The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31

Stevens expects to start Treacy for the
hrst time in the Ozark Stakes. which Is
tenebGuiea 10 be run at Delmar on Sep,
Marque at Delmar and the Fair Grounds
last year He sold Wyeth to Drake for
$4,000 and parted with Marque for S, 600 at
Memphis last spring. Pat Dunno purchasing
the fly Stevens also sold Gallagher for
$500 or sN0O after thes colt had run a
sensational race at Delmar last season. Mr..
Stevens returned from Kentucky Saturday
and will resume operations at Delmar Mon
day.
pointed clerk of the scales for the fall
meeting of the Ontario Jockey Club at To-
Toronto This meeting will open on Sep
TENDER "a
John A brakes powerful stable OF d
ners was shipped from Saratoga to Sheeps
head Bay the other day. Every horse Il
the string was taken to Sheepshead Bay
with the exception of High Chancellor. Thfs
colt is suffering from an attack of acute
catarrhal fever and may not be able tc
race again this year. Drake bought High
Chancellor from Kit Chinn at Chicago dur
ing the Washington Park meeting. High
Chancellor won a good race at Saratogs
two days before he was taken sick.
A ]. Joyner has been engaged to traiI
for sydney Paget, and will take charg
or the string on December / This an
nouncement was made by Mr.. Paget at tn
Saratoga track the other day.
Mr.. Paget owns no horses of racing az
at present, but he bought a large number
Of yearlings at the sale OF the ~youngster
bred by J. b. Haggin. which took place at
the Shepshead Bay sales paddocks in June.
swiftmas was the last horse in training
owned by Mr. Paget. and he sold him in
July to Lawrence Waterbury,.
When Mr.. Pagets name was announced
so frequently by Auctioneer William Easton
at Mr.. Haggin's sale as the buyer of many
high-priced youngsters. it was generally
supposed by horsemen that he represented
William c. Whitney in these purchases
The announcement that he is to maintain
a separate stable and has engaged Jack
Joyner to train for him proves this suppo-
sition to have been incorrect
The exact status of the new Paget stable,
however. remains to be determined. It Is
possible that before the racing season opens
| yearlings Nj. Paget bought will be regis
tered with the Jockey Club between Mr..
Paget and some one else who has stood be-
hind his purchases from the beginning. But
the fact that Mr.. Pagets purchases almost
exclusively formed part of the output OF
Mr.. Haggin's breeding farms puts another
Charlie Littleheld. who managed Mr..
Haggn's racing stable for so long and In
whom the millionaire breeder has the most
unbounded confidence. is suffering from an
illness that may cost him his life, and viii
certainly prevent him from undertaking the
management of the stable next year.
1t was suggested that 1t was not at all
unlikely that many Of Mr.. Higgins 2-year-
olds might race next year in Mr.. Pagers
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,ment for Mr.. Haggin to make. 1t has long
been an open secret that many of Mr.. Hag-
gins horses were to be found in the stables
OF other horsemen with whom he had made
some kind of an agreement whereby the en-
tire management of the animals was turned
over to them. Such an arrangement has
long been thought TO exist between Green
8. Morris and Mr.. Haggin.
Variocs Circumstances rendered such q
plan not only desirable, but well-nigh neces-
sary. One potent factor was the vast scale
upon which the Californian conducts his
breeding operations. No one stable could
properly manage and train his annual out.
put Of thoroughbreds. even after scores or
them had been sold at the metropolitan auc-
tons. Still another fact that Lends color TO
this theory IS the presence OF John Mackay,
Mr.. Gaggin's superintendent in the East
He is at present in Saratoga
The yearlings that were knocked down to
Mr.. Paget ct the Haggin sale included q
number of the best, although the highest
prices were paid by Mr.. Whitney. All told.
Mr.. Paget purchased fifteen or twenty
Youngsters at that sale. A majority OF
them were by Watercress; but Golden Gar.
ter, Star Ruby, Goldfnch and others OF
Mr.. Higgins stations were well represent
ed.