Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-05
100000 FOR HARVESTER
RUSSIA MADE OFFER WHILE
FOSTERING HORSE BREEDING
rrfxe Money to Rrecdcr- Encourages
, Scientific Enorts-lnrn-M Modern
Racing Arrangements.

century. She has been Il buyer OF The
fastest troit!ng sircs we have produced.
while England AND France have sup
piled the hes; representative OF the
thoroughbred family. G. Is. .. Billings
was offered 100000 Tor the Harvester,
2:0l. when that great horse wore the
stallion crown. and Il Ike sum was Of
fered ". L. D. stokes for Peter the
Great. 2:o' Ia, aud two OF his sons.
Frank Cation. ;raine; aud driver OF
trotting horses. viii, an international
reputation, has just returned from EuS-
STA, after am absence OF twenty-thrcc
years, eighteen % which he spent III
the employ OF Count Nurnstut Dash
kon, Vice tizier OF the coSSIcRS. and
for whom he won rs much as 100000
rouoles in Il sntir kcason. When the
count died Mr. cation returned 10 the
United states. Ito is an encyclopaedia
on conditions connected with horse
breeding and racing ia the land OF the
Gear. In his opinion much OF the prog
ress is due to the Tact tina; 20 per cent
OF all prize money goes 10 the breeder
OF the winner. and he Is particularly
enthusiastic over the development OF
the standard Observation-Disclosures the
mares of TINS type wnen mated with a
thorough bred sire throwing army
horses that are second I" none in The
world.
They use all types 81 native horse.
in the army, said the veteran recently
AZ Lexington, Ky. from the sioutly
Quilt Cossack. which Stands about -.
hands and Is a marvel OF his X IND. up
20 the horse Of pure blood The Cos
sack Is bred in the mountains and is
Injured 20 hardsh!.s. They are lifting
companions Tor the men VINO ride them.
ihey can stop IN twice their own
length and drop at the word OF COM
inand No wonder they ire making
history in the present WA.
TWO kinds OF Oriuus are bred the
Old ia ShioIivd and the modern, which
oiehdihS OF American and the
Oricn types. Army rcInuuntS. As a
rule. come from !, Union OF In. males
OF this family with mares which pos
sess II lot OF thoroughbred blood. hut
some experts are crossing English (,
thorouShbrcds on the native mares, and
tncy are getting animals OF great power (
endurance and courage. Each family, /
81 course. has It's own following, ana
the imperial government, in order 10 |,
deterinine which of the types would /,
stand up best under a test. had planned
race from Moscow to pvtrogrid.
The: distance is 400 miles. and tho |
road is hard macadanl. Each team OF /
SIN horses was u pull u gun carriage |
with full equipment. which included I
riders Tor the wheel team. They We're
Deeh my privilege 10 nave charge OF
Tho Metisc or American Orl"u team. :
The other teams, tho pure bred Urlom
and the thorouS hbred were in compc- .
tent hands and we were in hard train
Ing when the war broke out.
Proof of ThoromEhbred's Ability.
tinued Mr.. Cation, which was couclu
sivc and gave the thoroughbred family
great prestige. y horse of that type
Weighing about 1900 pounds, beat
Percheron,. Orioff. and everything else
in ina. drawing ssyS eomnsti'ien. Two crdi-
After the war no doubt the road test
will be undertaken, ;,a the Russinns
arc very thorough in what they uu-
dertake in the way Of experiments.
The native OrloT * a wonderful /
,1If in, A
The evolution OF the breed should con-
H,,e% a lesson TO !he United states. 1t
The pure bred ones are black or gray
in color, but when crossed with the
American ,rotter or thoroughbred. bays
are occasionally seen. None of the
males are castrated and they arc raced
~ twelve Years OF age, the luni, for
the mares being Ken.
When one considers that 20 per cent
n OF an WINNINGS I'M 80 10 thrr breeder"
interest in breeding and racing may
sSoG gained; ! have seen as many as
me trots at Moscow. while there were /
5000 thoroughbreds at the Gailopiug
track The ihoroughhreds race on
grass. and :heir season is not as long
as that for the trottcr. which covers
the entire year. with the exception Of
The thawing period in the spring. The
lrotter had Such Il strong ioothuld That
the popuiacc took 70 Thoroughbred rae !
ing SLOWLY FINALLY nlye irottins races
lar thoroughbred program. and This !
Helped TO popularze the sport, which
the month OF June iG ;neimd,n an Ihr%n,h
after which the ,rct:ers ana gallopcrs
alternate mate .hre. days week.
Trotters Fac. over :, sand covered
asphalt track, and they never postuonn
unless the thermometer drops beyond
theTe are as many AS TWENTY-FIVE races
Gay; eomm;S,ncinS at o'clock and
lem, is 50 perfect that iherc are no
ahedows: Everything goes like clock !
, %Grk; me nm;nG Is done By cleo
sraphed by two cameras which ar. !
released by cord. The grand stands /
are, heated and they have restaurants
and all other convrniences for patrons. !
NO two-year Odds are raced ana tho /
Ihree.year odds arc only asked 10 Try
: mile All races for oldcr horses wcr.
formerly at two miles hut now abcu, I
nal! are a, a mile Entrance Zee is (
other deductions Horses ar. 81, ~ e.
ned according 70 their winnings. ana
being. the ninth. which is tor ,hosa
that have not won 1000 rouhlcs Ali I
trots are under the auspicrs o; ,h.
twelve meetings yearly in ccnters nf
i Dspn,an ON The halfhred can bea, the
of them ALI There are only ,hirteen
races open 70 all, and ;hes- are Known
OF 25.hoo roubl-e or more. and ,,.o,,
one ~ them with General H.. 2:o4 ~
IRIS by Baron Rogers @:o0 10. owned
b.. y. G.. Telapen and trtj,Ica aI |
driven by my SON. sam. Is fba 80.
metise. The get Of Baron Rogers have
won over 1000 600 roUhI.t ' ''''e
The government S.arI ,b.;r ,
AZ nominal fee said NJ eaton In
"oncinsion. and "very. rncourar ernen,
10 ind SO llttlc inter"s; bcin., taisn
IN the INDUSTRY in This country. hpt
rs not e" singular after All wh., ym,,
mink that there !s so littl, ercnursre !
mem on The p.r, "f this iov"rnnicut "a
pronuce q GOOD horse Of any tvpe ~
astonishing 10 find such ,patli,. In
rnattef OF 50 great iWpor'nrce in ;,
country which leads the world II, ,i'og.
other activities" '' ''''9t
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