The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-20


of Mr.. Keene's ventures in the street
He never forgot Domino for this, and
when the great horse died at his farm
| in Kentucky he erected over its grave
a granite shaft.
The hobby for fast horses costs Mr..
Keene from 100000 to $15O,0O0 a year.
He owns a breeding farm in Kentucky
called the Castieton Stud. On this
| place are quartered several high-ciass
stations, chief of which are Ben
Brush, Kingston, Horoscope and st.
Leonard, and 200 brood mares. 1t costs
at least $4,000 year TO support this
place.
Besides Castleton, Mr.. Keene leases
Brookdale, the New Jersey farm ia
nous during the life of the late ID. D.
Withers as the home of many high
class thorOughbreds.. This is the home
training quarters
Mr.. Keene Is essentially q breeder
Fully SIS per cent. OF his horses are bred
by him. He purchases a few yearlings
at the sales, but never buys a 2 or g.
year-old colt. He would much rather
win selling race->Iwith a youngster
that he had bred than secure a val
liable stake with a purchased colt.
Drawing the Line.
In the Messrs Keene's stable there
are forty-five thoroughbreds in train
ing in this country. At Newmarket,
England, in the care OF Matt Allen
are twenty-one. When the rule was
passed by the Jockey Club restricting
an entry to one owner or a Arm name,
James r. Keene divided his stable with
FoXhall Keene Placing the names of
the colts on paper, he drew a dividing
line between them and said to his son:
You take one half and I'll take the
other" Similar tactics were pursued
when he nominated a few of his best
mares for the Futurity and Patron
stakes several years ago. He placed a
pencil line through the names of the
mares, saying: Enter this lot In the
Matron and the other for the Futur-
ity." BY this method Emma c., the
dam of the great Commando, was emit
cred in the Matron stakes, by which
her son was eligible only for the Ma
tron stakes of 1900 and not for the
more valuable .Futurity-a race that
he could undoubtedly have won, as he
was the superior of Ballyhoo Bey, the
winner-was a matter Of great aston
ishmnt and caused much comment.
Mr.. Keene's great colt Foxhall won
a number of important events abroad,
notably the Prix de Paris, the French
Derby. Many OF the best English
trainers said Foxhall was a much bet
English Derby for the late Pierre Lo-
Ifllard in 1881.
Mr.. Keene never forgets favor or
an injury. His friends say that he is
loyal, his enemies say ne is implac-
able in his hatred. Sooner or later, 1t
IL believed. he will secure his revenge.
Tod Sloan is held up as a shining ex-
ample OF Mr.. Keene's never-fniling
memory. After the BalIyhoo Bey-Tom-
Fyr.A q a..
advantage to go abroad again to ride.
Soon his license was revoked by the
English stewards and he has never
been able to regain it, Men in close
touch with the turf say that Mr..
Keene's influence abroad is responsible
for the stewards action not to renew
Sloan's permission 10 ride.
Then Came whitney.
Mr.. Whltney's advent In racing is a
matter of five or six years. He began
in an inauspicious manner by purchas-
ing the steeplechase horse Shillalagh
and ran him under the name and col
ors of Sidney Paget. His success caus-
ed him to branch out as horse owner.
He paid princely prices for each. lie
never haggled about the amount. For
several seasons his purchases were the
talk of the turf world. In three years
ne spent nearly 100000 in horsellesh
HIS most notable purchases were Hdfn-
burg, 100000; Nasturtium, $50, 1000; Yaa-
kee, $40. 900; Ballyhoo Bey. $4,000; Cum
fire, 81, 900 and Admiration, $4,000. Be
sides these race horses he bought
large number OF stations and brood
mares.
Mr.. Whitney owns the most powerful
stable of race horses in training.
Among the thirty-four horses in this !
country are some of the fastest horses
on the turf
He has Mr.. Keene beaten to a stand |
still in this respect. He owns a score |
of great horses, while Mr.. Keene can |
hardly count one. In Gunfre, Gold |
smith and Leonora Loring he has a |
trio Of unbeatable old horses. Mr.. |
Keene has not a good old horse In his |
barn. Olympian is his best, but he Is
not high class. He was a miserable |
failure In England and was shipped /
back home because OF his lack OF form.
He has improved very much and In |
his one race Of the season showed
plenty Of speed that failed to win.
Horses Not "A Passion.
Mr. Whitney IL fond OF his horses,
but they are not o passion with him
like they are with James n. Keene.
Mr. Whitney IL not ~ close an OBJ
server OF his thorOughbreds as Mr..
Keene. lie knows only a few OF his
most prominent horses by sight He
does not love his th0rOughbreda be-
cause they are horses, but simply be-
cause they are fast.
When Trainer John NJ R0Rers de-