The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-07
OIL MAN WANTS
HIS MONEY BACK
Brother of Man o War Is
a Wind-Sucker' and Abb
solutely Worthless
THROUGH AS A RACER
Sinclair Says Horse Will Race
No More Under His Colors;
Ex-Owner Stands Pat

s...... .. The world.
.g YORK. July 5.-Playfcllow,
e.. cinderella OF thoroughbreds, now,
a ny tho prince, Is the chief
F..., ,f discussion in racing
tl.. r Sinclair. the Tulsa oil
man. owner NJ the Kancocas stable,
hons. ItNfollow for a price or
5t...I. uAyfeilow. discrcdiicd a
,,I.rr.F tu as the Disappointing
br..l.. ~ a really great horse, vas
aid &. Sinclair for the enormous
mi. after he had shown IA flash Of
t.rr Sow he Is accused OF being a
",,.ra sucker OF confirmed habit.
"pat.o'luw was scratched In this
lag. rt,a hc was TO enter because
a. p1. consider that he belongs 20
No. sinclair said. Nobody would
nv tIfa.UO0 FOR a nd-sucker' and
do ra. think the horse was proper
iy Sold lie win not start again In
ths Earcocls stable Colors until tho
c.ur.s hlvc had a chance to definite
" settle tn, question
sam Iliidrcth DisSuStcd.
- Sam nldruth, trainer for sinclair.
thorsuunly disEuSted ana eick OF his
harE4ll. went further into details
thau his employer. Iilldreth said
that Sinclair first would demand nus
money back and failing to get 1t
would ~. into court on the ground
that the horse is unsound and not
as rapf, ,-anted.
This declaration is likely 10 bring
e. head "A question concerning
which there has long been a differ
errs of opinion among horsemen. II
gueS far beyond any personal con-
,r.t.r-u over tho sale of the fun
brother of Man o. war for such a
F,r.p price This question has 10
d. with whether or not habits
formed by horse such as wind
suclnC." "CribbinE," and the ike,
constitute unsoundness or affect
values for breeding purposes on the
ground Of taint of hercdity.
Going back for a moment to the
individual case, sam llildreth con-
tends that hc accepted the word or
Tay.,uuw s former owner that he
was q perfect horse. sound and OF
no bad habits. After running him
twice. one Of his stable hands was
advised by friend from his former
s'aolo that it would he advisable TO
equin him with what Is called a
"NIud-sucking bit"
says Habit Is Confirmed.
This. according to Tildreth, led
him 20 watch the horse closely and
to discover that nc was confirmed
wlud-suckcr "A habit which causes
horse to I'm his stomach with wind
that sometimes produces a form oil
choHC
Declaring that he would not have
paid $4,000 for the horse II he had
known of this habit, Hildreth feels
that he was misled and wants his
money back.
J. y. Johnson, when advised OF
this attitude declared that he had
soid the horse in good faith, that II
he is a wind sucker" he acquired
habit since leaving his barn and
gthlt 10 was a dangerous thing to cast
reflections on a mans integrity.
James FNtlsimmons was equally
outsy0keu. He admitted frankly
that il was his custom to use wha'
IS called q "wind-sucking bit" on 4
number of his horses to prevent
thyr acquiring the habit and that h'
had used one on Knobbie as well a!
on playfcll0w from time TO time
tThis be insisted however, did no
4 establish tina; a horse was a WIND
sucker
The opinions of many horsemcr
were aaught at the track on tht