Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-09-26

STALWART, WINNER DE GhACE1 SlAxAxs0'
very well known turfman, asked Mr..
Whitney to set price on Stalwart. II
wouldn't take 100000 for this chest
nut colt of mine,' is the manner in
which the great breeder and master OF
Cast La Belle farm dismissed the prop
osition.
The very next Saturday Mr.. Whitney
took out to Morris park distin-
guished party, including Senator Black
burn of Kentucky and other expert
and noted racing devotees. Stalwart
started a to / shot and trailed in sec
ond to last in a field Of five. That the
colt '.funked" was palpably apparent
to all who looked, and none felt the
ignominy Of the thing so grfevously as
Mr.. Whitney. Three weeks later Stall
wart found himself in vulgar parade
of sales ring horses with a facetious
auctioneer making excuses for him and
cajoling the buyers into sending in
bids.
Mr.. whitney stood by, abstracting q
certain satisfaction from the. degrade
ton Of Stalwart, for the tWo-year-old
had surely. played him a scurvy. trick.
Suddenly the voice and the intention
of one John 3. Madden dispelled his
pique, for in a moment the owner I'M
derstood g. R. Thomas, the new conner
to the turf whose big betting opera
lions were just then filling in big type
wherever the reading eye fell, was aft
er Stalwart. At $1,000 Mr.. Whitney
started for the auctioneers box, but
before his arrival the Thomas-Madden
interests had bid $4,000 and won the
son of Meddler.
Mr.. Whitney turned away and said :
81 am sorry about this. would give
$4,000 to get him back" Thomas re-
| fused the overture. At Saratoga, when
Alex Shields took charge of the Thorn
as horses, he said Stalwart was rare
| horse. The colt did well last fall and
came to hand this spring fat and juicy.
/ Such is the early story of StalWart, the
most wonderful three-year-old race
horse of the 1904 season. It may be
well to mention that Stalwart was
bred by the late Mr.. Whitney at bis
Kentucky stud, He is huge chestnut
colt of fine depth and well set sub
stance.
Stalwart is the natural successor OF
Hermis in the Thomas stable. He Is
the most prominent three-year-old be
fore the public, and it is this fellow te
i whom the students of racing conditions
look most when considering the posi-
bility Of a Brooklyn handicap winner
in 1905. Stalwart's true calfber be
came known only recently. At Sleeps
| head Bay, New York, this three-year
old won the $4,000 Century stakes from
Ort Wells and Shorthose. He ran tru
" on his courage and with 115 pounds
in hand showed the remarkable tim'
of 2:81 1-5 for the mile and half.
Later at the same track he won tn
famous Annual Champion Of two mile
and a quarter from field Of three
year-olds and up, beating Major Dain
gerfieId and Broomstick in veritabl
gallop in 1854 3-5. Having beaten Or
Wells and Broomstick under substar
tial weight and over crucial route
Stalwart stands at the top of the three
year-old division and will likely go int
winter quarters the most formidabl
three-year-old since the year of Afr
cander and Irish Lad.
Stakwart has won for u. X Thoma
just $4,000, Quite remunerative II
vestment is this Stalwart. His trai1
, er, Alexander Shields, declares Sta
!, wart to be unique horse, inasmuch a
, the air and water of Saratoga did a
, much for him as they often do TO
an invalid human. He came from Sa
atoga a new horse. Shields attribute
: Stalwart's fine condition to the "harC
ening'' he has contriyed to give tt
2 colt Every other day since the Gone
!. Island (New York; summer meetin
! stalwart has galloped mile and
half, with sprint for 'speed edge" {
: windup.
This was necessary, for Stalwart df
, posed of as much oats as EIermis an
. Lady Amelia together.