The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-09
RUSSIA IS GREAT
BREEDING COUNTRY
FOR TURF HORSES

! No foreign country has made great
! or strides in the science OF morse
! breeding than Russia in the last quar-
! ter OF Il century. She has been 4 hug
! - OF the fastest irotting sircs we have
produced. while England and France
! have supplied the best representatives
Of the thoroughbred family. {. N q.
Billings was offered 100000 for III"
) uarrester 2:01. when that great horse
wore the stallion crown, and Il like sum
was offered ". +. H. Stokes for Peter
the Great, 2:U7L4 and two Of his sons.
Frank Cation, trainer and driver OF
trotting horses. with IN international
reputation. has just returned from NUS
sia. after an absence Of % years, ~
| NJ which he spent in the employ OF
! comm Varnstoft Uashkoft. Vice ElzleT
| of rhe Cossacks. and for whom he won
! as much as 266,0uQ rublcS IN 4 SIhsie
season. When the Count aIeu EaIo'.
! returned 70 the United states. lie -
! an encyclopedia on condltiolS conllett =
! ed with horse breeding and racing III
the land of the Car. IN ms o ,l faa
I much OF The progress is due 10 the TACT
Thai % per cent. of all prize money,
! CO.'S 10 the breeder Of the winner. anu
, he is particularly enthusiastic over the
| development of the OrlottS.
They Use all types of native horses
! in the army" said the veteran recon-
/ ut Lexington. Ky, from the Sio4. :
! huilt Cossack, which stands anout ~
, hands, and is a marvel OF his klnd, uP
: n the horse of pure blood. Fhe "S-
! sack is bred in the MOUNTAINS anu -
! Injured 10 hardship. They are n'n LIZ
compdnions for the men VINO Lit,
! them. They can stop in twice lHe ~
: own length and drop at the worn VI
! command. No wonder they are HAN
| ING history in the present war. 49,
i''f Two kind; Of Orloffs are Ured me
old.fashioned and the modern. Whlrn
IS a blending of our American ana Tue
! 0rioff tvpes. Army rcmounts as
J nile come from union OF The males
| ~ This family with mares when POP
| sSss a lot OF thoroughbred blood. nUt
, coma eyncrts are crossing English
! thnrouchbreds on the natives mares,
and they are getting animals al SreHl
! mower endurance and courage. Eacll
! FAMILY, of course. has its own FOLLOW
| inc, and the Imperial Government IN
! order TO determine which or the tEpeS
| would stand up best under test h'tu
MANNED a race from Moscow 10 Petro,
grad. The distance is, 400 miles ana
The road is hard macadam. Each team
! of six horses was 20 rul! gun car
riaee with full equipment which IN
! rIuded riders for the wheel team.
! They we're to race all the, way, and 1t
was 10 have been my privilege. to nave
! charge Of the Nrtise or American Or
! loff team The other teams-and pnre
! hred OrlofY and the thoroughhreds-
eyre n competent hands. and we
were in hard training when the war
! broke out.
! We had one test. however,, con
+ tinred Cation. (which was conclusive
and gave the thoroughbred family
! great prestige y horse of that tyre
! weighing about 1900 pounds beat
; Percharon. Orloif and everything else
lin a drawing competition. TWO .ordi-
! nary horses could not stand his load;
; After the war no doubt the road test
] will be undertaken, as the Russians
are very thorough in what they IN
f. t!rrtake in the way of experiments.