Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-07
RAGING HERE AND ABROAD
How English and American Winners
Compare.


Incomplete statistics on English horse
racing for the season tend to show that
in several respects the results approx
mated those Oh the turf in this country
In Accountant, however. America has
money winner that runs several
thousands ahead of the greatest winner
on British courses and even ahead Of
Spearmint. whose principal money vas
gained in France by the capture of the
! Grand rrix de Paris.
Accountants aggregate in nine victo-
ries was nearly SS1 600 as against
Spearmint'S less than $4,000. including
his French success. His lone, but i'm
poltant, victory IL England was in the
classic Derby, with Il value OF S;3522.2J0.
The largest amount of money Won
by any one horse III England was
ABOUT $4,000 by keystone H., tbs
great three-yedr-old daughter Of Per
simmoa and accounted the champion
OF her age. The credit of winning over
$50,0u0 is also bed by three other run
nerS. TroutbeclI. Bridge of Canny and
Dinneford. 1t is rather remarkable
that keystone II. ana Dnncford won
only three races apiece. but the latter
captured the Princess of Wales stakes,
the NEST valuable turf eyeat but one
of the entire season. Another big
winner, Llargibby. has only ore VIC
tory 10 his credit, but that was the
Eclipse stakes, the richest prize Of the
year, worth S46,425.
The eight leading English sires of
100G are: Ladas and Persimmon, the
produce of each having won nearly
100000; Carbine. $4,000; Galiinule.
$72,OO0; Ayrshire, $4,000; Love Wise
~, $GS.O00; lsinglass, $4,000, and Mar
co, $4,000. There are fourteen sires
in the list with over $4,000 to their
credit and nearly dozen others close
TO that figure. These figures indicate
that there has been more equality
among the leading sires during 1906
than for many years previously.
In America nine of the leading
srcs are credited with over 100000
each. and the produce of eighteen are
credited with over $4,000. 1t viii
thus lie seen that the figures do not
vary greatly. The leading American
sire. however. runs nearly a third
ahead of Persiinmon and Ladas. This
is Meddler, whose get have captured
nearly S150G09 in stakes and purses
Next to Meddler stand Voter. $4,000;
Filierane. $4,000: Hamburg. $4,000
Wa;ercress. $1,000; Hastings, S.1.CsO.
Ornament. $6I,0O0: Den Strome, $G3.
coo. and Wooisthorpe. 100000
The champion two-year-old of the
English season was Polar Star, q
grandson of Galopin, by Pioneer Go
On. bred by Colonel Walker Hall In
Ireland and raced by that gentleman
Polar Star, however. was not the. great
est money winning juvenile. as he is
credited with only $4,000 as against
Traquair's $4,000. Here again the
similarity of the results in the tive
countries can be seen. for Salvidcre
the acknowledged champion of the
juvenile brigade in America. was short
Ivy $4,000 of reaching the total rolled
up by Eiecfioneer. 10th are credited
with over $4,000.
Cicero, the champion three year-oid |
of last season i'll England. amounted t. |
nothing this year. and the credit for
being the best distance runner Of the |
all aged division goes to PoIynclus |
the Cyllene four-year-old winner o. |
the Cambridgeshire. Duke of York and |
Champion stakes.
1t is interesting to note that the !
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