Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
SPRECKELS RAISES MANY
YOUNG THOROUGHBREDS

present. and each days growth will
tend to accentuate this appearance.
Their legs are as clean as a VOLTS
teeth and al broad
There is plenty Of bone and sub
stance there to Withstand the severe
strain of training which will be their
lot later on.
These youngsters have never looked
through a racing bride, SO events win
crowd into their lives with rapidity
after the sale.
Those intended for early racing at
the winter meetings will have the Bit
ting harness put on at once and the
serious business of life will then COM
mence for them.
Break Colts
After the youngster becomes bridle-
wise It will not be long before a. stout
boy will be put on 1t and 1t will be
walked and cantered under the watch
full eyes of a trainer.
Then will come a day when it will
be asked a question"
The sta BILE Jockey will have the leg up
and the colt or flly will be sent out for
trial on the owners private track.
The result of this will determine how
the youngster will be handled in an
ticipation of going to the races. If he
Is promising a day will come when he
VIII De leo INTO tne SaGullnB pauQOCk
on one of the big tracks.
Here everything is new and strange
to the young thoroughbred. He is
looked over by shrewd men who see in
him the promise of career equal to-
that of a Derby winner to which he
traces his ancestry.
Strange bells sound in his ears. AT
the first his trainer watches the saddle
being adjusted and tightens the girths
rnp oil
buried in his sides.
This gives an additional hutter to his
heart which seems almost ready to-
burst with the excitement going on
about him.
Another bell and a jockey resplendent
in his sillken jacket and cap appears in
the stall and is given the leg UP on him.
BugIe Calls
Suddenly the sweet notes of a bugle
fall on his ears and gruff voiced Jack,
the paddock judge, calls out, "All ready,
there!"
The horse in the stall nearest the
big stand, from which confusion Of
voices is heard, is led out by his stable
attendant and the others fall into line.
There is a momentary halt in the
avenue leading down to the course and
then the gate Is swung open and they
are out on the track with nothing but
their muscle and their courage to carry
them through the impending trial.
There is a parade before the grand
stand and then the field goes into the
hands of genial Dick Dwyer, the
starter. There is a nom entary delay
at the post and then they are off in a
mad scurry.
There is the sharp crack of the
Jockeys whips. the clatter of hoofs, a
fash of gaily colored Jackets and caps
Nl~wz ~. 1.1r
the number of the winner is flashed on
the telegraph board.
=. The winning 2-year-old comes back
painting and its rider receives a nod
from the judge, giving him permission
to dismount.
A half hour later the winner is being
cooled out by faithful attendants while
up in the club house group of sports
men hear the popping of corks and,
with glasses lifted at arms length, they
drink to the toast:
Here's to the breeder of the winner
May he send many more to the races!"
Expect Demand for FiIIles
There are number of fillies in Mr..
SpreckelS' consignment this year which
fill the eyes of a Lorseman as readily as
will the representatives of the sterner
sex.
1t is expected there will be demand
for the fillies, as their blood -1ill be de-
sirable in the stud.
One filly is out of Watercress mare
and the union with Solitaire is ex-
pected to prove particularly happy
one.
Watercress is the sire of Water Pearl,
which James Ben Ali E1aggin pro-
nounces the best horse ever bred at
Rancho del Paso.
Another filly is out of Oratossa, one
Of the few Ormonde mares in america
There is a half sister to DR.. Leggo on
which Manager Berry is particularly
sweet. She is by Solitaire and out of
Sevens, the latter being the dam of DR..
Leggo.
Then there is half brother 20 Judge
Brady and Ethel Abbott, being by Soil
Lass. Another favorite
of Mr.. Berry is by Solitaire-Georgial
vi. This is full sit II to the clever
performer, Daruma.