Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
WHO OWNS
HORSE sam
BUTTE HOTEL MAN HOLDS ONLY
BILL, OF SALE
FAMOUS SIRE HELD BY BARNEY
scHREIHER
Man Who Bought the Horse from
Marcus DAILY Does Not Con-
test Missouri Breed
er's Possession

BUTTE, Aug. 31.-Does Sain, the premier
sire at Woodlands, really and legally be-
long to Barney Schreiber, proprietor OF
Missouri's now noted breeding establish
ment? That such a question should be
raised will doubtless cause no little sur
prise, but the fact remains that Schrie-
ber's legal right to the now noted stallion
may be questioned, according to what one
hears here, though it may be stated
positively that the big bookmaker- breeder
is in absolutely no danger of being dis
turbed in the possession of his great horse.
Something of mystery attaches to this
horse Sain, and it lies in the fact that the
only bona fide bill of sale that ever passed
for him in this country is held by Miles
Finlen of Butte, best known in the middle
west and in the east as the owner of the
once good horse Lucky Star. Further
more, Mr.. Finlen, according to his own
statement, is in the dark as to how the
horse fell into the hands of his good
friend Schneider, and except, perhaps out
Of mere curiosity, he processes not to
care to know, as he is really glad that
Barney got the horse, regardless of how
he got him, and perhaps saved him from
oblivion.
Sain, a son of st. Cert and imp. The
Task, was imported into this country
early in 96 by Marcus DAILY for racing
purposes and not with any idea of be-
ing placed in the stud. The colt, then
2-year-old, started three time in the
DAILY colors at Butte and Anaconda, win
ming his first race and being beaten in
each of the other two by May w.
Those two defeats caused DAILY to
weaken on the colt and he offered to
sell him for $1,000, a proposition he prob
ably would not have made could he have
foreseen events, for it subsequently took.
Ogden's life to beat this same May w a
head and a few weeks later Ogden won
the Futurity.
However, Finlen took the Copper
King" at his word and in exchange for
$1,000 received from his millionaire friend
regularly drawn bill of sale for the
horse, a document which the hotel man
still has in his possession. And as said,
this was the last bona fide bill of sale
that ever passed for the now famous sire
Sent to California
When it came time for the California
racing season to open Finlen turned Sain
over to the then Jockey. Burlingame, and
fellow named Shaner> who. had heen in
the trotting horse business, to bA raded a<e.
Frisco, at the same time giving Fhese
parties an option on the horse fog S 800. ,
That winter, in the latter partIof his
2-year-old form and at the outset OF his
s-year-old form. Saln won several races,
besides being placed on number of oc-
casions. Mr.. Finlen, however, says that
he never received any part of the money
Sain had earned much less the $500
for which he had agreed to let Shaner &
Burlingame have the horse; and when
along in March of that year he learned
that the son of st. Cert had hopelessly
broken down he decided in his easy-going
way to number the whole business In his
list of forgotten Incidents" And that
was the last the Butte hotel man heard
of the horse until he learned that he was
e4,,d aff he had found a
home at Missouris greatest breeding es-
tablishment.
! From whom my friend Schreiber got
Sain and what he paid for him | have
never learned said Mr.. Finlen recent
ly 'I want to say, though, l am glad
Barney did get him, for otherwise ne
might have become tramp among the
great army of broken down horses-a
fate which time has shown would have
been a. serious loss to the American IurI.
Still, had he been returned to me, sam
with greater opportunities. would nave
made a greater name for himself than ne
has thus far.
"On returning from trip to europe
Daly asked me what had become OF the
horse and requested me to hunt him up.
While abroad he had discovered that oaiii
has in his veins str-ins of blood that no
other living stallion possesses, ana ne was
anxious to cecure him for his Bitter ROOT
stud.
II went to California to secure what
ever information I could as to the wnere-
abouts of the horse, but ne nad, SO iar
as I Was concerned, disappeared from the
face of the earth, and WIS.,. the death OF
Mr.. DAILY; which occurred shortly after
nv futile trip to the ocast abandoned
ali efforts to discover the fate OF the
animal which had proved gold Drick
for me.
"While it is true that hold the only
legal bill of sale that has passed for
sain since he landed in this country, l
want it understood that will never
even think of attempting to DISTURB
schreiber in his possession OF ane sa, ~ q
for Barney is a good fellow and sam ls
wbare w ,es he can be Of lasting benefit to the
ial,gt lars'''e ..I expect whatever claim I ever
had On the horse has become 'outlawed'
after all these years"
szasp .