Juno 10, 1000.
The Alamito Farm
And Its Fine Horses
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED MEE.
HOSO lovcth a good
horso and a pleasant
drlvo will much enjoy a
visit to tho Alamito
Farm in tho valley of
tho Paplo, Tho way la
not long, eevcn miles
west by tho county road,
and tho going Is excel
lent. Leaving Omaha by
way of Dundco I'laco,
out past Elmwood Park, across tho Little
I'aplo and over tho hills, tho wayfaring man
will presently And himself looking down
upon a peaceful vnllcy, dotted horo and thero
with clumps of trees which almost hldo
tho homesteads of tho early pioneers. Here
runs tho I'aplo, "a winding stream of no
account," nvado up of shallows and of
shady pools wherein 'tis said that flsh aro
sometimes found, although this last Is but
a rumor. It has been called a river, but
Is not so set down upon tho maps, and
brook, perhaps, would sound ns plcturosquo
and bo as near tho truth. Horo, almost at
the bottom of a long curving down swoep
of tho road, Is tho cntranco way to Alamito
Farm, tho homo of blooded horses, and ho
who runs may rend tho legend written on
owned In Vienna, Austria, but ho loft a
record and a numerous progeny of good
colts in tho Autclopo state. The farm Is
well supplied with grass and shado and run
ning water, and Is fenced with boards, no
barbed wlro hero to kill or crlpplo high
priced horses, and frisky colts can nip
each other through tho fence in porfoct
safety.
Tho roomy stables stand Just at tho base
of a hill where a cool spring bubbles out,
and overlook tho bluo grass pasturo and n
fast three-qunrtor track whero promising
colts aro Initiated Into tho mysteries of n
two-mlnuto gait. This track, It may bo said
in passing, has tho regulation mllu track
curves and In kept In excellent condition
through tho constant working out of horses
nnd the careful attention of tho trainers.
Tho stablo proper Is built In tho form of a
quadrangle, 88x106 feet, with an open court
In tho center, which la used for barnyard,
show or sales ring, as occasion may demand.
Sixteen box stalls on cither sldo open into
tho court nnd at either end of tho building
aro rooms for vehicles, harness and nil tho
traps which usually accumulate about a
training stablo. Another building near b
contains twenty additional bx stnlls and all
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"THORNDYNE, 2:11V4."
Sired by Ciiltthorn Dam Dynnmlte, by llylus,
yenr-olds which woro out In 1897, and was
ono of tho greatest 3-year-olds that ever
appeared on tho trotting turf. Slnco that
tlino ho has been kept In tho stud and
trained, but has not been raced. It Is the
intention of his owner to propnro him for
a fast record this coming fall, and thero
seems to bo n general opinion among tho
lust horsemen that ho will pace close to
tho two-mliiiito mnrk. Tins vlow Is basod
upon tho well known gameucss of tho
homo and his extremo spood. Ho has paced
n half-mllo In ono inlmitn. and now that
ho Is fully matured two minutes looks well
within his roach. Nobrnskn may jot give to
tho world another Star Pointer.
Thornilyno's colts bear n striking re
semblnnco to their sire, nil being stamped
with his Individuality and culor (solid My 3
or browns), nnd almost without exception
stnndlng stxtetMi hands high nnd upward.
Their dispositions, like that of tholr Il
lustrious sire, nro of tho best, nnd It Is
notlcoablo that nearly nil of them show
speed at tho trotting gait.
Thorndyno will not bo raced until Sep
tember and will bo In tho stud until Au
gust 1.
Mr. Ilrlggs has been n breeder nnd cam
paigner of trotters for tho past ten year?,
nnd during that time has piobnhly owned
moro fnst harness horses than any other
man In tho Mute. Among them are such
well known horses ns Alamito, 2:10;
Knlrywood, 2:15; Thorndyno, 2:11U; Hurloy
ENTRANCE TO THE ALAMITO STOCK FARM,
tho arch -which spans a shady driveway
leading to the stables.
