The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-30
CHICAGO RACERS HERE
]. B. Chandler Talks of Wich-
ita's Great Reputation.
STATE FAIR BENEFITS
Big Chicago Stables Would
Winter If Stalls Were Good.

In racing circles, Wichita Is getting the
reputation of being the best place in the
world in which to winter race horses.
There are many reasons for this One Is
that many Of the best horses of the day
were foaled in southern Kansas, and this
climate agrees with them better than any
other.
Mr.. ]. B. Chandler, who has charge Of
the stables of D. c. Palmeter of Chicago,
is one of the horsemen who has found
out the superiority of this city as win
tering place. This is the third winter
the Palmeter horses have wsntered here
and may be expected to be here for sew
eral seasons to come
When seen by an Eagle reporter yester-
day, Mr.. Chandler said: ST don't know
of batter place in the world for winter
ing race horses than Wichita Nearly
everything seems to be favorable. To be-
gin with, feed is very cheap. but the best
thing about 1t Is that there Is hardly a
day during the winter when it Is too
stormy to train. In the three years we
have been here we have had no trouble
in giving the horses the proper amount
of exercise. And then the track Is about
as good as could be desired for winter
training.
But Wichita has its drawbacks The
principal one Is the lack OF 70 ID stables
at the fair grounds. This fail, when I
started to come west with the horses,
could have brought four other stables
with me II it had not been for the lack
of stable room at the track The way
things are now there is room for but
very few more horses than are already
mere, and these stables are not nearly
as good as they should be if horsemen
are to come here and be satisfied
Mr. Chandler was then asked about the
benefit this would be to Wichita. In
reply he said: "Sedgwicls county has a
great reputation as place where fast
horses are raised, and If more horsemen
came here 1t would be much better
market than it is now. In addition to
this it would bring a great deal of money
here, and it would be foreign money en-
tirely. AS a rule horseme1S spend their
money freely and always pay a good
price Tor what they get.
ITO give you an idea of how much 1t
would be. I'll tell you about my own ex-
penses. There are five men besides my
self with the stable, and these all get
fairly good wages and spend every cent
they get. In addition to this, my feed
bill and other expenses amount to quite
sum. I came here about the middle Of
November and will go east about the
middle of June. and in this time Will
spend about 5000 So I think that If
things were fixed UP at the fair grounds
as they should be, this town would ev-
cry year be the gamer by some ten or
fifteen thousand dollors of absolutely out
side money"
Here is a hint of what a state fair would
do if the organization here were broad
ened and the association had its own
grounds Wichita merchants lose $4,000
a year according to Mr. Chambers state
ment by not having big, liberal state
fair association with capital to go after
a big permanent thing.
1t would not only get this trade. It
would be getting in shape to get the ap-
preparation for state fair when that
appropriation comes. And it will come.
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