The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-05

New York, Oct. 3.-"Long live the
king!" is the cry of the thousands of
racing devotees in the east at the pres
ent moment. But short twelvemonth
ago they acclaimed another equine
potentate in the same manner. year
ago 1t was Sysonby, and today Sal
videre is living and enjoying hero
worship every previous race horse in
this country received. THE perfect
American thoroughbred" such is the
melo-dramatic encomium concerning
Salvidere one hears just now; in fact,
SO great hero has the colt become
that the Brighton Beach racing as
ISOLATION, at whose track racing opens
for weeks run Monday. is out with
an offer of a sweepstakes with S.
900 added ii Salvidere will be entered
by his owners against Electioneer,
winner of the Futurity, and Fountain
blue
But that Salvidere will be seen again
under silks this season is not thought
probable, for he needs a rest and an
easy winterdown in some Kentucky
paddock in order to be ready for the
rich fixtures in which he is engaged
hereabouts next summer. Meanwhile
no knot of racing men can gather of
night in an uptown hotel or stand
disengaged for brief five minutes
in the betting ring without Salvidere
and his deeds coming up for consid-
Grafton, generally the consensus of
opinion being that he is the real and
absolute king of the turf" at the
present time. Certainly Salvidere is
the best and only real high-class race
horse developed this past summer of
racing-a season remarkably bereft
of quality and class alike among the
2-year-olds, 3-year-olds and with the
handicap division. Salvidere has beat
en- every 2-year-old of pretension in
the lists. For while Water Pearl
was held up as the sure champion.
but he has proved only "nearchamp-
ion." for Salvidere beat him by over
twenty lengths in the running Of the
Champion Junior stakes at Gravesend
a week ago. At Brighton Beach in
July, Fountainblue scrambled home in
front of Salvidere and won flukey
victory, but no one believes Fountain
blue could do it again.
Here are some facts concerning
the banner colt which may be per-
tinent. since Salvidere is bound to be a
reigning sensation next year as g.
year-old. If he retains good health
through the coming winter and trains
on next spring He is gelding.
which is an unfortunate thing from
breeding standpoint, as his qualities
will not be perpetuated. The horse
was bred by James Galway. who has
the reputation of racing bad horse
longer than any other man on the turf.
He raced one colt some few years
winning single purse. The stallion
dam Sallie of Navarro being his dam.
An agent of the late Capt. Sam Brown
bought Salvidere as yearling for
$1,000, Salvidere, with score of
other youngsters. was turned over to
Trainer Bob Tucker to be pointed for
the races last April. Two months
earlier Capt. Brown died in Pitts
burg, Pa, and his turf interests re-
verified to w. Harry Brown, the de-
ceased's brother. a sort of austere man,
who hated to have too much of the
joys of life heaped on him all at one
time. Horse racing stood as an abom-
ination in his eyes. want you to sell
out the stable and farm as soon as
you find half decent purchasers"
directed Brown in talk with Tucker
at Belmont Park last May.
Tucker then sold the three year
old Accountant for $4,000 to "Dia-
mond JIM Brady, right after the colt
had won the Withers stakes, Brown
not caring enough about it to come
to the racing course in order to see