The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-17

and many owners also allow certain percentage of the earnings as an extra inducement. When the time arrives to begin active training for the early cam
 paien, a shipment is made to some point where the weather conditions are more
 favorable, and this may cost from two
 hundred and fifty to one thousand dol lars. 4 car to Memphis costs four hun
 dred dollars, to Louisville two hundred
 and f, ,fty. and to some other southern
 points a trlfle less. To ship to Califor-
 nia doubles the expense.
 Before the car can be loaded two dray loads of equipment must be transported from the stable to the car, and this will
 cost from twenty-five to thirty dollars.
 At least six grooms or caretakers must
 be taken along, and these cost in was ges
 and board fifty dollars a month each.
 This number is allowed in the car with the equipment without extra charge.
 Later in the season, when a groom is
 required for each horse, additional
 transportation must be paid for the ex- tra men.
 The actual cost of the feed for each
 horse will not be far from twenty dol
 lars a month. for the best of everything
 must be purchased, and there is much unavoidable waste where the horses are moved to new quarters each week. A
 stable of this size will need to carry blacksmith. and that will cost one hun dred dollars a month. Repairs to har- ness, sullxies and boots will average fif- ty dollars a month. If car Is rented for the season it will cost sixty dollars a month. exclusive of the transporta- ltion charges, which will average for
 Hong and short hauls about one hundred land twenty-five dollars week.
 With the stable now ready to begin the active campaign the expense ac-
 count will total about as follows: Sal- Iary of trainer, two hundred and fifty
 dollars month; ten grooms, five hun ldred dollars; cost of feed and bedding
 for horses, two hundred ollars; shoeing,
 one hundred dollars; repairs to equip lment, harness, sulkies, boots, sc, fifty
 dollars; car rent, sixty dollars; trans portation drayage twice each week at
 ten to fifteen dollars load, at least one
 hundred dollars for the month; car
 lhauls at one hundred and twenty five
 dollars each week, five hundred dollars.
 This, without including the expenses of
 the owner provided he accompanies the ! stable or entrance fees, or veterinary attendance provided horse is injured Tor is sick, totals $1.760. Incidentals, which no one can compute in advance, will easily bring the amount up to two { thousand dollars a month, or one hun E di-cu sSssiIafs lor s~erh racing day, if fla $ lvorable weather allows seacr.vssSeting to | be carried out on programme ordef. IS The expense account is practically { n known factor before the start. Tn g earning capacity of the stable must b = largely problematical until demonstra ! ted. Some stables in some campaign
 lpay handsome profit and in othe l, campaigns develop much less earning 'f Ecapacity. Tn the campaign of 1902 tn \ stable of F. E. Smathers, that containe, d about an average of the horses and wa k practically under the expense rat e quoted above won in purses and stake # a total of $46,30O. After all entranc' r fees and stake payments had been de l. ducted there would still remain a hand a some profit.
 T Tn 1909 Mir Smathers had his cam d lpaigning stable in different hands, E. F s1 Geers', training and driving Billy Bucl ! 2:07 IA, the largest money winner Q
 the stable and for that matter of th' ! entire country. In this campaign tn, h different horses of the owner earned al d aggregate sum of a trifle more than if y ty thousand dollars, but the expense ac Il Icount was so diversified as scarcely t. l. come under the head of actual calcula lfiay, sIzfs.x- how # been as fortunate in securing horses o e Iequal earning capacty as Lord Derby s. 2:05 S-4. Billy Buck, 2:07 1-2, and tn y other stars of the Smathers stable.- 2, New York Sun.