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H G BEDWELLS SUCCESS AS A TRAINER No Secret About His Methods Uses More Cooked Food Than Most Conditioners Baltimore Mil September 28 When H G Bed well took charge of the racing stable of Commander 1 K L Ross last year horsemen were anxious to see whether the western expert would have the same de ¬ cree of success as marked Iiis efforts when he trained for himself For eight years Redwell saddled more winners than any other man in America while in 19H5 he led the country in both the number of races and the total amount won His work this year has Iwen such as to brjng him more prominently than ever before the public anil with a view to determin ¬ ing what methods contributed to his success Mr Beduell was asked if lie had any patent right on the art of training He smiled as lie replied repliedHardly Hardly I use ciminitm sense thats all Of course tin fact that no two horses are alike calls for the exercise of judgment I try to Rive my horses the same sort of attention that a physician gives his patients If you keep a horse normal and well he is bound to respond to training There is no secret about my methods I use perhaps more cooked feed than most trainers Every night unless they are to race the next day every member of my stable has a supply of cooked oats with a little corn This is mixed with bran I am a believer in hay and keep three kinds before my horses ill the time I like California hay alfalfa and mixed clover and timothy A good hay eater is usually a good race horse just as most men vho are big eaters of bread are healthy and able to do a good days work All animals must have a certain amount of roughage if perfect health is to be maintained Always there is water where a horse may have as much as lie wants wantsCOMMON COMMON SENSE IN TRAINING TRAININGAnother Another thing resumed the export horseman which I think has contributed to the condition of my horses is the fact that winter and summer there are no doors on the fctables I want all the air I can pet to reach my horses They are clothed of course I use three of four light blankets in preference to one heavy one and these are put on and taken off according to the temperature Par ¬ ticular attention is paid to their feet Many years ago In Colorado when I was in the livery business I liada couple of tight boxes with mud Jiiul watetln them and I noticed when the horses were turned out to water they fought to get into these stalls Nurture is our teacher in these things What kept the feet of the wild horse perfect He had to mush around in soil every time he went to drink and it is reasonable to say that this was several times a day The answer is the fine feet you see on all horses which run the range or are in a wild state Keep the foot as near nature as possible and the problem is solved The frog should never be per ¬ mitted to get hard under any circumstances circumstancesPerhaps Perhaps the best piece of training that Mr Bed well has ever done under the eyes of New Yorkers was the bringing back of Cudgel after his hard campaign last spring Those who had not seen the big fouryearold between Aqueduct and Saratoga were amazed at the condition he displayed when stripped for his engagements at the Spa The horse had put on at least one hundred pounds of flesh and it was as firm as marble The bloom on his coat had the luster of satin and his eye was like a jewel When asked how he had secured this result Bedwell said saidPhysic Physic followed with light work alongside a pony He came back like a rubber ball He was galloped with the pony until lie showed me that lie wanted to run and the rest was the usual routine routineIt It is not often that one stable contains two such cracks as Cudgel and Billy Kelly and certainly they are in hands where the public will have a chance to see them perform performBILLY BILLY KELLYS KACING NOTIONS NOTIONSWe We shall be ready to meet all commers said Bedwell and will fulfill every engagement as long as they are fit and well I regard Billy Kelly as the best twoyearold in the country and dont think I ever have seen his equal As a matter of fact I dont know how fast lie can run for the little rascal is cunning and vont try unless he has to I worked him threeeighths at Saratoga with Cudgel in thirtyfour seconds and his nose was in front at the post He is growing every ilay and I believe is going to be a good sized threeyearold He is fifteen two and a half hands now nowUpon Upon being asked what he thought of the barring of geldings from greater races for threeyearolds Mr Bedwell said I am in accord bemuse it is bound to work for the betterment of horse condi ¬ tions but like some of the breeders I think there should have been a longer time set before it became operative operativeAnything Anything that is going to give the country more stallions to select from in the work of general pur ¬ pose horse improvement is a good thing I would like to see all the racing assignations give a certain number of races each meeting when the winner wouM go to the government I would suggest that i part of the conditions of such a race would give the government permission to take any of the placed horses if they should think them superior to the winner the transfer to be made either by trade or purchase We cant du too much to augment the supply of the type of horse that will serve the needs of the country in peace as well as in war
