The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-21
FRED FOSTER HOME
ST. PAUL THURMAN COMES BACK
FROM EUROPE WITH HIGH
HONORS
MADE WONDERFUL RECORD
Brief Career as Trainer ia Europe
Replete With Triunlpi,s on the
Leading Tracks of the
Old world.

Fred Foster, the well known st. Paul
turfman, is home from Europe. Accom-
PANIED by his brother, Matt Foster, the
owner of DIR. Rice, and other track stars,
he reached st. Paul yesterday, COM
ing direct from Austria. Mr.. Foster ana
his brother are now with their parents
at COS Dayton avenue. They will make
Il three weeks visit. and will then return
to Germany where Fred Foster is under
contract to train the famous stable OF
Baron George Won Bleiehroeder
Mr.. Foster returns to st. Paul one of
the most successful and popular Amer
lean trainers now following the races IN
the old world
Last February he left America to tram
for Gideon Won Rohenzy, the speaker sof
the Hungarian reiehstag. When he went
abroad he was better known in this coun-
trv as a horse owner, but in the snort
time with the foreign stables he has es-
tablished a record that is the envy OF al
American trainers now in the old world,
and a record hard to duplicate.
Mr.. Foster has met with the most won-
derful success in his career as trai1lef
in Europe and has thoroughly convinced
the horse owners across the pond that MS
success is due to good hard work ana
not to any particular run of luck
While away Foster has trained horses
on all of the prominent tracks OF Europe
IIe has raced his ponies in Austria, Hun
gary and Turkey.
Foster first sprung into prominence
when he assumed charge of the Won
Rohenzy stables During the race season
he entered fifty-eight horses under the
Won Rohenzy colors and with TINS large
list was out of the money but twice. He
also trained for Phillip Ollenberg, start
ing eight horses. Seven of these captured
first money and the eighth horse f1nlshen
third. Foster feels proud of this record.
When Foster returns to Germany ne
will have absolute charge of the stables
of Baron George Won Bleichroeder, who Is
to the foreign track what w c. Whitney
is to the American horse world
In Charge of Fine stable.
The Won BIeichroeder stables rank with
the finest in Europe They are situated
one. mile from the Won Bleichroeder palace
about thirty miles from Cologne. AT the
training quarters Won Bleichroeder has
one of the finest private racing GROUNDS
to be found in all Europe
az reached st. Paul this morning, SAID
the famous trainer to TIL e G 20 b e last
NIGHT. 81 am home for about three weeks.
and then will return to Germany to take
nm the training of the Won Bliechroeder
stable.
81 met with great success while away.
and will go back with a determination to
continue the good work. trained horses
for many tracks while away, racing IN
Austria, Hungary and Turkey. Among the
race tracks | visited were the track al
Budapest, at Sarajevo, at Vienna, Car
acco, Carlsbad and Cottonbruin.
.Oyer there they have some of the best
race tracks and racing grounds IN the
world The Freidennau track at Vienna
J,-x-N in q
The driveway is truly a wonderful piece
of work 1t is twelve miles long, witt an
eighty-foot driveway. On each. side Of the
driveway proper. is ansexeellent path for
wheelmen, another path for saddle horses.
and still another path for the king $. SOL
dfers.
"Racing at all these tracks is conducted
on the highest plane of respectab1llty
The horse owners over there do not look
so much to the finaneialsend as they do
to the pleasure found illlwatchlng good
races.
1.-THE racing season consists of four
meets of fifteen days each. The races are
run but three days a week, TUESDAYS,
Thursdays and Sundays. Sunday Is the
great race day Of the week.
81 left New York last February 10
train for Gideon Won Dohenzy. ! was in
charge of his stable for five months, and
during that time L won for him five OF
the biggest stakes won in Germany. With
Egardo / won the Austria prize, this race
being considered one of the greatest
races in Europe
Foster brings back with him material
proof of the foreign owners belief in
his worth as a trainer, the Foster family
board at COS Dayton avenue, being loaded
down with presents received before the
trainer departed for home.
A cane and an umbrella, mounted with
tusks taken from an enormous wild boar,
set in old silver, were presented to Foster
by Baron Franc Schaffenberger. Baron
Won Bleichroeder expresses his regard for
the American with a beautiful gold COM
bination match box and card case. Rid
ing crops and other canes come from
other admirers, and Foster is proud of
his collection.