Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06

| own knowledge of horses was not suffi-
cient for such an undertaking, which,
| if not carried on properly, was capable
Of making deep inroads into even a
| multimillionaire's income, he looked
around for a capable partner with the
necessary practical experience. lie
found such a man in Mr.. Sydney Pa
get, who is the brother of MIR. Whit
ney's son-in-law, pleasant faced Eng
lishman, who has proved well able to
fill the post.
Mr.. Whitney relies upon Mr.. Paget S
skill and knowledge to run the stable
as he sees fit and purchase any horses
he may desire. For some time they
planned only to go in for racing, but
recently they have decided to raise
race horses also, and the purchase OF
the imported stallion Meddler means
that breeding will be an important
feature. It is said that August Bel
mont, another famous patron of the
turf. was the one who induced Mr..
whitney to go in for breeding. He
told Mr. Whitney that he would never
know the true JOY Of horse racing until
he had won race with horse that he
had raised himself.
1t is not the purpose to go in very
heavily on that end of the game as yet.
| The intention is to have about 20 brood
mares About half a dozen have al
| ready been purchased, and Mr.. Paget Is
| continually on the lookout for likely
animals. One of his most recent pur-
| chase was the well-bred mare Poetess,
| for which he gave $4,000. Among the
rest are such good ones as Madame
| Reel, Helen Mar and Sunnyside.
When Mr.. Whitney bought the SEN
| sational 2-year-old Jean Beraud, some
months ago, horsemen first fully re-
| allied the firms intention to have the
! best blood in America represented in
| their stable. The price paid for the
! colt is said to have been 100000 cash
| and an interest in his winnings. Jean
| Beraud is the winner of the $40, 600 Ma
| tional stallion race, the Eclipse stakes.
| the Hudson stakes, the Great American
| stakes, the fremont stakes and other
I events that have earned for his own
ers nearly $4,000 already.
Another good horse, though not in
the same elias as Jean Beraud, in the
! Paget stables, is Damien. As a record
| breaker Damien is not in II, but as a
money winner he is a great horse He
was bought for $500 and already has
earned several times that sum. He is
) years old and may be expected to win
| races for two years more. Martha II
! and Geisha are couple of splendid
3-year-old FLIES, both perfectly sound
| and sure TO improve.
| The purchase last month OF the i'm
| ported horse Medler was d splendid in
vestment, for although the famous
English racer cost SAC, 900, the biggest
| price paid for a horse in America in
| several years. yet he will bring such
| good blood to the stable of his new
| owners that he is well worth the for
tune paid for him.
Meddler has had quite romantic
| history In the eight years Of his life.
His sire is st. Gatien and his dam
Busybody, grandam Spinaway and
great-grandam the well known Queen
! Bertha. the last three all winners OF
the English Oaks IN their day. He was
bred and owned by the Ill fated Squire
Abingdon Baird, whose death at New
Orleans In 1893 disqualified the colt for
the Derby, for which he was an equal
| favorite with the great Isingiass He
won all three races in which he started
as a z-year- old-the British Dominion
and Chesterfield stakes and the Dew
hurst plate. His breeders death
brought him under the hammer, and
| the late ". H. Forbes, of Boston. got
him for 1850 guineas He - placed
| in the stud and has some inners
to his credit Mr.. For1 b and
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