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TRAINER OF MEISSEN DESERVING OF PRAISE PRAISEGonzalez Gonzalez and Charge Underwent Many Inconveniences En Route to U S A From Native Country CountryINGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD Calif June 19 Jesus Gon ¬ zalez his fidelity as constant as the northern star delivered Meissen the Peruvian thor ¬ oughbred star to the U S A and therein lies a tale of a thoroughbreds unbounded confidence in his trainer trainerBut But for this confidence and the uncanny skill of Gonzalez in handling a horse scaling 1300 pounds or more Meissen might not be soaking up sunshine and inhaling the sea breeze at Rancho San Luis Key today With anyone else attempting to unload the horse and hold him while he kicked the kinks out of his legs it is entirely possible Meissen would have fallen or broken loose Had this happened and with him so exoted serious injury might have resulted resultedWhen When the wealthy Senor Velez owner of a millionacre plantation in Peru sold Meis ¬ sen to Andrew T Jergins it was stipulated Gonzalez should accompany the horse on the boat and be his trainer They are prac ¬ tically inseparable in fact during the voy ¬ age Meissen acted like a spoiled baby every time his pal left his stall which was se ¬ cured to the main deck of the SS Vinland a Norwegian freighter flying the Union Jack JackAs As a consequence Gonzalez slept only a few hours a night spent the balance of the night and all the day sitting up with Meissen who could not rest comfortably in his cramped stall Space was so limited the horse could not be removed from the stall and there he stood for twenty days and nights CATTAIX TELLS OF VOYAGE Discussing this phase of a zigzag voyage from Callao to Los Angeles Capt M Midboe master of the Vinland declared declaredWithout Without Gonzalez on this boat the horse would have died of fright The man was with his horse almost constantly When the trainer sneaked away for a few winks I would assign a member of the crew to sit in front of the stall Meissen would be quiet for a while then go into a tantrum trying to kick out of his stall stallThe The stall was hoisted from the deck to the dock with the good Senor Gonzalez inside to keep his champion quiet When the door was opened Meissen was pawing eager to get out and test his sea legs To jockey Mario Quintero acting as interpreter Gon ¬ zalez gave this warning warningTell Tell the people to stand back When this horse comes out of the stall he will come out kicking and somebody might get hurt hurtThe The crowd scattered and here came Meis ¬ sen kicking and snorting snortingQieto Qieto quiet Gonzalez commanded in Spanish Instantly the horse obeyed and walked through the shed to the outdoors for an inspection by the veterinarian for the Bureau of Animal Husbandry Under the regulations it was necessary to scrub his hooves with a strong solution as a safe ¬ guard against hoof and mouth diseases diseasesThe The vet was quite willing to leave this task to Gonzalez The way the Peruvian was kicking it looked like a dangerous job but Gonzalez stepped right in He gave a command Arriva1 up and Meissen raised his hoof SHORT EXCURSIONS ASHORE ASHOREFoot Foot washing ceremony completed the big bay was led outside to a patch of ground between wharves Here he gave a spectacu ¬ lar exhibition of unwinding his sea legs He rocked back and forth like a hobby horse reared on his hind legs and kicked his fore ¬ legs Then on his forelegs and lashing out with the hind legs Between his hop skip and jump act Meissen devoured carrots and let out a series of satisfied grunts gruntsWhen When customs officers called Gonzalez into the shed to open his luggage Meissen was turned over to one man and a boy Quintero and Andy Gumpere of Hollywood Park who has been around horses all his life They grasped his bridle with some trepidation In three minutes the big horse was on another rampage Every time he reared Gumpere thought his arms would be pulled out of socket socketSomebody Somebody run and tell Gonzalez to come back here pronto Gumpere shouted This horse is too much for me meThe The Peruvian a mite of 108 pounds vet ¬ eran of 30 years in the saddle returned on the double quick He took over the reins and commanded Tranquilo So it was wasHorsemen Horsemen marveled at the way the lillipu tian Gonzalez handled 1300 pounds of tem ¬ pestuous horseflesh mostly by command like a circus ringmaster ringmasterThis This is one reason Meissen may fare ex ¬ ceedingly well in a strange land Gonzalez will be at the helm using the same training methods he used in Peru feeding the same type of food following the same routine and speaking the same language languageAnother Another reason Meissen may do well in the Hands Across the Equator gesture he was never out of the money in dear old Peru
