who Raise IrotterS
breaking in Bad Ones.

/, Chicago, March 13.-H. T. White writes
in the Herald: Two notable additions Il
George Vests string of trotters for 1870
were made the other day, when Cutting
and Fanny Foley reached the barn, tbs
stallion coming from Springfield. Ill.
while the mare had part of an expires.
car to herself during the trip from Cleye
land to Chicago.
1t is probable two such fast horses witt
such entirely different temperaments were
never before in the same stable. Cutting
is the personiication of equine noncha
lance and confidence, while Fanny Foley
is next door to hysterical in her actions
She is an attractive looking bay mare
rather long in the back for the wear anG
tear of a hard campaign, but both fore
and hind quarters are we'll made. She:
good at both ends but weak in the mid
de-" was the terse but comprehensive
criticism of horseman who watched the
mare as she moved nervously around the
stall evading the man who wanted to
bride her.
This nervousness has always been Fan
ny's handicap, and it has defied the ef-
forts of several trainers who have had
her in charge since she came out as a
yearling and startled the horse world by
stepping a half mile in Les. 1t was after
this performance that Mr.. Frank Rookie
Teller bought Fanny Foley. Gus Macy
| had her as a 3-year-oid, but she wasted
away in training so that when racing
| time came she was not fit to start. Last
summer doc" Tanner by dint of leav-
ing the mare severely alone, got her con-
| fdence to such an extent that she went
a mile in 2:12 but the general opinion of
| horsemen is that West has hard task
in front of him when the plan includes
| getting Fanny Foley ready to race at the
! big meetings where his stables will ap-
pear next summer
Still, you can't tell said West, when
friend suggested that Fanny Foley be
given a dog for companion in her stall, 1t
being we'll known that many nervous
horses have been made far easier to train
| by having a dog or cat around all the
time 1T sometimes takes long time n
! get on the right side of horse that has
| been soured on humanity in general, but
once they are satisfied that nobody is
going to abuse them, and that there is
nothing for them to be afraid of, they
come around in good shape. Now, there
is Giles Noyes," pointing to the 2:05%
PAGER as he stood on the barn floor while
the attendant brushed him off. "Giles
used to be a crank He thought every
| body was against him, and he was ready
to fight back if a move that looked like
having him do something out of the ordi-
nary was made. But 1 finally convinced
him that we were all his friends. He is
an intelligent horse. and 1 soon learned
| that ne would once in a while make a
quick move when out jogging Just to see
! if the driver would speak harshly to
him. If he did it was all off with Giles
for that day. He would take it to heart
as much as a child, and be ready to sulk
if any one came near him. Now, you see
he is bright and cheerful, on the lookout
all the time, but with an air that says
he can take care of himself He is bound
to improve as long as he feels that way,
and I look for him to be a good horse in
his class next summer, even though he
will have to meet the best ones in the
land.
Fanny Faley is a mare that I think
will gradually become confidential with
the man who takes care of her providing
he is careful to humor and pet her lit
| tie. She came Up alone from Cleveland,
and when my man entered the ear to get
her she whinnied and was glad to see
| somebody. She was led, out to the barn,
a distance of five miles, and showed a lot
of sense, not being alarmed at city sights
and sounds. 1 logged her today for the
first time, and while she fuses little
with the bit, and in some ways goes sort
! of green. l have an idea that she viii i'm
prove all the time
Cutting is a different sort. He was
snowbound on the way from Springfield,
and we naturally expected him to be tired
and possibly peevish and fretfuI. But. on
the contrary, he marched in here like a
soldier, and the minute he was turned
into his box stall he made friends with
Scapegoat, who was on one side Of him,
and then with Giles Noyes, on the other.
after which he lay down and rested like
an old traveller. Now that sort of horse
is the kind that generally trains very
easy and trots well"
Cutting is a handsome bloOd-bay stall
Hon with a set of legs and feet that give
no evidence of the racing he has done to
to acquire his record of 2:124. He IS
naturally a trotter. wearing only five
ounce shoe in front, and his feet are per-
/ feet. In the matter of breeding he Will
/ suit the most fastidious, as his sire is
Aristides, 2:2p2s, a son OF Red Wilkes.
The first dam of Aristides was by Al
mont; second dam By Gaines c. NJ. Clay.
son OF c. VI. Clay. 2:22. In the maternal
line the blood lines Of trotting are rich
in producing dams. as folaws:
First dam, Miss Alice, by Squire Tai
mage.
Second dam, Lucy Allen dam Of Rival.
2:lSls, and ArguiIe, 2:24i4) By Mambrino
Chief
Third dam. Fanny dam of Alcantara
Boy. 2.2s) by Hayden's Pilot, son OF CIif-
ton Pilot
Cutting viii he years old next June
and although his record puts him IN a
class where 2:Io will De beaten most %
the time, he looks able 20 hold his pwn.
A decision Of great interest to horsemen
was made the other day BY the Uutted
States Circuit Court of Appeals IN the
case OF the Hickory Wheel company
against ". s. Frazier & Co. The we'll
known suIky builders The suit was
brought TO restrain Frazier < CO. from
land the decision was adverse 70 the
plaintiffs.
This finally settles . mater that has
been IN litigation for six years. and the
story IS an interesting ore, as showing
how near one firm came 70 having q no
nopoly Of the pneaDaztc tlre lde2 as z2-