ARION GUY 89 



in 1922 would easily be secured by the son of Guy 

 Axworthy. 



In the course of a recent interview which Tommy Murphy 

 accorded for use in this volume, he said: 



"Arion Guy has about the sweetest disposition of any 

 horse I have ever had in my charge. There he stands, as 

 quiet as an old gelding, more quiet in fact than some of 

 them, and that way he stands for hours at a time, every day. 

 He has no bad habits of any kind or degree. He is no more 

 trouble than the barn cats. Every visitor to his stall is wel- 

 come. He seems never to have learned to nip at his care- 

 taker, but he does show real affection for him and, the matter 

 of that, he may have a real liking for all people — some 

 horses are of that disposition. Up to this time (it was the 

 middle of February, 1922 — Ed.) he has not known what it 

 is to be on the ailing list. The boys tell me that he never 

 has missed a feed, and I know he has never had to be ex- 

 cused from whatever training stunt was set for any particu- 

 lar day. But that I mean he has never had his training 

 interfered with by sickness or lameness or anything else. 



"He is a perfect glutton for hay and he is not denied il 

 at all. He gets what he wants of it when he wants it, and he 

 always is ready for it and would be sure to let us know if 

 we had not given him enough. But the boys know his ca- 

 pacity and while it is great they try to make the 'portions' 

 come up to his requirements. His daily supply of oats is 

 about nine quarts in the racing season, and that amount 

 seems to have suited him pretty well. 



"I do not know that any of the routine of his training 

 would be of interest except that there was nothing peculiar 

 or out of the way about it. He was trained just about as all 

 good horses are trained and he was keyed up at the proper 

 time, and then he did what we expected him to do. He did 

 not miss any work either as a three-year-old or a four-year- 

 old, and when I began to drop him toward fast miles nothing 

 happened to prevent me from carrying out whatever program 

 or plan I had in mind. He trained like the good horse he is 

 and gave me absolutely nothing to worry about. I knew 

 before we shipped to North Randall in 1921 that he had his 



