The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
HARD 10 TELL ABOUT HORSES.
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freietespd under my ool0Fa and W your
oare and mt q single worth whle stake
sings grtnent fpr him m chance to rin
him etcept for overnight pursesi And I
asked yo'it advice q doSan tifnss laat fall
about entering him for tho BIG stakes this
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''softiy sc,s n. Mister Boss Z said 10
him. Where did you hear oil thIs about
that ono being . real horse Of the stalker
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Hear about itf the excited owner
cams back At me. I don't need 10 hear
about II anywhsrei Can't I seei Hasn't
h just nailed q good o. 800 minor stake
from good ones--most Of them IN the big
events-and didn't hs lay down the mile
In less than forty7 Do I have 10 get any
body 20 tell me about thatf'
IT'S q good thing he's not la ths big
events, Judge. II you want 70 take 10 from
me- I told him. trying 10 COOL him out.
He's Just q shlfty little overnight horse
Of the occasional kind that'n get q race
with tho lightest weight and the best boy
up when no has all the luck and his ears
feel like they're on straight and he Is in
the humor for running. But he's not a
good horse. Honest I'd tell you II he
was. But he isn't. And IL would have
been a s~candalous waste Of fees and for
feits IL you'd put him in the big things this
year
why, he could AVE beat Sysonby to-
dayl' nay hetup owner man gnrgled then,
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have beat Rock Sand or Flving Fox at his
hestl He's a sumner! He's one Of the kind
that theym be painting pictures of And
the hest III get is a chance to flock him
with a bunch 81 overnight handicap skates.
when he's there with thu quality to skin
all Of these hra ggy nags In the big. sta kes!
/ wish you'd told me right about that one
last fall sure dol
Il Couldn't sea any srnse In twiddling my
tonsils any more right then In trying to
show thlS owner that hs really didn't have
day he ran into some horsemen who helped
to make " clear to him that a little horse
carrying ninety-three pounds with q great
boy up and iu a running mood doesn't nnces-
a. Ily ha to he Q crack to put II on a pack
for the ra oes and the best Of them the vic
tins Of had rides In the event.
-AlTthe same, nv owner man Will go right
on being sorry for the rest OF the early seas
son that his shifty little onoe-in-a-whlle
stakes, and the horse will have TO he heat
by a lot Of common horses-as he certainly
will be- VIXEN everything doesn't frame up
just right for him-before the owner will
rea Oh a sort Of hall way, holdout conclusion
that h. doesn't W a great horse.
And ever then there's about an even
money chance that he'll cling TO a sneaking
sort Of q notion that l got his little get-it-
occasionally horse beat Just to show him
that the mutt didn't belong to the crack
erjack class.
II could name you q lot Of jobs more
pleasant than this thing Of training horses
for wealthy fellows who, without knowing
much more about racing or r~aoehorses
than they do about the purchasing power
Of a dollar when the dollars the only one
ing business for the hooroo boys fun Of the
game and the pleasure Of seeing their oolors
flaming In the sunlight, Most Of them are
pretty unreasonable, n some Of them are
Jokes. .
Zone Of these young m~illionaires with the
horse owning bug turned Q olinker over to
me a few winters ago. He'd been changing
trainers about as often as q small boy looks
at q new brass watch, 80 that when he
came to mo / had, or thought / had, q clean
understanding with him.
I'm to handle whatever horses you turn
over to me as II they were my own told
him, out and out.
sIAll right; that goes with me- he said,
and everything looked pleasant.
The crack he PVT In my keeping yas
beginning with the Brooklyn Handicap.
That winter was long and the spring short, |
and ! could see when took this good horse
up that there'd be n chance for me TO
get him TO the post for anything 90 early
as the Brooklyn.
He was naturally a. gross horse that
came to hand late, and he had a front foot
that required more tinkering than could be
given it while the horse was in earnest
training. I kept the horse on the easy
side and worked away at his poor foot. |
4 month before the Brooklyn I said to
the, owner;
81 won't be able to send your good nag
to the barrier for the Brooklyn
We'll, he rounded on me as II I'd tried
TO tip his hat over his eyes,
why notf' he bawled at me.
Il took II easy and tried to tell him.
We'll. that cracked hoof, for one thing
I eaid. That's Welding together in fine
shape, but / don't want TO ask anything
hard OF the morse till tine hoof looks still |
better, He's limbering along all right,
he's still about lf5 pounds heavier than
he's going 70 be when I send him to the
post, and I'm not taking oil OF that meat
of a good horse and sorewing him up for a
drive like the Brooklyn inside Of thirty
days. I'm going TO save him for the
Suburban. He'll have a swell chance
ut his weight in that
oh, you're going to save him for the
Suburban, are your the young fellow said
to me, all rolled up. 1T seems TO me / re-
member that / turned that horse over to
you especially TO have you prepare him
for the Brooklyn, didn't ~
. Send and have him taken out Of my
barn this afternoon I said to him then,
a BIT lumpy under the ruff myself, and l