The sun., 1902-02-02

Of strengthening muscles and improving
wind.
McDowell's roll Of honor as speed
maker includes queen Alix, 2:0S|; the ex-
champion trotting gelding, Azote, 2otI;
PAGERS; Lena n, 2O5<, ex-champion pacing
mare; Mary Marshall, 207st, the only starter
ever TO win heat from the as yet unbeaten
Dan Patch, 2Oi1+: Directly, 207I, as
two-year-old. fastest TO date; Direct, 2isH
pacing back in the day Of the high-wheel
sulky, and various others, including Mr..
Gormley's fast mare Georgena, 2O71t,
| who won the Charter Oak $4,000 In 1900.
Mcdowell will stay here I'LL the bluebirds
and robins nest, then Of necessity go where
he can give his string mile heats, cool-outs
and repeats till seasoned, for the Grand
Circuit racing season. He says his horses
will DO month ahead OF those kept else
where and not regularly worked and he
will have sounder lot than otherwise
because the road Is usually dry with no
cracked heels To come and with every op-
portunity afforded TO keep their feet In
perfect condition.
the-year-round horses must OF necessity
have imperfect feet, but that II an error.
The Speedway, while not elastic like Rigby
Park or the track on the marshes at Jersey
City Is cushioned well enough so horse
may be used there the greater part OF the
time Il 30 .willed. in tips. that In just
toe plate leaving the frog TO touch the
ground widening the hoof after natures
most approved fashion. We have few
horses here having corns, few that are badly
wind-puGed and still fewer that are lame
or at all muscle sore. The great California
PAGER ConCy, 202, owned by Harry T.
DylSnan Of White Plains after continuous
life at the tracks Is today a much improved
horse and that Improvement was made
right over the roads adjacent to the Empire
City track and work on tho supposedly
too-hard track itself. He sold here at
auction for 81 i100 lowered his record In
McDowelrs hands to 2o2 at the Detroit
meeting last July. then sold to Mr.. Dykman
for a reported price of $8.500 and his re-
modelling began. The corns were removed,
their cause removed and road work has
done the rest together with skilful stable
treatment and he looks to be one among
the few likely TO yet reach the two minute
line. The late Thomas T.. keating in 1900
drove him a mile TO wagon at the Empire
City track in 202a, on an altogether un-
favorable day when the track was live
with horses going away or finishing fast
miles. But one horse ever has equalled
and beaten little Boy, 20I15-and
were he persevered with as wagon horse
Coney might pace to a record bordering
on the altogether sensational,
Many horses are pampered TO soften
their feet, when Nature never intended
their feet to be thus rendered spongy. The
wise owner never tries 20 improve on Ma
tures products and so the less one bothers
over a perfectly smooth, sound trotter or
PAGER the better for both man and horse |
Bandaging to-day IL better understood |
than heretofore and one sees horses with |
futy cords extending way 10 the joint, and |
less Of the ribbed legs resulting directly |
from too close fitting bandages. Leg |
washes are well enough in their way IA !
stimulants when not irritants. and massage |
is n necessity. The purpose Of the bandage |
is 70 keep the extremities at even tempera- |
ture and allow II to cool gradually, not neces-
Sarily to remove fever. nor we're they in
tended as compresses. A pun can bo /
sweated of by keeping sponges and othor ,
heat retainers bound over the parts. and |
since cotton batting has been 80 generally
brought into everyday usage the horses
are not rendered miserable by too close
bandaging.
A tar and oakum packing under patent
leather pads. the polished surface exposed
serves TO well break the conclusion on the
tendons, and snowballs will not gather il |
the shoe he bevelled around the inner side
Of the web. These should be replaced at
least each fortnight or uncleanliness would
result. For winter speeding a pad Of some
sort appears to he necessary and altogether
practical and advantageous, but il is well
to have the feet sponged out regularly !
and allow the air TO circulate around the
frog Growth Of the horn takes place
from the Coronet not from the sole Of the
foot. and all stimulants are better applied
at that point. One never hlisters the sole
or frog, tut at the coronet, 10 stimulate
growth. a. all know or should know, Oil
to polish the foot helps appearances. but
chokes up the pores and prevents the pone-
iration of water. Onc puts oil on his shoe
io v ard On dampn"ss. 40 whyOll the horses
hooi-' Better 10y far to wash thoroughly
and let nature take care Of the hopi a.
much ~ j. possible and pay less attention
10 mcr" appearance.