The Washington times., 1934-05-23

There is an exhibition that
have seen lately that I wish all
my farmer friends could see. It
is the wonderful Clydesdale
heavy draft horses Of the An
heuSer-BuSch teams. They are
the most beautiful looking heavy
horses I have ever seen.
August Busch was years col
lecting these horses and his
teams have ben shown all over
the world in past years.
The horses are now in charge
Of Arthur Preece, who married
one Of Mr.. Busch's granddaugh-
ters, and Arthur goes all over
the country with them. There
are four or five different teams
and they show at all the largest
shows in America and Canada.
At the same time that Arthur
had a team at Atlantic City an
other team was showing at st.
Louis, Mo-, and one at Seattle,
Wash.
There are 80 of these large
Clydesdales-and I saw 10 Of
them at Atlantic City last week.
Their names are Duncan, Brook
dale, Ch ancellor, Derictor,
Shamrock, Sundial, Wallace,
Teddy, Controller and Indy.
The driver of these horses and
their Stable-maEager is Billy
Wales-and it is marvellous to
see him drive eight of these
enormous horses to the beauti-
fui heavy Anheuser Busch
wagons.
I went around to his tack
room and met Billy, who didn't
seem to want to talk at first.
But he soon Opened up" and we
got very friendly, and he agreed
to let me write something about
his team. He even told me his
age and promised to send me
one Of his pictures driving. Billy
is So years old and has been
driving since he was II.
He is now the champion
worlds renowned driver of eight
horses and if you could see
him you would know that there
couldn't be another as good
as he is anywhere, turning them
in every direction, wrapping
them around the wagon until
you think there surely will be
an upset and can't imagine how
he will ever get them I'M
tangled. But never fear. You
don't know Billy for, with a
twist of his hands, he has them
all Strengthened out in a few
seconds and out the ring they
60, all galloping full tilt.
The team that Billy Wales
showed at Atlantic City won
every class it showed in-the
single class, double class and
class of three, of four, Of six
and the eight-horse tea m.
Their beautiful tack room is
almost lined with ribbons, the
shining harness and tack Of
all kinds hanging around on
racks. One especially long blue
ribbon, Billy told me, he had
just won at Fort Worth, Tex,
on his tack room.
The team of horses I saw
were bought in Canada. They
have one horse, Warrior, who
is the champion of Scotland,
Canada and America. He has
been shown 48 times and never
beaten. Billy seemed very
proud Of this one. He was also
pleased at the $50 he had just
won at Atlantic City as the
best driver Of heavy draft
teams. So. you see. even if
one is the champion worlds
renowned driver one likes an
extra $50 that comes along at
times.
One Of the horses, Controller,
Is five years old and he is the
best heavy draft horse in
America today. He won at
Chicago and all the Middle
West shows. Warrior was
bought in Scotland as a four
year-old. Arthur Preece says
they have some other Clydes-
daleS coming over from Scot
land soon.
" Billy Wales gave an exhibi-
tfon Of driving these wonder
full horses at every perform.
ance Of the show at Atlantic
City, and came in for long and
loud applause whenever he
drove into the ring, with his
little white spotted dog, Victor,
standing proudly on the seat
beside him.
Mrs. John Hay Whitney will
not show her horses at the
Devon Horse Show this year.
They are all near Wilmington