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ONE OF GILPEWS BARGAINS • . English Trainer Tells How He Won Race With a Discredited Horse. 1 Barbarian Had Reputation of Tfot Being Able to Go Fire-eiffhtbs, bnt Under Proper Handling Won at a Greater Distance. ♦ P. I Gilpin, the* Enpli?h trainer, -writes as follows in the London Weekly Dispatch of an experience with a horse named Barbarian during his military l;iys in Ireland. While we were in the middle of a musketry course at Newbridge I was particularly anxious to go to Baldoyle races, where I had a horse called Stockmar running. I would not ask leave to go. My captain knew I was running the horse and I preferred to let the matter slide rather than a-k to be let off. When I had almost abandoned hope of seeing the races the captain came up to me and said I OmM go if I liked. Thanking him 1 galloped off and just caught the train, Whirh landed me there in the nick of time. I had purchased Stockmar at the sales at Newmarket the previous autumn for 00. When I asked William Milliard if he would kindly 1. 1 him go over to Ireland with his other purchases, he laughd and said the horse would never arrive there alive. He certainly did look a wreck. However, I nursed him through the winter, later sending him to my frii -nd Garrett Moore. to tiain. One of Carretts stable lads named Keyes used to ride him in his work and as a reward I said he should ride him in the ra e. which he did. Ballinafal, a good all-round performer, won the first race, a tivc-eiphths affair, in a canter and was again a hot favorite for my contest, the Whitsuntide IMate. two miles run over small fences. The second favorite was Hominy, a useful hone trained by the same llillia.nl who had laughed at Stockmar. Going up to Iatsy ~"adogan. my old friend of the ring, I inquired my horses price and. hearing it was 100 to 15, I took it five times and supplemented that with six. "ponies" a c« uple of times. Stockmar won comfortably, the other two 1 have mentioned being second and third, and I returned to the barracks in good ease n.arly $: .000 better off. The victory was duly celebrated at mess that night. Hilliards look of surprise after the race was really funny, but he immediately came and, warmly congratulating me, laughingly said. "I never dreamed that your horse could beat us." Shortly afterward some horses were being sold at The Curragh and I was anxious to buy two of them — one a four-year-old named Bed Indian, that had cexst a couple of thousand originally, and the other a three-year-old named Barbarian that had disappointed his conne-etions on various occasions, having been heavily backed over five-eighth courses. BOUGHT BY CAPTAIX JOT. As I was unable to get away from stables in time I just missed the sale, but on inquiry found that Barbarian had been bought by Captain Joy, who trained at Conynham Lodge, for 25. I found Captain Joy as soon as I eould and secured his purchase by paying a "pony" profit. When I told the celebrated Garrett Moore that I had bought Barbarian he said he was afraid I had made a bad purchase, as the colt eould not stay five-eighths and he did not see what I could do with him. I said nothing at the time, but a day or two afterward I said that I thought the horse was unable to begin in his races and that I be-lieved. if run over longer courses and allowed to settle elown after the start he would come out all right. I d -cided he should have a good rest b« fore resuming work antl used to go over to the stables at Jockey Hall in the afternoon, take him on a leaeling rein and let him eat grass to his hearts content. After a couple of months we put him into gentle work and I entered him in the Kastern Plate over seven-eighths at The Curragh, rather, I think, to everybodys amusement. About thre-e weeks before the race I suggested to Carrett that we should give the horse a gootl gallop with something that would e-asily tell us the time of day. On his asking what I proposeel to gallopeel him with I saiel Theorist, his own horse that had won the Irish Derby. t.KKATI.Y SURPRISED. He was greatly surprised and amused at my nerve antl said it was ridiculous. Theorist was handicapped te jrive I.arbarian thirty-eight pounds, but I suggested the gallop should be at twenty-four pounds, nrha li called forth some more sarcastic remarks, all in good humor. Bat I know Garrett thought I was mad. Nevertheless, we had the gallop and Barbarian won it in a canter. Garrett loudly protesting that it was all wrong, to which I repMai : "You will see how wrong it is in a weeks time if you will let your harm gallop with him again." When the time came 1 said that we would D"w gallop them at fourt-en pounds, to which he at first etbjected, but he eventually consented. The result was exactly the same and I knew I had found a really good thing. I naeeuneeel my find with an e ld ally and friend, anolh-r wl:o trainee! at the Curragh - Mi.hael De-nnely of French Hous", who afterward traine-d three or four heirses of mine. He agreed that it would not get beaten, at the same time telling me that Daaaeaae, a mare he was training at the time, would be my only elanger. Michael often gave- me good and kindly advice and man;. w re the phasant hours I spent with him in his ever-hospitable house. The day of the race duly came. I decided to have a gt od bet and aske-d Garrett how mi. eh he- would have on, to which he n Batol 0. Now Qarrett was a bad be-ttor. He W M nave o aa every race whether the animals were good e»r bad and consequently could not possihly min much and. in fact, he never did. It was now my time to lecture him and I told him not to be stupid and to have J..ihi nn and that I was going to invest Jl f." i. at whic h he fairly gasped. He utterly refus -d to increase his stake, but I settled the argument by saying I should put him %j.l 0 on whether he liked it or not and 1 did na I told the boy who was riding Barbarian to wait till a fuiloup and a half from home and then take his pence. He carried oat in-■tructlom to the letter, winning easily. loiter in the- day. against nay better jiidgme-nt, I allowed him to ran ag.iiu, njhaa after a bumping finish he was 1-eaWn by a head. 1 was ■atoanei t ahlect, but would aet do a». Chailes Make. ,nc of the stewards of the Turf club, told me I was uuite right to be content with the govii fortune I had already liad.
