. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. January 3, 1903] ®ta $veeiiev ettttr gtpuvtsntan The First Toeweight in 1858. But few gentlemen engaged in the trotting industry have had the experience of Prank B. Baldwin of Buffalo. He calls himself one of the old fellows, three score and ten last August, but we are all jogging along that way. "The first toeweight I ever saw was at the Montreal races in 1858," said the veteran during a pleasant chat one evening not long ago, while discussiDg modern appliances, which have done so much toward increas- ing the average speed of horses the past decade.
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. January 3, 1903] ®ta $veeiiev ettttr gtpuvtsntan The First Toeweight in 1858. But few gentlemen engaged in the trotting industry have had the experience of Prank B. Baldwin of Buffalo. He calls himself one of the old fellows, three score and ten last August, but we are all jogging along that way. "The first toeweight I ever saw was at the Montreal races in 1858," said the veteran during a pleasant chat one evening not long ago, while discussiDg modern appliances, which have done so much toward increas- ing the average speed of horses the past decade. "Back in the little '70's, boots, scalpers and all that sort of paraphernalia was introduced, so you cannot claim that their advent was the leading cause for ex- treme speed now so common. We had about every- thing, excepting the bicycle sulky twenty-five years ago, hence I maintain that the great achievements should be attributed to the improvement in the breed- ing of trotting stock, more than in the development. "But let me tell you about the first toeweight I iver saw. While at the Montreal races, as stated before, I noticed a clever looking Frenchman driving a horse that acted to me like a dangerous competitor in the five-mile race—the great event of the week. I became interested in the nice movements of the Frenchman's horse, and when he slackened up I went out to see him. "What's that contrivance you have on the toes of the front feet?" I asked, noticing a little sack about the size of your finger, fastened with straps around the hoofs. " 'That bag, as you call it, contains lead to make the horse extend his reach and go squarely. I had them made at a harness shop down town,' replied Ihe Frenchman, courteously. " 'Just what my horse need?,' says I, to myself, and before leaving Montreal I went to the harness shop, but they could not tell me much about the things they had made for the peculiar Frenchman. But, suffice it to say, soon afterwa
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