The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
OUR N~OTEDAMATEUR DRYERS.
MEN WHO TRAIN AND UNDER
STAND THEIR HORSES.
Harry X. Devereux OF Cleveland . sIose
student OF the Trotter Col. FREQ n.
Lawrence Q skilful Driver-C. n u.
billings and John shepard Leave
"Details 10 Professional Trainers.

Go where you will to-day and you Will
and more Of interest 4 len In the trotter
than in many years. Whom he lowered
the t~rotting record to 2'o2H and the Amer.
can, worlds for that matter, race record
20 2O3X last season, the majestic ncom-
parable king Of trotters, Cresceus' ola
much TO restore to popularity the trotter'
There Is not so great a desire now 70 own
a fast PAGER as a few seasons ago ana
unless Mr.. Billings's Little Boy, 2oih to
wagon. cuts Star Pointers 1891 this sea
son. interest in the PAGERS will be conhheo
seeminely 10 class pscere, that is, horses
that meet successfully their fellows In races
down the line. Al the big auctions here
and In Chicago II Is TO be seen that there ID
more demand to-day for fast. easily driven
~trotters than In years. In a way. the
Clsveland matinees and competitions OF
the past two seasons for the ~ 800 Boston
challenge cup have accomplished this
much-to- be -desired end.
More men of wealth are becoming en-
thusiasts as owners OF fast record trot-
tiers that they can themselves drive at
speed In amateur contests and impromptu
road brushes than OF old. No one oan
estimate how greatly this has benefited
the breeder, the trainer, the owner. the
stabler, the harness maker. the black
smith, feed man and maker Of speed vehi-
Giles. Harry K. Devereu1 Of Cleveland
"a the leader. He Is a prosperous young
business man In his native city, has always
been Interested In horses Of the pleasure
arording class. has kept away from the
pool Dor and speculative department en-
tirely, and has taken active interest In
himself developing his horses speed and
encouraging his fellows along hat limo.
Somehow successful horsemen are shrewd
business men and Mr.. Devereux has In
vested his money in horses wisely and at
all times we'll. He knows to Q nicely q
horses capacity, has bought such as he
fancied at rather moderate figures, and
to-day we're he disposed TO sell any he
owns could realize a very handsome profit.
Years ago he and John Splan became
,ntinates and he studied closely the veter-
ans methods. To-day he uses the same
,tyle Of sensible checkrein seen on Mr..
splan's harnesses. A lace piece support
inq the upper jaw bit side check rein pass
ing through runners at the rosette and
buckled at the smaller bit with an under
Jaw strap Just taut enough to keep the
mouth closed without cramping. His
horse can move his head with every free
dom and Il Is the very best style Of check
rein possible. Cresceus wears 1t and It Ia
to be recalled that when he too began with
fast horses Mr.. Ketcham began In the Splan
school at the Cleveland track.
Somehow, horses, as a rule, wearing this
check rein require less Of booting. yet In
Cresceus's case II ID not 80. be wears
quarter boots. knee boots, arm boots.
forward high shin boots, pass boots and
scalpers behind. A year & Mr.. Ketcham
thought TO do away with the scalpers would
be to In crease Cresceus's speed and he
tried il only to find his horse touched. so
the y were replaced. Horses that 60 with
the determination Cresceus ever evinces
need protect ion and In plenty. No one
car fault his stride, however, and his head
freedom. perhaps. has not q little TO do with
this.
Few amateurs have OF themselves bal
anced their fastest trotters. They have
had the benefit Of trainers who fitted their
horses perfectly for fast miles. then turned
them ove 10 the owner to drive at the
matinees. Mr.. Devereux has been q busy
man several seasons, and TO his efforts as
q speedmaker much Of John A. Mckerron's
greatness Is due. He has left the early
work to Charles Tanner, but C~levelanders
all say that he gives his horses all OF their
real work at speed throughout each season.
This close study and constant association
with their horses Is beneficial to any mar
who is at all interested. Many amateurs
take to experimenting as TO shoeing fast
horses, and there the professional will ever
excel them. He knows that a slight change
OF foot requires time to bring about n
can wait. The man who pays the bills
n 10 fir.a ~ thfa waiting and nrdara biQ
horse 70 another speedmaker.
The man who Is constantly changing
foot balance and construction OF the hoof
Is destined to not a few disappointments.
Few who enter the field as self trainers
allow their smith to exercise his talents at
will. That the sheer knows well his spe-
cialty Is best shown by the statement that
the same man shod I Pointer when he
paced in 1897, made the set that Cresceus
wore In his 2gO2H mile and shod John A.
McKerron whom he trotted to wagon in
2O8A.
And yet six In every ton who have driven
miles as fast as 2;20 OF even 2:30 imagine
that they are fully capable OF debating to
their smith just how TO prepare the foot
and how 10 fashion the shoes. Good reins-
manship and skilled training are different
entirely. The aforementioned horse can
he frequently driven as fast by the owner,
il he can but sit still ard rate at all well,
ms by the trainer. The latter as a rule rarely
drive the horses within econds OF their
true speed and Is content to let the horses
step fractions at speed calculating the
reserve by the way the horse trots and
the amount Of tension at the bit end.
While Mr.. Devereux Is a wonderful horse
man and Mr.. John Shepard Of Boston among
the very best, we nave In this city one OF the
very best Of amateur drivers and a man,
LETT 10 his own esources who would ac-
complish about as much as a trainer. Col.
Fred ~. Lawrence has since boyhood been
an experienced, skilled reinsman, a very
careful and entirely expert conditioner.
and OF the most courageous stamp. He
rode races on the Long Island tracks when
q boy, has owned many trotters since and
never paid sensational prices TO obtain
celebrities to retire to his stable. With
the big mare Lottie, by Look, he defeated
the cracks Of the Speedway 1Ypwald,
72Ix, he improved not a little. Clayton,
3l5H, Mr.. j. p. Baiter's star road trotter,
was yet another he bettered. Then came
Carlyle Carne. 2:ilk, a horse OF sensational
speed, but not first class in q hard a @
In high-class company.
Given almost any last trotter, Col. Law
renee would hold his own. He Is one OF the
very few never TO lose his head. u would
be far better for the horses II owners could
let the trainer or even the caretaker do the
slow roadwork and never sit behind their
horses till they had been repeated" many
fairly fast miles. Once they strike the
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