Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-02
PROSPECTS FOR
STARS OF TURF

Though late in appearing. the turf
| champions of 1905 have given promise
| of doing things interesting. II not SEN
| sational. With Sysonby and Artful as
| the stars of the three-year-olds. and
| with Beldame, Ort Wells, Delhi and Hen
| mis- all racing again, there is splendid
| prospect that the latter part of the turf
sea son will furnish sport Of character to
| equal if not rival, the struggles that made
| the spring and early sumner of 1904 mem
| orable to patrons of racing. OF the great
| horses that engaged in the early contests
| then Irish Lad has been sent to the stud,
| while Stalwart, of the later seasons stars,
probably has ended his rs cling career. but
| there is every chance that all of the other
| notables Will be seen with colors UP in the
| future meetings of year. including the
unlucky McC hesney, who has been in par
| tial retirement for a year.
| The fame of the older public fayorites
| has waned somewhat, however, in the light
| of the deeds Of the newcomers in the all
aged divisions, and handicap horses Syson-
| by and Artful, and though Hermis, Ort
| Wells and Delhi still may show their old
brilliant form, popular interest just now
centers in the best representatives of the
| three foremost private breeders of Amer
ica-Sysonby for James r. keene, Artful
| for Harry Payne Whitney and Beldame for
August Belmont. The sportsmanlike rivalry
enEenQefeQ by the possession OF three SucH
stables Of the famous trio of horses makes
| a strong appeal to the general public and
| patrons of racing, and though the match
| propt sed between these various horses has
| failed so far, the chances which the future
PRESENTS for fair trial of merit between the
three best known and most admired horses
| in the country has had excellent tonic
effect on public interest in the sport
OF the trio Beldame probably Is the most
| popular horse, though Sysonby made many
friends by his splendid performance in the
| winning of the Tidal stakes, while Delhi,
| in spite of the prestige that his victory In
! the Brooklyn Handicap gave him. Is re-
| garded as something of a doubtful quality,
| and is admired more for his speed than
| for the quality of courage which racegoers
esteem so highly. Beldame, winner of
total of 100000 in her three seasons on the
turf, was bred by her present owner, Au-
gust Belmont. on Mr.. Belmonts nursery
farm in Kentucky, and was trained first by
J. J. Hyland, under whose care she raced
in 1903 as a two-year-old, when she won
the Great F'illy Stakes. At two Beldame
| won two races for Mr.. Belmont, then was
leased by him to N. Bennington, winding
up her two-year-old career with three races
won. All through her three-year-old from
she carried the Bennington colors and
earned a total of $4,000 in thirteen races,
being beaten but twice. once by Irish Lad
and Toboegan, in the Metropolitan Handi-
cap, for which she was third, and once by
Hermis. in the Test Handicap. for which
she was second. This season Beldame, after
being beaten badly in the Metropolitan
HaE dicap. returned to the races after
long rest, and at Brooklyn regained her
will ming form. running second In an over
night handicap. then winning the Standard
StaFes at weight for age. and next cap
turing the Suburban Handicap. in which
she beat Delhi. On muddy track Agile
ran second to Ort Wells in the Brighton
mile. and in her last race was third under
q crushing weight to Artful and Ort Wells
in the Brighton Handicap.
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Castleton farm In Kentucky, in fact Is
horse that should be credited to the late
Marcus Daily as breeder. He is by the
great English sire of winners. Melton. from
lum. Optime Is a marc that Mr.. Daily
bought in England and which was sold at
| the closing out of his breeding stock to
settle his estate in the winer OF 1902. Mr..
| keene then bought Optime for $1,000. and
her foal. named Sysonby. already has re-
warded him about dozen times over,
Sysonby last season and this has won
about $4,000 in stakes and purses. At two
years old Sysonby's chief victories were
| the Saratoga Special and the Flash Stakes,
| the Brighton Junior and the Junior Cham
| pon Stakes. he being beaten In the Futur-
| .ty by Artful and Tradition. This season,
az three-year-old, Sysonby began racing
| by running dead heat with Race King
for the Metropolitan Handicap in which
race he beat Beldame. His next. appear
! ance was In the Tidal Stakes at Sheepshead
| Bay a month ago, when he made all the.
| pace, and with 126 pounds up won easily
at mile and a quarter in 2:05. In the next
! race he won the Commonwealth Handicap
| In runaway style, carrying Ill pounds. and
| then three days later romped away with
| the Lawrence Realization Stakes at Sleeps
head Bay.
Artful. ranking first among all of the
three-year-old filies, and regarded as the
most formidable rival of Sysonby for the
| honors Of the season among the three-year-
olds of both sexes, Is distinct product of
the Whitney stud farm. both her sire and
dam being from the Whitney establishment.
Artful. by the great race horse and potent
sire. Hamburg Martha II. by Dandy Dia-
mont. Is American bred and typical of the
turf in America. She was one of the phe-
nomenal tillies that the Whitney stable was
rich in last season, but because of her
early promise was reserved for the Fu-
turity. That great race she won easily,
beating a fine field. with Transition second
and sysonby third. Then. with weight up.
Artful captured the Great FIlly Stakes
and the White Plains Handicap Artful,
In her six winning races. has earned a total
OF $s1.52
Sysonby. Beldame. Artful-a race between
the three representatives Of the three great
est breeders of America would be an event
worth going miles to see.