Tho farm embraces somo two hundred
acres lying along the sunny slopes ot
gently rolling hills nnd level meadow lands
and takes Its name from a horso of pedigree
and record, Alamito, tho king of tho stud
In his dny. He cropped tho bluo grass of
tho wldo pastures to somo purpose and set
his mark at 2:10 on tho old Stato Fair
ground track In '97, tho fastest mllo, by tho
way, over trotted In Nebraska. Ho was
sold In Now York last fall and Is now
aro generally occupied, cither by tho horses
of Mr. Brlggs, proprietor of tho farm, or by
othore kept thero by reason of track and
training facilities.
Mr. Drlggs has his ofllce nt tho stables
and tho wide open doors scorn to volco an
Invitation to tho visitor to "light and hitch,"
nn invitation which Is coidlally endorsed
by tho proprietor. Ho has about twenty
promising young horses In tho stable at pres
ent and Is ono of those Nohraskans who
will not admit that Kentucky is the only
etato In which fine horses can bo bred and
trained. Although tho southern Btnto mny
hnvo a slight advnntngo In cllniato, ho holds
that our brand of bluo grass Is Just ns pro
ductive of speed and bottom and western
horsemen will readily ngreo with him.
When ono looks over this string of horses,
clean-limbed, high steppers with glossy conts
and bright eyes, tho fenr that tho outo
mobllo and other llko inventions will soon
supplnnt man's best friend seems llko n
groundless suspicion nnd tho conviction Is
forced upon him thnt there will always bo a
strong domnnd for such horses. The heavy
dray horso nnd tho patient nnd lowly plodder
of tho fields mny And relief from toll nnd bo
a poor Investment for tho market, but the
good drlvor, tho saddlo horso or coach, tho
fast roadster and tho racer aro bringing
hotter prices every day and tho demand Is
sensibly on tho Incrcnso. It Is simply n
matter of selection nnd the survival of tho
fittest with tho horso as with many other
things.
Aside from Thorndync, ono of tho most ot
tractlvo horses In tho string nt Alamito
farm, Is MotffV.no, a yearling, sired by
Thorndyno dnm Moneta, by Jlonwood. He
Is a bright bay, graceful as a swallow, llthe
llmbod and stylish, and nlroady gives abund
ant promlso ns a trotter. In fact his trainer
declares that he is tho finest that over hap
pened. Tho colt takes an nctlvo Interest In
ovorythlng going on nnd can strlko a series
of posos beforo n camera that would do
credit to n professional. Like all of Thorn
dyno's colts, ho Is gontlo nnd easily handled,
but Is full of ambition nnd go, with good
action nnd a toppy carriage
Thorndyno himself Is tho pet of tho farm.
Ho Is a handsome mahogany bay stallion
stnndlng seventeen hands nnd ono-half Inch
In height, and weighs 1,350 poundB. Ho
was foaled In 1893 on tho farm of Hon.
Church Howe, near Auburn, Nob., and Is
tho largest trotllng-brod stallion that over
boat 2:12. Ho mndo his record of 2:11
as a 3-year-old In tho second heat ot a
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"MONDINH"
(ycnrllriR).
Sired by Thorndyno, li Dam Moneta, by Monwnnd.
rnco against aged horses on tho Indian
npolls track. Ho was sired by Ciiltthorn,
dam Dynnmlto, by Hylus, and his pcdlgroo
runs back through a long lino of royal
sires whoso rocordB aro a part of tho
history of ovory well known track in the
United States.
Thorndyno holds tho world's pacing
rocord for 3-year-olds over a hnlf-mllo
track, 2:14, nnd In his 3-year-old form
was never defeated In his class, winning
flvo consccutlvo rnccs against tho best 3-
Hurley, 2:10: Kato Cnffroy, 2:18: Char
ley Hoggs, 2 : 2 1 s4 ; Nolllo Cobb, 2:21?4: Tho
Wizard, 2:18; Alacamo, 2:1711; Mean, 2:20,
and mnny others.
Folrywood, 2:15, referred to nbovo, Is
tho bolder of tho world's rnco record for
threo miles, and his mark, 7:10, was
Hindu on tho Minneapolis track on July 1,
1895. Ho has tho distinction of bolng tho
only horso that over won tho Minneapolis
Trotting Derby twice, having carrloil off
first money In 1891 and 1895.
