The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-08
WILL GO TO ENGLAND.
Mr.. BELMONT'S HORSES TO RACE
on THE OTHER SIDE.

ed For His splint Before Shipment.
Henry of Navarro has gone into the
hands of DR.. William Sheppard fo1
treatment of the splint on his near fore
leg. The course, which includes punch
firing, will probably take about six
weeks and shortly after that the Sub
urban winner, together with all his sta
bic mates, will be shipped to England,
where they will sojourn year.
The news that Mr.. August Belmont
has determined upon this step will be
received with very genuine and gen.
eral regret, which is the best evidence
of the feeling entertained toward the
maroon and scarlet of the Blemton sta
BILE But Mr.. Belmont is not doing it
merely for self qualification, but be-
cause he feels sure that it will be for
the ultimate good of the American turf
that it should be represented in Eng
land by so good string of thorough
breds as he has now gathered together.
The idea is not a new one, and, indeed,
rumors indicating some such intention
on Mr.. Belmont's part have been print
ed. 1t was said that some of the Older
Blemton stable horses would be ship
ped to England last fall, but Mr.. Bel
mont finally contented himself with
sending five yearlings, of whom Terpsi-
chore II was one, and two died after
landing. The last few weeks have prob
ably assured Mr.. Belmont that he has
as good a lot of horses as he is likely to
get together and convinced him that
now is his time to try the experiment
he has so long had in mind.
As has been said such representation
on the turf of the mother country is
particularly needed just at present in
order that enthusiasm for the sport for
its own sake may be stirred up as it was
when Iroquois won the Derby and Fox
hall and Parole earned worldwide fame
AS Mr.. Belmont says, if he can only
succeed in winning classic race, per-
chance the Derby, the matter will not
be merely a personal one, but ii nation
al victory.
The stable will be shipped virtually
as 1T is today, together with the major
lty of the yearlings Mr.. Belmont will
have trained 1t is understood that Mr..
Belmont will be in England during the
greater part of the time his horses are
there. He has long contemplated taking
an entire holiday, which no one can de-
ny he has richly earned. Quite apart
from the onerous business cares that are
on his shoulders, the work he has had
in connection with turf affairs would !
be enough to occupy any ordinary mans |
entire time and brain.
A gentleman, whose authority to have |
full knowledge of the matter is beyond |
question, said the other day:
1T has long been cherished plan of |
Mr.. Belmont to race in England with a |
first class stable of American thorough |
breds and thoroughly test the relative |
speed and stamina of the English and !
American race horse as well as the |
training systems of the two countries.
When could better opportunity be |
selected than the present? A stable con-
tanning such race horse as Henry of |
Navarro, not to mention Don de Orc,
Hastings, keenan,, Margrave, Wood
vine, OctOrOOn, etc., cannot be collected
every day, however much money one
may be willing to expend, while in
John Hyland Mr. Belmont has one of
the best trainers and in Henry Griffin
one OF the best jockeys in the country.
In fact, most people would say that to-
day Mr.. Belmont has the best horses,
the best trainer and the best jockey in
America. Does such an aggregation Of
ten fall to the lot of one man?
Then, too, though in Mr. Belmont's
case, [ consider it a minor considera-
ton, no American gentleman that ever
went abroad with stable has been re-
celved as he will be, partly owing to
the fact that as chairman of our Jockey
club he is ex of1cio member of the
Jockey club, the most exclusive and
powerful club in England.
Mr. Belmont will engage training
establishment as near Newmarket as
possible, allow his stable to become ao-
climatized and enter thoroughly into
the sport in the spring. Trials will be
made under both the English and Amer
lcan systems-the trial horse and the
time test-and, with Hyland to train
and Griffin to ride the present materi-
ais in the stable, America will be we'll
represented for the first time since Mr..
Lorillard and Mr.. Keene sent Iroquois
and Foxhall to England
''Will the stable be successful? Yes,
if Henry of Navarro remains himself |
and Don de Orc proves the horse think
him to be. Our great horses are, in my
opinion, as great as those of England, |
but | believe that the average English
thoroughbred is better horse than the |