New-York tribune., 1901-09-02
FUTURITT SEQUELS.

John f. Madden. owner Of Yankee, the win
ner of the most important and most celebrated
race for two-year-olds IN America, says that
his fast colt will be sent 10 England 10 run for
the Derby, the most famous turf contest in the
world. The renown of a Derby triumph sur
passes all other turf distinctions although it
is by no means the richest prize now offered
for the competition OF thoroughbred horses
Several colts bred in America have been sent
10 the post for the famous stake on the EPSON
Downs, but only one Of them has ever been
successful-Iroquos. owned by Pierre Lorlllard
but bred not at Mr.. LOrillard's New-Jersey
farm, at Rancocas, but by Arstides Welch at
Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia. A colt born
and brought up In England. but leased by Will
lam c. Whitney. was first in the Derby this
year. and this victory was gratifying 10 Ameri-
can turfmen, but It would have been hailed
with far more enthusiasm il the winner had
been of American birth and breeding. The
Oaks, however, the foremost of stakes for fllies
the world over, was taken this year by James
r. Keene's Cap and Bells in so brilliant man
ner that her name will glitter for decades in the
dazzling list of queens of the turf. She is
American through and through. and an illus
trious example of the prowess OF the choicest
stock produced on the breeding farms of this
country.
British turfmen may make up their minds
that the honors which fell to American colors
In the Derby and the Oaks of 1901 are likely
10 be followed by notable conquests next year
If there is any twO-year-old in Great Britain
that is the peer of Yankee he has not vet
come out into the clear light of open day The
winner of the Futurity is a magnificent spec-
men of truly American racer. His sire was
Hanover, a horse whose harvest of turf prizes
was long and splendid, and of the most
successful sires ever known. His dam was
Correction, one Of the feetest mares in the turf
annals of this hemisphere BY parentage and
descent Yankee should be n colt of impressive
merit. And he is plainly Of the highest class.
He has run only three times in public. and he
| has not yet met defeat. His owner is ac-
knowledged by every one who knows anything
about the turf TO rank among the ablest and
shrewdest men who ever managed colt or a
flly. Mr. Maddens achievements In recent
years have been amazing. Not many seasons
have gone by since he first interested himself in
thoroughbreds. but in that comparatively short
period he has bought. developed and brought
out an astonishing group of champions of dis
tingulshed worth. Hamburg was unquestion-
ably a racer of the supreme type, a true Ma
poleon Alexander Caesar or Hannibal in the
| mightiest of battles for track laures. In Yam
kee Mr.. Madden has worthy successor to the
almost Incompatible Hamburg, and the prob
able winner of the English Derby of 1902, If the
owner takes this superb colt over the Atlantic
himself and personally directs his preparation
| for the great contest of Derby Day.
| AS The Tribune has said repeatedly, there is
much cause for regret that so many two-year-
olds are mercllessly overraced in this country.
| On the best known courses on this continent
youthful colts and filles are called upon TO take
! up the hardest of tasks much more frequently
| than on the tracks of England and France. An
| effort has been made here to check the cruelty
excessive running of young horses, but it has
| accomplished nothing as yet. Ii is of interest