Carpenter's Letter
(Continued from Sixth Page.)
they may tiavo thorn. It Is cheaper to- kill
a man than to feed him In prison. I see
stocks here and there, and the Datto Baqul
had a prisoner so fastened at tho time our
troops took possession of the fort. The
chief punishment for all offenses Is death.
Not long ago Datto Mandl, tho great Moro
chief of western Mindanao, sent for one of
his men to appear before him. Ho failed to
come. The datto sent again, and again ho
did not respond. Then tho datto sent word
that If he did not appear within nn hour ho
would have his head brought In on the point
ot a krls. Tho man know this meant busi
ness and come. Had tho datto killed him for
his tardiness It would have been taken by the
rest ot tho people as a matter of course.
Tho krls and tho barong aro tho common way
of settling disputes, and as overy boy and
man carries one of theso weapons It is won
derful that there Is not moro bloodshed than
there Is.
I was taking photographs the other day
outsldo a Moro village whero a cock fight
was going on. There wero at least 200
Mores about tho pit inside tho fence and
another hundred wandering about outsldo ot
It, when a Moro, who bad lost In a bet,
grabbed the stakes and ran. In a moment
thero was an uproar and every Moro present
had his band on his sword. Somo bran
dished krlses and ran after the thief, others
went for their spears and lances, which wero
, hidden in tho houses nearby, and ono black
" fellow, clad In only a brccchcloth, rushed
about with a Remington rifle strapped upon
his bare shoulders. The man escaped to a
boat and got nway, but I am much mistaken
If his life does not eventually pay for his
thoft.
A Moro nincksmlth Shop.
I am surprised more every day at tho lack
of education and industry among theso peo
ple. They havo no business apparently but
1 Ashing. There is a market at Parang-Pa-,
rang and a Chlneso store there. There Is a
Chinese store or so hero at Pollok. Tho
' Moros havo, bo far as I know, only one Btore
fi In this part of tho world, and that Is a itore
at Jolo on the Sulu Island. They allow tbe
Chlneso to do all the business. Tbe little
they sell themselves Is In the market, and
this la very little. There Is some weaving
done by the women and there is a black
smith shop at Parang-Parang where Moro
knives of various kinds aro made. The ma
chinery of this shop consists of a rudo Iron
anvil, more llko the head of a sledge ham
mer than anything else, and a set ot bellows.
Tho bellows aro two bambco tubes as tall as
your shoulder and as big around as a man's
tblgh. They aro connected by a pipe at
the bottom, which In turn Is connected with
another pipe of bamboo running under the
fireplace. In each of the big bamboos Is a
washer, which is moved up and down Just
like the dasher of an old-fashioned churn.
Each washer has a handle attached to It
and a half-naked Moro, standing on a plat
form above the bamboo tubes, pulls these up
and down, thus forcing the draft Into the
loals. Tbe blacksmith alts down as ho
ft'orks and with this rude machinery makes
iwords, speara and daggers which take an
edge llko a razor and which, tor excellency
ot workmanship, cannot bo surpassed In
Sbofllcld itself.
Some Queer Moro CiiMtoniM.
With all their barbarity tho Moros havo
somo pralsoworthy customs. Thoy do not
seem to bo quarrelsome among themselves
and they aro, according to their own ro
Uglon, well behaved. Thoy do not got
drunk and so far tho dattos have rofuscd tho
wines offered them by our officers upon
stato occasions. Thoy will not eat pork, be
causo that Is also against tho Koran. From
our Ignoranco of theso facts some Interest
ing situations havo arisen. When General
Bates was on tho Charleston, off tho const
of tho Island of Dasllan, ho was called upon
by a party of Moros. Thero wero sovoral
dattos among thorn nnd tho goncral wlshod
to do them honor, so he asked tho captain
of tho ship to give them a lunch. Tho cap
tain thereupon set out a spread ot ham sand
wiches nnd champagne Tho Moros politely
refused the champagne, saying that their ro-
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TWO MORO DOYS.
llglon did not allow thorn to touch Intox
icating liquors, but thoy nccoptcd tho sand
wiches, which wero bo mado that you could
not sco tho meat inside, ot them. As they
bit Into the bread they tnstcd the ham and
realized that they woro sinning by eating
pork. They Jumped to their feet and spat
tho meat nnd bread out over tho side of tho
ship, calling for water to wash out their
mouths.
