New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12
His Translation of Colonel
H Couste's Racing Book
in Big Demand.
DTUTE THE TOUT"
OFFERS 500 FOR COPY
Valuable Study In Breeding by
selection from Horses That
Have Shown Merit.
y.r,,r, Of the Jockey Club and

;,v have received SOPIeS
- printed booklet, with the com
some! - CAPTAIN Edward y. Cas-
r.. 81 Chesterbrook Farm, belwyn,
49, onee the home OF The Bard and
I ..n ,bs winter haven of Flying Fairy
80 otber good race horses
A Tss lille is Mechanics Applied 10
pee Horse" Il is the second edi-
US, ~ a work by Colonel II. CouSte,
~. .sioing a special study of the con-
e..,,s,ion and functions Of the hind
-. wbieh. as "Une Foulee de Galop
TsTourse." has attracted wide atten-
'S Tbs first edition, study mainly OF
80 torehand, appeared in 1909. The
.sssrt edition was brought out AZ
B..;s /, March. 1914. and the American
.1nrint still damp from the presses, Is
.ss translation Of Captain Cassatt
c.io,s Couste, who Is now in the
1..;ted States on duties connected with
s..,orr.s for the French cavalry, dedi-
1s,sd his "Hippological STUDY to
c,ncral Duparge, permanent inspector
zeal NJ remounts in France. Captain
$50. 10 Judge from an inference IN
-" modest and brief "Translstor's
&c" dedicates his textbook 10 the
..csgoers OF the United States, one anG
'' Rnt the prominence he gives TO "the
LING man" is in the way OF q castl-
rs,io9 and not to raise him up. on a
ssSsstal Get TO the textbook and
i.arn wisdom" is the imp lied moral.
sTbe racegoer, who yearns Tor many
noes with q punch in them, thereby
meaning short spirits, has brought
,bout the conditions that are drly-
ipr the great stayers, the thorough
b-sSs really worth while, oil the map.
therefore,. let him read this transla-
lion. ponder and hereafter cheer for
he revival Of four-mile heats"
This is the paragraph, literally, 20
free CAPTAIN Cassatt from implications
/. may never have intended at all:
81 say that the racing man Is the
mos, important Of the three classes
mentioned above, because ] agree thor
ourhv with Colonel Couste as 70 the
evil effects produced upon the model
0. the thoroughbred horse by prema-
TIRE tWo-ycar-old racing and By short
distance racing and it Is the racing
nan who is primarily responsible for
changes In the conditions Of racing and.
iepce. in the model Of the race horse,
,,d he Is responsible ultimately for
n. model. gaits, quality and stamina
@, the commercial horse OF the present
iay"
After all. with all his faults as TO
taxing chances on picking winner and
biz yearning 10 have as many oppor-
.u-ities TO try 20 pick winner as pos
sble on each days card. II is the race
goer, or. as Captain Cassatt prefers 70
hyphenate him, "the racing man-" for
whom race meetings are conducted,
Jockeys and trainers paid big salaries,
stock farms maintained and so on. Also,
a. 70 the masses, il is the commercial
Possibilities Of the motor that are caus-
lng more worries than any type of
torse. except the park hack and the
,unter, that may be retarded or ad-
unced In development by keeping
Vrints In the foreground 20 the eN-
:lEsion Of long distance races.
As consequence, the tip that had
bread abroad. which means up and
tovn Broadway, Ia the mysterious way
hat turf tips get into circulation, that
re owner Of everybody's idol, Flying
Fairy, had dedicated book even In
leithanded way "to the racing man.
,'ssied an unusual sensation in sport
1g circles that affect the horse yes
.srtsy. Demands a. the Office Of the
hickey Club for copies Of the book were
al politely refused and offers Of 500
ior single copy 10 Assistant Secre-
;ay Algernon Dsingerfield would not
shsngs bis dictum.
'Ah-hs," sneered the racegoers. one
% another. when the tip spread that
1s usually sfable "Algy' was as hard
i.d cold as nails about giving up;
Printed FOR private circulation and
-ysl be q lallspoosa Of book"
Sol Lichtenstein, who is Investing
he millions he has sailed down as a
Ls,isihsn bookmsker into collecting
Cd editions and rare Cations. is said
% have phoned In an order for twenty
copies, play or pay, and write your
w ticket" "Tute the Tout" who
Tad tip IL was the last word in dop'
tsoks, sent a messenger over from
Roadway hotel with 800 bid for q
copy. There was a procession Of all
so-is and conditions Of racegoers
throughout the day, In person or by
poxy 20 the ssyscraPer home Of the
iDri nagnates. all for once seeking in
osma,ion as % literature and not
race horses.
Turned away ursatisAed, the process
son Tor the frat time gazed with re-
s2ee;ful eyes on the marble pile that
RODS the public library. One daring
s17i&o.e boy ventured within and
tsfsd gray-ha.red Librarian ~ he'd
IN ytafd Of new dope book by Marse
But seriously, FOR one reason to re-
nsFs Captain Cassatt and the Jockey
Nl1c IRON the consequences Of wrong
~ a. 20 the value % the work In
- L. ~
,S.orel Couste is valuable study in
breeding by selection from horses that
Fave cemonstrated their worth as ami
nals o. stamina and speed. The horse
breeders and horse owners who may
'oisin copy Of Captain Cassstt's
tansistion VIII find 10 will repay
iof'uga study. j, is not a book that
nay Be lightly scanned, for II 10 too
haiy'cal and scientific for desultory
yergsai
q, mat Mechanics Applied TO the Race
nSrse becomes Ultimately q euiogy
y ionz cistancs racing by adult horses
ne reliable cause OF development
ihs back and quarters as speed IN
,sntFss was % be expected. The same
-i'h ls conveyed BY the anatomy OIL
~ Y1ek rabbit the coyote and the
sistncunc. 4 faW in the theories
Fnieh may perhaps only indorse the
i-i's' il that lightDodied horses, sueh
fosner. have been champions a.
=. iiatancesi hat the gfeategt sprint
~. 'Deh ~ Rossben, have had marvel
''s' tlndqssr,ers
No.pnsl Coustk ln bic time was one
We twelve riding instructors for
~, French cavalry a. Ssumer, The
, sfft school o. military equitation
ne World, which VAS slso distinc-
~ ~ Colonel Bsucher. Who made the
.s.ief o. me forehsnd an exact sciences
W,oghi ne haute scolc % perfec
m. hit textbook mas learned b. fOte