The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-17
PREDICTS CHANGE IN RACfsc.
Yoorhies Thinks Horses VIII De hun
on the English Plan.

Lexington, KY. Feb. ls.-MI: George
voorhies Of Denver. Colo. probably Amer
ivs iust ret1rned ] from a tour Of England.
France. Australia and other foseign , Soum, N,
tries that maintain the sport OF kings on
ToopSies s is the brother Of Charles voor-
hies. the banker and hnancier OF TINS cry, "
and is stopping here Tor snort Ees' en-
II believe the. time win come said he to
your correspondent to-day, when Amer
lean racing will be as clea: and as nlgn-
ton foneG N as ts,s country viii be entirely broken
up' then will come the reorganization on
high and clean lines. Tho point Of the en-
chine Is not far distant. It may be five
Closed save, probably. New York. Chicago
and San Fra ssSs to ose se Sy Until racing viii
runs De saue the year M In and the year out An Of
the tracks have come into tne nan1s ar Oh r;n tue
disregarding the public pleasure or good
After this there will be clean racing In
America. Men OF money % NIL hsse pr,ae USacs .1em
will win from those OF tner neienpofs;
Nothing but stake races will be given, and
those viii be made .S w1rfn for 'ns Meet,nrs s Of
short duration like those In England VIII
be. held at some eighty or 100 places IN the the
United States instead ,3, or nro%a SS ,hs @rounds
~ a,a taLs on the old enthusiasm Hundreds
~ fbousands will be wagered Instead OF the
.my g bets Of 1nis an cay M InS mot haxe the
chance. but racing 70 not poor mans
0ame 1t il a sport OF the Meaitny. IN
which the poor man can paruc'pa'e WIN
sc@IT .sTb,s can be done at once II the leading
turfynen Of this country will make up their
minds to take the racing IN nanG ana piSce
Il upon the high standard IN "n'cn IL De-
'oSS M. yoorhies is beginning to- work quietly
on these lines and he Is firm IN the e1nvic. ~
short space of time in America
AT La Belle Stud In this county; Sst:;,sd where re
many turf stars Honorable "; G. Whitney
develop race horses according t 70 a the mo0, o,t
ment. II can be said breeding does not tell.
a. the head Of Ss the 'tIS 9Ssn = ne SsSS tne
great turfnan he l. to-day. Next to Ham
burg is the 5000 imp. Meddler. and then
there Is the great race morse LissscA S MOL NOT
Services being reserved for the matrons OF
the establishment. These were selected BY
agents Of Mr. Whitney from ,dsnt xarroS par.s has
Seen tried were selected to do the buying Of
these mares, and they represent an output
Of some Ed A. pa9n: %n1 Torid
nroyed such q Judge that the late Marcus
HsIv retained him for years at a stin sal
ary. was the first to be employed BY Mr..
whitney. Then came Shelby 7. Harbison.
we'll known from one end Of the country to
the other as q Judge of all classes Of horses:
w. I. Powers of New York and other good
Judges were exhausted. and then the versa
Tile Madden, who to-day L. Mr.. Whitney's
stsnch friend and adviser. The mares came
from the farms of Major B. J. Thomas.
Colonel W. 8. Barnes. Colonel James e.
Penner. Captain Sam Brown and other IA
,rnms breeders, Mr.. Whitney's- men being
allowed to go into the paddocks and take
first pick. The place now has some eighty
colts and fillies by Meddler and Lissack.