Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1889, Page 7

ad oe Se Ld f — THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, “APRIL 13, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. HOW RACERS ARE TRAINED. A Morning at Ivy City with the Thor- oughbreds. BORSES WHICH HAVE WINTERED THERE—PREPAR- ING FOR THE SPRING MEETING—Aa DAY AT THE TRACK—HOW HORSES ARE TRAINED—THE TIME AND CARE NECESSARY To MAKE THEM “FIT.” “It is really remarkable,” said a gentleman fond of racing to a Star reporter a few days ago, “how very few of the thousands of race- goers in this country are even slightly ac- quainted with the minute and intricate details the great, never-ending care and labor of train- ing and preparing a race horse for his work. On race days, as we see them parade before the stand on their way to the starting-post. full of life the bright sun. their every muscle standing out like cords of steel, their eyes bright with the light of health, little thought do we give of the skill, the Inbor, and the care necessary to pro- Guce such triumph of the art of training. Of that we never think. and yet we come ‘to feel that some how or other horses need only to be and they will run then as a natural cons iming or no training. Kun out to ¥ some fine morning, young man, and urself.” owing how popular he Washington, and fe wetiption of the maaner in whic 7 kept and trained and of the daily life of a rs z stable would be of general interest, Tre orter paid a visit to Ivy City, and the wing will inte those addicted sport of king: ry lover of the of animals. the fall meeting closed at Ivy City 1 November allof the two or three hundre en there, with the exception of three . left that beautiful t heir win- st r ter quarters r to continue — their struggles at New Orleans or at the Jerse trachs. Those remaining were the stables of Davis & sand F. D. MeDer- . Davis & Hail wer ery hall stable, ott in main building stable. stable buildings, by the way, are the finest of ther kind in the countr: are of brick, and were originally buil hibition of the annual fairs once held grounds at Ivy City. But those fairs ne’ proved snecessful financially, and as the rac er tings always have, the buildings were ré led and converted into stables. The ngs are so arranged that each horse enjoy the inxury of a box-stall square, and the stalls a placed in the center of the buildings that b tween them and the outer walls there is ar- ranged a “walk-around” of nearly an eighth of Besides these splendid accommoda- horses, there are sleeping-rooms for the stable attendants and store-rooms for feed, &c. at 12 WINTER TREATMENT. Into such fine quarters did the racing stables mentioned go when the fail méeting closed and there they have been everjsince. Of course, as these horses were not to be raced. till spring, there was an immediate let-up in their train- ing. and all winter long until just about the first week in March they were simply groomed and gently exercised under cover, being taken eaten bright warm days fora walk. Those that amiss when the season closed were e treated and constantly watched for suits of the rem 3 employed, nothing being left undone to bring them around all right. The modes of treatment and the remedies varying as greatly almost asin the tment of the ‘ills this mortal flesh is heir One treatmen not now once in from istence. 2 the term, rather heroic treatment, and is xtreme cases only, It is per- d by beating an iron bar to a white heat, and touching the lame leg with the end of the bar. driving it_well in. or by crossing and re- crossing the affected parts, As the winter merges into spring the stable is invariably increased by the arrival of the two-year-olds, which also greatly increases the re and labor of the trainer: for the aghbred races first as a two-year-old, and nust at that age therefore be treated as a He is at once associated with the older and by such association soon learns what is expected of him. thor SPRING TRAINING. So far, the daily routine of the stable has been dali and listless both for horse and trainer, but the spring has now come and the time has arrived for the horses to begin their prelimi ‘y work of preparation for the coming s on scampeign, or, in the language of the table, for them tobe “taken up.” Early every g now the horses are blanketed and and, with a stable boy (generally a ‘very small specimen of African descent on each animal,) are taken out and walked and slowly trotted for an hour or so. Then back to the stable they go, where they are “cooled out,” by being led in a slow walk round and round the walk-around. This “cooling out” process is a very important feature of _ trainin and if — slovenly er too hurriedly done is certain to r sult disastrously to the horse’s future de- velopment, its duration depending altogether upon the amount of exercise given and the animal's temperament—some horses, not unhki some people heating more q less rapidly than others, and vice versa. After being “cooled out,” which in ordinary cases takes half an hour’s time, the horses are led to their stalls, thoroughiy cleaned and groomed, vigorously rabbed down, closely examined tor Jameness, swelling, or other troubles, and then left to themselves in peace and quiet unt about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when they are slowly walked for perhaps an honr, “cool pat,” again groomed and. thoroughly rubbed, and put away for the mght. They are fed oats and hay principally, but no iron-bound rule is observed in this matter. Their bedding con- sists of best straw, and init they stand knee deep. Such work goes daily on, the amount of it being each day gradually increased. WORK ON THE TRACK, All this time the track, on which the horses have not yet made their appearance for the sea- son, is being each day, on which the weather permits, harrowed from morning till night, that all the frost may be gotten out of it, and the going made soft'and springing. ‘The track is so advanced now that the horses may safely gallop slowly over it, and the heartof the trainer is immeasurably gladdened, for now will begin the work which will really K unm the saccess of the stable. In tie daily exercise of his charges, more skill is necessary than can be found in