Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-27

to California, and, in all probability
emboldened by the success OF Mr.. Rose
and Mr.. Baldwin, are likely to seek the
scene of their fortunate operations.
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The blood horse meeting at San Fran
| cisco has gone ahead in O prosaic way
since the great 2-year-o!d match.
have commission in my hands, au-
thorizing. me to boy Charmion, the
| winner of the race, but limiting me as
to price, which ia a good and liberal one,
to my notion. The racing of the 2-year-
there was no colt in America of
that age that could pick up lis pounds
and exercise His Highness. He won
the great Futurity stakes in canter,
carrying 130 pounds and conceding II
pounds to Huron, Is to Yorkville Belle,
% to Dagonet. Is to Anna 3. and 8 to
Tammany. This year, he starts out
second choice for the Suburban and fin
ishes nowhere. In all his stake engage
ments he runs like q butchers hack,
while Tammany, who never could beat
him last year, turns out to be the crack
of the season, and wins $107 900 in five
races.
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Hence l say to new turf beginners do
not base too much upon 2-year-old per-
formances. Tournament was only fair
colt at that age but, in the following
year, he was set down as the best of the
season and had $S4, 600 to his credit. At
2 years old Luke Blackburn was mod :.
erately good colt, but at he could
give every colt of his age in America 10
pounds and walloping. Mr.. Ten
Broeck's colt Umpire, by Lecompte out
of the dam of Lexington, won three i'm
portant 2-year-old events, his owner
pulling off about $85, 900 ON him besides
the stakes. This made him the all win
ter favorite for the Derby of 1850. When
that race came off, Thormanby won, with
the Wizard second and Umpire no.
where. The great American colt led for
mile, was in trouble at nine furlopgs
and died away completely at mile and
aquarter. This is only ons of many
cases that could cite.
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On the other hand, suppose young
Mr.. Miller, who is a very pleasant and
affab]e gentleman by the way, should
sell his mare for $4,000, which is sup.
posed to be nearly eight times what he
gave for her-what would he do with
the money? Could he 60 out and buy
anything that has go far equaled her
on public form? Not to my idea. He
could probably take that amount of
money and 90 out into the breeding
farms and buy II to Is handsome and
well-bred yearlings for that eum; and
then not have a single one of the dozen
that could win from Charmion with IL
pounds concession of weight. But when
one is not Haggin, Belmont or
Macdonough, it is often cafe to sell.
Horses frequently die, but $40 pieces
never throw out curb.
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So, just what Master Dan will do
about it cannot say. He may cell his
mare for big price ard he may hold on
to her himself. She lie his exclusive
property and he can do az be likes. I
believe it was Lord Londesborough who
sold good mare at q comparatively low
price and was taken to task by some
friends for having done so. His lord
ship replied: "Well, I sold my mare
and am sorry for it. At the sams time
it is better to cell horse and be sorry
than to keep horse and be sorry" If
every good 2year-old was a good per-
former at 5, Mr.. Miller's course would
be very plain sailing.
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A remarkable story comes to me from
Nashville in letter from gentleman
who breeds gallopers and has never in
his life owned trotter capable of beat
ing 2:50. He says it is common rumor
on the streets of that city that George
Starr, after driving Mr.. Mayberry's
"hearse horse, ,"San Pedro, to- q record of
2:l0, concluded to convert him into
trotter, and that the black horse has al
ready shown half mile in :G51a. Now,
this may be true and it may not, but
the absence of San Pedro from all the
pacing races of the psst six weeks gives
color 10 the story. Should he trot as
good as 2:13 he has at least $25 900
worth of purses and stakes at his mercy
next year. HIDALao.