The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-18
Butte DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. BELMONTS IDEA
BE Says All the Horses Are Needed
on This Side Of the Pond.
BOREAL is A CRACK STEED
A Writer In THE Horseman" De-
scrIbes Henry OF Navarro In
All His PoInts-M ention
of Many Others.
BOREAL is A CRACK STEED

Again the story Is gong Lne TOuhuS
that Mr.. Belmont is going 10 seno
is no truth in it. Mr.. Belmont regards
Henry of Navarro as the best horse In
training. hence that he is a popular at
traction. Accordingly he looks upon
such an act as an act of treason 10
the interests of racing. he is the ieao
err in the rebuilding of racing here, ana
thinks we need all the good horses we
have to sustain an interest in racing,
and for him to send the champion out
of the country would be hitting racing
in the face He may nominate the gal
liant chestnut for some OF the great
autumn races in England, but IL a foe
man arises here worthy of his steel he
will remain here. He has not beaten
Clifford at the latters distance since
the great race for the Oriental handi-
cap, and there are many who doubt II
he can do so.
The Oneck stable will not be dis
persed by the death of DIR. Knapp. HIS
brother, II. X. Knapp, has decided TO
retain the stable. and the purple with
orange squares" will be maintained as
one of the most popular of our racing
colors. Mr.. Knapp is quite young
man, but he has always had Keen
turn for sport. and has been a steady
racegoer for several seasons past. Elk
has nothing of much note, although its
yearlings have been highly tried.
Among the 3-year-old trotters none
stands higher for superb breeding or
individual excellence than Scott New
man jr.'s game colt, Boreal, with rec
ord of 2:15%. His pedigree may truth
fully be said to be gilt-edged. he is
by Bow Bells (2:194), son of Elec-
tioneer, and Beautiful Bells (2:29ls);
dam Rosy Morn, by Alcantara (2:2S),
second dam Noon Tide (2:20h), by
Harold; third dam Midnight, by Pilot,
junior.
stud, Nashville. Tenn, in 1892, and was
purchased by Mr.. Newman, proprietor
of the Greenland stock farm, Shelby
county, KY, in his yearling form. He
is one of the few colts that has stood
the test of racing as yearling, 2-year-
old and 3-year-old, and had he not been
made of stern stuff he certainly would
have fallen by the wayside before this.
AS a yearling he started five times.
winning three races, and was placed
i'm the other two
AS a 2-year-old Boreal captured the
big $4,000 stake at Terre Haute, Ind
There were eleven competitors, repre-
senting the very cream of the country
in this event, and 1t was a split heat
AFFAIR. After dropping the first heat to
Burlington, the Sable Wilke colt Bo-
real went out and captured the second
heat in 2:21 and the third in 2:171R.
Some of Boreaps best races were
trotted in 1895 as 3-year-old, and In
all he showed that tenacity and pluck
which has distinguished his whole ca
reer. In one of the most notable races
of the year, the 2:17 class, at Louis
Vile, KY, on Sept. II, he won over a
field of nine aged horses after an eight
heat contest. He landed the first and
second heats in exactly the same notch,
2:15%, and the final heat he stepped in
2:17A. This performance stamped him
as a remarkable colt.
had the pleasure of spending a day
during the past week with Mr.. Belmont
at 1.-The Nursery" says writer in the
Horseman, where he was enjoying the
holidays. He has made extensive inn
provevments on the place, and has
quite the ideal training establishment.
OF course. this IS not the season to see
the race horse at his best, as he is apt
TO be gross and shaggy in his winter
coat. besides most of the horses are
being blistered and their legs have not
the trim appearance paddock habitues
are accustomed 10 see.
Henry of Navarro / had never before
seen in winter condition and Ii became
him. To tell the truth, when / last
saw Henry at Morris park in October
he looked rather fine and drawn, as he
does when he has the grand prepara-
ton. He Is one of those horses then
which superficial people would call del
icafe, but which others call refined. 1t
is the popular error to mistake refine
ment in men or animals for delicacy.
Their idea of an athlete is that he
should have a neck like a bull. be as
fat as a hog, and as red as a turkey
af-lrA 1atIl
duce these in men. but musuclar activ-
fty never does. Billy Edwards. the old
champion light weight pugilist, was
anything but the popular ideal in ap-
pearance. He looked delicate" but he
was a wonder. Ed Hanlon, the oars
man. was another. seen in midwinter
in his street clothes and the sunburn
off his face. Butterworth and Hinkey,
the Yale football players. are of the
same type. In race horses Parole, Fal-
setto, Hindoo, as well as Henry of Ma
varre, were all of this type. Indeed,
animals OF high nervous and muscular
activity are more often than not OF
this so-called delicate" type, but IL is
really evidence organization.
But returning TO Henry of Navarro
he looks quite rough and hearty for
him. His winter coat is rough, dark
and strong. He has thickened, and has
less of that immature coltish appear
ance he had. While he carries flesh
he is not fat. and there is no reason &C
doubt that he will be as good as ever
next season as he retired very SOUND
horse. Dorian. on the other hand, ha.
thickened greatly and his beautiful
outlines are quite lost. He makes NOR,
flesh than Henry and viii require NOR,
work in the spring. keenan, has grown
into an enormous horse. As a 2-year
old he lacked flesh. and was thin al
the season as he was growing constant
ly. Now that he has reached hi
growth he has begun 10 spread on
and ] fear his trainer. John Highland
will have his hands full 10 get hin
ready. keenan, is one of the finest type
Of the larger class 10 be found in tn
world. He is much of the type OF Stock
we'll and when he gets fit IL is my be