The herald., 1894-01-01

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irregular, because it is said to have
been made before 10 am. But that
would throw Stamboul's record back to
2:11, which still lsaves him a very val
liable horse.
AS long as the performance mark
remains at 2 80 there will be no per-
ceptible advance in prices for trotters,
but once it is cut down from 2 80 to 2 20
there will be new era inaugurated in
trotting and prices will 90 up. The
new bicycle sulky has rendered it pos
sible for almost any horse to trot in
2 80 II he can trot at all and hence, II
the "powers that be" wish to keep up
the sport and protect those who breed
high-grade horses against those whose
production of trotters is sheer "bull-
head luck" they must either ban the
bike" or lower the standard to 2:20.
The latter seems to me to be much the
fairer way to get out OF the present
quandary.
THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE.
No county in America can show as
many winneis from the same number of
stations and mares as Los Angeles
county, if you bar the four ''blue grass"
counties OF Fayette, Scott, Woodford and
Bourbon in Kentucky. Mr.. E, ]. Bald
win, Of the Rancho de Santa Anita, has
bred more winners in the past IL years
than August Belmont, with 10 times Mr..
Baldwin's money, had bred in the pre-
vious 20. AS to actual merit of blood
the balance being in Mr.. Belmont's
favor for he had one horse that sold for
az much as all Mr.. Baldwin's horses
would bring today under the hammer.
The advantage, therefore, is to be found
in the difference in climate and food.
Contrast the warm and mellow paddocks
Of Santa Anita and their succulent
growth OF wild oats and al6llerilla, with
the bleak shores OF eastern Long Island
where they have to manure the land
with rotten porgies to get even crop of
hay. During the bleak winters about
Babylon, the growth of a horse is en-
tirely suspended, while in Southern
California the growth is never inter
rupted and the Baldwin yearlings are
bigger than any New York 2-year-old.
Yes, and better filled out and more thor
6ughly ripened.
Mr., BaldYin made his first start with
two stallieHs,Ts Rutherford and Grin
etead, botb,ef awh hich are alive, though
impotent. I'm England and Australia
these horses are shot, but Mr., Baldwin
will not allow anything of the kind. but
let's them live out OF gratitude, Wemay
as well dismiss Rutherford by saying he
got Lucky" 3. the great cup horse OF
eight years ago, and got nothing else.
+ -&il9idls, -hrad. almost exactly 4like
Rutherford, has gotten five winners to
bis one, and with far less opportunities.
hut drinstead WAS something diffa7ent
both in quality and performance. He
won eeveral fast races as three-year-
old, and at FIVE years was the third
horse in the fastest race Of two miles
ana guar se= * .b6la) ever run beneath
the sky. 1t was fus tanaus Saretoga
Cup of 1875 in which occurred the des,,
heat between Springbok and Preakneas
On his retiremant from the turf 3rin-
stead proved himself stock. .geJles fses..
the very fret day of his life in the
harem. AS an exponent of the male
line o. Lexington twho outbred every
othar stallion of his day and headed the
list OF winning Hires for the two wears
following his death) he ontranks War
Dance and Norfolk as completely ss
they surpass all other horses of that
line. The first of his get to attract at
tention was Gano, who won half a
dozen big races at two years old, includ-
ing the rich Eclipse stakes at Baltimore.
From that time out Grinstead's progeny
won very handsome share of the pub
lie plunder. Probably the best season
they ever saw was in 1885, when Fallen
Leaf was three years old and Volante.
Verano and Mission Belle were two. Mr..
Baldwiu's winnings were over $l00, 900
in purses and stakes in that year and
Grinetead stood fourth in list of
80 winning sires. Since the decadence
OF Grinstead Mr.. Baldwin has had
nothing to speak OF. The Emperor OF
Norfolk. unquestionably a great race.
horse, has failed sgnally as a sire, and
not without reason. for he is not bred
right for a sire. Run back his list OF
dsms for ~ generations and you will
not find winning sire in the entire lot
OF mares. Besides, Mr.. Baldwin's
mares are from so to IS per cent Herod
blood, and should be mated With stall
lion bred from the male line of Eclipse.
Mr.. Baldwin has bred many good
winners Of what are fact becoming the
classical events of the American turf.
AT this late day it is almost impossible
for me to give correct liet OF his win
nings here and at the east. However,
can find great many Of them, and they
Will give some idea of what valuable
youngsters the get of Grinstead were.
This liat includes only the first, second
and third moneys in stake races, and
does not include purees:
EMPEROR OF NORFOLK won the
Hyde Park stakes, $4, GAO at Chi.
caRp and the sara osn stakeE,
$4,62O, at ears old: and at 3 he
was the best of year that IN
Guided some OF the cracks His
winnings WoFO the American
derby at Chicago, $l3,340 the
sheridan, $3.50. and the Drexel,
$2,1eO. He also won the Broox-
iyn derby OF $3 740. No other
morse won all three of Ia g Chicago
stakes, His stake winnings alone
ros for Ng sgo seasons were......,....-.ss 3e,26o
90 races IN all, but her stakes aere
not as valcahle az they now are for
the same events. SHE won the
champion stakes and Monmouth
OAKS at Long Branch, worth
$4,000 each; the Hemer stakes at
6aratoga, worth 81 100 and the
Foxhail, worth f3,725: the La.
tonia derby, $4, 30; and second
money money In the lorlllard stakes,
w 600. In second and third
moneys she got $3.50, makinga
" ot totsl M,,S Of 2s.345
old races in 1884, OF which have
no record He won the American
derby OF 1885, worth SO 75O and
twice won the Bonluan staE es At
the same place. worth $1,000
more. He won the Champion
stakes at Long Branch, @4, 800:
the Saratoga Cup, 81, ,s65, aud the
y, Mercnant gnn stakes at Louisville,
pl GU ............ 279a5
SlNALOA IL. was one OF th best illies
ever bred in America. She won