Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
CHAPTER vi.

Porter was an easy man with his horses.
Though he could not afford. because of his
needs, to work out his theory, that two
year-olds should not be raced, yet he
utilized It as far as possible, by running
them at longer intervals than was general.
I'll start the little mare about once more
this season." he told Dixon. The babes
can't cut teeth and grow. and fight it out
in furnishing races. on dusty hay and hard
sheiled oats, when they ought to be picking
grass in an open field. She's too good a
beast to do up in her young days. The
Assassins made good S-year-olds and the
little mares dam, Maid Of Rome. wasn't
much her first year out-only won once
but as a 3-year-old she won three out Of
four starts and the fourth year never lost
a race. Lueretia ought to be a great mare
next year. If l lay her by early this season.
She's in a couple of stakes at Gravesend
and Sheepshead, and we'll Just At her into
the softest spot"
What about Lausanne" asked the
trainer; Pm afraid he's a bad horse"
How is he doing?"
Hes stale. He's a bad ~doer-doesn't
clean up his oats, an mopes."
81 guess tina killing finish with the
Dutchman took the life out OF him. hat
sort Of thing often settles a soft-hearted
horse for all time"
81 don't think 1t was the race. sir" Dixon
replied: they just pumped the cocaine into
him till he was fair blind trunk; he must
a. swallowed the bottle. I give him a ball
a bran mash, and Lord knows what all,
an the poison's workin' out Of him. He's
all breakin' out in Jumps; you'd think he'd
been stung by bees"
sI uevar hard NJ auch a thing c0m-
mented Porter. "a man that would dope a
2-year-old ought to be ruled of, sure"
81 think you oughter make a kick, sir, %
said Dixon. hesitatingly.
II don't. When l sQueal. Andy. it'll be
when there's nothing but the voice left.
! bought a horse from a man once. Just as
he stood. l happened to know the horse.
and said I didn't want any inspection
didn't want to see him, but bought him as
l say. just as he stood. Whsn / went to the
stable to get him he wasn't worth much,
Andy-he was dead. Perhaps / might have
made q kick about his not standing UP. but
I didn't"
We'll. sir. I'm thinkin' Lauzanne's a
deuced sight worse'n a dead horse; he'll
cost more trying to win with him."
" I dare say you're right, but he can gal
lop a Bit
when he's primed."
mo dope for me, Andy. never ran a
dope horse and never within too fond OF
them to poison them"
I'll freshen him up a bit, cir, and well
give him a try in a Gay or two. Would you
mind putin him 10 3 sellin' race-he cost
abit."
II couldn't win anything else, and Il
anybody wants to claim him they can
II thought OF starting Diablo In that mile
handicap; he's in pretty light. He's about
all we've got ready"
IAN right. Dixon Porter replied. Ell
may he that we've broke our bad luck Will
the little mare"
They were standing in the paddock dur.
ing this conversation. It WAS in the fore.
noon. Dixon had come over to the secrs.
tary's once TO see about some entries be-
fore ~ o'clock. When the trainer hat
finished his business the two men walkeC
across the course and inheld to stable Il
where Dixon had his horses. As the,
passed over the "Wister course" as thu
circular track was called, Dixon pointed 4
the dlP near the lower far turn.
ITS a deuced fuzzy thing" he said
speaking reminiscentiy. but that it'll,
hollow there settles more horses than tn,
last htty yards Of the finish; It seems {,
make the soft ones remember that they'r,
; runnin' when they get that change. an