The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-05
CARING FOR THE CHAMPION.
Cresceus Has the Best of Feed, Sta

Cresceus Has the Best of Feed, Sta bling and Attention.
 If there is anything Cresceus wants he has only to ask for it. The most particular care is taken that the horse does not take cold or any other ailment, says the Baltimore American. On the floor of the stall straw is spread, and bale of hay is always there for him to eat when he pleases The hay which he eats is brought from California and is very expensive. It costs s7O a ton. Beside the hay Cresceus eats from ten to twelve quarts of grain day. There is also given him some green grass. On the day before he races he is not given the grass. He drinks very little wa ter
 While on the road Cresceus travels in cars made especially for his use. These cars are fitted with every facil- ity for the safety and comfort of the passenger. The car is generally known as a palace horse car' and is to the usual freight car what the parlor car is to the ordinary coach. It resembles freight car only in general shape and outside finish, but here the resemblance stops, for In almost every other respect it is the equal to the ordinary pas- senger car.
 It has the trucks and wheels of passenger coach, with the same easy springs, and the latest brake and heat ing arrangement. so that the equine oc- cupants are not subjected to incon- venlences of an ordinary stock car, with their stiff springs and continual pumping. As these palace horse cars are frequently attached to passenger trains, it was decided to equip them with the latest style couplings in use on all first class passenger trains. Thus equipped, they are transported all over the country.
 The car has large door on either side similar to freight cars, and Is high enough to permit the largest horses passing through with ease. The most striking feature of the interior Is the extreme neatness and good order dis played on all sides. By an ingenious arrangement of portable stalls the car can be made to accommodate from four to sixteen horses. It is very seldom that a car is taxed to it's utmost, and the most common plan is to so arrange
 
 stalls. This allows much more freedom 1 of action by the attendants who &C., company the horses on their journey. The car is well ventilated by means of an opening the full length of the car well up under the caves of the roof, t which also furnishes a certain amount of light to the interior. The slat-lil1e < sections of these ventilators are adjust able, and can be opened and closed at will Up under the roofs are racks for holding the bags of corn. meal, etc., in 1 addition to which there are number l of small bins at one end of the car, where the feed for the day is kept. Where the trips are short there is no need of elaborate provision being made l to feed the horses, as they are unloaded | from the car every night and carefully i stabbed Every palace horse car car ries it's own water tank, which has capacity of probably 100 gallons, and pipes from this tank lead to all parts of the ear and supply liberal amount of water. both for drinking and clean 1 ing purposes.
 A certain amount of space IS reserved at one end of the car for the accommo- daton of the groom in charge or the horses. In the space allotted to him he neatly arranges the paraphernalia which is the indispensable part of the racing business; and the hundred and one articles are systematically arrange1 so as to be ready for use at moments S notice In some of the elaborate prl- vate cars rooms are partitioned or foT the special use of the attendants and jockeys These are equipped With toilet facilities of the latest pattern; but there are only a few of these i'll the country and they are rarely seen