The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-26
IN TWO SMASHING RACES
Mr.. Rowe's Comment on Ogden
and Imp. Isidor.
TRACING THE BLOOD LINES
Ogden Back to His Two-Year-Old Form
Tremargo Was Out-Classed-Isi-
doris Really Remarkable
Performances.

races as were run by imported ogden
and imported Isidor at Brighton Beach,
writes W. II. Rowe in the New York
Morning Telegraph about Marcus
Days two imported horses. The first
of these. the owners Handicap. dwin-
died into a match between Ogden and
Tremargo, and as each carried 100
pounds, it seemed a decidedly one-sided
affair on paper. Indeed, h betting
ring gave evidence by its quotations
that the same opinion existed among
the spectators as well. As a matter
Of fact, however, the Tremargo people
had a very favorable opinion of their
chances.
''Tremargo will run in 1:15." said one.
and as Ogden has been trained for
mile races, / think he will just lack
the speed for this dash"
We'll. IL Tremargo runs in lib Og-
den will run in 1:121a and beat him"
was the prompt response of an Ogden
lite, and the way / to 5 in the ring was
eagerly taken was the best evidence
that the favorite's admirers. stood by
their runs financially. As to the race
itself. my W notion is that 1t was
somewhat bad policy to show Tremar-
go up so thoroughly, for. outclassed as
an individual by Ogden, the fremont
colt nevertheless was right up in a AZ
seconds half mile. a burst of speed
which would serve him most handsome
ly in a race of his own class.
Ogden is evidently back to his 2-year-
old form. If, indeed, not a bit above 1t,
and hence il is not surprising to read in
some sources that Ogden was always
better than Ornament" While ! cannot
agree to this opinion of their earlier
form. there is at the same time a defer
ence due to the supporters of ogden in
asmuch as i'm 1896 the latter undoubt-
eddy defeated Ornament in the Futurity
and Great Eastern, the tables having
been turned in the meantime in the
Flatbush. This latter race gives US the
key to the situation, however, for 1t
was at seven furlongs, and, however
uncertain the upshot of a match at the
shorter distances. the comparative
breeding Of the pair caves little room
for doubt that Ornament should be far
and away the better slayer, coming as
he does right out of our great Levity
family, and being by a son of st. ST.
mons dam.
Ogden, on the other hand. is by Kill
warlin, which horse, although himself
able to win the st. Leger. has sired
mainly sprinters. his son Kilcock being
one of the leading six and seven furlong
horses of to-day in England. Kilwar-
l1i . ny tsoh VI Sofohbs oot
of Hasty Girl. by Lord Cough, he by
Gladiateur. Hasty Girl threw that
great horse Bendigo. Ogden's dam,
imported Oriole, is by Bend Or, out of
Fenella, by Cambuscan, son of New
minister. Those who have a sneaking
fancy thai Bend Or was really out of
a Newminster mare will no doubt ele-
vate their eyebrows at Orioles semi
reconstructed pedigree, to say nothing
of the fact that Arbitrator's dam was
by Musild, son of Newminster. Fenella
is herself a half sister to Flageolet. sire
of Rayon dor. and to Leon, winner Of
the Prix Lupin.
Fenella also produced Douranee,
which mare threw Quetta, by Bend Or.
and hence bred identically as is Oriole,
with the addition of Rosicrucian. Dour-
anee's sire. Quetta has thrown the
winners Grey Leg and Cayenne, both by
Pepper and Salt, Helm by Morton, and
Ameer by Orme. But the general liking
of all these has been for comparatively
short distances, and Ogden's pedigree
would lead one to expect him TO show
his best form at a mile or possibly
slightly over.
Close upon the heels of Ogden's
achievement of last Tuesday came Isl
doris really remarkable performance
owe the self same course. To take up
l25 pounds and run six furlongs in TIA
is in itself no small feat. but the fact
hat Isidor accomplished his task with
apparent ease makes it, as | ave said,
really remarkable. AS a matter of fact,
however. If ever a horse was bred for
high speed up to about a mile Isidor is
that horse. His sire, Amphion, was
a great miller. i'm which characteristic
his get seem TO strongly resemble him.
Amphion is by Speculum or Rosebery
(almost certainly the latter. out of
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ter of Rataplan. Rosebery was by
Speculum (son of Vedette), out of
Ladylike, by Newminster. Amphion
therefore being inbred TO Newminster
in two free generations. IT will be re-
membered that Amphion's tremendous
speed enabled him to win races over
quite a distance of ground, but eventu-
ally Sheen, a genuine slayer, bobbed VI
and took about all the starch out of
Amphion's claims of being the simon
pure" article in the way of a slayer.
Turning to Isidor's dam, imp Isis, we
find that she is by Bend Or, out of
Shotover. and here we plunge into some
of the greatest blood in England. In
deed, the immediate ancestry of Isis
fairly bristles with classic winners. Her
sire. Bend Or. won the Derby and was
by the Derby winner Doncaster. he by
Stockwell. winner of the st. Leger
Doncaster's dam was by Teddington
Derby. he by Orlando Derby. he by
T~ouchstone. winner of the st. Leger,
Bend Or's dam was by Thormanby
winner of the Derby.
The dam of Isis, ~Shotover. was her
self a Derby winner. a tremendous and
rare feat for a mare. Indeed. Shotovei
also beat the colts of her yea in the
Two Thousand Guineas. Shotover's sire
Hermit. won the Derby and Hermit
was by Newminster, winner of the st
Leger.
Shotover's dam. Stray Shot. was out
Of Vaga. by Stockwell. Indeed. Stray
Shots full sister. ~Belphoebe. won ths
One Thousand Guineas. Vaga was her
self a daughter of Mendicant. winner
of the One Thousand Guineas and Oaks
and Mendicant also produced Beads
man. winner of the Derby. Mendican
and the Derby winner Orlando were GU
Of half sisters. Indeed. their grand
dam. Kite. was the granddam Of Juliet