Evening star., 1933-01-15

stration he also conquered many vicious horses
and entertainingly related some of his demon
strations before Queen Victoria and the Prince
Consort, saying:
Eat my first exhibition before the Queen ana
Prince Albert, after experimenting with an un-
broken colt and very vicious horse, the riding
master asked If I would try very nervous
horse. I said certainly, but that had already
detained them over two hours. They asked me
how long I Should take. I said is minutes.
The Queen said she would give me half an
hour, and the party would walk about till then.
None of them then knew my system; so went
into the box where the horse was and in less
than Is minutes had the animal under con-
troll. When showed it to the party all were
astonished. Prince Albert, thinking that used
some powerful drug, asked If the horse had the
use Of its legs I replied that no means had
been used to deprive the animal of its facul-
ties and made the horse get up. Subsequently
I performed before them four times. See,
place this horses foot upon me. There is no
danger. He would no more tread heavily upon
me than a mare upon her foal"
But his triumph over Cruiser he regarded as
being one of his greatest, telling US:
Cruiser was about as celebrated for his Vi
ciousness as have been for tanning him. Noble
men used to go and throw articles into his
brick box in order to see him fight. was
asked to explain the other evening how ap-
pfOaCueQ CfulSeE, ana Win your. pcfmtSSlOng1
will do So I think horses have reason for
everything they do. I know If I approached
Cruiser with stick he would fight me, as he
had fought others who came to whip him. In
the box was a double door, so that could open
the upper half. I went quietly; opened the
door noiselessly. Cruiser turned round saw
me, started back frightfully, but did not at
tempt to come at me. Cruiser came slowly up
to smell Of me after while, and, in spite OF
Lord Dorchester's entreaties, stood still. Pres
emily, when I saw that he stood naturally, I
began to fondle him. Lord Dorchester begged
me to tie his head, and did so, but you neveT
saw such fighting. Finding that he would
either kill himself or tear down the box, I re-
leased him and began all over again. After he
allowed me to fondle him took him into the
straw-yard and proceeded as with any other
horse, until at last he would let me take any
liberty with him and Lord Dorchester mounted
him with impunity."
| UNDOUBTEDLY. the development Of race
horses has been going on for generations,
but In no country has it been more scientincal-
ly pursued than in the United States, and no
State has accomplished a higher degree of per-
fection along this line than has Kentucky.
The other day the writer stood before the
National Museum In which were the skeletons
Of two famous race horsesIOld Henry Clay
and Lexington. The former was the progenitor
Of the Clay family of horses and the label said
he was born in June, 1887, and died in April,
1867. Lexington, the other animal, was bred
by DR.. E. Warfield of Lexington, KY; was
foaled in 1885, and died July /, 1875 When S
years old this remarkable horse ran four miles
in minutes 1sA seconds, over the Metairie
course, In New Orleans This record stood for
many years. until it was lowered In 1897 to
minutes and IL seconds by Lucrezia Borgia, ar
Oakland, Calf, and may have been even fur
ther reduced since then
Two of the greatest trotting horses wftn
whose names the writer was familiar when he
was still quite young were Dexter and Maud
s. The former was New York horse and was
raised by Jonathan Hawkins, near Montgomery.
IN Orange County. In 1865 he was years old
and was IS hands inches high; brown In
color, with four white feet and white stripe on
his face He was sired by Rysdick out of st.
Mare. In the race at Fashion Course Long
Island, October 10, 1865, we are told that
e. v. w. Snedeker had wagered $4,000 to
$1,000 that Dexter could not trot mile In
minutes and 19 seconds. He allowed
three trials, to go as he pleased. There were
between 5000 and 1000 persons present. The
betting was largely against the horse, many
persons having offered odds Of 10 to / that he
would not make the required time Dexter
went under saddle and was ridden by John
Murphy. The horse won the match, trotting
the mile at the first trial in 2 minutes 18 1-5
seconds, and making the best time on record
Flora Temples best time was 2:1934 in har-
ness; and Butler made 2:20 under saddle.
Everybody was surprised at the time made
All the old trotters had laughed at the idea or
. horse making 2:19 in October. Dexter went
to the quarter in "a seconds, to the half mile
In 1:06h. The best judges claim that If he
had not broken between the half and three-
quarter poles he would have made the mile
In ZIG. He is estimated by his owner at
$4,000 to $4,000"