Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01
Nice roce-course Stand for officials

than any jumper now alive. So good a
racer deserves a place in the gallery of
equine celebrities.
/ To that large class Of Americans who
! viii be fortunate enough to be present at
Auteuil on Sunday, June g. when the
great $4,000 steeplechase is to be decided,
a tip straight from the highly successful
stable of Mr. Eugene Fischoff is herewith
given. As told above, his horse DandolO.
| as four-year-old, won this great race in
1904, and on January IA last the same horse
supplemented this by his head Victory in
the $20000 race at Nice. Wallace Davis,
the young American who trains Dandolo
and dozen other jumpers for Mr., Fisch-
on, wrote him Immediately after the
Nice race Mr.. Fischoff, prominent art
dealer, was compelled to come TO New
York and could not walt to see his horse
run and win. Extracts from Davis letter
follow
Sratoht TIP fer AuteuH Sfeeofeehase.
"Dandolo's legs are all right after his
race, and his chances to again win uhe Dig
race at Auteuil are excellent l never sa"
such a race as that won by him on sun
lday (the big steeplechase) Starting about
Twelfth, he was never passed by one Oh
his rivals, and this despite the fact thal
the pace was the fastest ever set In a race
of this kind, according to the evidence OF
ali the Jockeys who rode Passing one
after another surely, though slowly, never
making the slightest mistake over any
Of the twenty-one Obstacles at pace
which threw horses fat to the earth When
+hev fell at the hurdles, the last time pass
ing the stand IT was evident that there
we're only six out OF the tWenty-toui
sta rters who had living chance one OF
these was Oms, stable companion OF Dan
doIo Down the baekstretch which Is very
long with three fences to jump went
IRA gfltte frst A neck behind were Dan
dolo and Moulin Neuf, head and head and
like one horse. On taking the double par
r,er woodland fell of Fraglite from ner-
vousness. He and Burgoyne, pne rlher %
Dapdolo were watching each other care
f,lI,y nm 10 this point, neither daring 10
Icau mon their mounts to go any faster
49, faar they could not, as at this momen
- man living could tell which of the two
was going the best, both being free run
ners and both jockeys crouched on thelI
horsas, necks Suddenly, as l said, Wood
$50 Selt off like a man shot, and his fall
cavsed hundreds of onlOokers to nearly
have Ats. for Fragllite was favorite.
with the chief contender out of th'
! ,ov Dandolo now had Moulin Neuf TO dea
: with The latter was receiving TWENTY
' hounds from Dandolo, and at the end o.
, - east a race this was likely to tell II
Z favor of the lightweight ! myself had ne
: hone Of winning unless an accident inter
: oped NV own nerves were strained, az
n lhoth horses had run one thousand yard'
\ stride for stride like one horse and boti
n were ali out to the last when they tool
s the last obstacle.
e ,.Thev staggered a little on landing, anC
/ Rurroyne. being Just little handler, go
: - neck advantage in Strengthening hi
! mount Dandolo, and amid scene suoi
as I never expect to see again Dandolo woI
I bv a short neck. Great credit Is due Il
: Burgoyne, who never became fiurried Z
;. the slightest degree. You know Dandol'
S is very sensitive and soon gives up If at al
hurried by his jockey. Oms, with Dunl
: IN ran a good race, finishing sixth Their
ia nothing more 20 ada except mat you arr
= terday."
: Another famous chaser was the recent!
I deceased Manifesto, one of the most re