The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-28

winning and Romnay Rawney running
second.
j. Breckinride Wiley of Woodford
county has lost by death the noted
brood mare Astelle, ~ years oia' py
Lexington. dam Mary Churchill. by
Alex Churchill She is the last daugh-
ter of Lexington save one, Sulano, and
her colts and FLIES have realized more
than $4,000 for her owner.
Tod Sloan. in an Eastern interview.
said: II am glad to come home, though
j have had a splendid time abroad. The
first thing that | want To say is that L
have never had the slightest intention
of forsakng Mr.. Fleischmann, i never
thought Of asking for my release. ana
will cheerfully serve my present en-
ployer until the contract runs out.
have already completed arrangements
TO return to England and ride there. |
shall carry out my contract in this coun-
try next season, but the following sea-
son will find me riding abroad. | VIII
ride for Lord William Beresford. Tor
what is known as the Lorriliard- Beres-
ford stable. | will find much pleasure
in riding over there. My recent expert
enee was very pleasant, indeed. l was
never treated better in my life than in
England
there" he was asked.
Well" he answered, lin the first
place. they race in the grass. which i
many ways better than our dirt tracks.
There is none of the dust and dirt so
common here. You can ride half a dozen
races there without being obliged to
wash your face. The English jockeys
are all finished riders. They ride diff
ferently from what they do here. over
there the jockeys roll their horses right
in. They sit up straight and well back.
When / appeared on the tracks every,
body laughed at me. | was we'll forward
in my usual position, and they thought
IL was funny. They said | looked like
a monkey perched up where | was.
Racing is superbly conducted in Eng
land. The starters are competent ana
fair-minded, and during my entire stay
abroad | did not hear an unkind word
addressed to any jockey. Starting gates
are not used there. for no Improvement
could be made in the starting. the
other track officials are just as compe-
tent and kind. English horses impressed
me very favorably, but | must say l
prefer the American breed. American
horses are gaining greatly in popular
ity and before long they Will be i'm
ported in quantity. 1t would pay To take
over a few good horses. II they won
a race or two. ii would be possible to
dispose of them at profit of 100 per
cent. / intend to remain in New York
for week or so. and see Mr.. Fleiseh-
mann and Pittsburg Phil. Then | shall
go TO California and remain there until
the racing season opens
Sloan strenuously denied that Lord
William Beresford had asked him TO
break his American contracts.
In regard to the rumors about the
Prince of Wales alleged offer. the little
jockey was extremely reticent.
Il am not at liberty to say word
about this matter Sloan answered
Ormonde the $3.50, 200 beauty. during
the early years of his racing career,
was dubbed the horse of the century"
Hamburg might. with equal justice. be
termed the horse of mystery.
From his initial appearance on the
turf down To the time of his recent sale
to Marcus Daily, an air of mystery has
enveloped the great son of Hanover and
Lady Reel. And even to-day the pub
lie is assured on the one hand that
Hamburg has decidedly shaky under
pinning and will scracely train on. on
the other hand he is to be entered for
the Brighton Cup, a race which an I'M
sound horse could have no earthly
chance of winning Then. in one
breath. we are assured that Hamburg
will come West and SCOOP in the Der
sbys for which he is eligible, and in the
next that arrangements have been per-
fected to ship the colt TO England.
where. after a brilliant career on the
turf. he is TO take the place of St
Simon. the most famous sire ever en-
rolled in the annals of the breeding in
dustry. Boiled down, IL seems that
time alone can clear away the halo
which surrounds this mystic steed. His
owner is a man. OF hard business prin-
'ciples, without an iota of sentiment in
his makeup. If Mr., DAILY can see a
quicker return on his 0,100 investment
by keeping Hamburg in this country
IL.
Hanover's son Will race here, and the
British will be permitted 10 remain in
ignorance of the ability of this coun-
try TO turn out real high-class race
horse.
The early days OF Hamburg's public
career were associated with the much
pewspapered idea that. however good
The then 2-year-old might be. the stable
had much better champion in How
land. IL WAS abominably good luck
for an ex-prize fighter of the Madden
type to have in one year such an ex-
eelent pair of youngsters as Hamburg
and Rowland. The latter started the
ball at the Memphis meeting by Win
ming four races off the reel, and the
Greek chorus of turfmen. racing re-
porters and rail birds" repeated the
refrain copyrighted by the press agent
OF the Madden menage. and Rowland
WAS declared To be greater than his
daddy. This extraordinary fiction was
maintained up 10 the day upon which
the Futurity was decided. A confidng
public We're advised that pounds would
not bring Rowland and Hamburg to-
gether. and this estimate of the relative
merits of the two colts was literally
true. If the tip was "coppered" for
Hamburg surely could give his then
stable mate at least IA pounds and a
beating.
Had the new owner of Hamburg a
spark of the sentiment which fired the
late Mr.. Ten Brock into a raid upon
the English. the world this year would
have been treated To a series OF inter
national horse races the like OF which
is yet unrecorded in turf annals. Ham
burg, with Tod Sloan in the saddle
would make team that Disraen a
worthy son of the great Galopin. with
Morny Cannon up. or Dieudonne win
ner of the Middle Park Plate--the blue
ribbon of 2-year- oldum-with Watts up
would have task to keep up with
earning critics insist fhag H..