The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-23
CORRECT LINES Of SPEED.
Ars Found In the Great ST. Blaise,
6 Recently Sold for Even
W. 100000.
Els Perfof. on the Eaglish
Tracks Rank Him az
Great Racer.
Notable Sons and Daughters Well Known
In This Country--A Yearling That
Brought 10000.

New YonK, Oct. 22.The sensational sale
of the Belmont stallion, 81. Blaise, has
awakened wide inquiry as to the career Of
the horse that brought 100000 under the
hammer. The further fact that the purchas er
Charles Reed, Of Tennessee, has refused an
advance Of $4,000 on the price paid ac.
centuates the marvel of the transaction.
Mr.. Reed has given it out that 81. Blaise il
not for sale. to the chaGrin OF wealthy
horsemsn, some Of whom are said to have
been ready to offer as high as $500, 900 for
the king.
st. Blaise was bred by Lord Arlington.
and Was foaled In 1880. His color ia rich.
dark chestnut, with a narrow, white blaze
in his face. both his near legs being white
nearly to the knee and hook, while the cor
onet of his of hind foot has band Of
white around it. He stands about sixteen
hands and half an inch, and his general ap-
pearance was thus summed up by good
judge at the time he arrived
in the fall of 1885: "St.
Blaise is built upon the correct lines Of
speed. He has the hnndsc me head of the
Hermits, compromise between the ex-
tremsly blood -like type of the Sweetmeats
or Orlandos and the Roman model of the
Stockwells. II ID rather square at the muz-
zle, tho profile is straight. with good width
Of forehead. deep jowls and splendid eye.
He has good. blood-like neck and oblique
shoulders. He has good depth Of Rirth, q
short back and very fine. wide loin. His
quarters are big and we'll developed, his
arms are large, and he has dne, big knees.
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elbows-whioh are set free from his body,
and this is one of the best points horse
oan possess. He has immense bone for an
English horse, and this will make him a
very valuable acquisition to our blood
stock. He has one OF the sweetest tenn
pers."
As two-year-old, st. Blaiss started six
times, winning four races, including q
walk-over and dead heat. His first start
Was made in the Stockbridge biennial, six
furlongs. at the Bibury CLUB meeting. This
the Troy stakes he had walkover, but in
the Hurstbourns stakes. about five furlongs,
both these events being at 6t0ckbridge.s he
was defeated BY that good colt Machsath
but was second, beating Mr.. Houldsworth'd
Adriana, one Of the best Of her year, con
cading her weight In the Molscomb stakes
at Goodwood, six furlongs, he ran dead
heat with EIzevir, but in the Dewhurst
plate at Newmarket, seven furlongs, he was
not placed when conoeding weight to all
the others. The Newmarket Troy stakes,
five furlongs 40 yards, he won, giving
The next year, in the 1000 guineas,
won by Galliard, he ran unplaced,
but this was not his true form, as he
sh owed when it came to the Derby. About
this event there probably will always be
talk and innuendo, but most good judges
thought at the time that, though Highland
Chief very nearly caught Lord Allington'a
and Sir Frederick Johnstone's colt at the
finish, st. Blaise's performance was very
meritorlous. showing the greatest pluck
and stamina. In the Grand Prix de Paris
he vindicated his victory by running Sec
ond to Frontin. who was thought the best
thres-year-old in Europe that year, only
fadet was poor third, three lengths away.
In the Ascot derby he was asked to concede
ten pounds to winner. Ladislas, and seven
teen pounds to Ossian, who ran second and
afterward won the st. Leger, and could not
quite accomplish the task. After this he
| walking over for the Stockbridge Biennial
for three-ysar and the Winchester
Biennial stakes. That this record entities
him to a respect as rRchorse 10 undoubted.
ST. Blsise is a horse Of magnificent breed
ing. How good race horse and sire Her
init was every one is aware. Among the
many racehorses he sired may be mentioned
| Tristan, Ehotover, Peter. Thebois, st. Mar
guerit, st. Louis, st. Medard, etc., while
Fusee, st. Blaise's dam, was u good race
mare. Her sire, Marsvas also sired George
Frederick, the Derby winner of 1874, who
again WAS a great success at the stud,
among his gst being Frontin, Beau Rrunn-
mell, sto. Il will be noticed that st. Blaisa
is inbred to Touchstone, and among his
crosses will be found the blood of Black
lock, Sultan, Gladiator and Sir Hercules.
The performances of the sons and daugh-
ters of st. Blnise in this country are toe
we'll known to make it advisable to give q
mac, La loscs, 1T. Florian, Chesapeake
Clarendon, Admiral, ST. Carlo, Padishah
| Her Highness aud others he has sired q
magnificent collection OF turf stars. and his
reputation III q successful stallion will en-.
| dure for centuries.
| a frst-class racehorse and has already
shown himself the most Auccessful stallion
in the world. Ills sire, Hermit (winner o1
| tho Derby. etc.), was the best stallion
England has ever known. Fuzce (st
Blaise's damn won. as two-y old. the
Chelmsford Nursery handicap, boating
eight others, and the Stratton Nursery
handicap, carrying top weight, defeating
seven others. she also ran second in this
Nursery plate at Croydon and third in the
Ramsey Abbey Nursery handicap. As q
three-ysar old she started eleven timen and
won nine races. including tho Nursery cup.
one mile, at Chester; tho Little John stakes,
one milo, at Nottingham; Welter Cul
handicap, one mile. at Kingsbury. carrying
top weight; the Kingsbury handi-
cap, ono and one quarter miles
again carrying. top weight; the Queens
plate, two miles. at Nottingham; tho
queens plate, upward Of three ana one hal
miles. nt Newmarket; the queens plate,