The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-11
Ort Wells Considered by Many
the Best Horse Going.
"D0c" Rainey Declares He LIS
Speedier Than Dick Welles.
is VALUED AT S1OO,O 900.
Eastern Owner Thinks His Turf
Star Can Win Everything.
A Bottled Up Cinch on Saratoga
and Brighton Beach Stakes.

Chicago, July 11.-Reports were given
out some weeks ago to the effect that
eastern horsemen believed that Ort
Wells was the greatest thoroughbred of
modern times and he has since proved
his claim to that title. Doc" Rainey,
one of the best known turfmen in the
east and west, who has returned to
| Chicago from Sheepshead Bay says all
the big owners and trainers in the east
pronounced the brother to the worlds
record holder, Dick Welles. a greater
colt, able to carry more weight, go far
Their and has more speed than his SEN
sational kin.
Ort Wells victory over The Picket
and Irish Lad in the Commonwealth
handicap, when he ran the mile and a
quarter in 2:06 2-5 and won $13225 for
his owner, stamped him then and there
as a great colt. He has run u much
more marvellous race since then. Carry
ing 126 pounds for mile and five fur
longs. after being ridden all over the
track and choked for a mile or more,
he. through his own courage, went to
the front in the stretch and had enough
to stall off MercuryS challenge by half
a length and giving him IL pounds on
the scale.
Il have never seen a horse like him in
all my experience on the turf" said
Doc" Rainey.. Il used to think Dick
Welles was the greatest piece of run
probably his equal would never be seen
again. am thoroughly convinced now
that his brother is by far the greater
colt and not only has proved it already,
but will continue to beat such horses
as Irish Lad and Water Boy just as
sure as the sun-rtses and sets. Mr..
Drake believes and in fact, knows the
value of his colt, and 7 am convinced
100000 wouldn't buy him at the pres
ent time. He told me that. Ort Wells
had not yet shown what he could do
and that he should have won the Adj
vance stakes, in which he was only
beaten a nose by Irish Lad. All horse
men agree that the Drake colt should
have won only for the ride he received
These two great race horsesS--Ort Wells
and Dick Welles-speak loudly in praise
of the sire, King Eric, as well as for
the dam, Teas over. From now on the
colts and FLIES of these two will be in
great demand.
"Horsemen now believe that Drake
has a bottled-up cinch on the balance
of the big stakes at Brighton Beach
and Saratoga in which Ort Wells is en-
tered They believe there is nothing in
the Brighton cup but Ort Wells. They
think he will make Hermis quit and go
to the barn. As to Irish Lad and The
Picket, he has beaten them and can do
never met him, but when he does 1
want the Drake wonder. These are the
cream of the lot. In the east High !
ball is looked upon as a cheap horse
have won the American Derby. John
A. Drake is sorry he did not send Ort
Wells to Washington park, as he would
have been a certain winner of the
classic, making it two for the Drake
stable"
The manner in which he negotiated |
the Lawrence Realization stakes, the |
greatest race for 3-year-olds on the !
American calendar. left nothing to be |
desired. Incidentally he won for his |
owner, Mr.. J. A. Drake, the tidy sum of
$21, 545, thereby placing him at the head
of the list of winning owners at the |
Bay meeting |
Mr.. Drake, besides winning his share
of the stakes, through his commission |
ers had placed about $4,000 more on the |
race, at odds varying from 1 to 3 to 3 |
to 10, which he won on Ort Wells vic /
tory. Victory seemed so certain for the
King Eric colt that even at the short |
odds Mr.. Drake felt that he could not |
let him go to the post without being /
heavily backed.
Ort Wells, the western broker, for
whom John A. Drake named his cham
pion King Eric colt, sent this wire to
Mr.. Drake:
My congratulations. told you that
I would become great horse when 1
got ready to travel a route. Please give
me a rest now so that I may see my
self run creditably next fall Mr..
Drake wired back that there was too
much glory in sight at Brighton to
think of retiring his horse Just now .