New-York tribune., 1903-08-30

from $1,000 to 500 for yearling finds that the
most pronounced traits he has developed the
end of six months ''cribbng,'' weaving
wind sucking In such cases the yoUngster Is
generally given up a bad job and his purchase
price charged up to profit and loss. but this does
not always follow. It sometimes happens that the
more bad habits they acquire the more brilliant
their performances become. This was especially
of the great Halma. the head Of the Wander
bilt stud. As yearling he victim of pretty
nearly every bad ha bit known to trainers-he
confirmed weaver" and when he was sway
ing to and fro in his stall he indulging in the
mysterious delight OF 'cribbing." And yet he be-
came wopderful horse
BY the middle of August or the first OF Septern-
Der. If he has not been stricken with sickness 2
gone wrong" the yearling is sufficiently grounded
in his elementary education 10 be taken to the
track, boy put his back. and 10 be ''breeZed''
for an eighth of a mile. If he goes straight, picks
up his feet without falling over them. and shows
some of the action OF his sire or relatives. his
owner is likely TO be content for the time being
1t is { curious fact hOwever-and merely another
instance Of his precOcity-that as soon as he has
learned how to gallop, and while he is sim
yearlins. he develops about all the speed he VIII
ever have He cannot, of course, sustain ii for
any great distance. but if. at the close Of the
'breezing' course in his instruction, and after he
has been worked out sufficient number Of times
know what IS wanted OF him. ne cannot show
his owner a quarter in . seconds OF better he is
not likely be put in a glass case FOR fear any
more awkward than FLIES and require more time
and handling get into the right way OF going
Unless his owner is a patient man. has
time his dispCsal than most owners seem able
to find, the chances are that the backward awk-
ward yearling will not receive much consideration
But because d pupil is slow and clumsy in the
kindergarten. it does not follow by any means
that he viii not in time grow out OF his awkward
ness and become a brilliant performer. The
mighty Hanover. a great racehorse and greater
sire could gallop quarter Of 2 mile IN .
seconds as A yearling: he the Ounce OF his
class. and NIr Clay, his breeder and the master
of the Runnymede stud. would have become thor
ougnly discouraged with the clumsy clown had he
not shown bull headed determination to go ahead
and do the best he knew how" When F. J.
DIVER finally bought Hanover for something like
s1700. It the general belief among horsemen
that he had paid considerably more than the colt
worth But the subsequent career OF Han
over and the fortune he on the turf made his
purchase price bargain
The e7ratic Blues whose tremendous Night OF
speed has sent many thoroughbred who tried 10
with him into permanent retirement was
another disappointing yearling Later in his career
he developed speed, but he never acquired courage
or a Willingness to 60 on and fight it after he
had made up his mind he had had enough racing
for one afternoon. and today he viii chuck Up a
race as shanelessly as ever.
So much OF their future career depends upon the
handling they receive yearings that the methods
employed BY many owners curously short
sighted and shiftless. An irresponsible thirty-ioI-
Lar month-eXercise boy Il highly bred 81 90
yearlIng appeals 10 The average lay mind as being
rather iucongruous combination. and yet that
is what may be almost any track when the
yearliugs No have ever been de-
Nised for bHshtlng a promising equine career more
effective than Dy running the horses mouth and
IS more capable OF doing this than heavy
handed exercise boy IN his young days the thor
ougnbrei IS not exactly lady's hack he is In
cIiued 10 buck and jump IN the exuberance OF his
he bov NJ Ls1O
his hands To maintain his seat The result Is OBJ
vious. The yearlinE grows into heavy headed
Juggling racehOrse. difficult place or rate. or
else his mouth is ruined entirely In England and
in certain 81 the more pretentous breeding esiao-
isnnleuts f TINS country care Is taken WihA
the youngsters IA this respect. and ne dumb
Jockey" is used until the PlPu has become thor /
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