Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-27
Charles De Ryder Gives a Few
Pointers on the
Art.
IS AN EXPERIENCED HAND.
Toils the Manner ia Which Horse
Should be Handled on the.
Race Track

nThe way to drive IN a race 50 as to
vin "a to know how TO do the right
ni,e AT the right lime That IS the
oololon of Charles De Ryder, given Just
alter ne had won Tie two big feature
stakes Of the grand circuit card at
brighton Beach md had Melted for his
,nploycr. James Butlcr the tidy sum
Of $3.50 by Ills afternoons work with
,be raips and the whip "Tnass pretty
General. know, bur it's as near as l
can come to giving any sort OF e@plana-
zion Of the arr Of driving. Everything
demands on the conditions horse
yoyc got. the horse the otaer fellow
has and the position that you're in.
There's always one right thing to do IN
each critical juncture, and the man
who can do It is the man VINO wlll win.
H1dwork Wins more races than pure
spetd and the good rider can put bad
horse under me wire as surely as a bad
rider can spoil the chances OF a 2;Ol
pacer IN tree-fOr-all at a county talr
In the baCNyoods.
81 don't set up TO know all about
driving. Far from IT, But this Is Just
nv twentieth anniversary of expert
ence with light-harness horses, and |
have learned a lot No horse can win
when he isn't IN condition. Therefore,
a good deal OF the race Is really run
long before you get on the track to get,
,he Got from the starter. You've got
TO know just how fast your horse can
70 to each mark ON the track, ana be
guided by that II your horse is being
carried to the half-mile AZ pace you
never get home on. IT'S up TO you TO
nurse him along You can't stop him
ali at once. but you've got to do some
thing to husband his strength. A game
horse can always be made TO finish, but
there's no use sending him along at q
killing pace. when you are sure from
his early work that he is not likely to
be able to last It out,
MUST NOT LAG.
Again. you cant afford to let any
horse lag behind. | generally try for
the pole at the start It's no use golng
a yard further than the other fellow.
because your horse otherwise has TO be
Just that much better Il doesn't pay
to 20 mile and eighty yards while
dUuiutI lflhW Oli9 N'lAb q IiANt
snugly tucked In at the pole. When
you've gotten out, you must watcn the
pace and see that you're not killing
your own horse as well as field with the
speed You have to be on the alert
and be- sure that nothing OF the maneu-
yers OF the other horses, If they are i'm
front. gets away from you. The turn
for the wire Is a hard thing to make
You've got to pick out II good position
TO finish Il. II you're not Oh the pole I
there is always the danger Of bearing |
out too far so that some other fellow |
VIII claim foul
THE stretch Is one place where head |
work really ends and the personal mag |
netlsm. so to speak, Of the driver comes
In, a horse can go just so fast and no |
faster, but it's days work with some |
Of them to make them do their best. |
You have to talk to some Of them and |
whip others. When you have a quit. |
ter to drive-some big, hashy beast |
with q burst OF lightning speed and no |
heart--it's a big job, You must keep a
tight hold on their heads and keep |
them 10 the job In the stretch there
are a hundred little things you can do |
TO help any horse You can relax the |
reins a tilfle TO shift the bit In their !
mouths you can talk 10 them yell at |
them, or as last resort you can 20 to |
NE whip ] don't like 10 do that, and |
don't do II often. But when n horse
. firing In your hands and something |
5 coming along like n house aflre lust |
Oehlnd, you got TO make a quick appeal |