The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-01
Race rack and
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Secretary Charles V. Sass of the
Brighton Beach Racing association,
whose idea of giving an international
race worth $4,000 to the winner at the
track by the sea in 1900 caused consid-
cradle talk among racing men when it
was announced year ago, has modified
his scheme.
Mr.. Sass has received much encour-
agement from American breeders, who
have promised to make nominations,
and he is preparing to sound horsemen
in England, France and Australia. Mr..
Sass modified scheme is to have
series of six races, one at five furlongs,
and one at three quarters OF a mile.
worth $4,000 each, for 2-year- olds: one
at one mile and one at one mile
and a half, worth $4,000 each, for
3year olds; and one at two miles and
one at four miles, worth $4,000 ana $780,
600 respectively. for 4-year-olds.
This idea is original with Secretary
Sass, but he will embody in his condi-
lions the general features of the Futur-
ity and Realization stakes at Sleeps
head Bay and the old English San
downe stakes. Horses eligible for one
of the six races will be eligible for all.
Failure to appear in any one of the
races will not disqualify a colt or filly
from going in any one or all of the 9TH
ers. provided the conditions of the
stakes are adhered to. Mr.. Sass has
not arranged the conditions as yet, but
he expects to be able to announce the
races by the middle of next summer.
The sporting editor of the London
Times, in q recent issue of that paper,
comments upon the probable weights
that will be allowed the American
horses i'll the approaching spring han
I dicaps of the English racing season.
According TO this authority, Pierre
LorillardS Diakl<i and Sandal along
with the speedy Kicock and the Aus
tralian horse Newhaven H., will be the
| top weights in the City and Suburban
handicap, which is run over the last
mile and a quarter of the Derby course.
There are 81 entries TO the race, and
amongst the thoroughbreds that Diakki
Sandia. st. Cloud II. and Voter will
have to run against are Chetandry
and Limasol. winners of the One Thou
sand Guineas and Oaks of last year.
and Norman, the Australian horse with
which Mrs. Langtry made a 5000, 900
coup in the Cesarewitch handicap last
October The same authority states
that the chances of American horses
in the valuable Jubilee stakes. to be
run at the Kempton park spring meet
ing, are particular fiattering. Loril-
lard's Diakki Sandia and Berzak and
keenes Voter and st. Cloud ii. are all
eligible to start. as is also Archduke,
who made such a creditable showing
on the Eastern Jockey CID tracks last
fall. With fair treatment In the mat
ter of weights, one or other of the Amer
lean contingent should be a contender
at the finish of the race. The English
spring handicaps show d numerical
falling off in the entries made, but the
quality of the horses named leaves
nothing to be desired.
American horses are to race at Car
aeas and on the Island of Trinidad on
a more extensive scale this winter than
ever before. There are half dozen
American strings from the Eastern
and Western circuits, with American
trainers, in Venezuela and on the Eng
fish island now, and reinforcements are
likely to go there before the racing sea-
son is over. The season in the Venezu-
elan capital will begin next Sunday and
continue for eight weeks. Races are
given only on Sundays, and immense
crowds attend The track is situated
just outside the city, and is easy of ac-
cess. It is a regulation mile track,
picturesquely laid out and safely
banked at the turns
American horsemen who have had
experience down there declare that
frst-class horses could run some fast
races on the track. The Venezuelan
Jockey club. which conducts the win
ter meeting. will give away this win
ter about $4,000 bolivars, or about s10.-
900 in American money, in special
purses. About half as much again will
be contributed for overnight events.
The American system OF turf govern
ment and management is being intro
duced, with the result that the sport is
becoming more popular every year.
Next year, ii is believed, the Nenezu-
elan Jockey club will be able to give
away nearly double the amount Of this
years purses in special prizes.
Among the turf enthusiasts in Nenez-
uela are President crespo and Presi-
dent-elect Audrade, each of whom has
a stable of thoroughbreds. General
Crespo is also breeder, and is expert
menting in crossing the Kentucky
product with tough stock of the ORR
noco pampas. Rodman Barney and
Harry Kuhn have taken strings To
Venezuela. and when Green 3. Morris
left New York he was thinking seri-
ously of taking Lobengula down. Wap-
shire and carrigan, two of Father
Biz Days jockeys, will ride there this
winter Noble, the Western jockey,
rides for President Crespo.
The name Wrinkles has been regis
tered for Jim Niels Flambeau- Phoebe
Anderson flly This 2-year-old is a
half-sister to Thornhill.
Lord Chesterfield never won a race
until last week. He is a Burns & Wa
terhouse cast-off and is owned by Dan
Dennison, who has not scored a vic
tory in years. although he sent many a
winner to the post during the eighties
and early nineties The win was a pop
ular one kith horsemen, as old Dan has
been badly out of luck.
Glencoe. the lineal ancestor OF Ham
burg, was one Of the best horses ever