Evening star., 1905-10-22

earnings that Mr.. Keene is after. He as
pires to the primacy of the English turf.
and it Is toward Newmarket and EPSON
Downs that Sysonbys aristocratic nose is
turned today.
AT the opening of the present season there
were f1fty-four horses munching oats in the
Keene stables at Westbu The ordinary
care given to a thoroughbred Is greater
than that bestowed on most children but
Sysonby had much more than that. He was
watched and tended with more assiduity
than all the rest of the stable nut to-
gether, and when he was sent to the post
was as f1ne as racehorse ever gets to be-
II was plain from the moment he began
10 run that he was going to live up to his
tWo-year-old standard and outdo IT. They
saw that he was moving with incredible
haste, putting good horses one after an
otnef pehind him with ease, toward that
covered position where his name would he
synonym for all that was good in a thor
oughbred. 'i-'i
And they nursed him accordingly. The
sare oI oysonpy from week to week costs
more !nan Is spent by many society men
on lnelr necessities, and even on their pleas g
ures. When he travels NOWADAYS from
track TO track 1t Is in special car, softly
cushioned from floor to roof. to nrevent any
injury or abrasion. His valuable les cry ars
always carefully bandaged and thera is
never moment, day or night when tb ,ra
Is not a stable boy beside him, except whan
his back -'ieoi On
n
IN the stables al Gravesend. where he is
now, he occupies a box stall tborousb1,,
ventilated. but studiously protected from
oraught' and fitted up with all the appi,-
ahces OF horse comfort. BY his side at
Alght a. colored boy sleeps. sometimes two
oi them. curied up in the straw at the
horse's feet. The slightest sound or move
m jC ~
MS side Sudden changes in the weather
may necessitate change of his blankets or
adjustment of the doors and windou,s
That is part of their business.
For his diet, which In itself is a Sc ience
Kramer Rowe has marked out q menu AL
most as lengthy as that of Rrnad,,
restaurant. For Sysonby the ''balanced ra
tlon Is reduced to its finest point To meet
.ne siightest change in physical condition.
MOST horses can eat plain hay "Hay,' viii h
Sysenby. means a judicious comhination
or perhaps alienation of clover timofbv
alfaifa and many other varieties of grass.
ne mas oats. but he also has bran corn
meal middilngs. and sundry other breakfast
foods served dry, wet. hot cold, as his con-
dit1on requires. Ever so often his feed Is
mixed with oilmeal. for the benefit of his
coat but more particularly to keen him On
the good side Of that fine line which divides
perfect condition from overtraining and
staleness.
There are two or three men who all day
but look after his cleanliness, and he is
blanketed, rubbed down. exercised and
blanketed again with unsailing regularity
The pick of the whole company OF stable
boys Is delegated to ride him, and every
man in the establishment feels upon his
shoulders the burden of this great respon-
sibility.
Sysonby has good disposition to begin
with. and all this fabulous care and cozen--
ing have brought him to maturity with the
temper of a kitten. In fact. II Is his eoua-
ple temper ano tlactaDliity tnat nave helped
owner.
But for all that. Sysonby. ike almost
every thoroughbred. has hts hobbies One
Of them. perhaps. the most remarkable. II
HIS prediction Tor his chum. This indi-s
imai Of - blue blood a. his cNn. but .
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