Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

IcCelVe Tie care anu atteIltlOl ttaulcIc
give fine horses. Figure what percent
counting insurance and overhead. Prob
ably during the prime Of good race
horse, four to i've years, more money Is
spent on his care and well-being than
on sustaining the average man during
q lifetime.
DO you know what rearing children
Tsp" asks the trainer. well, take my
advice, never, never try your skill on
HOSES. Because bosses are as ttckliSh
as sticks Of dynamite.
Some mares won't eat while the sun
shines. Others insist that you hide their
food under the straw bed, so they can
fool themselves into believing they are
stealing It.
"Why, had filly last year--thank
Heaven sold her-that wouldn't eat
unless my dog was out Of the stable.
She SHE'D from anything colored red
man were playing ball several hundred
yards away, she'd have a At because
she thought he was trying to hit her.
"Now, you could talk that out Of
child-but never out of hoss What
you learn from one boss rarely helps
you with another. The Lord made EN-
all different. Especially when they get
heightened and know they're making
lots Of money for the oats they eat
"Hoss feeding is an inexact science
Take my boss Turk. weigh his dinner
out in ounces. because he won't eat
more or less. When tell some Of these
old hossmen how feed him, they say
I'm crazier than Turk. But Turk is
one boss in q thousand. Every hoss has
his particular diet and appetite"
a IL the foregoing is an amazing ad-
"A mission, after all. To think that
we mon -hossmen" are betting whole
bank accounts on horsemeat that Is
more capricious, ensnaring and tickle
than the SWEETEST damoiselles In human
society; : to think that If Fire Tail. for
instance, has grudge against his
groom or Graves teaspoonful Of salt, he
will lash US by coming fifth In the race
Of 2-year-olds.
But that trainer should admit so
much is gratifying in the light Of his
traditional silence. Or call it supersti-
ton. Superstition rules the race
track. Some horsemen won't permit
their horses to be photographed. Others
keep the animals under lock and key
on the thirteenth day Of every month.
Still others never whistle in the presence
of a racer. Until 1t has gotten so that
horsemen are almost as temperamental
as their horses.
Really, trainer knows his oats. Be-
cause horse thriyes and runs on oats
some trainers have adopted the practice
Of sampling every measure intended for
the animal as precaution against in
ferior quality and possible injurious in
gradients. Man Is herbiverous animal
- T>~y N<sS4 "a vNt
tasting he can acquire sensitive palate
for oats. His horse profits thereby.
The inordinate cost Of breeding, buy
ing and training race horses Is factor
that will always restrict the business to
few specialists who, endowed with
racing blood, will conduct business like
professional Sportsmen.
At the annual sale Of 1-year-olds In
August buyers come from all over the
country to inspect and purchase horse
meat for the coming season. The sales
are mammoth CANDLES A colt boasting
q long line Of blue-biooded sires may
$400. But the race does not always go
to the blue hood. Dark horses have
coined many golden eagle. And, too,
often the pure strain seems to make a
horse sluggish, while monsrel breed
may develop into race-track shadow.
Well, when the new horse comes into
his masters stable he Is watched asleep
and awake. Who knows? This may be
the horse that lays golden eggs. IT the
animal is modest about being watched
In his houdoir. he is studied through
the portfolio or periscope. Soon the
groom and trainer learn his habits and
ways They suffer his caprices ana
bow to his viii when it agrees with WE'LL
being. For, like prir1a donrias and viz
tuosi, horse stamps his foot and not
only demands attention, but place In
the spotlight
A LII Winter he IL run and exercised
"A and studied. Regularly skilled
veterinarians and horse dentists go over
his body carefully and write prescrip-
lions or prescribe special treatment. If
the horse is shipped with others, chances
are travelling doctor goes along to adj
wise the groom on care.
Such factor as the floor OF q horse
stall receives attention from trainers.
A damp floor viii spoil the best hoof,
especially II unshod. Hence, the floor
Is sloped with channels and paved with
| cobblestones. such a stable moor Is
A GOOD stable floor has d cinder
| foundation and packed earth on top.
when excited BY fiies q horse dances
violently on all fours or paws with his
front faet. such cavorting and GALL
Iyantingbmay tear q tendon or otherwise
damage that delicate foot. A tile door
Tor concrete would ruin race horse url-
less padded with q heavy layer OF straw.
| A trainer cannot afford to be stingy
with straw: It must be fresh and sweet
smelling, like the natural odor Of the
horse himself.
Much objection Alta es to plank
ficcr, because wood ahA Dbs liquids and