the riding of mere stable boys, and it is about this time that the stable’ ar jockey or jockeys report for duty Some stables are, of course, unable to maintain ly retained jockey, and mast. ther: irely upon their stable boys, ables, fully able, but averse to g a jockey for the season, preferring to pick him only when required, also depend en- tirely upon their stable boys to exercise their But to the stable which does engage ys by the season, they now report. BEGINNING THE DAY. Daybreak finds the stable astir, and while the horses are enjoying a light feed the boys and meu are partaking of their first meal of the r. Of course, every stable has, as a general g. its cook, and Tue Sram man can person- y testify to the high regard in which the sof this functionary ts held, both by the ble and also by visiting partakers of its hos- lity. Breakfast is soon over, for those who do justice to 1t believe justice should be (in case, at least,) swift and sure, and the horses are saddled and taken ont upon the track. If the day be a raw, cold one, they appear blanketed. but if it be warm and pleas. blankets are discarded for the time bein, tuble be a large one, say of from ten to horses, not more than half them will be sometimes not even that Lhe horses foliow their leader in Indian file, the first horse, always a good tempered being mounted generally by one the jockeys or a reliable — stable ‘The trainer, followed by grooms water. sponges, cloths for rubbing, ets, &c., accompanies the string to the and taking his position at some certain pert of it, has the horses drawn up in live b tore him as he closely seans them and gives his ion for their movements. First the boy heading will be told, for instance, to walk slowly for a couple of miles, and off they will go in Indian file. When that move is made, very likely the com- mand will be to gallop or canter along »wly a mile or two, and when they have done the string is again drawn up in line, and while the grooms and rubbers eponze out once or twice each horse's mouth and briskly but briefly rub the animal down; the trainer, while he orders some blanketed and slowly walked, will order others blanketed and “sweated” by having them do a brisk mile or so; or he will direct u a certain one or certain ones be given a lust move of some certain distance; or be will orde one to gulop three- quarters and how @ fast quarter.” In ther words, gallop the first three-quarters of the mile andrun the last quarter. 1t is need- less to say that “sweating” is for the purpose ef reducing or doing away with superfluous Beek, and the brisk and fast a for the urpose of discovering form; or, plainer, Se tho purpose of iaterming tae trainer as to speed, and endurance, Of ly and cooling | ud fire, their coats glistening like satin in | } Work, and fo: course, no fast moves are made until the horses have been worked or exercised upon the track forsome time. But after the horses are first got on the track. as was the case in their pre- fiminary work, their work and exercise are in- creased daily, the only exceptions being where the horse goes lame and becomes sick. AS THE TIME ADVANCES the distance is increased and the time de- creased—that is, the animal is daily made to go farther and faster. And it is in these fast moves that the importance and value of having a good jockey up becomes so apparent. For instance, the trainer wishes to have a horse do a mile in a certain time, 2 minutes, or 1:55, or 1:50; or three-qnarters in 1:30, or 1 or 1:20; or half a mile in 1 minute, or 56, or 54, or 52 seconds, few stable boys are there whose knowledge of pace is such as to enable them to ride so precisely. This knowledge of pace al- most appears to be a gift with some jockeys, and no other knowledge is of more value in the making of a j "s knowl- ed: d goes a great wi ing this bright darkey the greatest jockey in the country. RUBRING DOWN. After the trainer has put hi string through } the work he had mapped out for them that ng he directs them to the stable. Here re carefully “cooled out.” then taken to stalls, where they are groomed and kly rubbed down. ‘This rabbing down as- sumes now 2 most important place in the day's rubbers good, strong boys or men ere engaged who are abl strength in their work. E t of the horse, from head to foo, is vigorously rubbed and rubbed—cloths, towels, or chamois in being used. The legs of the animal, partica- muscles prominent, are tended to the rubbers, it is a rub, but liniments especially horse shows the ob- ever the ‘imal been ©: is to harden end me and any one who vigorous rabb quartered in | ¢ and Jennings and Me- These two enjoyed the lus ug down atter violent exc 1 appreciate the pleasure the horse re from hus daily rub. ‘The feet of the are thoroughly cleaned and washed out, feet and legs closely ¢ ings, fever, sprains or lameness may be dis- covered and remedies promptly Sueh examinations are aiv ended with | great anxiety, for indeed an only would have the giftto tell just when a race would go emiss, Having now been put ava: in their room: ils, the horses eat, sleep fternoon, when the, more ridden or led forth for casy exe for an hour or so. Then the grooming. bing. and the storing away for the night. Next the routine is gone through, an 8 ne passes until the day arrives ou wh the racing scason opens, and if the horse i fit.” he comes forth on the the track, th ade ag and and so r remove doubt of their alue and importance of “a good start. Such is the training of a racer, and such is work now to be seen every fine City. and an early rise and ride ¢ these beautiful mornings will more than fu repay one. NATURAL HI TORY CAMP. Summer Education for Boys at Lake report of the husetts, count of board of education of Mass is published an inierestin: the holid: e gleaned ler the auspices of the Worcester Natural History society, and has attracted a good deal of attention from people concerned in the work of general edu- cation, ‘The camp is in facta natural out- growth of the policy which has animated the society for the past eight years; namely, that of providing for young pe opportunities, suggestiong and aid in following out that act experimental study of natare im her outdoor heunts, which has such perennial attractive- ness