Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
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a nlrrrr we ~ 1re eNr,s through some
~ d.. helm r.t,.rs tr-'a.,d 'uIuae.s' on
..., ....,...-I-,. ,.,tr'rs Ittl,Hpld
''' ..I....... ..,.i ..,,..,.r said
i.s rstt'aH j"'k ~ t'".h'f AN" """''' ''''
az Ortv.srud This week THAI WAS rather
...gN. .u ,oaaE Griffin for lac Was too late
.:. declaration changed and not
,-r-. ,,......,t -,,. II, blink
,.- WIS a-rq.a 60 bet much on mr.
Cor,....rs Nj Iittlen. I'D tdd..: Il Wit
messed ar exactly similar ntNUp al Jerome
Park .u the SIXTIES, where Milton H. SAN
ford and his famous gray horse l."a"Si"he
we're concerned But Their was TINS diner
.-.s. t.at Sanford had got al. his money
down before A. knew h,iukrrs We're on his
$50 .- ..,.,-l f.t nom, If IL off rode
-. .f,. -.,,,a r.,cn lanes Wat
announcer .''T 90 $40 49,, J., could
S"f onward 81 -"V' '''7 -.
not bent Ioads.on.. thinkers or no hlnkers'
-r......-fr van him to a short head
r.,...... ., ,f. sr.akrr. gr1v haired and
.t5 az st., * INN ana eve. as clear
't'". ,,,5f-,. .,,-. ono could
@S NJ ~. ,l- C.'rarI.s IittIeiIcld was
~ -. W.. .I,f-.,r, wear. that not only
t.5 r.gc. his de,,ut as a Jockey over
80, -. .v. ar6 rilG n some of the
49,. ,..,.. :. 49,, American turf has ever
s, tr,,' rs 81, nrr.,i.r owner
.-...,,., H.. "a HIN. q 10 max tutf o. tory
.s.r b.. l.s h,.r ABLY assisted Ivy his
49, T.,s.l- l,r,. , iorkey Of the first
-, -. trIirar for The Cana
- ~ Tns.,T + S.rrarn
"a. f,, frs.,r,.,ss grav horses the
American turf has ever son Milton San
s,- T...rst,,.r Nv lightning, out of that
-.-. ,.f N,.r,I Tl-l. Eanuct was one
, - ..r.r.ourh NOT as speedy as
C.I-..r CT planet or.ninruo and other
-,- .i,.r. mis- day Ioadstonr
-. me. 80 s.crsfrsg merit
"''' "
The Blue Hen S ChlckehS'
1890 nov. ,rc.rf RIue T3nnnat a
daughter OF 'h' Hh'''I'' U"
H.dEet"rd. threw gray sons III RAPID success
sion Thunder L.oadstOue Friyatcer and
st,r.yau Jackson were all grays. hut of
different color for whereas Thunder and
Stou-wau jackson were light or daPple
gray, l"adSt"ne ana fflNaitTr' , mn hrl ',i
Gtre, sire "I "a t.'I'' Gnu ,,r,',omnred de
scrfTtfof
But all Of Blue Ronnets progeny made
such famous names FOR themselves On nv. ~
I'll .T',1 ''' ~ tI.,.s c,frLens Al
VToo,l,yyn course louisville. Jeroma Park
Suffolk Park Philadelphia, Paterson and
Saratoga Springs these gray chickens
Of the ola Blue Hen were popular iayolItSs
ana great bread winners Tor th'H owners
as valUes went al that time.
Jerome Park race course was opened IN
September lSG6 and the second meeting
over the new course at rordhaIn was III
June 1857 The American Jockey Clup'
with sport lovers o. the Empire city ana .he
country al large. western turlheh r'coshiz
Ing in the new enterprise me nucie"s Vi
great eastern traCkS SION 20 l''iG" ,.,
Encouraged by the success OF Jerome
Park Monmouth Park was punt an"
opened bF Joh r. mann I, M 800
later, IN lNi", linen t"L"WHu 81 - .si.v'O
RAY anu ff'Sitv''' IN &C. y CIV
end IN lSSt' WIN o'heF tracks III NV 81
sgy sIrneIhg up iLNe nlIsilt r'oi''S -.
~ toii-,dS IN IIr,deo1 ronnty
nelE-'S ~ WY - ,,,,, - 800, = half
Wiz - -, No,
mn az n =" . q =. :. W-,o,las,ar
came NIrIL - 81 80 q, $500 pa,,
fai4ous Oiu oiiie
But in the sixties the Jerome Park meet
lnpe snring and fall had practically no
-, -, -, ,,,,r.
eastern 'Pp's'''o'' "' 'u'' "'
were given up 10 saratoga springs Anu
then the stables came back to jerome in
tho fan The meetings were short that of
i"- ,oe- ta,n, 81. ,rrsa da,,s, d,,ra-
'uho' A0"'' Oe4"e va ''-'' ga
tion.
But there was some high-class material
O. III track including horses from all over
the country What would NOWADAYS be
called lacking in quantity was more than
r.oIa mn IN GuaIi+v Among western sta
IL ,bars w. those Of John NJ CIav r
,faxardar NcCorner e Harness PAM
VI ". ps,nnck 7, Y Rad and
, o' ~ a,,,s, Iairon,t E,rancis No
re " Ternne " r Trayers NJ n
GtS, L.. W. i We Tts,',d NcDaniai
- W. y, ,- u % E,rrba r o. pocor
II W I"Inei IN e = 49,, VI -, 60
j w " e-Goti' . VI ~ az - 49,.
represented Tue east anu sou'ii ''' '''e 'ii'N
ing ,
NOT over 10" hoFses were on tIe slou eLH,
but the sport was sensational ana "llhesseu
by large crowds nearly nan Oh "holi ca can
from the heart of the metropolis. But as
most OF these stopped TO rest up at Stet-
son s. faolGlGs - Der ,o4' anu io,,re
refreshrnent between stages of the trip.
The spring meeting at Jerome In 1857
opened on the I''h OF Juhe. me calu , Con- on
s 800 ~, % "Di 80 o., a.. surloras and ono
t.' tT -. '''e 80 iattar go MS
a. m tt 80, 90 - a. Id II re
Spit taxing 't[ee meats 70 uecIuT gi H. tIis
100 peope On 's f b. ,h ~, da ln
An old-fashioned, long distance program