The Washington times., 1906-11-18


downtown hotels.
In the running Of the Grand Consola-
ton Stakes for two-year-olds here at
Benning yesterday. none OF the really
good juveniles went down 70 the post.
Nowadays real high-class race hsrse
san earn so much money I'm a single
season that an owner OF such s. not
justified In taking any too great q risk
With him. even be the prize OF the d4F-
Ing purse OF as much as 1900. For
that reason. none OF the twO-y year-olC
stars about the New York courses were
sent down from Long Island for the
Grand Consolation. For instance. any
one Of the twenty foremost two-yeaT-
oldS Of the past summer viii earn at
least $4,000 as three-year-olds next year.
Winter Trips Are Dangerous.
There is nothing so dangerous as a
trip in the cars during the cold autumn
for a thoroughbred. Last fall Roy
Rainey lost q $4,000 colt when Yankee
Consul caught cold and died shortly
after his removal from the cars. Yam
kee Consul had just won the rich Flat
bush Stokes. at Sheepshead Bay, and
was en route 10 winter quarters at Lex
ingt0n. Ky. when he became stricken.
This reminds me that SalvIdere the
King Of the Turf for ne is the cham
pion two-year-old OF lSl6-will have all
sorts Of care and protection during the
coming winter
John F. Madden intends postponing
trip abroad in order TO minister his
personal care over this wonderfully
valued colt Salvidere will have his own
private veterinary. while one OF the
Lloyds companies has agreed to issue a
$50 0o0 risk on his life until he gets back
TO New York next April. The Ken
lucky air and sunshine will help Sal
videre Il whole lot. and. according TO
mill 4 1lT n & h.
wonderful Svs0nby accomplished in his
marvellous three-year-Old form provided
he winters well and trains on next
spring.
upward of 1925 600 in 1906 James r.
keene insisted on making a try for the
first big handicap OF the year, the Met
ropOlitan Handicap. at Belmont Park in
was too much of a strain on the great
three-year-old, and. after running Race
King 10 dead heat he took several
months to come back again To top form.
Madden will not make that mistake.
SalYidere will be put into trainn ng very
gradually. and it is doubtful whether
New York will see the colt with colors
up much before the end of June. AS he
stands today. Salvidere is a 100000
proposition in the matter of a horse
sale
Glad That Shaw Has Left.
heaved q sigh Of rel!et early i'm the week
when Jockey Willie" Shaw declared
his purpose Of leaving US all for good
Shaw has accepted contract with
Nessrs Weinberg Brothers, Of Germany,
as their head jockey for the season of /
1907.
The boy has been getting heavy OF |
recent years and he has found il obli- /
gatory 20 go abroad. where the scale 4
Of weights 10 be made by riders is. much /
higher than that in vogue on the Ameri- /
can turf. Otherwise he must retire from 1
the saddle altogether
Shaw will get S15.OO0 a year from the 1
German turfmen, and expects TO ride ,
at about 100 pounds. No rider has caus- /
ed so much worry 10 the average horse /
Riding Shaw Some Of his riding has 4
been Of the most brilliant order but 4
again has work called forth strongest /
sort OF remOnstranCes from the public I
and turf officialdOm alike.
His career this past summer is an I
apt illustration He won the suburban 1
Handicap with Alex Shields GO-Be- /
tween. and later the $4,000 Futurity
With Eiectioneer for Billy Lakeland. \
few weeks after the Suburban Handicap
Shields let Shaw go. while In the Flat /
)ush Stakes he gave ElectiOneer such q /
Door ride that public scandal arose. (
Shaw Is worth every dollar Of $500. 600, (
1ut Is still after more. He has been
riding on the YeW York courses for
eleven years. He was made great by
he late "Plttsburg Phil" for whom he
rode for over five years. When the
munger was suspended from the turf
Shaw went under the han too, but later
secured readiustment. Winnie O'Conno-.
Patsy McDermott. Nash Turner
tansch. Milton Henry. Cash Sloan. and
'ther famous American riders Of ten !
ears ago preceded Shaw, the last OF the
I'D school jockeys, and have all done
Well.