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THE 1 AKAI EK Judge Burke in Morning Telegraph of March 26 has this to say about The Paraders diseased hoofs It is now a certainty that tho turf will know The Parader no more There have been cases known in fact of horses dying from diseases of the feet Whether or not tho Realization winner is in danger of death cannot be made known at this dis ¬ tance from the scene of his sufferings sufferingsHe He is now at Lexington Ky where tho inten ¬ tion was to devote him to stud purposes If how ¬ ever he is in physical pain from the condition of his feet ho will of course be humanely treated treatedIt It was tho opinion yesterday of an expert who whosaw saw him in January that his feet can with good goodcare care be cured the bulging or convex hoofs driven drivenback back and the horse thereafter have comparative comparativecomfort comfort The lamentable condition of this good goodJiorse Jiorse 4s due to inflammation settling in his feet and as the exudation was bound to have a vent the convex hoofs were the result resultHis His case is whatjs known as one of drop soled hoofs Normal hoofs are concave or somewhat in the shape of a cap Then there are cases of flat footed hoofs next como the convex hoofs The Parader had such hoofs from the cause above stated inflammation settling in tho feet Should he re ¬ cover and there is no reason why he should not with care thoro is no fear of tho disease being trans ¬ mitted for it is not hereditary hereditaryA A better fatewas kdeservedlby thislgood colt His early retirement is agreatloss to the turf and to his owner Never was anloasier victory than his race in theWithersJn which hejmado mincemeat of Bonnibert Bellario and All Green GreenHe He was under a tremendous pull for a great part of that event No doubt he was trying to run out on the turns Near the end he seemed to be a wild colt for he darted away again after Bonnibert seemed about to catch him The going that day was much to his liking for he fairly reveled in it itAt At Saratoga a month after he had won tho Realization from the ailing Commando ho ran in tho rich Saratoga Handicap and showed a great performance for he was fearfully messed about yet finished in front of Blues to whom he was con ¬ ceding six pounds In that same stake Tom Welch saw his charge Blues run a race which qualified him to win whenever ho started again againBlues Blues had almost as rough a deal in the course of it as had Tho Parader tho Welch told the writer two days before tho Travers that ho expected to win it with the son of Sir Dixon because of his display in the Saratoga Handicap Still there might have been a different story but for The Parader getting off poorly and as it was he was going much stronger at the finish than either Blues or Dublin which beat him two heads only onlyBut But it is possible that even theh The Parader was suffering from foot trouble The culmination is now apparent in his retirement from the turf