for children and youth. BOYS IN SUMMER, It was observed that the months of July and August afe largely a poriod of idleness or of undireeted and purposeless activity on the part of numbers of boys, whose residence in the city affords little or no opportunity for any profi ble or even interesting employment of the weeks of leisure forced upon them by the long vacation. Two fundamental points have been specially observed: First. to offer a great vari- ry of veeupations; and, second, to allow much individual freedom of choice from day to day. THE METHODS EMPLOYED. ‘The camp is very favorably located for its purpose, and yet is not too far from the thickly settled part of the city. The conditic of physical comfort and well-being are regarded as indispensable, Plenty of wholesome food is furnished and cool drinking water is always on hand in abundance, Comfortable lodgings are provided, in army teuts of moderate size, properly located and pitched, and well floored and drained, with good beds and bedding. Other furniture is at the ant of each tent; pedstead, chair without — then He ” may carpet, mats or bare floor, as chooses. Me: are served at tables, in a spa dining-tent, suitably furnished. Each boy is require himself. to take # cer He is expected to be cle in care of aly and tidy in person and dress, and to keep his quarters neat nd orderly. He mus make his bed, sv is clothes, &e. after his own fashion effectively, regularly also be punctu cused, hour. air his bed and bed- » his floor, hang up or He muy do these things but he must do them and punctually. He must t reals, uniess specially ex- aud must go to bed atu seasonable INSTRUCTIC The boys are instructed and trained in certain useful accomplishments, such as rowing and the care of boats (sail boats are not allowed), the use of siny tools, swimming, military drill and gymnastics, in all of which great interest is manifested. Fully one-third of those in camp each summer learn to swiin for the first time; most of them learn also what is not less important, namely, caution when in or upon the water. The’ military regimen serves admirablyas a general camp tonic, while the exercise and knowledge gained by a short daily drill are in themselves of no small value. ‘fhe orderly and condition of the cemp, and the dignity of appearance and bearing noticeable in the adets,” could scarcely have been sec with so little friction (i any other means, Aworkshop has been built and stocked with tools and simple machines, which all are free to use; while those who desire may receive in- struction in the elements of carpentry and joinery, cabinet-making, boat-bnilding. &e, The camp physician, in addition to his regu- lar inspections, gives frequent “emergency” talks, illustrated by demonstrations, upon the proper method of dressing wounds, resascitat- ing the apparently drowned, treating sun- stroke, & Regular instruction is given, by lessons and lectures and by laboratory and field work, in several departments of natural history, notably in botany. ornithology and taxidermy, eato- mology, astronomy, &c. ‘This instruction is less € tive and, in general, less formal than that given in schools. It is not of the kind that prepares for examinations, SOCIAL RECREATIO Some forms of social recreation are specially encouraged. Beside frequent excursions and military parades, there are evening gatherings about the central camp-fire,enlivened by songs, stories, recitations, &c., at which every boy is invited, though not unduly pressed,’ to con- tribute what he can to the common fund of di- version and amusement, The programs, daily and weekly, are so Slammed on ts ates many different lines of oc- ation, among which great freedom of choice is offered to each boy, It is not to be supposed that the conditions requisite fora camp of this character are to be found in Wor- cester alone. On the contrary, there ean be no doubt that they exist ia hundreds of cities and villages scattered throughout the country, need- ing but the initiative of a few capable workers toresult in unspeakable good to thousands of our youth, ——-+e+ Transmutation, Written for Tae Evento STAR. As from the soul there wells a sudden joy, When some great master’s lofty rhythms swell: | A sacred joy, that all the passions quell, So, born anew, sweet, chaste, without alloy: Fond hopes, desires, and gentle dreams decoy, When thou, with bud and song, O spring appear; Approach, thou flower-decked rosy lass!—draw near. ‘Thy coquetries and tears do sore annoy. My face amid thy tresses, I would lay; Where alleys—biossom—showered—inthral the heart; And melody, her airy nothings play. ‘Thy amorous breath and kisses will impart Eestatic love's ennobling thoughts and pure— ‘Thy kindling mirth, my love will aye immure. ed. McELupey, le to put much | nxions to “get | y | gentlemen. kind of | Written for Tar Evrstxe Stan, NATURAL RIDING. Another Protest Against Following the Race Course Style. WHY THE AMERICAN SYSTEM IS THE BEST FOR MAN AND BEAST—WELL-KNOWN ARMY OFFICERS WHO WERE NOTED FOR THEIR EQUESTRIANISM—A POLICEMAN WHO IS AN EXCELLENT HORSEMAN- An ex-officer of the British cavalry, when in- terviewed recently on the subject of equestrian- ism, said: “If you ask me what I think of horsemanship at Washington, I'll tell you that, taken altogether, it’s very bad, indeed. I'm not so bigoted as to declare that no seat is per- fect excepting the cavalry seat, but I must say Tlike some uniformity in the style of eques- trianism, and Washington riders lack it en- tirely. But the ex-officer of the British cavalry ser- vice did not enlighten the public as to his own notions of the correct way to ride a horse. Uniformity in bad form of riding is not de- sirable by ang means, It is nniformity in ri ing well which we hke to see. The failure to Le uniform in bad riding would certainly give us a chance of something good, or better than bad at least. But I thoroughly agree witli the ex-officer as to the bad horsemanship in this cit The worst male riding [ have ever kuown, and the most of it—I may say the greatest uniformity in bad riding—f have seen right here in Wash- ington city. And I claim thet it is owing to our citizens attempting to inutate the bad form of horsemanship practised by English gentleme