Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-12
TURF AND TRACK NOTES,

With complete disregard Of theoretical
breeding lines suggested from the west,
]. B. Haggin. owner of the Elmendorf
stud in Kentucky, says he will continue to
breed according to his own ideas and ex-
perience, and has not e>en considered the
thought Of mating his Futurity- winning
flly Hamburg Belle with the Missouri
stallion Sain. Hamburg Belle this sea-
son is with foal by Watercress. and Mr..
Haggin in all probability will return the
mare to that stallion next season.
The most valuable race Of the entire
world as planned In racing at present will
be the classic French event, the Grand
Prix de Jockey Club Of 1909, when the
stakes will have value Of $50, 900. The
great French race. which closed at about
the same time as the English derby for
the same year. drew a great number of
foreign entries, with Americans we'll rep
resented among the nominators, and in
Guiding about all the same owners and
breeders Of horses who made American
nominations for the derby Of that year.
Jockey Tommy Burns. who now is in
New York after successful season of rid
ing in Germany under contract to wealthy
turfmen, has decided that in spite OF the
success he made abroad and the large
sum Of money he earned. he will not re-
turn to Germany next season. Burns who
his increasing weight. had no trouble on
that account in the latter part Of the sea-
son, and found that with little effort he
could keep down to about 1O5 pounds. At
that weight he believes he will md all the
riding he wants in America, and simply
as a matter of preference will resume rid
ing on the American turf.
The entry in important stakes for 10OS
and 1909 of the champion yearltng of the
H. p. Whitney establishment, by Ham
burg Endurance by Right, as gelding.
has attracted the attention Of horsemen
and brought out the question as to whether
or not mistake had been made in the
entry. The Endurance by Right yearling
colt in the spring was said by Trainer j.
w. Rogers to be the best-grown and most
perfect yearling he ever had under his
care, and was Of such mammoth size and
SO highly esteemed by his stable that It
was supposed he would be kept entirely
for breeding purposes. The official records
gelding is correct, however, as the yearling
is included in a list Of other yearling geld
ings reported to the Jockey Club by the
Whitney stable in the early part Of the
fall.
The proposition that a new turf body
be formed In the west. to take over con-
troll of all western racing, and thus put
an end to the pickering and rivalry be-
tween the Two DO0ieS jWnlCn now UlVlQe
authority over racing in the west and
south. has taken such definite shape that
the selection of head for the new or
ganization practically has been agreed
upon. The man chosen is a business man.
the head of an immense concern In Chi
cago, whose only connection with racing
has been as an amateur in the sport,
whose chief interest was in the social fea-
lures of the old Washington Park Jockey
Club. 1t is proposed that the new West
ern Jockey Club, framed in a general way
after the Jockey Club Of New York. shall
have a membership restricted in such
manner as to make q practical bar to the
professional element and take all influ-
ence over the actual sport out OF the
hands of the betting men and those who
conduct racing simply as a money-making
business. It is believed that with mem
bership made up as planned, the new
Western Jockey Club would have influence
enough to secure such legislation as Is
needed to permit the re-establishment of
racing in a number of states now closed
to the turf because Of abuses under the
old methods Of track owners. The new
organization, it is believed. will have
such influence that the race track owners
who make up a greater part Of both of
the now existing turf bodies Of the west
gladly will yield control of racing af-
ia