The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-01
AMERICAN HORSEPOWER.
SOME BRILLIANT EXAMPLES OF
THE THOROUGHBRED SPORT
IN THIS COUNTRY.


tifuI Chester, a Horse That Has
Carried on One Hundred Prizes.
Mrs. and Miss Myers as Examples
of Perfect Form in the Saddle-Mrs.
Martinez showiRs a Pretty Caper
in kneeIine and Mrs. Burt Exhib-
Favorite Horse.
New York, May 30.-The fair horse
woman to-day is quite as fond of the
| sport as the man. and much more i'm
perious. Her horse is a noble creature
worthy of the utmost consideration and
nothing short of a calamity will keep
her from a time spent in his company.
Guiding his feet over the noiseless
road-bed, her head up and eye alert.
her whole body conforming to the
rhythmical movement of the animal be-
meath her-there is no moment at which
a woman appears at so great advan-
| tage. If she be a true horsewoman she
is apt to have good mount, and this
combination of horse and woman was
ever mutually becoming.
A fine saddle horse, like his mistress,
is kind. This is a first requisite. A
] vicious horse, even a sullen horse, never
makes a good saddler, for he must be
! always watched. Such a horse instead
| of joining his mistress in enjoyment of
| the outing and in pleasant contempla-
| ton of the ride is keeping an eye and
an ear open for mischief. He is car
| rying a chip on his shoulder and woe
be to the rider who knocks it off at an
| unguarded moment. But it is not so
/ with 10 Nuall hra6 horse. AMI nUunanf iC
one of his chief characteristics, and he
would no more think of marring the
| pleasure of the occasion by unseemly
conduct than would his mistress.
This trait is remarkably developed in
| the wonderful horse Chester which is
| shown in the picture with its owner,
| Miss Doremus. This noble animal
| shows intelligence in every line of the
| body. An air of good breeding he
wears as easily and as gracefully as
his mistress does her habit. The pos
ture of the head, the prick of the ears,
| the sensitive lines of the mouth, the
| intelligent CLEAN of the eye all betoken
| understanding and enjoyment as plain
| ly as If expressed by human agency.
| Chester is a beautiful horse, and almost
! a thoroughbred. His record is an envi-
able one, he having been entered in
over hundred contests and having
| money value of the horse is enormous.
1t may be stated here, for the initia-
ted, that saddle horses are seldom thor
| oughbreds. They do not readily lend
| themselves to saddle habits, and are
| rarely used. Occasionally some thor
ough sportsman, a man who under
stands horses perfectly, succeeds in
making satisfactory saddle horse of
thoroughbred. But the ideal saddle
| hnrcn lie Z oIrsa
and next to him comes the Virginia
| saddle horse.
The intelligence of ones mounts IS
sometimes prettily employed in the
| mastering of some graceful tricks, per-
| formed at the will of the fair mistress.
| 1t is not strange that women, who have
more patience than men, are the most
successful at this work, and it is not
only in the circus that the equestrienne
and her horse go through pretty ca
| pers. In the pictures shown is one of
| Mrs. Martinez with her horse kneel-
| ing; the graceful posture of the ami
| NAL is quite different from the awk-
| ward attitude struck by the circus
| horse In doing the same piece of bust
mess. Notice the unity of action be-
| tween rider and horse and how Mrs.
Martinez braces herself in the sad
| die.
| he nurse WIFI IOOI IN the air
! is going through what the horsemen
| term "high-school tricks" 1t was in
the act of housekeeping" when the
| photograph caught it. The horse is a
| Kentucky thoroughbred, and is ridden
| and owned by one of the most thor
| ough horsewomen in the country, Mrs.
| Burt, who is also the owner of a great
number of finely bred horses. To many
people, to whom the Texas pony is a
| distinctive type, the horse with
! brand on it is always an inferior ami
NAL. In fact they will tell you every
| time that a branded horse is a West
'ern pony. Such people judge only by
| superficial mark, and many persons
| will be surprised to know that many
| fine animals are branded. Such a
one is Miss May Hollin's mount, with
| four white feet, shown in the photo.
| The brand on this horse is plainly
visible high up on the shoulder, near
| the neck. This is a blooded animal,
we'll bred, and very expensive one, too.
| Miss Hollins, who is the daughter of
Mr.. Frank C. Hollins, the banker, and
| who may have the pick of many other
| fine saddle horses if she chooses, is
we'll satisfied with her branded mount
and does not care to change it for a
less strenuously catalogued piece of
horse flesh. In the Northwest, where
al are UTdnueQ. line
| horses are raised, and these mounts
| are much in demand amongst East
| ern riders, branded though they be.
Sometimes the love of horsehesh
| runs from father to son OF from moth
er to daughter as the thing might be,
and this is the case of the Meyer fam
| lily. The photograph of little Miss
| Meyer, taken at Durlands, suggests it.
| self as a miniature of that of her
| mother, taken in the famous riding
| academy. In more than one family the
attendants at this institution have
watched the development of the horse
women in two generations, and they
| will attest to their belief in heredity in
| horsewomanship. 1t is interesting to
| note in these pictures of a mother
| and her daughter and their mounts
| that the little one carries as well as
does her elder, that in breeding and
| behavior the pony seems quite to
| match its larger sister, and that the
same air of perfect ease and thorough
| at-homeness surrounds the two fig
ures. This congeniality of horse and
| rider belongs only to the true lover Of
| the saddle.
Grey saddle HOraas Are vFahooad