The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-11

Mr. Croker 20 sens His esos CoIt 70 Rsns
Meade NtuA.

When Richard Croker's good three-year-old
coz Dobbins pulled MP lame after chasing Har
rinktop through the deep mud At Gravesend
during the autumn meeting Of the Brooklyn
Jockey CT b. IL was expected that . few weeks
rest would make the stanch chestnut colt ~
good ~ ever. Unfortunately. however. all hops
Of training the son Of Mr.. Pickwick and Thors
has been abandoned, and Mr.. Croker announces
that the colt will be sent TO the stud at Belle
Meade. Tenn.
Dobbins was bred by Charles Reed g. Sons IT
their Fairview stud, near Gallatin. Tenn, and
was sold a. . yearling TO Frank Ehret of this
city for $4,000. When that young gentleman
retired from the turf Dobbins was among the
other thoroughbred that passed under the ham
mer. He was still . yearling. had been highly
tried. and there was the sharpest kind Of compe-
tltIon for him. He was q great, slsshing young
ster. possessing more size than any other
yearlinR at the sale, and he fell 10 Mr..
Croker's bid of S2o.1O0. In the early
spring word came from Gravesend that
Dobbins was a big disappointment because
q small, weedy-lookinR colt in M. +. Dryers
stable had beaten the big fellow in . half-mile
spin. But the sentiment changed when Mr..
Dryers small colt none other than Chateau
beat all of the two-year-olds he met at Eliza
beth. 1t was soon bruited abroad that Dobbins
was . clinker and that his half sister, Yorkvillo
Belle, could not outrun him at any distance up
10 half a mile. Mr.. Croker became enthusiastic
and began taking his friends over to the stables
between the races and having the colt led out
when the Brooklyn Jockey Clubs meeting
opened Dobbins was regarded as the most for
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could beat Dobblns in the spring, but as the
; sea 81 yan nes, the latter IImpTGvedI enough to run
ino winning by . nose, with Gslilee a like dis.
lance in front Of 1obbins. The amount OF
title Of the Iron .two-year:oid,". and turf
men were amazed az his showing in
and Richard Croker back ed him for 10000 to
NEE, Domino over the same ground and carry
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McDermott had ridden Dobbins, but in the
match Simms, the regular rider for the Dwyer
the most furiously contested on record and the
result was q dead heat.
In stake s and purses, and in 1894 he did about
as well. taking the Realization Stakes from Rey
FL Santa Anita. the winner. OF the American
Derby; Hornpipe, who had beaten him In the
early spring; Senator Grady, q colt that beat him
was . superiative performer in heavy going,
and It was on strack to his liking that he came
to grief. There is no donbt that he was raced
too frequently as q two-year-old and again
during the season Just closed, and had he been
handled judiciously, he would still be At TO fight
dwindliug. Red Banner, for which he gave
time, although . contemporary has her among |
Belle is in the stud and Flirt might as
we'll be there. She Is only q shadow of the
good, hlly John Higgins trained for Mr..
Lorillard In 1893. Prince George Is a patched
cripple, and II is uncertain whether Utica
will train on. He gave promise at one. time
Of growing into q grand two-year-old, but
he has not come up to expectation. The year
ling by Strath more, out Of Spinaway, which is
entered in the Derby and other classic events
abroad. 10 doing remark ably well, and as every
thing out of S~pinaway has raced well this colt
may be a real rasper.
In the stud Dobbins should be . success. He
has the grandest disposition imaginable, has
great size and substance, and Is exceedingly well
bred. being by Mr.. Pickwick, son of Hermit and
Tomato, by King Tom. His dam, Thora, was
the greatest daughter Of Longfellow.