The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-10
SOME HORSE TALK.
How the Dryers Made Money.
Whitney's Latest Success.
From the New York Press.

tAiOh VI tlclT uuNs were accustomed 10
sweeping the turf clean for many years
They never bred horse. They raced
thoroughbreds for what there was in it,
just as they sold beef in Washington
market before they fell afoul of odd
Rhad." Utterly devoid of sentiment, the
brothers made nigh cut for the dollars
And they got them. The secret Of their
success was buying none but developed
horses. II they had the crack-a-jack of
the year and in their shrewd way learned
that somebody else owned horse that
stood a chance of beating him, their first
step was to buy that horse. You all will
recall the Hanover Kingston controversy.
There is an Illustration. The public
thought Hanover invincible. but Mike and
Phil had their eyes on Eph Snedeker's
brown Kingston. and presently the great
son of Spendthrft and Kapanga passed
into their stable and out of IIanover's
way. Price $lS,5CO. And long after Han
overs career was ended Kingston was the
manstay of the red, blue sash"
Money Makes the Mare Go,
So soon as the Dryers began to buy
yearlings their stable went to pieces.
Pierre Lorillard sits on a much higher
pinnacle than MIR. Whitney. for while he
did not breed IroQuois he developed him
and won with him two-thirds of the
triple crown'-that is the Derby and st,
Leger In the last ten years Mr. Whitney
has made so much money that he doesn't
know what to do with IL. The stream of
dollars that pours into his Golfers is a
regular Niagara. His income is said to
be $2000,0O0 a year. All England agreed
that "Nolly" was the best colt in the
United Kingdom long before Mr.. Whitney
stumbled upon the opportunity to lease
him, and as our Croesus Midas was bent
on winning the Derby you don't suppose
for single instant that he was going to
let $4,000 or $4,000 stand in the way OF
that laudabie ambition, No one seems
to know what he paid for the colts run
ming qualities. but such man wouldn't
have stopped at 100000.
john Higgins.
If Lester Reiff receives an honorarium
of $1,000 for riding Volley John Higgins
deserves $4,000 for training him. We all
know John. 1t was he who gave Mr.
Whitney the tip that Volly's ability to
carry weight and stay a distance could
be bought. He came here from Texas a
good many years ago, with a record rs
the ablest manipulation of quarter
horses" the Lone Star State had ever
known. The tales he used to tell of those
days in the BUSH quarter-horse is
to the turf what hundred-yard sprnter
to get away. The start settles the race,
which is only a quarter mile. 1t vas
said that Higgins entries won everything
in Texas, and that is the reason why he
left the land OF the "beef-heads." How
strangely do ends meet! To Higgins
ripened experience on the mesquit courses
of Texas must be ascribed his success on
the grass courses of England.
Some other Foreigners.
Two foreign horses besides Iroquols
have won the Derby, namely. Gladiator
for France and Kisber for Hungary Old
timers tell me that the greatest American
horse ever sent to England was James r.
Keene's Foxhal who was of the same
age as 1roquois, but not eligible for the
Derby of 1881 His ineligiblity was all
that saved Mr.. Lorillard's mutton on that
eventful occasion. Among Foxhalls not
able victories were the Cesarewitch, over
two miles and quarter; the Cambridge
shire, one mile and distance; the Grand
Prix de Paris, one mile and seven
eighths, and (at four years.. the Ascot
cup. two miles and half, carrying 1876
pounds. Foxhall and Iroquois made Amer
leans possible in England, and Gladiator
avenged Waterloo" for the French.
when We Shall BE supreme.
America will be supreme when one of
her citizens breeds a Derby winner and,
without letting any one else own so much
as a hair Of his tail, races him in his own
colors. There is nothing in buying an
English horse to win English race.
With such magnificent breeding estab-
lishments as WOODBURY., Belle Meade, Ell
mendorf, McGrathiana, Runnymede, Dix
lana. Rancho del Paso, the Nursery, Cas-
tleton, Beaumont, Meadowthorpe, La
Belle. Brookdaye and Rancocas. in which
millions are invested. l venture the pre-
diction that within five years we shall
have the horse we are looking for-and
the man, too. A century and a quarter
ago Cowper wrote:
We justly boast
At least superior jockeyship, and claim
The honors of the turf as all our own"
Improvident Jockeys.
Do our American lockers abroad save
money? They seldom do at home Nc
I.aughlin and Garrison earned barrels"
but both are poor men to-day. The rich
est jockey we ever had prior to the Eng
lish invasion was Isaac Murphy, a mu-
latto In his last years, however, he went
to pieces and lost most of his fortune. Old
Bill Hayward an EngAshman. dear to
the hearts of all racegoers, is wel-to-do.
Taral had plenty of money eight years
ago but hard luck followed him for sew
eral asons and he made little or moth
ing. Sloan doesn't mind losing from $25-
600 to $4,000 in venture. He Is capt.
talist The Reiffs have economical hab-
it's, and should be big rich. Marty Ber-
gen. a has-been. owned extensives es-
tates. Fred Archer won 2.746 races, and
committed suicide leaving a fortune Of
$250000. Easy come, easy go. Midgets
who can neither read nor write, weigh less
than 100 pounds, II to Is years old. sud
denly find themselves in possession OF
an income OF $50 coo to $50 900 a year And
most Of them are their own guardians.
Two Race Horses.
Speaking Of racehorses. let us still bow
down to Flying Childers and Eclipse The
former, bred in 1715 by the Duke OF De
vonshire, was allowed by sportsmen to
have been the 1eetest horse that was
ever bred In the world lie ran four miles
in minutes and 48 seconds. or at the
rate of 35iz miles an hour, carrying 1873
pounds. and lived to be % years old
Eclipse was the heetest horse that ran
In England since the time OF Childers.
He was never beaten, and died at the
ripe age Of 26. His heart weighed Il
pounds. which accounted for his wonder
ful spirit and courage. After woman. the
bravest creature on earth IL a horse. |
wish Mr.. Whitney had bred Volodyovski
And ] wish Mr. Lorllard had bred Iro-
duois.
how TO MAKE 4 MILLION.