The Washington times., 1905-07-09
R0thschiLd Stables
Will Remain Intact
Famous French Establishment Preserved by
Baron Edouard- --Two-Ycar-OldS Situation Un-
usually PuzzIing--Want to See OakIawn
By MANHATTAN.


congratuiation to all lovers of horse
racing that the recent death OF the
Baron AIphonse de Rothschild will not
mean the breaking UP of his great rae
ing establishment. His son. Baron Ed
Guard. has announced that the splendid
breeding farm near Deanville in Nor
mandy Is to be continued, and the
Rothschild racing stable is TO be main
tanned.
While there are stables on the French
turf which have to their credit greater
winnings, it is doubtful if any French
turfman has done more for the develop
ment of the sport and the Improvement
childs. Once old Baron Nathaniel won
the Prix du Jockey Club with Meridian.
away back in 1916. Among the best
horses which have won in their colors
were Heaume, bv Hermit, who won the
Prix du Jockey Club in $780, and his son
lie Roi Soleil, who took many impor-
The Rothschild colors were second in
the EPSON Derby In 1890.
The Sheepshead Bay meet closed
Tuesday with the Lawrence Realization,
won by the great Sysonby before a rec
ord-breaking crowd, and the Brighton
Beach opened Wednesday with the new
stake. the Brighton Mile, which at
tracted fine field, including such stars
as Beldame. Ort Welles, Delhi. Broom
stick, Alan-a-Daie and others. The race
is a fixture and undoubtedly will take
a place among the turf classics.
The season at Sf1eepshead financially
has been most successful, and certainly
in the way of sport there has been moth
ing of which 10 complain 1t is very
probable that the gate receipts viii be
within i or per cent of last year, not
withstanding the loss of revenue from
the bettors. This Is beyond the expec-
tations of the most sanguine
Christopher FitzGeraId, managing Ill
rector of the Brighton Beach Racing
Association, may put on a race over
distance Of ground at the Beach. He
says he realizes the necessity of a good
distance at weight for age between the
Advance at Sheepshead and the Sara
toga Cup at the Springs to maintain
the continuity of the series of sucf
races wisely inaugurated by the Jockey
Club three or four years back to make
1t worth the while OF owners to keer
certain horses for distance racing. II
the first week of the Brighton meeting
develops three or four good horses a
special race will be made for tnem.
The Brighton midsummer meeting has
no good distance races, because the CuI
and Cup preliminary were transferred
the year before last to the autumnal
card, when the old midsummer meeting
was cut In two Races of one mile and
a half and two miles and a quarter dc
better In the fall than In the middle OF
the year because there are more horses
fit To run in them.
A special at one mile and a half at the
Beach, all horses to carry scale weight
would surely fill. and It would draw a
good big crowd. Mr.. FttZGerald prob
ably will put such a race on this season
and 1t will become a permanent fixture
like the Commonwealth at Sheepshead.
1t has come to be accepted that Syson-
by is the best horse of the season II
would be hard to figure anything else
from the form charts. though Diamond
jim" Brady declares that he viii have
TO be shown before he admits Mr.
Keene's colts superiority over Oiseau.
The two colts will probably meet firs1
in the Great Republic, the Saratoga AS.
sociation's $4,000 race at one miie ,nd
quarter, for thee-year-olds and over
won last summer by Sysonby's stable
run. IL he keeps in anything like good
condition. No stake dates were made
at Brighton for Oiseau
Admirers of Sysonby are claiming that
he is not only the greatest horse of the
season, but that before the end of The
season it will be acknowledged that he
Is the greatest In the history of the
American turf. not even excepting Ham
burg. Luke Blackburn, Hindoo, Herfnis
Waterboy. Africander or any of the 9th
history OF the American turf. This is E
pretty big claim. It can be admitted
however. that Mr.. Keene has In thi!
colt a horse Of which any man can wei
be proud.
OF the Turf. She probably will be re
Handicap, and. regardless Of her per
fornances between now and then. sh.
has earned a place with Firenzi. Mis-.
Woodford. Yorkville Belle, Fashion, Inn
and the other great mares who hole
inches in the equine temple of fame.
The two-year-old situation is more
puzzling than II has been at the be.
ginning of July for several years. Tt
date there is not an unbeaten juvenile
of the supposedly highest class, and
whether the season will be noted for G
large number Of brilliant or only med
ium youngsters cannot be decided witt
any degree of certainty. Usually one ol
two two-year-olds stand out by this
time as likely&to win the Futurity, bu
not so this season.
Racegoers would welcome a sight o.
the Shields youngster, Oaklawn. which