The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-16

in the last eighth Of the mile. There was
a perceptible loss of driving power, j
slight sprawl that was all the more
noticeable by reason of his springy way
of going earlier in the race, but, although
tired in every limb of his body the Illi-
nois colt staid on a trot and brought home
the honors and the winners end Of the
! $4,000 stake.
The race was, incidentally. battle be-
tween the Wilkes and Electfoueers strains
OF blood. Baronmore, sire of Peter Stir
/ ling, is Wilkes, while Walnut Hall is
| by Conductor. son of Electioneer.
J. B. Chandler, the man who educated
Peter Stirling and drove him to deserved
victory in the Kentucky classic, has for
years been in the front rank of colt
handlers. His first notable successes were
were the pacing stations Online and On
tonian, to whom he gave marks Of 2:04
and 2:0715 respectively. OnIine had paced
in 2:11 as a 2-year-old, that being the
record for his age at that way Of going
The wonderful performances of these Ne
braska colts were followed by those of
other young trotters and PAGERS that
Chandler brought out season after season,
and it was soon established that the quiet
little man from the western prairies was
no accident and that his methods were
those of a careful student and close OBJ
server.
Chandler. like Marvin, Thomas and the
other successful colt handlers, is a hard
worker. In the case Of aged horses it is
possible for the head trainer to delegate
the jogging and some other parts of the
training work to his assistants, but when
it comes to colts, it is absolutely neces-
sary that the man who is responsible for
their success or failure shall handle them
every time they are on the track. Whether
they are going or slow jog or at the
fun fight of their top speed there is al
ways something to be learned about colt
trotters, and there is no other way of
discovering these facts that little later
in the career of the baby race nag may De
vital to its success. Chandler appreciates
this fact and he delegates nothing to mis-
men. He has the gift of great patience,
which is essential in the education Of
colts. They are like children in their
whims and moods. and, also like children,
the smartest and best ones are often at
times the most unruly and senseless. Had
Marvin not been a monument of industry
and patience the world would never have
heard of Sunol who lowered the 2-year-old
record to high-wheel sulky so far that
people thought it would never be beaten,
and she subsequently held the worlds
trotting championship.
Chandler has patience to a degree. One
thing he insists on in a colt or aged horse
is that the animal shall be well man
nered. 1t is seldom that trotter or PAGER
from his school makes a break in a race. (
Practically without exception they seem
10 have been drilled into the idea that
the man in the sulky knows what is best .
to do and viii do It at the proper time. .
Consequently. the Chandler horses are .
in their actions. When call .
ed upon to so fast they are there with
the speed, but if the driver wants to re-
strain them they are ready TO obey his
touch. Nor do they seem to have lost by
reason Of this drilling the dash and
energy that are so essential to a really
great colt trotter. Their bodily condition
is generally perfect. and it is an axiom in
horsedom that when Chan" brings a
horse to the races that animal can be de-
pended upon TO stay out the contest.