Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-28
THOROUGHBRED
iron HORSES"
Some American Animals That
Have Won the Coveted
Title.
ADVANCE GUARDS SHOWING.
Famous Animal Goes Into Winter
Quarters and May Not Race Again
AS a TwO.Year.0ld

Advance Guard, one OF the most con-
slstent thoroughbreds that ever looked
through bride, will not face te bar
fler again this season, and IN all proba-
Dlnty VIII go into winter quarters never
tn return to race track again, says
the Denver Post. In his retirement the
turf loses one OF its best performers,
ana Few horses OF the latter day have
mad more severe campaigning or trav-
eled greater distances to keep engage
ments.
During the four years from 1899 as a
Two -year-old, up TO and including his
turf career as a five-year-old I'm 1902
Advance Guard faced tho flag in 1850
races, Of which he won i5, was second
IS times, third 30 and unplaced In As.
This is a remarkable record for horse
whose races We're never made to order
and who sported silk without regard to
weight, distance, company or track con-
ditions.
Advance Guard has been, too, a horse
that was largely conditioned by con-
slant campaigning, and his muscles OF
steel and immense lung capacity have
carried the great horse through the
stretch in whrwind finish when more
delicate horses have lodged an issue
'prepped' for special events. The big
son Of imp. Great Tom and Nellie Van,
who has always been one Of the largest
horses In training, deserve, therefore,
more than has been said OF him, for
while McCresney. Hermis and Water
boy may be considered IN another class,
they are not entitled to greater praise
when compared from a general racing
standpoint
AS two-year-old Advance Guard
first went to the post " Aqueduct In
the spring Of 1899 finishing sixth I'm
field OF seven. He started seven times
before he got sin the money" and had
faced the barrier IA times before he won
race, Canuthers & Shields secured
the horse later in the season from w.
II. Barrett, and after winning with him
on the Canadian circuit tookhlm to Cal,
ifornia, where Ne won the Tanforan
stakes and the Golden Gate and Paciho
Union Handicaps, besides easily defeat
ing Andrsa IN match race.
Returning to Chicago the following
summer some of the wise ones had a
flyer ON the colt In the American Derby.
won by Sidney Lucas Advance Guard
won AT Saratoga, however, ad came to
Sheepshead Bay for a try In the Twin
City handicap, won by Ethelbert. Later
at Chicago he won several races, among
them match race with Florizar In his
first appearance as a four-year -old Adj
vance Guard won the Eclipse takes I'm
California, also defeating Tuthill, to
whom the son Of Great Tom conceded
20 pounds ad carried his heavy mpost
of l25 pounds without turning a hair.
Coming east again in 1901, after COW
ering the western circuit Advance
Guard won the first Gravesend special,
but was beaten In the second by Blues
ad Watercolor. The Handicapped at this
time loaded the horse with lead at
Aqueduct, he being Obliged to carry 1926
to So pounds for Dom Paul
Advance Guard came out of winter
quarters the next spring at Morris
Park. After defeat by Watercolor he
beat Heno, 100. and a good field in the
Jockey Club Weight forage handicap
carrying 1923 pounds, and was second by
nose to Reina in the Brooklyn Sec
ond to Mornlngsde, lOi, in the Brook
dale, when he had II pounds up, with
l29 pounds as top weight In the stand
ard stakes ran the mile and half,
beating Surmise ten lengths Gold Heels
defeated Advance Guard by only a neck
In the Advance stakes, after having
all the best Of the weights. Al Sara
toga he won the Saratoga cup and
Champlain stakes, and came back to
sheepshead Bay to run IN an over
night handicap on the turf in which
he carried l32 pounds, and finished third
to Daily with 50 and st. Finian with S6.
His last start was in the Norris Park
Autumn weight-for-age race at 2A
miles, In which he defeated Wyeth and
Blues
Though Advance Guard has been a
notable exception among the horses of
the present day as a hard campaigner
ad one that has never sought easy
money hts record fades In comparison
with many of those In the last decade.
| The disposition To compare Advance
| Guard To Bitten, Logan, Barnum. BAN
| quet and Bankrupt, know mas the iron
| horses Of the turf. which disposition
has been shown In some quarters, is
I not warranted by the records as the
| most casual glance through Goodwin 4
| official turf guide would show. Such a
| study of these records. however. is full
| OF interest at this time, lest we for
| get in the sensational performances
| of the present era OF 5000 nags and
4, big stables the equally remarkable per.
| formances of the selling platers whose
| frequent appearances at the post ken,
the feed boxes full for the poor owners
Strange as It may seem, Logan. the
horse that leads them all IN the mum,
Der OF actual racen run, was also own
ed by Alexander shields present owner
OF Advance Guard, and Il was with
some of to money won by Logan that
te purchase of the other was made. Lo-
gan's career, one Of the most phenome
nal ever written. Is as follows
|