. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. PebruakY 14 1903J &he $xeebev anb f&p&vt&m&u 9 THOROUGHBRED DEPARTMENT. **#* i'i i'i A New Orleans man has invented what he calls a "track singeing machine" which was tried successfully on the New Orleans track last week. • This inven- tion is small enough to be operated by hand, but a much larger ooe will be constructed at once to -be drawn by mules. Crude petroleum is used in the dry ing process. The same intense beat' which is being used to propel monster ships on the seas and to pull long freight trains will be used to dry up t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. PebruakY 14 1903J &he $xeebev anb f&p&vt&m&u 9 THOROUGHBRED DEPARTMENT. **#* i'i i'i A New Orleans man has invented what he calls a "track singeing machine" which was tried successfully on the New Orleans track last week. • This inven- tion is small enough to be operated by hand, but a much larger ooe will be constructed at once to -be drawn by mules. Crude petroleum is used in the dry ing process. The same intense beat' which is being used to propel monster ships on the seas and to pull long freight trains will be used to dry up the wet spots and to simply eat up the mud. Tha body of the machine is built something like a harrow, but instead of teeth to tear up the surface there are j^ts to burn it. A network of pipes run criss-cross an the frame and are fed with oil from a tank at the rear end. These pipes are perforated and arranged with j^ts just like those used in a furnace which burns oil. The identical kind of heat whicb changes the water in a boiler into steam evaporates the moisture on the track s irface. Several wet spots on the track which have been dangerous for the past week were operated upon this morning with distinct success. The heat gener- ated is intense and penetrating and the roar from the burners sounded so onimous that the Sunday specta- tors held safely aloof. £- Mr. P. J. Dwyer has not only refused the flattering offer of $50,000 for his great horse Handspring, but has even declined to price him or part with him for any consideration and has placed him permanently in the Melbourne Stud. The offer is said to have come through trainer Matt Allen, who now has the horses from the Keene stable in England. It is presumed that the horse is desired by English parties to revive the dying blood in that country of the immortal Glencoe and Handspring is the living representative of that line of blood, tracing three times in his first four generations to the sire of the wonderful Pocahon-ta
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