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FATE OF SOME RACE HORSES Son of Commando and Half HalfBrother Brother to Hamburg Ends Days DaysPulling Pulling Laundry Wagon Where do our race horses go after their careers on the turf arc ended While nearly all the entire horses and mares are retired to the stud there are many particularly geldings that are used in other fields of endeavor oftentimes far remote from their early training For instance back in 1917 a Montreal laundryman while showing ar visiting turfman about his place proudly pointed out a thoroughbred hitched to one of his wagons wagonsThink Think of it a son of Commando the cre ¬ ator of the most brilliant line of native rac ¬ ers we have in America the line of the un ¬ beaten Colin of Celt of Peter Pan Pennant Coquette Cclandria Embroidery Peter Quince Restigouchc a laundry horse in Montreal a difficult town because of itiMiilli ness for a lightdraft horse Nogi was the horses name and besides being the son of Commando was a halfbrother of Hamburg winner of the Lawrence Realization Stakes and the Brighton Cup of 1S98 and sire of Burgomaster and Artful Hamburg sold for 10000 as a twoyearold and after that brought 60000 on one occasion and 70000 on another in the sales ring ringNogi Nogi was one of Commandos first crop of twoyearolds Great things were expected of him because of his near relationship to Hamburg He had speed aplenty but he proved an erratic performer on the race track and his breeder James R Kcene sold him when he was three years old oldNogis Nogis purchaser gelded him and put him at steeplechasing but he failed in the field as he had failed on the flat Finally he came into the possession of Thomas Love proprietor of the Montreal Steam Laundry Love had heard of the toughness and en ¬ durance of the thoroughbred but he doubted the claim of the racers admirers that he could outdo the ordinary coldblooded horse at hard work He bought Nogi for experi ¬ mental purposes and put him to a laundry wagon without wasting time And Com ¬ mandos son and Hamburgs halfbrother proved a success from the start
