The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
OLD HORSES, BUT WINNERS.
REAPPEAR4NCES That SURPRISE
RACE TRACK SHARPS.
Duke OF Kendals Victory After Having
Long Been Gut OF the Public View
Matched by Others-OId Ogden's Tri-
umph Over HIS Sons and Daughters.

WASHINGTON, April We'll, here comes
another one of those kidnapped horses that
got away from me, = disgustedly muttered a
ycar-in-and-year-out follower Of the pony
game on the opening day at B%ennings, when
old Duke Of Kendall, an animal that had been
out Of the public view so long that his per
formances had been all but forgotten by
most racegoers, was romping down the long
Jennings stretch and winning the Bennings
HGndicGp with oonsummate ease by open
daylight. Added starter, too.
That old plug was kidnapped so long ago
by some Virginia fellow who wanted him
for the bush meetings that until l saw his
name added to-day l thought he'd been pole
axed because his ransom hadn't been paid.
When l last saw him he couldn't beat a
Dutchman carrying a bass fiddle and the
orchestra music.
And here the old kazuZz comes sinking
hack, looking like a nook and ladder horse
that been retired on a pension, and there's
as good as 20 for 1 against him, and he m
a-trudging home like Roseben enjoying the
afternoon ocean breeZes, and I'm sound
asleep standing up!
I've been just going to wake up in time to
pin a rose on these old d~isappearers for more
years than I've got buttons on all my clothes
but there's always a dust rag or something
stuck under the bell of the alarm clock, and
ldon't hear it when it goes off.
"Bennings is a great place for the return
Of these disappearers. Only last year an
old jumping thing from Ireland, a former
buddy Of mine, did it at Bennings, after
being dead n dug up with about any old
price attached to him that you asked the
man for.
Its name was Westown, born and raised
in Ireland Of old Irish leaping stock, When
l saw Westown's name entered for a jump
ing race at Bennings last year, it seemed
tome that twas about the time Of the Recon-
~struction period when I'd seen him winning
"Eopping good aces over the sticks at
Morris Park and Sheepshead Bay and other
New York tracks.
Nobody that l asked had heard Westown' 3
name even mentioned for Vars and vars,
One man said that if he remembered cor
rectly he'd been wearing his hair pompa-
donr, and the women folks we're wearing
Jerseys trimmed with beads, the last time
hedeven heard Of Westown.
Me for the paddock to take a peek.
They led me around TO where the old Wes-
town-it was the old Irishman all right
WIS leaning against the side of a barn
blinking in the sunshine as if he'd been
working in a coal mine for ten or fifteen
years and the light hurt his eyes.
All he needed to look like something
out of the Old Mems Home was a pair
OF hlppy gray trousers, a hickory shirt
open at the front, and a crooked cane. /
rcnembe, what a shame l thought it IVES to
mke the pussy old thing out on to n race
Track and ask Linn to show himself up in
ms old g The bookies seemed to think
the same thing, for they were laying as
nigh as 40 to ! against the old Mick.
Before saddling Westown his people
mad to pry him loose from the side of the
barn he was leaning aga inst, and he walked
out on to the track with about the anima-
uon OF a 500 pound cop that's been doing
'ty Hall duty for forty-two years.
Thea the fold went away-rae playing