The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
ARISTOCRATIC HORSE
HANASTAR LEADS : LIST OF
 THoRoU0HBRED3.
Something of the Career of One of the Favorites of the Turf
 Other News of Sport.
Chicago News.

| AholS PCiAN1t tyPC OA o thOtIeeN bred than Banastar would be difficult | to find, says an Eastern turf writer | One of the most perfectly formed O | thoroughbreds, he Is the handsomes horse that has been seen on the turf il l this country in many years.
 Of the aristocrats ofthe running tur Banastar easily stands at the head His victory in the Toboggan was an ticipated, for, although he was asked to pick up the crushing, weight of 13' pounds. and the field that opposed him
 included several fast sprinters, his race
 in the Metropolitan Handicap had shown that he was in the best possible condition and the Toboggan distance six furlongs straightaway-suited him to a nicety.
 When he was purchased for MT. Mackay at the dispersal sale of the late Willim H. Clark's horses few trainers believed that the horse could be got- ten into condition to race again. But the modern training methods employ triumphed, and he now ranks with the best of his position in this country and that means in the world.
 Banastar made his first bid for turf prominence on the Highland Park race track in 1897. Since then his career has been onward and upward. and few horses have been able. after practi- cal retirement for a year, to come back and win as impressively as he did ir the Metropolitan Handicap at Morris Park last Saturday. and the Toboggar Handicap Tuesday.
 In the spring of 1897 a racing firm known as the Dots Bros. started 2
 year-old chestnut colt by Farandole-
 Blessing at the Louisville meeting. He was called Banastar, and ran unplaced
 in the $10.O00 Futurity. Then he wor | a mediocre purse, and was next heard of when he ran second to My Maryland
 at Highland Park on June Il of that year. Three days later they again turned him loose, and he won a five furlong dash in a manner which at. tracted attention to him and considera. | bly enhanced the value of the colt. As a 3-year-old he was so successful that he changed owners in June aEh passed into the stable of w. H. Clark ex-corporation counsel, of New York city. MT. Clark won with him, and next year the horse created one of the big sensations of the turf. He won the Toboggan Handicap and followed it by winning the classic Brooklyn Han- dicap. He was favorite in the Subur- ban, but was left at the post, and MT. Clark paid Jockey Haher his sal ary for the rest of the year, but refused to let him again sit in the saddle while the contract be- tween them existed. MT Clark claimed that Maher was largely responsible for the mishap, and from his action he plainly charged the jockey with crook edness.
 After the death of MT. Clark, at the dispersal sale of his stable, Banastar was bought by MT. Worcester for young Clarence H. Mackay. At that time MT. Worcester told George H.
 Hendrie of the Highland Park Club
 that it was the intention to school Ban- astar over the jumps and race him ir France as a steeplechaser. During the
 winter Banastar gained in every way after his practical rest of last year | and this spring his condition warrant | ed starting him in the big handicap. Chances of match race between | the two crack sprinters. Miss Bennett | and Wentworth, who are at Worth, are slim. Not that either owner is afraid | of such a race, ,sbut the condition of the recent importation from the coast is such that Owner Stover is satisfied tc keep his bird in the stable.
 It was not discovered until after Miss Bennett had won the race Mon. day that Kenilworth's rear leg was in | 1ured at the knee. Whether this is | strain or whether the horse struck his
 knee the owner has not yet found out | but one. thing is certain-Kenilworth | vii! not raea fer some time. With Wentworth disabled there .s | none to dispute the claims of the pride
 of the Bennett stable. Few Allies SC frntl fFr can boast of such clean record. She
 is rightfully entitled to the title oi queen of the turf, which she won and cinched when she beat Wentworth, the undisputed best sprinter in California during the winter, whose long list of winning starts was broken by the chestnut wonder named after the daughter of her owner, George C. Ben nett.
 Miss Bennett has started in seven- teen races since she made her debut in her 2-year-old form. Of these she has won an even dozen. She was second three times. third twice and has never been out of the money. She ran on seven different tracks and on five of these either set a new or equaled the track record. She has beaten the best of the 2-year-old colts and fillies and is now ready to meet anything regard less of age, size or previous reputation.
 Miss Bennett does not look to be the speed marvel that she is. The lilly is less than fifteen hands high and win tered none too well. When she went to the post Monday she looked like a weanling beside the big colt. Kenif- worth. Miss Bennett looked drawn and many censured Owner Bennett for sending her to the post in such a con- dition. Some thought she would not be able to run inside the money, but the looks of the lilly were deceiving. Miss Bennett was in fine fettle and no one knew that better than George c. Bennett.
 Two large wooden shoes were sent .b tho