The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-06-21
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4 Chat With the Nan Who Raised
TIE Derby Winner.

4 chat With the Nan Who Rstso<
he Derby Winner.
eath's Phil. Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
Being in Philadslpbia By tamil!
pecssnly this week. / vas not mucI
interested in any news till Charley
Mann, . well-known sporting gentle
man. nid to me 90 Chestnut street:
"Wsll. our horss hes Won it. Tier,
must b . big time in New York to
day"
I thought be meant Conkling had
Won the senate.
Cooking elected" exclaimed.
Il don't ksow anything abou
Conkling," he replied. ''but Iroquois
the American horse, has Won ths
English Derby, and If you will turn
the corner ! Gill introduce you to tbt
man whO raised him"
He introduced me to . tall, gray
haired, cropped, big red-faced. easy
talking old man. Nj. Aristides WEIGH,
of Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia.
Mr.. v elch reminded me somewhat Of
Simon Cameron BY his easy aaability.
love Of political gossip, hospitality and
loundDes of communication. He IL
probably 81 yean old, and Was born
in the Cumberland valley Of Penn.
sylvania, At ShiPpensbWg. near the
birthplace of James Buchanan, and
WAS. believe, q paymaster in the army
. while. He has been . sporting man,
and is . r.iser Of fancy stock. and has
. large acquaintance with public men.
"Mr. WEIGH" said I. show much
did you get for Iroquois ?"
Il sold him with all my yeariings.
about twenty in number, two years
ago to the Lorillard brothers. they
paying about $1,000 apiece. 1t VA
the last crop out ofmy great breeding
stallion Leamingtor. Alas" ex.
claimed Mr.. WEIGH, 'there are no
Leamingtous now. But | have gOi
Alarm, that I think is fine sire, too.
Leamington is dead. Charter Foster,
the sporting editor. WAS with the broth.
era LoriIiard, and said to him :
Tell George Lorillsrd to buy that
thin brown colt, rs he is the best in
the whole lot Foster WAS not quick
enough about it, and I said to Pierre
Lorillard soon after: 4 will give you
5000 for !roqaOis.' He said be
would keep him"
How did you get Maggie B. B.,
M. WEIGH :"
81 paid 81. 800 for her to Littell, a
sporting man, who bought her from
the grandson of Henry Clay. He
raised her and named her for Maggie
B. Beck, the daughter Of Senator
Beck, of Kentucky, who Was beauti-
full gil and in love with young Clay,
q be with her. But be WA little
too convivial. and her parents per-
suaded her to marry the nephew of
Corcoran, the Washington banker,
and she died while . bride. Maggie
ran in several races, and before she
run down I got her and bred her to
bennington. bennington Vas an i'm
ported English race horse that had
Won several races and been broken
down 90 the turf l forget, now"
said Nj. Welch, with 40 evasive look.
'.just what l gave for bennington.
but | want to tell you . point we'll u
b made in this race. The English
will be claiming that Iroquois is of
full English stuck, whereas the sire of
Iroquois' dam was Boston. IN Ameri-
can horse, forty years ago. Boston
Was the greatest racer of his time,
and won . $1,000 purse from FASH
ION, The other great racer. Like our.
selves. the cross was between America
and English racing stock"
"WeIl. Mr.. WEIGH. did you send
out to Kentucky and get blue grass to
feed Iroquois ont"
"No; We have plenty of blue grass
In Pennsylvania. and the same lime
stone. l fed him on good oats and
chopped food, and let him get water
and grass on my farm. Limestone 10
necessary to make . racer. England
is nearly all lime or chalk. You re-
quire high. bracing. yet temperate
climate aud elevation to make good
stock. For. years I bred trotting
stuck, and had Lady Thorne, the
greatest trotter of her day, which
brought $4,000. Harold. the fine
young racer, Was Of Maggie b. B.. BY
Leamington, too. The price on my
place for serving bennington. to
mares vas $3.50 apiece. A hundred
gsineas Is often Obtained 10 England. !"
"Are you surprised at the result Of
the rae, Nr. WEIGH :"
"Wsll. I did not expect Iroquois 10
win it because Of his trainer. Loril-
lard got . drunken Englishman named
Brovn 70 train his animals, and he
has been drunk for . year in the
Rscsndy Lorillard has had
Paryear. of South Carolina, an Ameri-
can, to train for him, and there has
been IN improvement. Lorillard
/ have understood, only
backed Iroquois for . place, although
the betting against the horse . few
weeks ago was one hundred to one.
I don't expect the Americans will
ever win the Derby again"
why mott"
because this race is IN exceptional
chance Cor us. You zee We have to
get boys to ride out of the gutter. SO
tospeak. Over there . jockey like
Archer. Who rode lroqnoie, goes to
the track in his own coupe. Loril-
lard got this Archer to ride for him,
and having the best horse and the
best rider too. had the two coinci.
dences Of . century. Archer receives
q retainer from one man Of $40, 900 q
year, for the privilege of calling on