who themselves imitate the race-course jockeys’ style, The unnecessary, awkward and bad form of that riding I dwelt upon fully in an article in this paper a few weeks since, and it is not my purpose to repeat that in detail hercin, neither do 1 propose to attempt to change Englishmen from their bad form, and enlighten them ia the accomplishment of ri well, They never change their preconceived notions of the pro- per way of doing things, you know. WHAT AMERICANS SHOULD DO. But what I do t is to see our Americans, ladies and gentlemen, cultivate and take pride in our own style of equestrianism, particularly since it is the best, and against which there is no room for anything like convin ment. If we cannot defend it aers, both in theory and practi will adopt a better way of ri | Lhold that the bad ‘riding here the era: mach i then we ling if shown us. aused by for throwing aside our own, though the best, and imitating the foreign — y because it is foreign and fashionable abrovd—and the imitation being a failure you g ncongruous set. i les,” charac- terized by the ex-ofticer of the British cavalry. ry seat is best for cavalry service, there should be some convincing reasons why it is not adaptable and best for all male eques- anism. or we have a right to declare it the most pertect for all purposes. I do not know the style or peculiarity of the riding taught the British cavairy, but [take it from ex-ofticer's remarks it is quite different from thet used by race-course jockeys and imitated by English shonid hope so, at any rate. IN THE WEST AND sour: The horsemanship taught at West Point to our army cadets, and in which our cavalrymen are drilled, is precisely the same, only, per- haps, # little more severe in details, as that all good riders in the western and sonthern states have found to be the most practicable and have used since the carly settlement of those states, I mention the western and southern because | in those states traveling on horseback has been mor ¥ practiced by both males and females than in the northern and eastern, and wherever in this country the horse and saddle is used as means of transportation to great ex- tent, the manner of rite becomes the true American which I described fully in my first in this paper for the benefit of begin- I remember when a small lad in the of seeing recently-arrived settlers from the New England states ride with the jockey short-stirrups and rise to the trot. They were still tinctured with the old English notions, But they soon exchanged their pig-skin saddles for the Texan or ican narrow saddle-trees, covered with rawhide, and in using them dis- carded all the nonsense mentioned. They were quick enough to see when horseback riding be- came an every-day business that the American way of doing it was infinitely better for both man and horse. And for pleasure and’ accom- | plished exhibition riding, why not the best? GEN. 8. 8. CARROLL, During the war of the rebellion Gen. 8. 8. Carroll, U. 8. A., now retired, was one of the | nyost elegant and knightly riders in the Army of the Potomac. He then had the superb tigure—none better; was a little more than six teet in height; sparely, yet roundly propor- tioned; good shoulders and breast; rather small waist, broad hips, and shapely long legs which tapered down to small, handsome feet. He was educated at West Point, thoroughly trained as a horseman, every inch a brave soldier, and loved his protession, Ah! his riding was high art and natural grace combined. How would he have looked with knees drawn up to nearly the height of the saddle-bow, body curled up like a monkey, and both hands at the rein? Just imagine it! On active duty he always wore a close-fitting blue cloth jacket, with no insignia of rank visible, but a narrow stripe of gold braid adorned each shoulder, No epaniettes, coat kirts, or any other unneces- sary paraphernalia to hamper him when he had business on hand. His one star, in case his rank were questioned, was fastened under- neath the corner of the jacket collar, And he required every member of his staff to dress in the same manner. CARROLL'S LEXINGTON, When I first knew General Carroll he com- manded a brigade in the Second Army corps, Army of the Potomac. His friends in Wash- ington had but recently bought and presented to him a thorough-bred Kentucky mails horse, whose sire was old Lexington and whose dam was by imported Denmark. the progenitor of the whole family of best saddle horses in Ken- This horse presented to General Car- roll was named for his sire “Lexington.” He was about 1594 hands high, with high withers, thin neck, a model head and was just flat- ribbed sufficiently to be the ideal saddle horse, and had the limbs of a four-mile racer. He was what is called in Kentucky a “gaited” horse— i. e., was trained to take any and all the gaits, and to change at the rider's signal with the | rein. One of those gaits was, of course, the “single-foot,” much detested in England where they want to trot and bob up and down in the saddle like jumpingjacks! Although a very eusy, rapid gait, 1am not partial to it. I pre- fer the run for speed, and for all-day work the trot and gallop. When Carroll’s Lexington was put down to his speed in the single-foot it was declared throughout the second army corps that his rider could carry a glass of water in his hand 1 not spilladrop, 80 smooth and regular were the strides. In forming brigade, and passing from one end of the line of his 7,000 men to the other, it was the great delight of the dashing general to give Lexington the signal for the single-foot andtomake the speed so hot as to oar his staff to use the spur vigorously and drive at the full run to keep in the prescribed positions, It was claimed that Lexington could single-foot nearly as fast as he could himself run. Poor Lexington—famous old charger. When Carroll's “Gibralter brigade” left the cars at “Bristow station,” and forming line moved w out of the railroad cut onto the bank (which had thus far protected the movements) to make the charge for which that brigade was specially ordered as soon as it arrived, before advane in the charge a dozen yards the grand old steed received seven or eight bullets in the neck and breast, and without a struggle sank