The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-01
A Turf StatiStician Gives
Figures on Crop Of
ThorOughbredS.
WAIBRCRESN FAR In TIE LEAD
Average of $500 Realized for Four
Colts and Six FiIlies-Advance Guard
Looms Up Dangerous Factor for Sara
toga Opening.

A compilation by q turf statistician
develops some interesting figures on the
yearnng crop OF thoroughbreds for 1902.
At public auction 45s have already
passed under the hammer for total
OF $512, $50, OF an average OF S1.118-
Estimates place the yeaTling crop at
1000 head, and it IS safe TO say that
the total valuation is not less than
81 ,0Oo. coo. This can be asserted with
assurance because Of the fact that the
highly tried youngsters from the Cas-
Teton Stud of James R heeue. the
La Belle Stud Of ". c. Whitney, and
the pick Of the produce Of August Bel
mont's Nursery Stud are not included
in the list OF horses that have been
sold at auction
The Runnymede Stud has the highest
average Il sent only ten yearhngs to
the market, but received a total OF SIS
500, an average Of 1859 James B
Haggin was second and third II point
Of average. The ffty-two head from
his Elmendorf Stud brought total OF
S94. 49, or an average Of S1,S22, while
Rancho del PasC, with 133 head sold,
reached the great total Of S215,7O0, an
av5fage Of S1,62L
The Raceland Stud, with eleven head
sola for SI4 800. had an average OF
SI.345. while the Springland Stud aver
aged 81 075 for the two head IL offered
These five studs were the only ones OF
the twenty-five establishments that
sold yearIings averaging over $1,000.
4 total of 112 sires were represented,
and Of these in the average OF price
obtained. Watercress is far in the lead
For four colts and six FLIES an aver
age Of So, 500 was realized Hamburg
follows with an average OF s3,066 for
six head; Hirayar averaged s, 400 for two
head; Salvador, $3.50 for three head;
knight OF the Thistle $2,325 for four
head, and Sir MOdred 5000 for five
head
OF the AS yearlings sold seventeen
averaged 5000 or better The record
7rice OF the. season vas paid for the
imported WatercTOss-Pe nsa colt, which
brought 81, 800 Watercross also sired
the second iighest-priced colt. a young
ster out OF Pansy, bringing $4,000
Jockey J. Martin gave a spectacular
exhibition of riding IN the fifth race al
Brighton on Wednesday. when he rode
the two-year-old Right and True TO vic
tory. When the field broke, Right and
True was one OF the first to get going,
and as he did so he threw his head for
ward. jerking the reins out OF Martins
hands. The boy could not recover them,
and quickly clasped the lead pad pock-
cts After the field had gone some dis
tance Right and True was bumped by
another horse. causing him TO throw his
head bat K, thus giving Martin an op
portunity to ges the reins again
The unstable value Of race horses is
well exempIided In the case of Roe
year after R0ehamptOn had Won z Sc
ries of brilliant victories, his owner was
offered Sc, 000 for him. This season. If
offered for sale, northampton would not
bring more than $1,000.
Major Thomas. the Kentucky breeder
Of thoroughbrees, was greatly disap-
pointed in the price he obtained for the
half-brother to Tommy Atkins, which
was recently sold for S., 500 to the
Messrs. .Keene- Major Thomas considers
the horse almost as good as Domino.
The latter horse was offered at private
sale TO the lottery king, John A. Morris,
as he was q brother to that hoFseEaan' :
fzEoTite mare, Correction. but Mr.. Nor
Tis found fault with the colts legs and
he was sold 10 the Kesnes for 5000
Domino won more than 100000 for his
owners. ". G. Whitney was anxious to
secure the half-brotheT TO Tommy At
kins, but was not able to be present at
the sale.
Among the starters II the near future
at st. Louis viii be the mare Mary
Greenway. a three-year-old FLY by ST
Saviour. She las been working very
fast at the Kentucky Association track,
her last trial being a mile in 1.3S. Just
salloPin5 a. the finish,
Last summer, at Saratoga, Lucien
Lyme wcs TOundly condemned for his
poor work IN the saddle during that
meeting. Since then. chiefly through a
winter passed al the New Orleans track,
Lyme has developed into one Of the best
lightweight riders On the Western cir
cult He VIII ride again ct Saratoga
this year. p Ryan is anxious to secure
the lad to pilot his mare ROIdEc in the
Saratoga Handicap on the opening day.
and has wired TO Harlem soliciting his
services
Craig Wadsworth's jumper, Lucky
Bird, injured himself so badly the other
day while being schooled over the
steepIechase course at Brighton that il
was found necessary TO destroy him
Advance Guard VIII be a hard horse
10 beat from now on. The Brighton
Beach track IS not suited to the old
campaigner, as the short stretch and
sharp turns work against his long,
sweeping stride. Look out for Advance
Guard al Saratoga
Jockey Mara, the steeDIechase rider,
has been set down By the manager Of the
Widener stable, for whom the jockey
rides. and he has appealed TO the Jockey
Club stewards 10 grant him permission
TO take outside mounts.
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