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Show f RACEHORSES IN OLD AGE; ! MANY ARE DRAWING CABS The qucHtlun of the ultimate din pupltion of the plnn and nee, ilea hna beiui debuted moMt i-xhnittlely. and lmr.nll.ly (lie aubjeel bun heon natls-fnetorlly natls-fnetorlly Hettb.l The .roblem a lo whnt beroiuea of all the rneehotf.ee In rntlier more Intricate nml rcqulrcx dlllretit liuiuiry. "What lioeomcn of nil the race-borKiB?'' race-borKiB?'' wan ai-lced of Krnnk Knrrell, owner of I!liu nnd the Creator New York ham-hall club, which are riild to bo coupled In the . eMInit. "I don't know." replied Mr. Fan ell Willi deliberation, "but I bne Htronit rotivli'tiona nn to what alioul.l become of some of lliein." It wna evident Mr. Farrell'a nanally iltltiy illspofllloll btol been telnpotnt. Ily clouil.-.l by n lout of ou tbid in aome metubera of tho o,ulno family, aud the wilier .11,1 not .iexa Hie query. When John i:. Madden waa aaked the ituoHtlon bo nilil cheerily: "Why. that's eauy. Ti.oi keep tiav-cIIiik tiav-cIIiik alvoui like the blrdn. tin Souih and Weal In the wlnler and North In the summer. Yea. air. thla prone lac to he the en-Hteat radii; aeaaon In the hlatory of the aport." As the replies of Messrs. Farrell and Mad den seemed lo be lacking In detail the writer aaked the aame question of W. t Fesaendon. Itnlner, owner and former baseball enpert. "What becoinea of Ihe tacehorses, liT" he echoed. "Well, my boy, nine out of- ten break down. Aa siatn as that happens they are sold for what they will brluK There Is msny a horse that once rsced home winner In a classic event (o the ahouta of tuouaande who now nulls a back or a peddler'a cart. "Jo Cotton, once a grand handi cap horM. la drawing a hack In Iics ton. while ihe mUhiy Unnquot now earns hla "aln bnntlnp s lxindnn rah. SuKnl ir. I'.uiiov.r. Iluiuhurg and others are more fortunate, aa they II ate ;n tin- ale.1 I "Hut the number of maillot, s I being steadily leatrliiod. with the iv '( null or a very bin- Inrren'e In n ) percentage of kkIiMcks on the track. ' . Tlie object la ti. iln nwiiy with tb ' larne number of cheap and useless amnions. The result will lie the tier- rowing of altos to the most selnet ( straltiM nml conao.iio it Iniiirovetnetit i ' j In Hie breed." "Wh iloea an inrye pniportlon of j tlloioiit.!ibre.N I. real! dowc?" ; . "l li.ll la due to II. o curly ace at i, j which liev are rn.-.-.l. Financial le- j ! wards a, -. in to l.o t.-r Ihe owners of ', two yoin oI.Ih. in., I, ,,f riin, tl,y do i not ni'.s their opportunities. A a- i clal eflon la made In the development , ami ra. lei: of horses of that age, and aa a nuijoiliy oticn nio not stnihg i enoui:li to stand the work they break ' down. Fully mi tier cent of lwt-year- olds fall to pass succcanfolly through '-'t the ordeal of racing, and of the t horse Unit bettln as two year olds not t one lu a humlriHl Is fit for racing at p five years old. A large proportion I I Iih bps, lulled for work on the track j at four years. j "Ab lo tho mares, very few of them ! are of any value as racers after their .( fifth year. Ttiey havo a better future ' ' than the gcldlnga nml stallions, for i thorn Is alwaya a lively demand for ' good breed mares. t "llownver, as Improvement In I breedlrg goes on. wo may develop a ! two-year-old that will bettor stand j the vlclsaltu.bsi of campaigning." New York I'reas. I |