to his final rest. All the following winter in passing to and fro between the winter quarters of the army of the Potomac and Washington we could see from the car windows at Bristow the bleaching bones of Carroll’s high-bred war horse, and many a relic Was cut from his hoofs, GEN. JOHN M, SCHOFIELD. Before the present commanding general of the army went to West Point as a cadet from Freeport, Ill., he was anj excellent horseman and rider, as were most of the boys of that period in the west. And I remember him well while on his first leave of absence at the expira- tion of his first two years at theacademy. How proud everybody was of Freeport’s soldier boy, When, with « party of ten or a dozen couples, he would mount and ride into the country to spend the day. He then wore his elegant-fit- ting cadet uniform—the delight of the young ladies—and everybody noticed the t im- provement the training at West Point made on young Schofield, good rider that he was be- fore going there. a icular summer he was ex- ceedingly fond of riding out to Cedar creek mills with a company of thr depen and gen- Speni 2 tlemen, where the day would and in eating the good lunch wagon, to say bees eed “the courtin’ of tha gurrels.” ‘Then the back to the city by moonlight was a w volume of poems, A REAL SOLDIER, began, but promptly resigning that place and asking for acgon A the fed, he was made major of volunteers and assigned as chief of staif to Gen. Lyon, then actively campaigning in southwestern Missouri. At Wilson's creek there was no thought of retreating until after Lyon fell. Schofield was at Lyon's side, both being on foot on the high hill occupied by our troops, when the fatal bullet struck general. Schofield immedi ately called to his orderly to bring bis horse, which was a little way to the rear, as it became his duty to goand report the death of Gen. Lyon to the next officer in command, As Scho- field put his foot in the stirrup to mount his horse was almost severed in twain by a cannon ball passing through him close behind the saddle. It was said by those present that Schofield, disengaging his foot from the stirrup, turned to his orderly and in the coolest ma: ner possible said; ‘Bring me my other horse This was Gen. Schofield’s first battle, and this was but an exhibition of the cool head and steady nerve that characterized his whole mili- tary career to the present time. The noxt I saw of Gen, Schofield was immedi- ately after he had captured Wilmington, N. C. near the close of the war. He sat ina com- fortable arm-chair before a bright wood fir which blazed and crackled on the hearth of a large open fire-place in the house that was his temporary headquarters near Wilmington. He was the most quiet, easy, comfortable looking man I saw anywhere about, He was the same John Schofield, only a little more subdued and much more matured, as when I knew him a boy before he went to West Point. I next saw him while he was performing the duties of Secretary of War by the order of President Johnson, and. again as general of the army, mounted on a powerfal horse at the head of the column of troops that escorted the body of the lamented Sheridan to its interment at Arlington, Whet achange? Hair and whiskers as white assni and the general grown to near double his for mer proportions. No figure now for his former accomplished horsemanship. GEN. RICHARD N. BATCHELDER, During the war of the rebellion Deputy Quar- termaster-General Richard N, Batchelder (the historian of Gettysburg) was colonel and chief quartermaster for the second army corps. of the Potomac, He was then an excee fine horseman, In 1863, at the time I was as- signed to duty on the steff ina brigade in that corps, he rode a magnificent Black Hawk stal- lion, as black as a raven’s wing. He was a large and high-bred animal. The combination of rider and horse made a picture you would follow as long as they remained in view, GEN, CHAUNCY M’KEEVER, Away back in 1861, in St. Louis, I saw the very best equestrianism my eyes had been fav- ored with up to that time, The rider filled my ideal perfectly. He wore the uniform of a fed- eral captain of the staff, and on inquiry I was told he was Capt. Chauncy McKeever, acting assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Fremont, then commanding the de the Missouri, with headquarters in St. Louis, The captain rode a dark chestnut sorrel that looked to be thoroughbred. The mount was worthy of the rider, My eyes feasted on the exhibition the captain unconsciously made as he slowly and alone rode down the street from department headquarters, If I was rightly in- formed as to the name, that rider is nowa igadi land assistant adjutant- Var department, THE WRITER'S FATHER. My father was a brawny Scot, a little more than 6 feet high, and in my young days was neither too fleshy nor too spare, but weighed near 200 pounds. I have known him, however, in the prosecution of his business in the west~ ern territories, to ride 100 miles in a day of about fourteen hours, with but one relay of horses, which was made mid-way, And at the expiration of one day to transact business at his base of supplies, he would return to his camp in the fieid (he was a surveyor of public lands) in the same length of time. And when eighty years old, and weighing about 225 pounds. I have seen him mount from the ground by the stirrup a 16-hand high horse and ride as erect and correctly otherwise as the most accomplished teacher of equestrianism, Linherited my love for the horse from my father, and I received my earliest lessons in riding from him. When I had but just rounded into my teens I became flag-bearer, during the summer seasons only, for my father's compassmen then surveying the west- ern wilds, and I was provided with the very best Indian ponies that could be bought with money, tobacco and beads. POLICE OFFICER THOMAS AXDERSON, The best rider I have seen in Washington re- ceutly, outside of the army officers’ circle (and I doubt if I should make that exception even), is Police Officer Thomas Anderson, of the mounted service, Would-be horsemen will do well to ride at his side and take lessons. He has the right figure, to begin with, and he thoroughly masters the accomplishment in the true American style. No bumping