view raw text
MOODS AND WAYS OF A GREAT HORSE. Like many another good horse before him. Hurry On has his peculiarities, and from his earliest days has been a character. As a yearling his hot-headedness was a source of constant sinxiety, and on one occasion he got loose and sustained serious injuries during the mad gallop which ensued. It was long before he quieted down again, but skilful and patient treatment were rewarded in the end, and although he never saw a race course as a two-year-old, he ran unchallenged through all his engagements at three years, and of six victories the culminating triumph which es-! tablished him as "Cock of the Walk" was in the "St. Leger," when he treated all his opponents like commoners. It stands to the credit of his trainer that he himself rode him in practically all his work, for the colt requires careful and expert handling both at home, at exercise and when racing in public, though as kind as a Christian when once he has settled down to his work and, strangely enough, he is one of the rare horses that can make his own running, being as happy in front as when waiting behind, a statement which, I am sure, would Ihj endorsed by the brothers Childs, who rode him in all his races and each won three times on him. "Vigilant" in London Sportsman. J I ; ; ! i
