The Washington times., 1902-09-15
Major Daingerfield's Vic
tory Places McLeWee
& Co. in Lead.
KEENE STABLES ARE SECOND
John A. Drake, Owner of savable, Al
though Only Fourth Among Winners
in the East, Leads All Others in
Grand Total by His Big Winnings in
the West.

With but two important race meetings
left OF the turf year of 1902, nip-and-
tuck contest for the place OF honor a;
the head of the winning list gives prom
ise OF holding public interest to the
close of the racing season. Some big
stakes remain to be competed for at the
Brooklyn Jockey Club, and the West
chester Racing Association fall meet
ings may permit any one of nearly a
dozen great stables to land at the top
OF the list. Three OF the most impor-
tant establishments of the East now arc
on nearly even terms in the lead.
The victory of Major Daingerfield in
the Annual Champion Stakes on Satur-
day places the stable OF F. C. McLewee
& Co. in the lead at the present time.
with a total of sS3.14O to their cr1iit
J, r. and F. P. Keene are second. with
$66.595, while August Belmont is third.
with wir.ling account of s60.035. These
turf leaders have raced in the Eas.
alone. and their stable earnings were
rolled up on the race tracks of the met
ropolitan circuit, of which Saratoga now
is one. 1t is indicative of the impor-
tance in racing of the Western stables.
however, that a Western man. whose
colOrs are so new to the East that they
were seen for the first time on a New
York track only a week ago. is the
fourth man on the winning list, this be-
ing John A. Drake, whose victory in the
Futurity with the colt Savable netted
him $4,000 in the value of the stakes
alone. The Drake horses have made
some slight additions to this total at
Bay, their winnings there
and at Saratoga making up the respect
able sum of s49.5S5. earned in the East
within the period of about five weeks.
Drake Big Winner.
Though the Drake stable at present
Is only fourth on the winning list of the
East, the successes of the stable in the
West earlier in the season, the most
notable of which was the victory of the
Drake representative Wyeth in the
s25, 900 American Derby at Chicago, gave
The establishment a good start before
the horses were sent on to New York.
Thus the earnings Of the stable in both
East and West, amount to sum which
puts Mr.. Drake comfortably in the lead
among the winners of the American
.urf for the season. AS a matter of fact.
It looks very much as il Mr.. Drake will
lold his place as the turf's largest win
Ter to the end of the season, though, as
the stable is poorly engaged in stakes,
It is quite probable that some of the
Eastern owners will excel his record for
The amount of money won on the tracks
Inder Jockey Club jurisdiction. In the
brief period OF Mr.. brakes racing ca
'eer in the United States he has dupli
.ated practically his marvellous sue
,esses of last year on the English race
racks. when, with the same trainer as
1t present he became one of the mos.
figures in European racing
nth horses that he bought ready made
md turned over to the training of Enoch
Nishard and the riding of the Reiff
The fifth largest winner of the season
8 Green B. Morris. who, with a stable
made up Of horses of all ages. has won
total of SAT ,435, simply by persistent
acing. very few stakes of any import
nee having fallen to the share of his |
orses.
Whitney Is Sixth.
On very nearly even terms as sixth |
nd seventh of the list are the allied |
tables of William C. Whitney and Whit !
ey G. Duryea. the latter firm composed |
( Harry Payne Whitney and Herman B.
)uryea, actually leading the big estab-
of the elder Whitney by a few
ollars in the total of money won. Mr.
has one of the largest and most
xpensive racing stables ever conducted
1 the United States, and also retains the
est trainers and jockeys to be employed.
gainst the 100 or more horses he had
0 select from, his son and Mr.. Duryea
tarted into racing with one horse. Irish
ad. and were successful from the very
tart. That colt has earned for them
II but S700 of the splendid total of SAL
10 credited to their account since their
olors were first displayed in a race at
ne Sheepshead Bay June meeting. Irish
ad has been beaten but once with the
& Duryea jacket up. and that
as when he ran behind Savable for the