The herald., 1897-06-07
impson in the Breeder and Sportsman

Simpson in the Breeder and Sportsman
says:
1t is entirely within bounds to assert
that the performance of Lucretia Bor-
gia is, by long odds, the greatest feat OF
the kind ever made. The point that will
be attacked with the greatest persist
ence will be the weight carried, and
those who have faith in the oldtime dog
ma that seven pounds are equivalent to
24O yards in four miles, and are full be-
levers in the tale of long ago in which
every jockey carried the key of the sta
BILE door, his competitor won the trial,
will argue that If the 4-year-old filly
carried III pounds in place of 81 Ten
Broeck would still be the champion. But
it is now well known that while weight
is a potent factor in the somewhat in
tricate problem which racing presents,
it does not figure so largely as the an
cient wise men of the turf imagined.
Mr.. Weatherby, compiler of the English
Stud Book, and noted Handicapped, es-
timated that in a race of mile, seven
pounds off rule weight were equivalent
to length, and after making due al
lowance for the longer distance it iS
evident that as horse running in 7:15%
would have been 23276 feet behind Lu-
cretia when she passed over the Win
ming score in I'll, more than distance
out" even with the difference of weight
in his favor. twelve pounds would be far
from bringing him near the flying flly.
There Is quite a rumor flying about to
the effect that the blue and gold colors
T a1o,, 20, oN1 xr-i1I
again be eeen upon the turf, and that by
next fall, when they will be worn by
Palo Alto bred flyers Of high degree, says
the Breeder and Sportsman. 1t is said
Racine will be in the string, the old
record breaker, the rumoriste declare,
having all the speed of the days wheE.
he was famous on the turf. If Rosor-
monde were also campaigned by the
Palo Alto folks we would not be sur
prised in the least. And there will be
others, too, that will keep green the
name of the stanford horses" Richard
Havey will, If the breeze that waited
the rumor does not tell stories, train the
gallopers from the farm OF the lone
pine, and we will hail with delight the
re-entry into the list Of California thor
oughbred breeders that race in the name
of Stanford May it be synonym for
success. For Senator Stanford during
his lifetime wac the greatest friend to
the racing and breeding interests on the
Pacific coast if not in America.
The greatest of brood mares, Beauti-
full Bells, dropped a fine, large, lusty
foal by Monaco, 2:191s, last week. Mon
AGO is by Electioneer out of Mano, by
Piedmont second dam Mamie by Ham
bletonian jr.; third dam Gilda, thorough
bred by imp. Mango, etc, and ie des-
tined to be one Of the best sires bred on
this famous farm. All his progeny have
size, style, perfect action, a smooth and
frictionless gait and very speedy. Great
interest will be taken in the future of
this grandly bred youngster.
Down in Kentucky freaks and freaks
are reported One party near Blooming
dale reports to his paper that a mare Of
Tom Adams has colt whose body is
half bay and half gray; that its feet look
like human feet. ]. l.. Kings fine brood
mare, at Bsnnettstown, foaled a fllly that
hadn't the appearance of tail. w. w.
Brookshire's mare, in Madison county,
foaled colt with but two legs; the front
ones We're absent. 1t couldn't walk, but
it locked about and noticed the bipeds
it would have to associate with, and con-
cluded it would rather die. Then. at
Breckenridge. there is an unusually pro-
life trainer who is the father of thirty
nine children. And "the sun do move"
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The death of Altao, 2:O9a4, leaves Alta
mont without living trotter I'M the 2:10
list, but with five PAGERS with average
record of 2;Cs1z. Altamont's fastest trot
ter since the death of Altao 10 Pear;
Fisher. 2:17a, now among the brood