Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03
.SYSONBY AND ROSEDEN
Two Great Specimens Of the
Thoroughbred.
FORMERS ONE DEFEAT
OTHERWISE HE BIAS A CLEAR
STRING oF VICTORIES.
No Horse This Season Has Carried Such
Continuously High Weights as
Roseben.
FORMERS ONE DEFEAT

Ut VIII be q lucky year for the American
turf when It again will be able to boast
OF two such splendid specimens of the thor
oughbred as Sysonby. owned by James
r. Keene. and Roeeben. belonging to -.
c. johnson. The one. winner of xls5 553
IN nfteen races. Is not only the champion
three-year-old Of the year. but. In the opin-
lon OF many. the real horse of the GEN.
tury-" The other. beyond dispute. is the
greatest weight-carrying sprinter that ever
was seen on an American track. Save for
the one defeat in last years Futurity-
which. in the light of his subsequent per-
formances. seems still more inexplicable
now than 1t did even on that day, when
he finished third to Artful and Tradition
Sysonby's record Is one clean string OF
victories. for. startling though 1t was for
Race King to run dead heat with him in
the Metropolitan handicap last spring. that
race In which the Keene wonder was giving
the four-year-old thirty pounds under the
scale. cannot count as a defeat.
Rosobens season has been slightly more
checkered one; but to have reeled of Sc
quences. first Of five and then OF six VIC
tories, to have met and beaten all sorts
OF sprinters at all sorts of weights, and.
record OF Ill 8-5 for six furlongs under
the crushing burden Of lat pounds-this
Is years work that Is likely to stand un-
equaled for long time.
Sysonby English Bred.
Sysonby Is English bred. being by Melton
-Optime 0by Orme). and his dam was
brought into this country just before Sy-
sonby was foaled. Mr.. Keene bought OPP
time at the dispersal sale Of the Marcus
Daily horses for the SUMMON almost lutii-
crous. tn the light Of subsequent events-of
$1,000. and It was at the Keene stud farm
at Castieton that sysonby was foaied.
reared and trained. Except for the pro-
one Of the biggest killings of years prob
ably would have been brought OF on syson-
by early In his two-year-old career but
time and again something went an,iss Just
as he was keyed up for q race. and when
at last he went to the post the army OF
touts had learned all about him. and though
maiden. odds of to were the best OBJ
| tainable about him.
Defeated In the Futurity.
Three more victories followed IN success.
| sion. and then came the only blot on Sy.
sonby's record as a two-year-old-the only
| blot his record ever sustained. He ran
third in the Futurity. giving ten pounds to
| Artful under the scale and meeting Tradi.
| ton at even weights.
Save for a meeting with Artful this veal
"a meeting which never came-Sysonby
| wiped it all out as a three-year-old. Tradi.
! ton has not been in his class. and neither
has any other race horse. The dead, hea,
| in the Metropolitan handicap was the only
race In which Sysonby has even been ex-
tended. He carried Off the Tidal, the Com.
monwealth. the Realization. the Iroquois
| the Brighton Derby, the Great Republic
| the Century and the Annual Champion
| giving him a total Of winnings for the sea-
son Of about $145, 000-without ever having
been made to race for more than a quarter
OF mile 1t is just there that his great
ness Is shown.
His speed Is so remarkable that he kills
anything that goes out to race with him
| right at the start; he stays SO stoutly thai
| he still Is only gallophg when his rivals
| are under q desperate drive He has can.
tered away from horses that have won bril-.
liant races, both before and after meeting
him. but there has not been one who on the
day he ran against Sysonby was not made
| to look like hack.
| Mr.. Keene has announced his definite In
tention of racing the Melton colt next year
| and 1t is hard to see why he should not
establish a worlds record before the end
| of the season of 1905 Isinglass stands az
| the horse who has won the most money on
| the turf, with total of 100000 in three
| seasons, while Donovan won about $15, O0C
| less and Flying Fox just toppled $500, 600
With $185. coo to his credit while still a
three-year-old, 1t will go hard with Sy-
sonby If he does not add another $4,000
in the course of another year.
High Weight Carried by Roseben.
| No horse this season has carried such
continuously high weights as Roseben
| They have ranged from lis to 157 pounds
| He was running In the colors of John A
| Drake when he won his maiden race late
last fall. and soon after was bought al
public auction by d. c. Johnson for 81, 800
| It was one of the luckiest purchases mar
| ever made. Roseben gave the first taste
| Of his quality at the Benning meeting last
| spring, when he was beaten by a shord
| head by Santa Catalina in humping finish
He ran fine second to Ormondes Right ir
| the Carter handicap on the opening day OF
| the Aqueduct spring meeting, but it was
| not until the Toboggan handicap at Bel
mont Park that he first struck his winning
| gait. After that he finished outside the
| money only once In nineteen starts, ano
| fourteen Of the races resulted In clean vic
tories.
During the fall meeting at Belmont Park
| at which Roseben made his worlds record
| for six furlongs. nothing could live with
| him, and Johnson practically had to throw
| him out of training because the manage
ments Of the later meetings refused &c
frame condition races in which he could rur
without mourning absolutely crushing bur.
| dens at the hands of the Handicapped
| Roseben has won nearly .$24. 900 In purse.
/ for his owner this season, and only Davy
| johnson himself can tell how much thu