The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-03
NEWS OF HORSES
AVID H0RSEN|EN
Captain Hancock Thinks N1orello
Was Greatest Two and Three
Year-old Yet Seen.
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BUT EoLE GREATER AT FOUR
BUT EoLE GREATER AT FOUR
Latter Hard to Control, But Beat
All Best Racers Of His Day.
Gossip About Horses.
BY Eroad Rock.

Under date of February Goth. my
GOOD friend, Capt. r. j. Hancock, tho
Sage of Ellerslie,' write me as fol-
lows from that noted breeding estab.
Hshment. with its broad acres nestled
nmong the rugged hills of Albemarla
county. near the historic town of Char.
lottesviIle.
My Dear Broad Rock:
You have my sincere thanks for clip.
ping from Sundays Times dispatch
with your excellent article on Morello,
The son of Eolus and Cerse. 1 have
all along believed that Morcllo was
the best 2 and 8 year old this country
ever produced, but when it came to a
real, genuine race-horse, I would take
Eole first and last. He was a good
three-year old. but he and Eon never
came TO their true form until they
were four years old. Take the list of
race-horses Eole beat and we had
race horses in those days sure enough.
But 1t took little Irish giant liko
Sarbee to ride lGole out. Billy Dona.
houe hardly had the strength! Bur
there were Getaway, Long Tom, Thora.
Ida stanhope, Girofle, Miss Woodford
Geo Kinney. Parole, Monitor, Bush
Whacker. lroquois, and quite a lot of
r.
ter, all went down before him like
grass before a scythe. It is true Hin
doc beat him, but Eole broke him down
and two weeks later lie went to Long
Branch and won the Monmouth Gun
ii miles He was taken to England
and ran Sd to st. Gatien for the
Ascot Gold Cup, IL miles, when he
had not been in England more than
three weeks, and no doubt his head
Stttr oy,,fy, II 4.
trained and developed by Major Dos
we'll he would have been as good as his
full brother. But the Messrs Dwyer
Bros were in a hurry to start him, aud
came Very near breaking him down
at years old, but as It was, Eon was
unbeatable at and 5 years old 1t
would pay Mr.. Jouiett Shouse or some
other good turf writer to take ,p
these two horses and show the number
CT races won. and the quality of horses
they beat. L recollect one of Eole's
best races was the Autumn Cup.
miles, s7Eelve quarters, in which every
quartet was run in "a % and &c sec
pndS The first quarter was run in "a
seconds and the twelfth quarter was
run in precisely the same time,
should have mentioned Glcnmore and
Aella. don't think he ever met Ferida,
but Mr.. George Lorillard declared that
owned We have just lost from old
age. Eola, sister OF Eole. in foal to
F'atherless.. Her burden was too much
for her. but we have three of hcr
daughtecs-Eosene, Eolidc and Eonsse;
nll by CharaXus. I believe they are
all In foal to Fathercss.
We have also Lizzie II, fun sister OF
Morello. and filly out OF her by
Fathcrless.
1 n 81 In sy<, mr. Inv, y
Red River, now in Tom Healy's hands
for training, and n yearling brother
a giant now at Ellerslie, and will be
sold in June at Sheepshead Bay. Red
River won two stakes Kart year, and
hurt his leg in some way, but it seems
to be getting right, rs Mr.. r. T. Will
son. for whom Healy is training. is
entering him in quite a lot of large
Stakes this summer.
: With my best wishes, I am.
Very truly yours
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