The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
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first he emerged from his retirement.
He is one of the very few isolated in
stances where a jockey, suspended by
the stewards. has ever regained his form
Glance back through the year for your
self II interested, there Is nothing to be
gained by raking up the dead issues.
Shaw is esteemed by most good judges
as the most finished horseman riding on
the American turf in the past two or
three years.
He has been criticised wholesale, many
rides have not been scintillant, but 1t
is rarely indead that one finds an old
timer experienced trainer seriously find
ing fault with Shaw's work. The excep-
ton, of course, proves the rule. His
records run. giving stake, horse, and
value:
Westminster Handicap, Go Between.
$500; Suburban. Go Between, Sl6,S0O;
Swift, Halifax, :4,47o; spindrift, Kuroki.
s42i5; lroquois, Samson. $3.50; G. Union
Hotel Stakes. Penarris. $3.50: Saratoga
Cup. Go Between $500; Futurity. Elec-
tioneer. s34,270; Triumph, Fountainblue,
$3.50; total. s945c5.
J. Martin was exceedingly lucky in
having Accountant to make his total.
Otherwise it would have been poor one
indeed. notwithstanding the fact that
when Martin so wishes, he can ride more
4 than little. His record comes, giving
Withers, Accountant. S6.75O: C. 1. Han
dicap. Kings Daughter, s4,+9o: Tidal. Ac-
countant. a4,550; l.. Island Handicap,
i eDishabille. s4,240; Realization. Accountant.
sl5,935; Brighton Derby, Accountant sl1,-
$50; Saratoga Derby, Accountant, So. 90;
= Annual Champion Accountant, SIG, 1856;
+ total, $3.50.
Radtke Is the query mark of the year.
"A good boy under many circumstances.
- !, dc nf 0r,isl
ard tinisher it is simply miraculous,
nsidering all the trouble he has delib-
Il orately looked for-anu found-that he
4 stands so high. Where he might have
{ rated had he kept his skirts clear of
|. trouble is beyond caSliputanon. Reason
ing sven by anairty--that most fallacious
f of all reasoning-by adding to his gross
total the equivalent of the twenty-eight
T or thirty days he lost and his total
+ swells to easily second on the list. Had
owners had more confidence In Radtke,
had they been less afraid of his mex
plicable tantrums, there Is no knowing
where his record might have scared. AS
Il 1T was. Miller had his most dangerous
I opponent tied by the leg most of the
season Even the stewards were under
Z conjunction in handling the little wasp,
his replies being frequently so unortho
dox. and unexpected, these We're liable
10 place the stewards in curiously un-
pleasant state Of mind. even when most
kindly inclined. Under all this heavy
handicap Radtke rates as follows, CIV
ing stake. horse and value:
Criterion, Court Dress, s5,O65; First
Double Event, Ballot, $3.50; Surf, Peter
Pan, 900: Venus, Mentha, $3.50: Nep
tune Ballot, $3.50; Flash. Peter Pan,
$3.50; Spinaway, Court Dress. $500
III. S. Hotel. De Mund, sS790; Flatbush
DE Mund, ss.425 Product Stakes, Court
ID s1p
Total $Sl,1S2
Sewell Is dead. therefore one can sa'
little. where otherwise there was mucl
to be said. His wins were largely aug
. b mented by three rich stakes, the Brighton
Handicap, the Saratoga Special. and tn
Great Republic these realizing over hal
his gross total. He also had four winnin
stakes which narrowly escaped beinl
eligible under the $1,000 limit. He rod
seven winners within that limit, as fol
lows, giving stake, horse, and value:
Hudson Gretna Green. $4,000; Brighton
Handicap, Rams Horn. $3.50; Invincible
II Dandelon, sa,550; Saratoga Handicap
Dandelion. $500; Saratoga Special, Salvl
dere. $4,000; Great Republic Tangle
81, $50; Great Eastern. Sewel $685. to
tai. s74.235.
LIME stands sixth on the list. fnishe
rider, one of the best we have, when do
ing his best Unfortunately he has. 70
years, been the apparent victim Of ci,
cumstances. This is not said in any ur
Kindness. but he left one prominent sta
Bile after finishing half his contract h
left another just when 1t was approach
Ing the heights of success and he cor
tinued to ride here instead of going
France two years ago, as he then med
tated Had he gone to France, with IL
French consistency OF weight. the Frenc
acceptance of when a boy Is doing h
best, the French owners knowledge"
that fact, and the emnently sound con
mon sense which governs every detail
French racing even more so than Eni
land these days., Lyme would undoubted
have done well.
Probably much better than he has bee
able to do here in his own country. ]
France there Is not the same omnipre
ent Hooking for the best OF it, som
thing We Americans fail to understar
NJ until we travel and live with them. A be-
riding there knows that he may ride o,
extremely bad ride possibly two hut
Will not get another chance, The averal
owner and trainer is quick to note fac
~ s aalA- thsra "a rigid morale unde