the saddle with him, and no nonsense with the right hand atthe rem. For full particulars see him. He rides every day, and will take pleasure, Tam sure. in giving you useful points. I do not know it, but I strongly suspect he got some of bis style and grace from service in the saddle during the war, “BUCK” TAYLOR, The most accomplished rider now in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show is “Buck” Taylor. He has the excellent form and height, with lengthy legs, and you never see daylight between him and his saddle-seat, no matter what gait the horse proceeds in or what he may do, so long as he does not fall, And the reason of all this is, “Buck” sits bis saddle right, grips the sides of his horse with his knees, and is a thoroughly skilled all-round horseman, He has no airs about it, but isa graceful and accomplished rider. He has the advantage nowadays of Buf- falo Bill, in that the latter has, with his advan- cing years, grown a little too stout to be the idea! rider. Then, too, I think Col. Cody makes a mistake in riding large horses with round bodies, It is true for his weight he re- uires astrong and not too small horse, but the flat-ribbed or ‘“slabsided” medium-size mount would fit his stout legs much better than those he now rides. A few years ago Buf- falo Bill, the chief of scouts, was the most cap- tivating and picturesque rider in our country. LIEUT, SAMUEL C, ROBERTSON, I did not see him ride while in Washington the past winter on leave of absence, but from some of those who did see him in the riding academy mounted I leara that the elegant pe beeen of Lieut. Samuel C, Robertson, of the first cavalry, created a furore among the spectators, but [ll wager he did not ride like a race-course jockey. GOV. FORAKER, OF OHIO, The accomplished equestrianism of the bril- liant Foraker is acknowledged by all who have ever seen him mounted, and I sball not attempt to describe it, nor to add greater praise to him for it than has so often resonnded to his credit, I merely wish to refute a slander that was per- petrated against him in the Washington Post in the issue of March 5, by a reporter who was endeavoring to ‘‘paint the lilly.” It was in the article under the head of “A General Glance.” The writer, after using up the vocabulary in exquisite praise for Gov, Foraker’s fine eques- trianism and splendid personal appearance on inauguration day, said the governor carried his hat in the left hand and returned the con- tinuous plaudits of the people by bowing in the most gracious manner and saluting with the said hat. I wonder if the governor has seen that article, and if so the writer of it still living? Great Cesar! Gov. Foraker would as soon be seen riding through Pennsylvania avenue standing on his head in the idle, ag in holding his bridal rein in the right hand, [eae the left were not amputated. But, then, don't you know there are lotsa of men who, if standing facing you while attempting to follow the movements of your hands, as m receiving instructions in handling the fire-arm in military drill, will always respond with the wrong hand? To realize the difficulty to be overcome in knowing which hand is used by a person facing you, just raise your right hand and look in the glass, It is your lef! Some men cannot rise to the attitude of solving the fo of that optical illusion. They are ft-handed in their eyes! - But what can we hope of a descriptive writer who, in discoursing upon the grand and impos- ing ceremonies of the inauguration of a Presi- dent of the United States of America, will say that the ric ot the moment of marchi: from Capitol Hill to escort the new President) «wheeled into line,” when the movement was From line into column? And further on who the military came marcbi Pennsyl- vauis avenue “‘in toons of compet frou?” Shade of Upton! But, then, it was a wet day, and the saloons were all open, Perry, A Rare Day. From the Toledo Blade. a it is so rare as a day in June?” suddenly inquired young Mr. Jobbles at the dinner table. “It can’t be this steak,” muttered Wobbles with low-toned sarcasm, “Perhaps it is pay-day with some people,” said the landlady returning the startled look of Wobble with e stony glare, '—“Say, mister, who this mouth?” ite size.’ ws ‘tment of | F. 8. Wauuuaxs & Co, DRUGGISTS UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE, Corner 9th and F ets. n.w., Are Retailing at Actual Wholesale Prices, as shown the following list: - UININE, 1 dozen 1-grain Capsules Se 1 dozen 2-grain Capsules. 5c. 100 2-grain Capsules, 4oc. I dozen S-erain Fe. 100 S-erain Capsules, Sbc. 1 dozen 5-grsin Capeuies Te. 100 5-¢tain Capsules ‘i 100 grains Quinine, Powers & Weigiitman, ‘The Lest Tzipk German Poron: Ayer's Cherr; Rer's Hair Vicor. Ayenvs Cathar 0 Me Cream B rvescing Brox Fellow’s Syrup Hyponbosp Williams’ Com. Syrup Hypophosphiites., Hop Bitters, 7 Hostetter’s Bi Horeford’s Ack Horstord’s Acid Pho: Hott's Malt (Tarray Hof's Malt cr Humphrey" Huuyadi Water, a cre Tron Bitters. p Meilin’s Focd, s Mile Pond’s Extrac Piso’s Cx ‘Varrant’s Selt Vaseline, P Vaseline, Pi Warner's Kidui Ww yeth's Beet iliams’ Bi Wiliams’ best, (fresh) ns Quin 0 Handolixe 1s unequaled as a beautifier of the com- plexion; “un indispensible req Toilet; it rend Our_prices Proportion to drugs and che: turers, We cheerfully invite a careful inspection of this department by the physic Dou't mistake the place—THE TEMPLE DRUG SLORE, under Masonic Temple, corner 9thand F st F.S. WILLIAMS & mh28-eo cock’s Porons Plasters. . larce 's Comh 3} Sarsaparila. oap, per Cake, 's Favorite Prescription, ‘8 Purgaiive Pellets. of Ammonia, Full Stren Williams’ Comp. Williams’ Rose chapping. j¢ Extracts in bulk... Plasters, 1 ic P Syrup, im, per Bottle, ters... Phosphates, sinail tes, iarse. isner per per Bottle. Pood. t, per Botile. zer Aperient. eyand Liver Cu Iron and Wine, ive’ in pint bottl Sarsaparilla, pth Pow nie and Ku lers the skin white, sri n infallible e: e and Toothac ernal It for prescriptic other goods 7m 8 from the most ns, { Jron and Wine (fresh) Coa Li Phosphatic te Every lady should use it. tinate cases, PRESCRIPTIONS, have been reduced in We use only the purest to the Ladies, ooth and soft, and Per remedy for Nen- never fails to give Give it reliable manufac- Proprietors. Usenecevesten Acrrraction OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED, LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. Incor cation: rated by the Legislature in 1868 for Fdn- apd Charitable purposes, and its franchise made a part of the pre: nt State as by an overwhelming popular vote. Its MAMM( EYROMPT PAYMENT OF PRIZES, Attested as follows: "We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrang?