The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-05
His Mother First Put a Circular
Mile Below $40.
CHAMPION.
His Owner Purchased Him For
$4,000 In 1898.
To Race Jean Beraud and Others
at Sheepshead June 16.

New York June 5.-One of the first
racers to run a mile over a circular track
in better than lao was the imported mare
Maori then raced by A. G. Campbell, of
Louisville, Ky. Her time was 1873 As, and
the Washington Park race course at Chi
cago was the scene of the exploit. Long
before the late D. D. Withers realized
what a high-class stallion had been in his
possession, the grand breeding of Eothen
was appreciated by others. The owner of
Maori made a bid for the fine stallion and
became his owner at a nominal figure.
Crossed with the record breaker. the
great horse now known as Ethelbert was
the result Milton Young bought the colt
for $1,000, and he was one of a batch OF
fifteen youngsters sold to Galway, Arkeu
e. fillmore When that firm raced horses in
1898 Ethelbert was a stout substantial
colt even then, and many good judges
predicted a bright future for him. In the
fall of 1898 he was sold to Perry Belmont
at public auction for $4,000.
Never has his owner had cause to re-
greet this purchase. Among other races
won by him In 1899 was the Realization
Stakes. During the summer he was taken
sick and was not thoroughly recovered
when Rafaello defeated him at Morris
Park, at a big difference in weight
few days later Ethelbert turned the tables
on his erstwhile victor. Since then his
progress has been steady. He is a med
ium- sized bay horse evidently Of fine con-
stitutiOn. In the paddock on Saturday his
like q prize fighter in the pink of condi-
ton. Horses like this are not seen every
day.
But it does not follow that in all future
meetings between Ethelbert and Jean
Beraud the latter will be beaten so early
in the race as was the case on Saturday.
Mr.. Vosburg the official Handicapped.
calls that race a seven pounds victory for
Ethelbert, for that is the concession
which he requires that horse to make to
Jean Beraud in the BroOkdale Handicap,
to be run at Gravesend on Tuesday at a
mile and eighth. In a race with
| fair-sized field both these horses would be
held under wraps, while the lightweight
! ed horses made the pace. Both Ethel
make their bids in the last three furlOngS
and the difference between them would
not be the ten or a dozen lengths which
| separated them on Saturday. Neither
would the time be POS 1-5. Something like
/ 2:06 would be nearer the mark. There is
! an impression that Jean Beraud is not
| quite sound. Whether or not this is well
/ tain that no ordinary horse could play
| with Kinley Mack in exercise work, which
| is what Jean Beraud has been doing.
| Neither could the veteran trainer Peter
! WINNER Chandler of Ben Holladay), be SO
! much mistaken as he was in his eXpecta-
| ton concerning the outcome of the .'spe-
| cial' unless Jean Beraud had given him
! good cause for it in his private works.
| Both horses will again meet in the Su-
/ burban, to be run on Saturday, June 16, at
| Sheepshead Bay. Imp, Kinley Mack, Bat
| ten. Box, Rush, Approval, Raffaello, the
| Kentuckian, Kilmarnock, David Garrick,
| High Order, Gulden Sidney Lucas. Sur
| field of probable starters in this great
| race which has never been exeelled- The
| race itself will be a clinker and should
! draw an immense crowd