The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-02

M Of these things sLow tho rarc 'hat Is bo-
slowed on tho rnCor vhilc IN a." -',hl". on
the road the attentions afc doubled Tho whole
tr'ne Of CroDns. rihb"rs and 'ru'uors travel
ON the ear ril tN' h0t-"s. N regular um"9
during tho dny they wash o. IN" mouths ~
their charges. rub t,cn down and hesiov Other
attentions on then. Food NJ water tho horS"a
~ At regular Intervals md , good trainer "ill
not vary one minute from In" regular time of
t"rdiu, 'or anything Tho food T. gouo over
win m amount 4 care wat wolli a"en RI
dir.lpu, 70 or' pnarpuniuted with tho imror-
lance Of Ibis PAT 81 tha supervision of . rlclnR
'.,-o y rll . better ~ ~,'nod WI +
IL ",illl1ci ''H: 'he least ,Nons" IN dict.
go, inprritv - the TODD OF water o. 4
thoroughbred '1 training, o. M" least IT.
rcsullti!N. Is ltcl" to 10 attended by disastrous
results.
Bot more than anything, 'hoso IN clnr~c II a
. -lcehor-e. travelling. have 90 took ont FIR car
s,,tno-+. Tho strongest animal ia he world e
MT 20 be attached ~ ii. and once ii ret. hold
70 'ra' risru hard thin- 10 dive away. t~A
ri' ( u0rcts horses differently r,o. i'rr.
SON" hor'r- vo~i'. hit o'Nor Zee, 4 fr.' IN 4
/ ,iud - collie. H'i,h r'ru'.- IN ~ r%uci0'ing pain,
not unlike What uen clll s-onJ''r cramps. \
) horse IN ,li5 plight ia very 'nuch 10 be pitiei.
FOR froi ueutly heis no. 'Gs-ap'ibl, 10 trca'mout.
pun stts ~ ~ a. wv 'l0 '''l'N' l'ts
Horse tina, have Suffered Ike his have been
Known To reel for da! df.rrwerd when turned
on e. exercise. Man. h1.scs die before reaching
t'r'lf drstinat. ms, so th.tti- 10 w0udrr that
-" trainer aud his men lot flesh when on trains
NIL their Nllr able charges. 50 important is Il
60 be near tie horses ~, tho tine that Amos.
very OUTFIT has rs COOK and Kitchen utensils
ard hra all meals cr'kcd ard served risht in the
ear whore the hor seq Hro.
No'hinc else = 50 d|..sstrou 20 n Ut Of racers
A. 20 be in a collision o. vtNcr Kind # railroad
accident. So nervous are they when ira e'l'ng
that 2 viO'eui shock Of 9vv kiad vii, ut,ar';
PROSTATE them, whether 'hcy a." serious"
injured or no,. and once = tA5ron.hLred loses
lis nerve his great natural soeed is absolutely
Of no use 70 him. II he loses his nerve he will
never gstitba KaEaiu. aud .,hoItit lie cannot
win races u l., the stout heart in a horse.
developed =" man larg ~. vhich brings out HE
grcl' .recd and makes h!n contesy ov"rv inch
81 ground with \ competitor IN n race. So0c
h0rN"s that. IN rlcotra1k r~arlGncn. VII break
Watches in trials by themselves. viii uui.
lis. cara in races whore animals Of Inferior
speed challenge them and run them neck and
neck for n fcv wards. II lq becau th,y have
lost their nerve or mover had aay. A man
might better have a cGr horse than n thorough
bred with no nerve, for the former viii win
HIM lust az much money and not cost q quarter
80 much to keep. Turf history records many
cases Of speedy horses who could travel in
record time when tried out slone but could not
win r rare with other horses for lack Of heart.
