Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-23
ALLAN WINTER TO RUSSIA
Famous Trotting Stallion Taken to
Kingdom of Gear,
CATION PROMOTES TROTT
American shows Foreigners the Ad-
vantage of Breeding Animals
from This side Of
water.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Allan Winter, the
great trotting stallion, will do service in
Russia this year He has been taken to the
cars dominions by Frank Cation, who has
Just left this country after his third visit
in eighteen years Cation has done lot
toward building up trotting in Russia, and
he likes the conditions that exist in the
country Allan Winter was purchased two
years ago by Louis ]. Winans for $4,000
and Cation recently secured the horse from
Al Pennock, Winans trainer. Cation will
take Allan Winter into q country enthu-
siastic over American trotters, and made
so by the efforts of Cation during the last
eighteen years, or ever since the American
trainer, gent over by c. F. Emery. with
Winterset, the grand old trottet, attracted
interest by his methods.
Cation, working for various owners of
! Stables and at times on his own account,
introduced methods which were entirely
new to Russians and Russians are now as
enthusiastic over racing as any people In
the world. In the first place, Cation was
the first man to show the superiority of
the American trotter to the Russian breeds
and 70 bring the trotter. as a race horse,
into prominence equal with that held, and
still held, by the runner. Running races
were then, and are now exceedingly popu-
lar in Russia. Trotting races were then
practically unknown. Now they excite
fully as much interest as do the gallopers
LessOpz in salesmanship.
/ In the second place, Cation revolution
] lied selling methods. In charge OF diff
ferent stables. he sold the horses at the
end OF each year. according to the Ameri-
can method OF starting at the lowest
price, there one rouble, and working up.
In that way he sold all his horses. The
Russian way was to start at a fixed price
set in catalogue. II anyone chose to bid
from that price, we'll and good. If no
one would be found willing to start that
| high, was frequently the case, the
horse was returned to the stables. The
result was that Cation, selling all his
horses, starting from the low price made
more money than did the Russians, who,
starting at high price, had to return a
good share OF their horses unsold.
Cation gave especial attention to the
breeding OF thoroughbred and half-bred
/ American horses. In his sales Of last
year he sold twenty-eight 2-year-old colts.
The average of the American half bred
colts was nearly double the average OF the
pure bred Russian colts. This very super
| iority of American hatses has made it out
OF the question to race American horses in
Russia. A half-bred horse is given handi-
cap OF three seconds and a full bred Rus
sian horse six seconds. That makes 4
practically impossible for an American
horse TO win race.
That is also why Allen Winter will be
kept in the stud. He has, in fact, moi
raced for two years, or since he was bought
by Mr.. Winans after he won the big stake
at Readville. Brought to Cleveland right
after that, he trotted mile in 2:06h. THAI
spoiled him as race horse. He would be-
unable to win consistently In the classes
which he would have TO enter because OF
his record AS it is, he has never lost q
race In his life. There Is talk OF making ar
international race meeting in Russia. In
that case Cation will enter Allen Winter
There are number OF other well brec
American horses in Russia against which
Allen Winter would have to try in a rae,
such as this. Croesus is one of them
Cation hopes to be able TO retire at the enc
OF this visit to Russia. He has been hop
ing TO do that for some time, but every
time he got back home here the pull OF III,
Russians proved too strong and he had I,
give in. He does not know how long h,
Will be gone this time. He has In former
Instances stayed from two 70 three years
He has two sons over there, both racing
Maybe they will be able to take over hi,
duties and maybe he will hang on just FOL
; love OF the game
He has love OF the trotting game as Il 1,
run In Russia, has this American. He ha,
gone into every angle Of It and the NOR,
he sees Of IL the more he iftxea ~