The Washington times., 1907-11-10
May Race All Year in 1908.


get away from the idea.
The course was crowded. while the
ring ran wild in small money" the
sort in which the old line, conservative
bookmakers like TO deal. Any way you
want TO look at it. the game here is a
biz stronger than that at New Orleans.
Winter racing at both points has come
on about . per cent in the last two
years.
Hildreth's Big Stable.
one thing sure about the current meet
ing here is that sam Hildreth holds
whip hand in most of the big stakes.
Uncle viii not be raced through the
winter. HudEeth believing that so high
class a two-year-Old is worth saving for
tssree-year-old campaigning in the East
However. do not overlook Tony Faust
This colt has thickened and matured
through the past summer In a wonder
ful degree. There is no better specimen
of the thoroughbred out here on the
Oakland quarter-stretch than this same
Tony Faust. In the handieaps through
December and January he'll be worth
consideration ia any sort of company.
The Planudes colt, Meelick. will be one
Of HildHth's useful mediums, willis
there IS the FLY, Gene Russell, probably
the best mud sprinter among the two
year-old FLIES in training today. Hill
dreth has $4,000 worth o. horses. and
according 10 his own statement few
days ago ne is going to win out the cost
of his horses before next March.
Point for Form Players.
Horse players or the scene may bear
in mind that the Oakland course is faster
and harder than IL was q year ago. due
TO summer of careful treatment. Re
cent catastTOphes have in rs wise left
a dispiriting influence on the sporting
community, for everything is going
along now after the manner of the pro-
verbal marriage bell"
You must bet on your horses to make
the racing stable pay you a reasonable
dividend on your investment" declared /
well-known eX-owner during the regu-
lar evening hOrsemen's conversations at
Col. Jim" Duun's Savoy Hotel last
week. He spcfe by the card. too. for
not per cent of the owners Of racing
stables in the East last summer made /
money on what their horses earned in |
stakes. handicaps. and overnight purses !
Many started out. but they couldn't all I
he a James R Keene. with approxi- |
mately 100000 worth OF earnings. S2S7.
90 of which was profit.
Few Profitable Stables.
Nowadays it costs SIS a week to MAIN /
tain a racehorse for stable room. Hav.
oats, etc, bring high prices. Add to this !
railway transportation. stake forfeits. |
trainer, jockey stable help. etc. and a /
horse mas to win at least. one s.. 1000 stake !
during the summer to present his owner /
with a surplus. As there were as many
as $500 horses all striving for the $4,000 /
stakes, YOU can see what chance the 4
average good horse possessed of win /
ming out on the year
AS the average of successful hettors /
run to about five in the hundred. Mr.
owner has very little chance Of getting /
out by gambling. In fact, there is very /
little money to be made in owning and 4
campaigning racehorses nowadays. For
Instance, H. p. Whitney's stable made |
something over $4,000 last summer. vet
the season saw him over $4,000 loser.
He tried to win $4,000 and get out at /
Belmont Park last month, but he sue /
ceeded only in gathering some $500.
Apart from James R Keene. r. F.
Carman, W. Dubois. c R Durnel. and
John r. Madden. none of the big stables
made money on what their horses won
in prizes.
Associations Too Cheap.
According to the idea Of leading turf
men, the various racing associations
under the Jockey Club rule are stunt
irg the growth of racing by their hog
eish policy of taking all the spells for
themselves and dividing with the horse
men only enough money 10 keep the
giant machine Of the turf a-movIng.
For instance, many of the so-called
$500 classics Of the New York turf
are not prizes offered by the owners Of
the race tracks. but by the horsemen
themselves In the ordinary $4,000 stake
which is seen at Belmont Park and
Saratoga, the owners OF the eligible
horses contribute about $1,000 worth of
Il. the association adding but paltry
1900 This IS an average instance.
Instead of-the $500 and $40 overnight
purses there Is not racing association