What ia more distressing. It records many cases
Of splendid, stnut-hcartcd animals that have
been re luced to absolute wort1'cssness through
shocks suffered in railroad lcc!dentl
A notable case ~ thls Kind occurred early
In the present year, when Tho train which was
carving JOHNNY Reagln's string from New
Orleans to Wlshlng'nn was n collision with
another train. \ number Of Relgan's horses
were killed. but others suffered no phvsical
injuries at al. Among the latter we're sor,e
~ the best horses ~ tha stable. horses whose
cameness had been proved il many n close
contest. They had -vcrv care after tha acct
dent. but not one ~ Thea t4s won a race since,
although they were entered md ran %oontinu-
ousiy on the local TRACKS during the pact sum
mer. Reagan himself Is o' the opinion tina.
they will never To anr good again.
In this respect the hor-a Il very much HE
the Jockey that rides him Some Of the chances
that these lttls ieilowa rale f. races nowadays
are enough to max" one hold IT, breath. They
viii jam in.o flvorite rosi,ioos near tho raj,
at the risk ~ being uuseated. whsr 70 be I'M
seated nelns almost sura trrth Noth'rr n
too daring FOR them 10 ATTEMPT. but from the
dav that a Jockey meets with hts arst ~scrious
accident he ia worthless as n rider when nerve
IL required % win. From that t'ine on ha
ceases to take chances. lie s'rp,. cannot
do the thing he uscd ~ DO chearruly before
his accident. No better illustration Of This
was eyer afforded than n. case ~ Tony Ham
iltor, who lost his rnrre md almost hta IN, IN
an. accident nj orc Of tina local tracks. and lost
IN n se1son tho rernta'ion az n s,lc>essful and
-. IA -
20 build u1.
There are, ~ course. thCroY-hhrcIs who
can stand a railroad tourney and stand Il vol
but they nrc ver~ few. Hlly Ba-ricR's rect
horse lames e such m pniral rarri,k took
him 20 chicago las. urner TO 'ul"l IN or gacc-
ncrt IN tho Chicago rcrtv. He made Ito TIN
without n break, started N tie r,lv on NO
fNllowirCday and rCr second 10 S,dr %, Turns
Ne wouldn't havc done arv better lad le run
'uo race IN the Tn-t. J. was n rr a!fht'a
performance FOR = horse with orlv ne d1v's
-e-' after a trip ~ 1000 rileT. ear %ocin'!y ?, tia
host %! travellers "a not eHTcC'ed to sMo~ any
FORM inter- n long ra'lrcnd tourney. without
ao-la rest. Chrietopher Gane's great horse
ST. CHRISTOPHER did an even moro - uarkah'e
thing several months 0go. He Wn'e the TIN
% Chicago aud ran aud won n race on he dav
he arrived there. Sydrrv 1roaa. tie rerNv
NIHlI'1' l. u N''u uuN'. ~ Iu' lE k'NSt n
lis owner tried @ DO too mucN With him. Tc
started Fast from ClicnS" 10 MN IN Tie brighton
Handicap q. I've Brighton rcach track. o..
~" w" - wa Whisk@d OF at Detroit. fecarso
tl' valuable HIGHLAND Tarf NardicaI loo,cl
lte asnrdthing and worth picfir Svdn-y
'r5as sohhleG NJ this race in one routhful
and vas INN ediat.!y hus''ri hack 20 his cor
aod again started Fast He was prva,ertly
al right when he got hero, mt couldn't SCI out
- lis own wa IN the Brighton Nardicap,
AMI WA beaten by mediocre r.Tfotmers.
Moiern methods ~ transrorting horses
cost morev. but ovncr ray Il willingly.
and uo'liuE bat TIE Cheal cat 81 selling vla,crs
re shipI ed nav other way tlHu that deserted.
Insurance. on IN. horSes Il ok; ers'vs. too, but
owners nlw1ys carry plenty Of tiat, for a car
load NJ tho-oughbreds il not A thing TO tale
chances vl'h. IN the two loads Il horses re-
fcrred TO TINT went 10 Washing"on Il l. known
that there vas more than $4,000 insurance.
This was a short run. hnt some a. the horses
that mqde Il we're not in share for racing before
the middle Of tho newt week
On tie Whole. rnouev invested in this kird ~
horseHesh "a not tho most stable Jro,ertv
In tho word. The dangers that thrcaten n
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