At another place ono of tho soldiers offered
a Moro some baked beans. Ho declined to
tnko them, saying that they woro cooked
with pork nnd would kill him. A VIsnyan,
standing by, aald: "I ate somo and thoy did
not kill mo!" "Ah!" said tho Moro, "no
matador (kill) you, but matador me."
They Arc Jeiiloun.
Somo of our greatest troubles with the
Moros will probnbly como through their Jeal
ousy, not only as regards their women, but
also as to tho treatment of themselves by
tho offlclnls. Each is Jealous of tho other,
and it ono chlof receives somothlng thnt an
other does not tho latter Is angry. Thoy nro
llko chlldron In this respect. When
our officials first camo to Jolo thoy had a
bicycle with them and wero about to tako It
out and exhibit It to a party of Moros, when
Mr. Schuck, tho Interpreter, ndvlsed that
tho show bo postponed until D.attos Jokonlno
nnd Knlbl arrived, as they would resent It
If tho others bow tho blcyclo first.
In tho same connection Captain Hagadorn
gives me an Incident which occurred nt a
natlvo feast. Among tho dishes on tbe
table wero carabao moat and chicken. The
captain took tho carabao meat, but refused
the chicken, whoroupon tho natlvo said tho
chicken would be Jealous of tho carabao.
It was tho Bame with tho drinks, the Moro
advising the captain not to slight anything
on the table.
As to their women, the Moros will not
tolerate Interference and tho soldier who
attempts to court ono ot their black
teethed daughters or wives will In all prob
ability be killed, and may at the same time
bring on war. Ono daro not touch a girl
In any way and oven to look at ono Is not
conslderod polite.
The Spaniard iiutl the Moroa.
There Is now friendship botween us and
the Moros. There was nothing ot the kind
betweon them and tho Spaniards. The
Spaniards treated them llko dogs. They
had their dead lines about their military
poHts and tho Moro who stopped over one
nt theso could bo shot without warning.
Tho Spaniards as a result did not daro to
go Into tho country, and so wo havo today
tho wholo ot this great Island of Mindanao
unoxplored and undeveloped.
Our kindness to tho Moros surprises
them. Tho other day Colonel Petit was
standing on tho whnrf at Znmbonnga when
ho noticed a bright little Moro boy at his
feet. Whllo waiting for n boat ho amused
himself by asking the llttlo ono questions,
odtrlng to buy him of his father for 10
cents. Tho hoy was nfrald at first, but
attor a tlmo ho In turn questioned the
colonel as to who ha might bo, saying In
his poor Spnnlsh, "Usted Kspagnol?" "No,"
replied Colonol Petit.
"Usted Amoricano?" Aro you nn Amer
ican? asked tho boy.
"Si" (yes), was tho reply.
"Offlcor, captnln?" said tho boy.
"No," said tho colonel.
"Usted no colonol, gubcrnndor?" was tho
noxt question put trombllngly.
"Yes," wns tho roply.
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At this time tho llttlo fellow was terrified
at his presumption In addressing tho gov
ernor. Ho could not rcallzo that bo great
a man would talk to a boy llko him, and
flnnlly aald that tho Spaniards did not do
that way, but kicked and cuffod him about.
Wo find thnt tho Moros aro very good trad
ers. They came nbout tho ship to sell arms
and lncrcaao their prices according to tho
domnnd. Thoy understand what silver Ib,
but few of them approclato tho valuo of
gold. Datto Plavg. tho half Chlneso datto
ot Cottabato, Is an exception. Ho wants nil
tho gold ho enn get nnd Is always ready to
oxchango silver for It. Ho bought flvo $10
gold pieces tho othor day to uso as coat
buttons, and ho now swells about with tho
American cnglo flying all tho way from his
neck to his waist.
Nearly every ono of tho high-class dattos
now has his American flag and they float
thorn at the mastheads of the barges ot war.
PRANK O. CARPENTER.