- ‘ments or all t The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person manage and contro! the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, Saurness, ant ia vod Faith torard al. parties, and we authorize the Com= Dany ty use this certificate. with Fac-similes of our sig- natures attached, in ils advertisements.” We the undersigned Banks and Bankers, wilt pay, alt OTH DRAWINGS taki 1 December), and itsGRAND DRAWINGS take he monthly and § stitution ia 157%, @ place Semi-As place in eweh nna! Drawings ot | or \s) Commissioners, prizes drawn in The Louisiana State ‘may be prese ted at our counters. Fa MATUSLEY, Pres. Louisiana National Bank, PIERRE GRAND MONTHLY DRAWT: . Bre Pres. U: UX, Pres, State National Bauk. w Orleans Natioual Bank, uion Natioual Bank, \G AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1889. CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000, 100,000 Tic! $10; Quarters, #5 1 PRE 1 PKI 25 PRIZES OF 100 PitL 200 PRIZES OF 500 PRIZ: kets Dol lars each: Halves ‘Twentieths, 81, LIST OF PRIZES. OF $300,000 is... OF 100,000 18. OF 3 OF $300,000 100,000 5U,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 100 Prizes of 8500 are. 100 prizes of 100 Prizes o1 999 Prizes o! 999 Prizes 01 3,134 Prizes, 300 are. f 200 are. TERML f 8100 are, ft 100 are amounting to. $1,054,800 Nore—Tickets drawing Capital Prizes are noten- titled to Term. inal Prizes. ¢2~ For Civup Rates, or sny further information denred, write leribly to the undersigned, clear! stating your residence, with State, County, Number. More rapid return muail’ delivery will be as- Street sured by your enclosing an Envelope bearing your full address. Address By ordinary IMPORTANT. M. A. DAUPHIN, ™ letter, containis ew Orleans, La, Money Order issued by all Express Companies, New Yotk Exchange, Draft or Postal Note. We pay charges on Currency sent to Us by Express in sums of $0 or over. Address Re X “REMEMBER that the GUARANTEE! istered Letters contains ZW ORLEANS NALI ‘D BY FOUR NA’ ney NAL BAN! ‘Rew Orleans: La, Currency to ‘Orleans, iyment of prizes is IONAL BANKS of New Orleans, aud the tickets are signed by the President of an Institution whose chartered rights are recognized in the highest Courts; therefore, beware of all imita- tions or anonymous schemes.” ONE DOLLAR is the price of the smallest part or fraction of a Ticket ISSUED BY US inv any Draw- ing, Anything in our uame offered for less than a Dollar is s swindle. Hearse Hasrse By, Ho, Ware THE SAFEST, MOST ECO! AND SATISFACTORY MODE SATNG DWELLINGS, ‘LATION. OMIC, mb13-w&ssw PEALTRroL, &e. ‘THE SPENCE HOT WATER BOILER. Works perfectly, is noiseless, and requires no more attention than an arpa Lag Heat under fect goutrol and without waste. in ail temperatures, feather. dnspectl ler wd. piais invited. Also agents for the Plummer mild Steam Heater, m16-colm* ve. one of the best, VAUX & IRWIN, 5 27 10th st. Dw. AUCTION (THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, SALES. RUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE rproven | HIGHLY VALUVARLE IMPROVED PROPFRTY ON AND UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MARYLAND AVE- NUE AND TWELFTH STRELT By virtue of a deed of trust, dated recorded in Liber No. 1124. folic land records of the District of at th request of the party secured theret rained, ® surviving trustee, Will sell at pubile auction in tront of premises On SATURDAY, APKI T . A.D. INN®, et FIVE O'CLOCK he Dist riet wit: Lot fiftee square two bundi part of lot fourt ning at a feet Linch no of said lot andr eastwardiy $8 BA feet, aud thence to the of lot 14 being improved brick store and dweilin Terms of sale one (1) ani purchaser nm " sale and secured by deed JL cash, et the purchaser's opti 0 on each paz t be given terms are ot complied with rty will be resold at th and t DIOLN NINETLE . ah may be se > VALUABLE. 1 jescribed | t1 the balance in te 7 Ni u TH a AND M ‘Terms ol si third cash in two equal in for the payment whereof the purchaser shail ¢ } his two promissory notes with da nd payabie, re atone aud two years ther b inte mn time of sale ed of trust on the @ purchane-tnoney may be tion of the purchaser, pai A deposit of b 1 te “y ar, of purchaser to comply with saic week from day of sale the trusi to res yperty at risk and ODOLPHE CLAL 450g Low joneer, AST r ANI FLOWERS For F. ASSORTMEN As LILIE MATIN, TREES, AT AUC MORNING. APRU £ ELEVEN OC Fy R 2 from _ apt Bee K. Frecinun, ex iS HOTEL. PUBLIC NOTIC TRUSTEES’ SALE ALL OF THE FURNT. STORES. XD T KNUA EE hie auction, PHE CONT THERE ARE EVELY FI isex uated P ROO} 3 NIN PAR 150 D UsLe AND SINGL CHAMBER SU with a 100 W HAMEL 300 SUF CULLE 100 SUPE EDS, Li 750 FEATHER Borst 00 PAINS GOOD BLAN 00 HONEYCOMB BED sPiy 400, Cl : 1,000 LIPS A) Rt CASES. MINST iat, WH AND BRUSSELS CARPE 50 FRENCH PLATE MIRRO! SUPERB ROSEWOOD UPLIG ENABLE, NEAKLY NEW, COST 87 SOLID ROSEWOOD AND MAHOGANY Partor | ! SOFA. | CHAMBER FURNITURE, WAR: | ND TABLES, IN AN- ROSEWOOD SUITS, BY BISS SOLIL 3 MODES, AND k HOC DININ ¥ ROOM OF SILVER-PI Dov COFFEE URNS, QUANTITY COPPERS: S, GRIDDLES, MILK BUL REFRIGERATORS, 1 RGE UE ERS, TOVE -ADING-t ‘OTS, MATTRESSES, SHE! LOW-CASES TO MATCH. Also, after the sale of the Furniture the RARE OLD WINES, LIQUG! Ww ution specially OLD MAL . WHINKI Catulogues will be issued. oF A a Mivice collection of Plants THOMAS DOWL! TURE, FI D WINES, THING IN THE INED THEREIN BRANDIES pre dn cash. 2 Sie of proy r. pou rms wit the ri of defaulting TON, Truster, Asiaha ave. WLM. R. PLANTS IN ALEAS, GERA- | ORNAMENTAL TION. FIFTEENTH, 2c, within NG, Auct, IXTURES, QUIPMENT TFL, IN THE ‘TH, 1889, X'TO DAY LYON, VELVET | TABL, oTFIT, CUI ATED VAk Liks, TOWEL: AL STAL, CHANDELIERS, CURTAINS, HANG- OOM TABLES, CHAIRS, SETTEES, \ SAFE, DESKS, FITS OF'25 SERVANTS’ ETS, AND PIL- We Will sell all of SHERKIES: Ere, sale will be E ned from day to day until everything is sold. Purchasers cannot get their articles until atter every- thin has been disposed of. Trustees, TERMS, CASH. THOS. M. LANAHAM, } WM. A. FISHER, FRED. C. HEIGHE, MATTHEWS & KIRK: ap12-2t HREE FINE BUILDING LOTS 6 ThE : SECOND, AND P STRE On WEDNESDAY Al TEEN Hat FIVE-FORTY-F sell in front of the pn LOIS 34. 