Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-19
GREAT HORSES ARE NOT
HARD TO DISTINGUISH
A. j. Loyncr, Horse Authority, De-
ciarcs High-Class Animals Usual.
ly Look the Part.

NEW YORK. Dec. lS.-Grea,
horses as a rule look the part. Man
o'War does, and so does his sire
Fair Play. A. J. Joyncr who saw the
latter in Kentucky recently ,pro.
nouhced him the finest looking stall
lion In that State Joyner knows
tair Play and mis- qualities better
than anybody else. as he trained tho
son OF Hastings when he was at tho
Zehith OF his powers as Il race horse
lie has always declared that Fair
ray could beat his rival Colin over
a distance of ground.
mere Is no trainer OF thorough
oreds In the United States. whose
opihion is entitled to greater rcsncct
'""h That OF Joyncr as he has had
wide experience in his profession
ooth here and abroad where bc w,.
most hishly regarded by the turf an.
thorities and the followers OF racin,,
,rn general. Two other stations
WHEN impressed Mr.. Joyncr were tho
former rivals IIourlcss and Omar
,NhasEam lie says that HourIess
mas grown Into splendid horse. ana
unat ms hrst crop of foals are most
promising. Omar Khayvum mas do.
velopcd into n fine type OF ,he
thoroughbred sire. and is nIso al
tracting the attention of tho brocT-
ers or the country. He also had n
AMI, S ssI 10 say f2r the fun brothers
latter recently Imported. from Eng
, ,1nu ny syndicate composed o,
Mcssrs. Miller. Johnson. and Hc.J.
While many of The bcs, -, ,,o
American thoroughbrcds which ,,a,.n
aehieFcd distinction have been re-
marKabie for some special ounlI,v
,herc are exceptions enough to iustif.
in 1iu SAYING that good horses come
ono or these In the brown horse Wa
,eroy by Watercress and he has nj :.
mnys maintained that the ll-favorcd
, Saant-hc was almost seventeen
u wa. nlsn and very loosely made
man man me general public suspected,
thouSh his races as Il four-yc;rsolJ
were extremely good
. WWaaerhoy unprrposscssinE nors..
,,s ",a a WAS as good n horse for
uns iookS as this country has pro.
cuceu. said the trainer one Afternoon
fGcrHtlE NJ tho Offices OF tho .Jockc
Cluo. although he went through
,,n. TO KIN an ordinary horse. Tic
MS wns among the lot OF youngsters sent
from california by j. H. IIaErin 10
charlie Littlcfeld. Jr., Ia break I'm ma
autumn of 1900. He was most I'M
~, ,"SScssthe-ionE in the back and
win ms neck put on upside down,
When he was going slow his gait
was rough and awkward He only
ran once as two-y year old in 1901
IL was at Sheepshc.sl Bay and Johnny
cGlosser. who WAS my foreman came
10 me after the event and said no
liked the way tho big colt ran mast
n!m up the chute. had no idea at
me time that ! would ever have any
thine TO do with Waterboy ChariI.
i'itticflcld died the following year.
however. and Sidney paSct for whom
| was training entered into a pnrt
ncrship with Mr.. HagSin. The colt
had shown pretty fair form In his
thrce-year races but unfortunatc-
ly he d!slocated his pelvis in the las.
Of them. This is an injury to the
hipEone, and II was thought that II
would interfere with his racing
career. With the hope of saving the
colt for the stud he was put In slings
Tor three months. He was n wreck
when he came out OF them. but went
sound on trot and was finally put
back into training
When the weights for the Subur-