Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-06
SADDLE AND SULkY {

an interview recently he said:
Il don't think racing is any better now
than it was in the old days. and if l were
to start out with good horse I'd train
and manage him exactly as l did my old
horses of other days. We always gave
the people good contests and. let me tell
you. the people do not appreciate what
laying up means or how essential at
times it is if man believes he has
chance to win. Not half the judges at
the race meetings are capable. and are
too apt to be book read and not practi-
cal in their reasonings.
Horses vary so much in all depart
ments it is impossible to start them all
in these limited heat races and get any
of the money. Theoretically, it is all
right: but it is very hard to win any
money nowadays with our horses. Drivers
appreciate the fact that they must win
to have their stables pay the owners and
keep in the swim, and many times a
horse can win part of the money judc-
iously driven and improve later so that
he becomes quite a performer. Some
know it all rushes into the stand with
= complaint and it makes people sus-
picious needlessly for that day beyond
doubt the best horse is winning.
You: know as we'll as. I that all too
much is said about fixed races and the
like, and it is difficult to convince many
men that trotting can be a reputable
sport. Now. of what use is it to tier to
that class? The sooner they divorce
themselves from the sport the better it
will be for all interests contingent. I be-
lieve. Maybe 1 am wrong. Give us
better judges and leave the modus
operandi right where it now is, and we
will be all right and trotting will con-
tinue to be the leading sport with our
American gentlemen.
Il would like to have my old horses
Rarus or Johnston here as good as they
were the day I worked them and give
them one season in the bike sulkies of
the times just to show how good they
really were. Few better race horses ever
wore iron than We're Rarus and Wedge
wood. and since their day don't believe
the people have ever been treated to bet
ter contests than We're participated in
when we got real good. They We're al
ways ready when 7 turned into the
stretch to fight every stride to the wire.
and it is no easy matter to keep good
horses at an edge once you have them
fit to bet on and go out and race with
the boys.
Il hear it rumored that Budd Doble
Is to be out again with a string. I often
think back to the races he and I had
with Goldsmith Maid and Rarus all over
this country back in the seventies. There
We're no steel grand stands and fancy
fixtures, however, yet the people came
by the thousands and We're. 1 believe,
far more enthusiastic than they are to-
day. Give us the three in five races, bet
ter judges and few more people ready
to pay their dollars and less of badge
hunting, and We will keep racing on
high plane in popular favor, l think
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The Geographical Journal tells us of a
new horse or zebra cross in Africa that
may be an important foundation for de-
veloping new breed with fancy mark
ings and something of Oriental beauty,
novelty and utility. Trios for breeding
and experimenting may be ordered
through the English army in Africa or
some enterprising war correspondent
Sir Fl. Johnston ascertained that there
exists in these Congo forests most re-
markable species of horses or zebra.
This animal is a uniform iron gray over
upper part of the body. The belly and
legs are striped on white with black or
chestnut colored stripes. The head of this
animal is said to be rather long and
slender Sir H. Johnston was only able
to secure portions of imperfect skins,
but such as they are they point con-
clusively to an animal Of the horse tribe
not hitherto known or described. The
dWarfs call this creature O'api. with a
click in the middle of the word but the
Rambuha style it Okapi. Rumors of this
creature reached Stanley and are record
ed by him in one of the appendices of his
book, "In Darkest Africa The Belgian
authorities who gave Sir Henry Stanley
the skin above alluded to, promised tn
try and secure a complete specimen of
the animal for transmission to Europe
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An American writer who has lived
much abroad says: Without accusing
the Christian English of fetshism ]
boldly assert they have an idol and it is
the horse. From high to low they love
him to alteration, and if they had lived
In the old Roman days they would have
deified him. If you ever catch ar
Englishman standing in the street. oh
lvious of all else. with his eyes in fxe,
gaze, it is at some splendid specime,
of the equine breed he Is staring at an,
longing to possess. Time and lore ar
devoted to the breeding of horses; i'm
mense sums are spent upon their trainin
for all kinds of uses; but the highest i
that of the turf" On Derby day parlia
ment adjourns and most of the members
both lords and commoners, go to tn
races. Fashionable London turns out i
coaches and tallyhoes. drawn by fou
and six horses and country and villag
folks in cars. wagons or on foot. TIL
rank and beauty of Albion is in tn
royal stand, and the surrounding stand
OF the millionaires the wide world ove1
while about the course are carriages
with gaily decked femininty, four and 81
Feet deep. In innumerable booths, sur
mounted by flags and streamers, are tn
betting men, intent on the game and tn
stakes that change hands on the Derb
are startling. From thousands of pound
down to shillings, all classes ioin in tn