The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-17


breeding world to Imp. Bathampton as |
a coming sire He is young and this |
years test is the first that he has had
in this line. He will be remembered by
those who followed the Montana CIR
cuit races three and four years ago,
and he will be still more clearly recalled
by the eastern race-goers of those seas
ons.
Bathampton dmp.) is by Hampton
out of The Bat He was foaled in 1891
and was purchased for the Bitter Root
farm in September, 1892. Immediately
afterward he was brought to this coun-
try and was raised on the ranch in this
valley. He is magnificent specimen
of the thoroughbred. He is bright bay
in color. rather heavy in build but
strikingly handsome. Standard read
ers will recoliect the picture of him
that was published in the Thanksgiving
number of this paper. He is royal
breeding and his performances as
racehorse We're noticeable. He gives
promise of becoming famous as sire,
and those who make a study OF these
matters predict that he will add luster
to the fame of the Bitter Root
stake Winners.
The stake-winners among the 2-year-
olds that were bred on the Bitter Root
stock farm are:
Bathos, Bathampton-Cri
Mortgage, Montana Lottery
Motley, Montana-Ella Gregg.
Montanic, Montana Walnut.
Purse winners.
The youngsters that have won fame
for their breeding place in purse events
this year are:
Sadducee Bathampton-Sadi
Ella Boland, Sam Lucas-Turquolse,
Innisfree, Tammany-lsis.
Talala, Tammany-Wo Violet.
Choteau, Iverness-M Mascot.
Big Horn, Sam LuCaS-W Westbound.
Mountebank, Montana-Pert.
St. Finnan, Tammany- Ayrshire Rose.
Barbarian, BathampIon-Imp. Sight
seer.
OF the older horses that have been
listed as winners this year, the follow
ing may be mentioned: Yule, Mon
tanus. Negligence, New Moon, Larva,
Famor. Highland Ball, Balista. Sam
McKeever Malakawa. These have won
about 40 events this season.
Sadducee,
OF all the list of 2-year-olds, the best
performer has probably been Sadducee,
who was not entered in the stake
events, but proved himself to be re-
markable horse. He was sold early in
the season, but finished with a clean
record. He has received much attention
from the eastern sporting press and is
one of the high class youngsters of the
year Sadducee is by Bathampton, out
of Sadie He won in IA events and was
never beaten. His seasons record is as
follows, in part;
Sheepshead Bay, ninth day, Futurity
course-Sadducee won; Montanic, third;
time, lip.
Sheepshead Bay, twelfth day, Fu-
turity course-Sadducee won; Montanlc.
second: time. Ill 2-5. Sadduce dis
qualified for fouling.
Brighton Beach, fourth day, three
quarters of mile-SadduceeW won easily;
lila 2-5.
Brighton Beach, ninth day, three
quarters of a mile-Sadducee won by
two lengths. galloping home in LIS 3-5.
Sheepshead Bay, fourth day, F,uturlty
Guelden, second, and Mark Cheek
third.
Here are some of the things that were
said of this colt during the season IN
the New York Telegraph:
Knocking about among the winners
is a chestnut gelding by Bathampton,
called Sadducee. He has been twice
bracketed. running four and one-halt
furlongs with los on the first day in
561s and doing the same distance again
on the fifth day. lO9 on in 80 80. HIS
second race was much better than the
first sufficiently better to make one
believe that there is yet room for i'm
provement in him. The youngsters that
Sadducee beat were supposed to have
class
Futurity course in Iii, beating a lot
of hish-class youngsters, the Telegraph
said: THE unbeaten Sadducee was fav'
orite for the dash over the Futurity
course, in spite of the fact that there
was a tremendous tip out on the Cali
fornia colt, Yellowtail, who was making
his first appearance in the East. II
the parlance of the Bowery, Sadduce
made a monkey of him.
And again: THE dash of 5R furlong
j IL hoy
walkover for Sadducee, who was tn
favorite at the prohibitive' price of t
G. He led all the way, and though L.
Foudre was at his saddle skirts at tn
finish, it was only on sufrance, TO
Sadducee could have won by man
lengths if Spencer had been so dis
posed. This is Sadducee's fifth succes
sive victory, and he has never bee
beaten. He has not yet met the high
est-class colts of the year. but this doe
not detract from his unbeaten RECORD
a distinction that belongs TO no othe
2-year-old that has thus far bee
shown"
Sadducee closed his season with tn
reputation of being the highest-clas
colt of the year.
Montauic.
Montanic, by Montana, out of Wal
nut. was a stake winner in the Eas
He was one of the most consistent pei
formers or his class TINS season an
won six events. Unfortunately, he wa
not entered in many of the stake event
or he would have made much bette
showing. Early in the season tn
Telegraph mentioned this youngster a
follows: "Montanic, who has been lei
at Aqueduct, has two winnings and on
second place to his credit. He has bee
sold to Matt Corbett, it is said, 70
So, 500 Montanic has so far seemed t
be The best of the string of 2-year-Oids
as he is game as a pebble and yer
pppEis+anf in his ra aces -