Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20
ACHIEVEMENTS OF IDLEWILD, -
THE GREAT ONE-EYED MARI,
AND wILDlDLE, HER swFT SON
By c. c. Pettus.

by =. y. fSltuS'
yvl.- Cant Thomas g Moore. in the
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go N'i.S' ''I''
I"IeW.l"' the great daughter VI l-eN'i'7
ton and Ftorlne by Glencoe, was the star
of his string This famous mare had only
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i-s-'-" ~ L'' Se'''-'4is 1"' :. i'"1' IN
IS- Zen and other racers OF today the
I.-s of I'M. eft GutfC did not seem TO "a
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mn '|'.-- 'Sl" 80 S'S
H"t Lord Nelson al th- odIlIe OF AooUhF
bay. ST" would turn her blind eye To-
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81" was NOT "'d''H many Zines III '''l1-
DAYS OF strife between north and south,
and 1T ,risyiIIe ST Louis Paterson and
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4A raining.
This was In 1865. when the supply OF
available race horses was extremely lin
f.1 -f,, e.. .}. .,,,i r,.-.,e IN Itsu
i,
'1'HF anu tennessee "''il5 POI '4't'tS '~
pisttd by CONSUMPTION, guerrilla tHeVrry
and tine many LOSSES incident to wal
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" Do l'dI spring inc i'I7I itIu III ~
hoTtA since beioA ttt wan was nat
ura.'y Handicapped by "a scarcity or ma
'el!iii- 80 i4is"iIu among 'te VIGyi u.
VISION WAS III a. cl@ss "S isl Se.l' 'iic
two-nIle Eea,s. three miles, etc
Then at SuH",k l'@rk meeting tIil. ,l1l-
80, ,. - ,,a.,. is,IsIs al ION.
dis,a1ces. Ana few owners cared to
start their horses against her. causing
the newborn Saratoga ASSOCIATION, or
MOI -iSS as ~ ~ T"' -
r,s,.ft,e a. n,.fs,.s frr An inaugural meet
ing.
So Capt Moore and number OF other
tGitmel WHO uii MOI iay5 su(,l uiSSl iln-
I1 li'' 80 ~ O. : - liiI,
M. on ming Of tie N0rrlssey track at
saratoga. They buiIded better than
they knew, tie three days racing not
only drawing good crowds from the me-
tryqoTIs and brooklyn, hut producing tine
greatest lace at four milcsrfTum 4 Tune
and weight standpoint ever run in the
north ug to INA; time nos excepting even
IN great y rformances of Fashion,
Ecl5rs- or SIR Henry wears before.
\ dash Of four .a.lts for which IdIewt d.
Jelv,. .4-ar Reporter and Dangerous
Wcr- carded furnished "A magnet to draw
o-t 1u,uuJ people, the largest crowd ever
within the gates of the old race course.
The day was the perfection Of June
weather. and rs the track had been spe-
tlaliy pr. AIRED Tor the contest, a fast
lac was looked for. as jerome Edgar and
IituJ.tr. had both shown good perform
ali Is.
bat Francis Morris Reporter. four
year-uld by Lexington. who had won a
tvo-Liie heat race at Paterson, pulled up
Iaue JHaJ morning and was scratched.
Tae same owners dangerous. four years,
10y Scotland. taking his place with JOS
pounds ridden by Dawson, John VI. Clays
Jerome Edgar by Star Davis also carried
the same weight as a four-year-o-d. While
the sX-yeav-old mare ldlewlld had III
pounds in the saddle and was ridden by
Patton. The famous jockey GIlpatrick
rod" Edgar, and as Owner Clay ana the
other kentuckians present were very con-
fdeut about The horse, some big pools
were sold in the auctions.
ldlewild was a pronounced favorlte at
So ~, jerome Edgar $50, Dangerous S15.
The Underwood strong box held large
amount before the selling closed. All
three horses showed vel in their warm
up gallops. Edgar especially, as he was
Very handsome horse.
Idlewild was on the plain order-the last
animal one would select in a bunch to be
III! Ra1da els si'' on Idiew.IdS fore ankles
looked rather ominous. and earned Edgar
additional support, as ting mare age was
IN ~ I .I 49, ~ baIss rtS c,oge,
INSPECTED GER A5e Buford breeder Of
Idlewild and Mollie Jackson was one of