The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15
HUGGINS'S STRING IN ENGLAND.
AMERICAN TRAINERS STABLE
CONSIDERED FORMIDABLE.
v. &. whItne,'s Persimmon-surprise Colt
Promising Two-Year-Oid-Bettin
on the Derby. Lincolnshire and Grand
Acknowledgements Sporting Notes.

gr.at boon 20 English breeders contains
valuable statistics as 10 how the thoroughbred
,tsnds on the other side OF the pond. During
the season Of 1902. 5,579 II ares were accounted
for OF these i.?07 were barren, 1871 slipped
foals. i:s we're exported and 2se were not
covered. and in the interval 23o died The
gels If those that proved fruitful amounted
10 ISIS filhes and l., 90 colts. The thorough
bred stations now In active use In England
amount 10 $50. Yet formidable a. these
figures appear English critics say they are
not enough. as 1000 stations would. they
think, be necessary on the authenticated
list
Bet,ing on the three big events. Derby,
Lincolnshire and Grand at.onal. has im-
proved IN tone. For some time past the
classic event has been rather neglected, but
il has come to the front again. Rock Sand
,tll continues favorite. 100 TO 200 and $50 to
100 being jotted down on the horse. King
Edwards Mead has been found to be the real
article. he being supported at 90 to 100 and
??5 TO 100 for getting home In the first three
Babclais fetched 900 to $50. doing little better
than his Majesty's horse and with $50 to 100
for the place. The American champion
Acefull or his stable companion. Slpthrift.
has not yet come under the notice OF the
connoisseurs. but in connection with the
thinning out Of the Eu sgins stable New
market correspondent has the following to
say.
Though not stable to shine to advantage
carly in the year, there are very few retained
after their two ear-old career that cannot
win races. for whereas on the one hand Ameri-
cans mean money making. Higgins recog-
nizas the fact that trainers do not profit
In the long run by keeping doubtful or hope
lessly Improbable horses in training. Not
since he has been settled here has Higgins
such small band OF old horses for II num-
bers Just dozen. Among the lot are two
importations from America notably Ace
fu and Slipthrift The latter is a four
vear-old with plenty Of size and substance
and was really sent over as a stable COM
panion and tutor to the Derby crack Ace
full The entry OF slipthrift In several Of the
leading spring handicaps suggests better
employment and 1t would be not at all sur
prising II he proved much the same sort Of an
animal as Kimarnock. Acefull. by Mrth-
null from Myrtle Hardness Is Of true American
origin, and whether he wins the Derby OF
not. the bringing over OF the best American
three-year-old each year to beard the lion
10 his den adds considera able to the interest
centred in the greatest race in the world
should vincinius also come for this years
race at EPSON 1t will be OF a true interna-
tional character and II reports OF the French
man speak truly we shall have TO look TO our
laurels.
THE two-year-old division Is chiefly made
up OF Americans and include seven by Ned
dler who was purchased for is.5o0 guineas
acme ten years ago. Four OF these are chest
nuts. and very unlike their sire. but the only
colt In o bay. and. II lacking in the length and
power. is not altogether unlike him There
Is a chestnut eeldins toward which Knight of
the Thistle lays a part claim, Three are by
Lissak. one by Watercress and one by Kings.
and he S
hesf the colt Il hpsH sS%s
ot III 0Ctf hA Il
horse For the coli by Martason and Mimi
appssIsnc S Of the colt pro Wing Worthy q bis
hlsh Lineage. The colt by 81, simon from
Ss bn So dsn a' from L. shs sTsd
MI :sisS ess, ~ {, %GI,S::s sY%ss- =, -
has restored public copndsncs in him Tor
trials he covered three miles in ripping time
a the MSs E Be- w Mssa Ia he s"fa
p1as yh sene5a ba sn BEEN OF o
ported from 900 to 90 down TO 100 to 8. Shan
non Lass, last years winner. has found some
friends at 500 to 80.
boycott the Henley Regatta IL meeting with
supporters on all sides. one OF the newest
So Voice. '9 Smss IN Ses s S
lows
gtncAYely trust all SDOrflu1 Ltfs reader q
in.erastsd in roxIng Ia ye Rad Tho le,tar ~
EG UsmnerIs Itba .Dismonds. winner
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y;,Ia mani NJ tha one.,inn 81 nnninrofsssional
roscbing at Weni.v Resatta RnrdIy any,
thing N snvtbiny hss NE .sed me more
than mi. feayIessiv outsnoken condemnatjon
az iat,er-dsv nrocedure in Mi nsrt,ininy 10
The RoysI Eeeting In emsct IN We urged
he ssms contaptions vssr .fter ye,r Int
= has re- NAMED Tor Mr. Hemmerde 10 ri Te
empb,.,. 10 ,hem 4, no nncertsin fashion
Nav nov saw that Mr. Usmmerde's rennrLs
are cona,med absoh,tsIy IA" ,he metronoitan
club captsins Co q man and br almost every
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las NJ, H.mmerde saysS ths, we have had
about .nougb ~ this grsndmotbsrly IL vtsla :
,inp snd .hs, ,ba,e az. "th.r cnu,ses on
The Thames be.id.. Henley How true a 70
III. t.r,hsr ,sr,syLs ~ VI Usmms,ae ,hs,
Fnshsh rowing. ike rnany .ther dapartinents
~ "ur na,ionaI ~, A suocr,ng from a MA gue
81 eld.rIv sms,sn,s ro.Joio,.. f,,a,,ay.. ncs
They are the cur. Of Usnlsy Resstts, they
consider no one viii pass ,.,s,.s a. an oaIs
NAV -, .c,Ils, nnls.s be eIl,gs "a, ~ ~.
s"auatic stys Of HI. srandfstherr Who III
rainssvs
Bm 4, a. alan vary ,,u. ths, ~ n fo,eIsna,
yin. AZ Ueniey Then 4, 4. nsx..ted ,bat he
mn., IL a n,n,ss.ionai 4, haying become an
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