39 AND and 36 front 1h feet . all having a depth of 1 Alley on. the nor 4. Thi is property ix situs city, and su © building’ rth cash; balan ~s, hotes to be given for det Per ceut interest, payabl deed of ‘trust o: bearing and to be secured by coed all cash at option of purchaser. A deposi. of quired on each lot at ume of sale, at purchaser's cost, days, otherw er public notice of such resale in miblished in Washington, D. C Papl2-d DUNCANSON BRO: HHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY, Nos. AND 1009 AT AUCTIO! On SATURDA’ FIVE O'CLOCK, P will seil in Jot 8, in square 198, fronting ront of 36 und a: in one, Terms to be complied wi e the right is reserved to resellat the dcost of the defaulting purchaser, after five > feet on northwest, between K und L streets, by a de; Auction IN TWENTY- VEN- We wall ted im a rap itable for private ers eRe m sold, Ble maveyabestiK, Se, some Lewspaper Auctionee 1007 iXTEENTH STKLET NORTHWEST, , APRIL TWENTIETH, 1889, at of the premises, hi street hb feet to a wide al.ey, and having also a side alley 6 feet wide, ow under rent. ‘Terms: ‘The improvements are two small brick ouses, mie-third cash, the residue in two equal pay- meuts at one and two years, with notes bearing in- terest and secured b} sold, All conveya ' MPROVED | , BD W re- | THE SOUTH SIDE OF F STRERT, BETWEEN 6TH ANDTTH STREETS, NEAR THE CORNER OF 7TH STREPT NORTHWEST, AND KNOWN AS FEDERAL BUILDING, AT AUC ON. On WEDNESDAY, AP at S o'clock, in fron lots 13, 14, and the south sidi corner of 7th #! 1. SEVE ENTH, 1880, i seh part of ing stores and the wre ree eqnal . tw th notes beare and three iby a Au) conveys #1,000 inten days the rinks unsere afe ed tu tine ap) -d&de Pps iurte Aw tOKER SA Lk_WE WiLL &t ERE MPLORY SALE OF P BUILDING LOT ON O STREET, BETWEEN NOKIH CAPITOL AND IS STEERED WEST ON FIADAY AFTERNOON, APRIL NINETEENTH SSH, AT FIVE O'CLOCK, I will well iu frout of DUNCANSON BROS., Auctione PENA eos BE CHANCERY SALE OF USELE UNIMPROVER PERTY. AT COKNER OF FIRSt AND © STREETS NOKTHWESL By virtue ot adectoo of t tof the District of Col fe Vin. equity 10440, Charles A Ava. donut the 2 TUPADAY, TWENTY -THI: vise ALI ty "SALE OF IMPER: AD, NEAT Jess) of anid, im On TU;SDAY APKIL, 188%, at WIRD DA vor fant ut Pa’. LARN BLES T. DA © purchas ap9,11,13,16, Yao AS DOWLING, A TRUSTEES SALE PROPERTY ON OF VALUAI sour LE SIDE OL Tut rw By ot f trust to ns, 4 SSS, recorded im Liber No. 1064. f of the Land Kecords of the District at reguest of the bodder p nyte ther we will sell, n from of the TH DAY OF A t 12% square zuises, PRIL, © MTEL sek p. ui.. part sit of 8100 if terms ve the ue purchaser requis te veyancing includ- “MARLON ASHFORD. AUGUDIIN S. LANES Trustecs, USiEES SALE OF UNFINISHED TWo- + BRICK DWELLING AND &T« RIMWEST COLNLE OF K AND Pir iid SURLET> NORTHEAST. the Supreme sed i eq ar the ENTH bth pren Day das yp atid six he san lot twent feet to th 1 LL) ita said lot weventy-tw beginning erins of sale prescribes ash ; bala: tu on <6) pe ‘nt, in note tees sold, or all 1 chasct A dep 00 wall be requ sale. Conveyancsuc at cont of patrchaoec oF jr s, On ten (10)days default in compliance with termsef adeed of trust on the property ing and recording at purchascr’s cost. A deposit of $500 will be req juired at time of sale. If the terms of sale are not complied with in ten da: ris! ys the right is reserved to resell the property at the ‘and cost of the defaulting purchaser or purchas- ers after ten days’ notice in some Lewspaper published in the city of W pl l-d&ds THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. TRUSTEE’S No. SALE OF HOUSE AND PREMISES 635 B STREET NORTHEAST, Under and by virtue of a decree of the Court of the District of Columbia, holding an court for ssid District, in a cause wherein Alice ney et al were complainants and al” were defendent wn as oes. docket 28, I wi HALF-PAST FIVE O'C! uty rule Dulaney et equity cause. No. ‘ill, on MONDAY, the FIF- EENTH DAY GF APRIL /&. D, 1880, at the hourot |, sell, at public certain auction, in front of the premises, all that land lot of Jand situate ix the District of Colum! eastern fourteen (14) feet by the full. pablidhed apll-d&as D.C. known as and being bered nineteen (19), in city of ne depth thereof. of DOWLING, Auctioneer. JUNCANBON BROS., Anctioneers. 19TH court sale the right is rv Tesell ai purchasers’ cust . MURRAY, 13 4% st. J, HOLDSWORTH GOEDON, SUO abo at ‘Trnstees, DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers apd-ditds_ E. WAGGAMAN, ici ‘Real Estate Auctioneer, VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY, NUMBERED Meg M SLKELT NORTAWEST. DAY, APRIL | SIXTEENTH. of EIVE -M.. 1 wil fer for sule, in trom! he ses, Lot 24, square 368, unproved by a 13-rovm Dwelling. THOMAS F, WAGGAMAN, Auct. ___ PROFESSIONAL, RRIVAL EXTRAORDINARY! Trance Medium. Dr. LESTER just don, bang. The worl brated and only real nat this c eke nate a y = opheuc gift of secom : ey sedi pot ever tuet, Tie be fe pre ‘ we. Tells your entire life, past, presen’ tutas His aesd trance. ‘Every’ hidden mpetery wereabal? Tells the full name of your future husband or wife, with age and dave of and telis whether the ‘one you love $s true or false. Tells With utmost truth. Gives advice on divorce. contested wills, speculations, kc. Trlis your life from the era- ositively no imposition. dle 16 the grave. everything. ‘The doctor wishes it distinctly understood that he the only genut th: sun of the present advertises nothing but what he can de-and would noe becieered with every city. whose 1 ho} ba been blasted, Saree meee ener : i rare ited to call ‘and be couvinced of the true stulementa “flee, 81 and upward. Pertom, 1004 Est, mesr 1 x: This is the doctor's fret visit we OF. CLAY, WONDERFULLY GIFTED with second sieht or stoien sts, Dw. GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. ea ere Bus