The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-12

him. and wherever English Is read and
men love victor. there was mourninE
at least for the day. over his passing
says the New York Post.
Possibly not another animal in all
the world was SD we'll known as Sy-
sonby. Yet the sentiment that sur
rounded him was not altogether due
to his fame. Many a horse before him
had left tears behind, after spending
a brief life Of popularity, even OF
! adultation from the few most closely
associated with the stables. Many a
thoroughbred, neither so valient nor
so continually Il conQueror. had come
to his end without having known aught
but kind words and lavish treatment.
That a great number have been less
fortunate is sad commentary on the
brutality OF those horsemen who do
not love their horses. considering them
only as gambling mediums. rather than
an argument that sentiment is rarely
in the racing fraternity. The paddock
echoes with stories OF affection be-
slowed upon the champions OF past
days. even after their usefulness ON the
track was ended.
1T is true that the winner is the one
about whom we are the most senti-
mental" said a trainer the other day.
But for the most part the race horse
gets good treatment until he stops
racing. and often afterwards As far
as the trainers and stablemen are con-
cerned, horse that has done his
work would rarely be cast aside. We
who see them every day look upon
them as deserving Of all they can get
to the end of their days. Some of the
owners. however. have no feelings be-
yond their betting calculations. and
when thoroughbred breaks down,
they are ready to let him pull truck
or even plow. If he's able to do the
work"
4 stallion like Sysonbv. or any
where near like him. is watched hardly
less carefully than child though the
attention he receives can perhaps be
compared more fittingly with that ac-
corded to 4 prize fighter in training.
From the time he is brought from the
nursery he has home in some stable
convenient to the race course, and
during season he is Quartered inside
the Enclosure of one OF the tracks.
Syscnby was in training at Sleeps
head Bay. Hundreds of lesser lights
of the turf are now at Gravesend, Bel
mont Park. Aqueduct. Jamaica and
Brighton Beach.
The champions stall, generally
f1oored with clay or concrete, some
times with wood. is about Is feet long
by IL feet wide; pitched. with
windows large enough to let in plenty
OF light. and. above all things, thor
oughly drained. The first requirement
is that 1t be kept always clean. The
bed ON which the occupant sleeps is
the best of straw. which is changed fire.
quently. In some stalls. elevated like
upper berths of sleeping car, are
hunks for stable boys. This. though,
is an unusual arrangement. As the
trainer explained:
Usually nobody has to bother with
watching a horse at night. It is only
when the animal is extremely nervous.
or when he has taken an incurable
fancy to some boy. that he has a hu-
man stallmate. We want him to sleep
long and soundly. It's good for him.
Generally speaking, he sleeps better
if nothing alive is near him between
sunset and dawn"
In answer to question about the
animaIs taking a fancy to some dumb
creature. the trainer said that he had
known Of many horses that seemed un-
able to get along without company.
There is Hermis,'' he recalled
"Hermis likes cat. or he did once
That cat lives In the stall, and the
great chestnut Is happy only when he
knows the little thing Is near by.
I've known thoroughbreds to have
similar leanings toward dogs. One.
remember. had pet monkey brought
there by stable boy. The monkey
spent most OF his time on the horses
back. and the horse ate better, slept
better and generally behaved himself
IN more gentemanly way whenever
the monkey was on top.
Frequently, too, racer shows a
fondness for another horse. A blue
blooded stake winner is likely to ad-
mire miserable plug. There have
been nervous horses that would not 90
to the post peaceably unless their un-
couth partners could accompany them
part Of the way. OF course. they do
not stay In the same stalls, but it is
arranged that between the rooms there
is an opening wide enough to let the
two look through at each other or
rub their noses together"
" u1SC Odtos 0iASSO well, are WQdI LUG
pampered creatures eat. They never
get corn, If the trainer knows his
business. Twelve good quarts of the
oats are a good allowance for day,
and the way the trainer gauges the
horses condition is BY the animals
appetite.
HAS he eaten well?" is the question
asked OF the groom.
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every morning about each horse in
his care. Through the day he visits
them frequently. In the case of SO
valuable an animal as sysony or Bur
gomaster OF Irish Lad or Artful, he re-
peats the visits eight or ten times be-
fore night. With less worthy char
ges, of course, the attention of the
trainer is less constant, as is that of
the grooms, who have three or four
horses apiece to watch, although the
champion racers have their special
boys with nothing else to do but pro-
vide for their comfort.
II the horse eats we'll, the trainer
knows he Is all right; II he does not,
a veterinary Is called in to make an
examination. There is no custom,
though such has been stated as fact,
In fanciful stories, of regular visits
Of inspection by the horse DOCTOR"
He only calls when summoned. The
horse dentist" Is the only medical
man who pays regular visits.
THE Dentist" explains the trainer,
looks them over pretty often. He
files teeth, or pulls out one, or even
plugs them. when he finds it necessary.
A race horse must have good teeth"
Outside of his stall. where he spends