Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
.HEDGEWOOD BOY IS
BOGEY OF PAGERS
Greatest Son of ChitWood, Now
Owned by Savage,
Strikes Gait
HORSE NOW TRAINED SOUND
Speedster Expected to Win from
Fast ContenderS in Min
neapoIiS Races
HORSE NOW TRAINED SOUND
Especial to The Herald

MINNEAPOLIS. July 16-Hedge-
wood Boy, 2;O2A, going goodgaited.
will be as hard to beat as any horse
now in training. This statement is ac-
knowledged to be true by all those
who have had anything to do with or
have watched the performances of the
greatest son of Chitwood.
1t was proved year ago last fall.
when all of the fastest PAGERS found
Hedgewood Boy a most difficult prop
osition. At that time the great stallion
was going smoothly and experts we're
predicting great things for him as q
race horse, and they contended that he
would soon join the two minute bri-
gade. Those predictions did not come
true in 1909 as at no time did Hedge
wood Boy show the class of the year
before, and he seemed to be retro
grading, so that by the end of the
season the other fast PAGERS were able
to defeat him easily. He went rough,
cross fired and seemed to have lost his
ability to pace with anything like the
stride that is necessary for two-minute
miles.
M w. Savage was aware of these
| facts when he took possession of
Hedgewood Boy this spring That did
not bother him, because he, like great
| many other of the best horsemen in the
country, has unusual confidence in the
ability for the international farms far
rier, r. t. Nash, who is known all
over the United States as the most ex-
pert shoer of world champion horses.
This confidence has not been misplaced.
Since Hedgewood Boy was received on
the farm Mr. Nash has made careful
and scientific study of his peculiar gait.
and what he has learned this spring,
together with what he already knows
Of tha hOFgp hac hnnn annlin0 and
has brought results.
TRAINED SOUND
Hedgewood Boy is today training
sound and is pacing absolutely
smoothly. without hitch or a jump.
| The rolling of last season has abso-
| lutely disappeared. Unless some new
and unforeseen complication arises, or
an accident occurs Hedgewood Boy
will be in better condition than ever
| before in his life, in which event the
many admirers of the great stallion in
sist that he will not need to take the
| dust from George Gano, Lady Maud
| c, or even Minor Heir.
Mr. Nash naturally feels very much
| pleased with the results of his work,
| and few days ago talked freely about
| IL to the writer. In substance he said:
| "Hedgewood Boy is one of the most
| peculiarly gated horses I ever had to
| deal with him / had chance to study
| him year ago last summer when
| shod him several times for Al Sweet.
As a result of this shoeing l think the
| horse went better gated than ever
| before in his life. At any rate he
made a better showing then than he
| has ever before or since.
STUDIED GAIT
This spring have spent good deal
of time studying him. His principal
trouble is that he cross fires SO badly
| that every once in while he pulls his
| left front with his right hind shoe. In
| order to correct this / have modelled
| and made him a shoe that in' some re-
spects is different from any that 1
| have ever used. For SO big a horse
| Hedeewood Boy needs very little
weight. / use 61s ounces in front and
| Az behind / have made a special
| swedge with which 1 make his hind
| shoes. This checks the sdeward move
ment of his foot before 1t leaves the
ground and has effectually stopped the
| cross firing
~ have made the inside heel some
! what shorter than the outside, and so
rounded the shoe that even If he does
| get over and strike he cannot pull his
| front shoe. The shoe is rounded and
| filed out at the nail holes to make IT
! light enough. ] feel satisfied that, shod
| in this way, Hedgewood Boy VIII not
he found going rough / shall continue
to study the horse, however, and If
see anything later on that will better
] his way OF going 1 shall, of course,
try it." -
| If the international farms farrier
has solved the problem of making
Hedgewood Boy good-gaited, and 1t
seems that he has, he is certainly
| entitled to a large amount of credit
and will get It from horsemen all over
the country.
People in various parts Of the United
States will have a chance of judging
as to the value of Mr.. Nash's work IN
fhis particulaR when Hedgewood Boy
is seen in his races with George Gano,
| LADY Maud and Minor Heir. and IN
his team races and exhibitions hitched
with Lady Maud against Minor Heir
and George Gano.