Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03

Always with the owner Of an inn
portant racing stable there is some big
objective race to win for which he
would forfeit the remainder of his win
nings of any season.
with the English owners the Derby
is the race they most covet. To win
a Derby gives a man standing in the
sporting world that can be achieved in
no other way.
1t is on record that the Derby purse,
always more than 100000, has been
paid over directly to the winning
Jockey, so happy was the owner over
having his name enrolled among those
horsemen who have won the great old
classic.
In France the highest ambition of
the turfman and breeder is to own or
breed the winner of the Grand PriX.
And so on through all countries where
racing thrives as a popular sport.
Austria, Russia, Belgium-even Italy,
have their race that is greater than all
others. Australia has the famous Mel
bourne Cup, while India looks forward
with fevered anticipation for the rum
ming of the Viceroy Cup.
In the United States racing Is too
general and Is conducted under so
many different auspices in so many
different parts of the country that 1t
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a race of the character of those named.
Every breeder hopes, of course. to
breed Futurity winner and every
owner of high-Cass 2-year-old has
visions of "a Futurity victory some
time during the season.
Establishes Stud
But there is always some one race
dearer to the heart of each owner than
all others The late Capt. Sam Brown
spent fortune establishing stud, the
great object of which was that he might
breed the winner of the Saratoga Spe-
| cial, a race that to him was, because of
the conditions, typical of true sports
manship in racing.
| He accomplished his desire when he
| bred Salvidere, the champion 2-year-
old of last season, but did not live to
see his ambition realized Salvidere
| winning the colorS of another.
| Thus it is with owners throughout
the country For the small owner with
a stable of second-class horses, there
| is some minor stake, victory in which
means more to him than dozen purses
which might collectively represent five
times as much in money returns. But
many owners are never privileged to
realize on their hopes and plans which
oftentimes involve much expense and
worry.
In this class is Philip j. Dwyer of the
Brooklyn Jockey club, as was his
brother, NJ. F. Dwyer, until his death,
two years ago. The colors of the
Dwyers when racing under the part
nershp of Dwyer Bros and maintain
| ing the greatest stable ever seen in
| this country, were never victorious In
the Brooklyn Handicap.
Dryers Unsuccessful
several years ago, their individual ef-
forts have met with no better success.
Yet this is the race which it would
have given either of them the greatest
joy of his life to have won The race
is run over the course of which P. j.
Dwyer has always been the guiding
spirit, Gravesend.
The race was established by the
Brooklyn Jockey club in 1887, and this
season will see it's twentY-first running.
For more than two-thirds of this period
the Dwyers, either in partnership or
individually, kept up the vain struggle
to win a Brooklyn Handicap, sending
| to the post at various times some of
the most famous horses of their day.
Their candidates have been favorites
in the betting, second and third choices,
and outsiders, have carried top
weights; have carried light weight;
have had the best riders to pilot them,
but have never yet been first to catch
the eyes of the judges.
| m the first running of the race, when
| Dry Monopole, Blue Wing and Hidalgo
finished noses apart in never-to-be-
forgotten finish in a field of seventeen
starters, the Dwyer colors were not
seen.
The year 1888 they ran the mighty
Hanover with 125 pounds up, and equal
top weight with The Bard, an s to 5
favorite in a field of eleven, with Nc
Laughlin in the saddle. Hanover after
leading for a mile of the journey weak
ened when tackled by The Bard, and
was beaten a length. Hanover beat
Exile by three lengths for the place.
This was the nearest the Dryers ever
came to winning the Brooklyn.
Hanover with top weight Q22 pounls)
was the stables candidate the following
season. He had Littlefield up, and was
a close third choice at 21a to l, Prince
Royal and Terra Gotta being favored
over him by the betting public. He was
never prominent in the running. Exile
won easily from Prince Royal, with
Terra Gotta a distinct third and Han
over last.
Sir Dixon, with the top weight 11$
pounds) and with Garrison as the pilot
was selected by the famous stable tC
try for the rich prize the following year
He, like Hanover, was third choice in
the betting at Az to 1, Los Angeles
to and Badge to l being the public
fancy.
Sir Dixon Fails
The Beverwyck stables Castaway II
suited by the light weight, 100 pounds
and the muddy track, took the lead al
the fall of the flag and, nothing evel
getting near him, he won in the com
monest canter by eight lengths Badge
second, Eric third and Sir Dixon ir
eighth position.
This was the biggest upset in this
race during the first decade of it's run
ming, as the winner was quoted at al
sorts of fancy odds and made a greaI
show of his field.
Before 1891 had rolled around the firm
of Dwyer Bros, had been dissolved
This year the old colors which had beer
retained by Philip j. Dwyer We're no
represented, but the new white JACKIE
of NJ. f. Dwyer was carried by Ban
quet. He had up 10S pounds and Ham
ilton rode. Banquet was one of the out