Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-05

Isonomy at Newmarket. won the City and
Suburban at Epson. and also the Great
Metropolitan over cup route, ana other
races AZ well.
Not since Richard Ten Brock and John
A. Morris. . quarter of a century before
ue55). won the Cambridgeshire, Goodwood
cup and other Of Englands classic events
with Prioress, Starke. Pryor, lie Comte,
etc, had any AmericAn-bred horses beard
ed the British Hon In his dem with such
marked success, and the opening gun OF the
American campaign of 1881 was awaited
with interest on both sides of the ocean.
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Early in April, 1881, the American CO.
hcrts made their first effort toward further
honors on the British turf. At EPSON the
City and Suburban handicap, one and a
quarter miles. drew out the Keene colt,
Foxhall and Pierre Loriilard's Passaie.
son of Longfeilow and Jerry. The field was
very large one, over a score of horses
coming to the post. and the great four
year-old Bend Or, who had won the Derby
the year before, flashed past Judge Clark
in the lead at the. finish, with 126 pounds
and Fred Archer In the saddle.
But Bend Or only beat Foxhan by a
length. with the others we'll tailed out Pas
sale In the ruck. and the Keene three
year-oid at once doomed up an impor-
tant factor in any race he started for IN
fortunately Foxhall had not been engaged
In the Two Thousand, Derby or ST. Leger
as mad Iroquois, and 1t was probably lucky
for the latter that he was not
The late Charles W. Bathgate manager
of the Keene stable In England was much
impressed with Foxhalls performance In
the City and Suburban, and after the race
eabied his friend and employer: I'VE have
great race horse in Foxhall" and wrote
later that Trainer Marsh was pointing the
coli Tor his Paris engagement for the $780,
GOO Grand Prix In June
Meanwhile the other great American Iro-
quols MADE his seasons debut at New
Market in the Two Thousand Guineas run
over the Rowley mile. His stable compan-
ION, Barrett, by Bonnie Scotland-Sue Wal
ton, was considered the better Of the two,
and Iroquois was sent out to make the
running for Barrett.
But the latter made poor showing fin
lshing unplaced, while Iroauois was only
But for Iroauois' pace making he would
probably have won this race, as he did the
Derby month later on
The great throng at Longchamps race
course on that memorable day in June, 1881
united In doing honor to the Keene white
blue spots as they flashed past the winning
post In the Grand Prix. borne by the big
bay American colt Foxhali While Tristan
and fifteen other aristocratic French and
English colts were beaten by the outlander
from this side of the ocean, the Partisan
turf world hailed the keene colt as horse
or superiative merit and prominent men,
Der of the French Jockey Club offered Man
ager Bathgate stiff price for Foxhall after
the race
Taken across the channel again Foxhall
was given let-up by Trainer Marsh. A
big colt, fully sixteen hands and developed
like four-year-old, Fox halls feet were
rather shelly and his trainer in view of
his few stake engagements. advised point
ing him for the two great October hand-
caps, the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire.
AS only moderate stable commissions had
gone on Foxhall in the City and the Grand
Prix, big betting coup was planned for
the two handicaps named, provided the
Handicapped did not weight the colt out of
them.
When the weights appeared Foxhall was
given 40 pounds In the long race (the Ce
salewitch) and 112 in the shorter one. The
English critics at once pronounced these
imposts as too much for the American colt,
and when future books were opened at Tat
tersalls Foxhall was at 80 to for the first
event the Cesarewitch, and GO to 1 for the
other. run two weeks later Manager Bath
gate, as starter, got on 81. coo at odds of
80 to 1. and as others followed suit the
colts price was cut one half.
Ridden by Watts, Foxhall won the two
and a quarter miles race for the Cesare-
witch stakes in gallop, showing stamina
as well as speed Of rare order He started
at 10 to 1, and Manager Bathgate in add
ton to the $4,000 wager In the future
books, backed Foxhall for $4,000 more
on the day of the race. Other Americans,
including Theodore Walton won heavily on
the colt. Walton getting the cream of the
future betting and landing over $685. 900 on
the race.
Foxhalrs win in the long-distance event
entailed a penalty of fourteen pounds in
the Can1bridgeShfra. which was fOY. two
weeks later. This made his impost for the
stake 1875 pounds, an unheard-of package
for a three-year-old colt to carry to victory.
Therefore, In the speculation at Tattersall's
Foxhalls price for the Cambridgeshire
opened at SO to 1.
Al this long price Theodore Walton, Com
missioner Bathgate and other Americans
backed the colt to limited extent, and his
quotations were cut 80 to l. But his task
looked such hopeless one and many
others of the thirty-three starters were sup
ported that Foxhall went to the post with
the long odds OF SO to l against him, not
outstanding that Walton and Stable Com
missioner Bathgate gave him further sup
port.
Jockey Watts in the race handled the
great colt in artistic style. Timing his final
effort to nicely, Foxhall, always well up
with the flying leaders, breasted the hill
near the finish like a Yeritable Triton
among minnows," and al the judges chair
showed his neck in front of Tristan, with
Lucy Glitters at the latter's head.
The Keene stables winning wagers,
elusive of the stake, amounted TO 100000
These figures are official from Owner
Keene himself, and Walton, the American.
won more than twice that amount. 1t was
one of the few betting coups ever attempted
by Mr.. Keene, who is in racing for pleas
ure, not profit Z, Z. T.
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