Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-02
NEALON'S SIRE
IS A GOOD ONE
SAIN'S SUPERIORITY NOW AN
ASSURED FACT
In Addition to Suburban Winner, Bar
ney schreIber's Good Imported
Stallion Is Father of Long

The victory of Nealon in the Suburban
has awakened an interest In his breed
ing as widespread as the surprise Oh
his winning. This brown colt was
named by Barney Schneider after Mr..
lanes Nealon, who was largely inter-
Iested in thoroughbreds few years ago
in California and who always was ad-
mired by Mr.. Schneider for his pluck
and good judgment in handling MS
horses.
The breeding of this 4-year-old is as
follows; Sired by Imported sam, daIn
Sister Josephine, by Hanover (sire OF
the dam of Orby, the winner of the
English derby for Mr.. Croker this year,.
Nealon's second dam was Hypatia, by
Waverly; third dam Sister to Rurlc'
by Sovereign. Nealon being the larg-
est money winning son of Sain IN l9Oo,
was sent to California to be started In
the Burns handicap, but for some un-
explained reason he finished in the ruck.
The superiority of Sain as a sire over
nearly all the stations standing for
service in America today Is acknoWl-
edged by the majority of breeders, ana,
from the appearance of his progeny on
the Woodlands stock farm, near 81.
Louis, Mr.. Schreiber has number OF
| Stake WluIlGTS llldL VIII pIONS NSiy PiOh-
liable.
Imported Sain's history up to the time
he was purchased by Barney Schneider
in San Francisco forms an interesting
chapter in the annals of the turf. The
| late Marcus DAILY of Butte City, Mont,
after establishing the Bitter Root stock
farm, near Deer Lodge, started for
England in 1894 and purchased a num-
ber of choice thoroughbred stations and
mares to place on his farm Among
| these mares were several that had
been bred to the leading English sires,
and one mare called The Task, by Bar
caldine, out of Satchel, by Galopin, sec
ond dam Culver, by Toxopholite, ETC.
By her side was a delicate little foal
which was called Sain, his sire was ST.
Serf, stake winner by ST. Simon, the
leading sire of England. After Sain's
arrival at the farm he did not seem
to thrive as well as the other foals and
it was only by the greatest care he
survived through his first winter, and
was not esteemed very highly as a
2-year-old, although he had shown a
very easy way of going, and for short
distances had shown considerable speed.
Saln Sold for $500
| On account of his small size and the
| fact that there were others bred by Mr..
DAILY he deemed 1t would be a greater
| nOTOT LOT MIN 10 race, Uc SOlu odlu lOl
$1,000 to a San Francisco bookkeeper
named Joseph Figel. He gave the horse
to trotting horse driver who proved
a failure when 1t came to fitting a
thoroughbred for racing. When the ex-
knight of the sulky told his employer
Sain would not do, the horse was turned
out to pasture near Pleasanton, Cal.
He was bred to few mares.
This man Figel was indicted by the
grand jury of San Francisco for the
murder of his employer, H. Rothschild.
q leading importer of clothing, and
while lying in Jail awaiting his trial
all of his available funds were used to
pay attorneys fees and his only ne
gotiable asset was this stallion, Sain.
sent for William G. Laying. the leading
stock auctioneer at San Francisco, to
make arrangements to sell him at pub
| lie auction
The latter, after tabulating the ped
| igree, visited the race track at Emery
Vile and interviewed Mr.. Schneider,
the bookmaker, in the hope of getting
him to buy this horse. Mr.. Schneider
had purchased short-bred Musket
horse called Imp. Foul Shot, the year
previous, paying $4,000 for him, and
felt that he had bought enough stations.
He would not listen to any praise Of
the horse in question, but asked that
Cne DeOlSTee De lSlI WlIn MIN. w Hen
| the sale was to be called he said to
the auctioneer: "Mr. Laying, I am
| sorry for the owner; he is in a bad fix;
don't want this horse to be sold at
auction, but this horse is too small
anyway, and no one here wants him,
! but, as you say he is richly bred in
the stoutest of blood lines, and as I
have spent some time comparing his
| pedigree with those of my mares,
tell you what I will do: I will give $1,000
for him, $500 tonight, the balance in
| thirty days, but you must not put him
up for public sale. You can see Mr..
Figel and state my proposition" Mr.
Laying agreed. and the next day the
sale was consummated.
FigeI Is Acquitted
Figel was acquitted of murder the
next month and Imported Sain was sent
| to Woodlands, where his success in the
stud has been phenomenal
| During 1906 this exquisitely bred sire
was credited with ninth place in the list
| of sires, with total of $79166 and
twenty-six winners out of f1fty-one
starters, but Mr.. Schreiber insists that
this showing does not do justice to his
favorite sire, on the ground that this
does not include the record Of the sons
and daughters of Sain at several of the
minor meetings, where they cut consid-
cradle figure. The principal winners
in the Sain list are Nealon, $15,450;
Corrigan, 1886: Tom McGrath, SS460;
Tony Faust, $685.; Jack Atkins, $3.50;
Deutschland. $4S55; Angelta, 5000; Blu
menthal, $2195; Buchanan, S1615; Black
Mantilla, $1,000; Dargin, $1S47: Dewey,
Earl Rogers, Ed Sheridan. Hersai1.
Sainrida. The Only Way, Otis Schwalbe,
Geheimness, Lacy Crawford, Otto
Sthel. Pinkerton, Ida Kearney. Bagger-
ly and Zirl are some Of the other noted
ones to the credit of this sire. Sain's
progeny are all hard calnpaigners.
noted as splendid "mudders," and are
also remarkably game and very fast
on dry tracks. Mr.. Schreiebr would not
take 100000 for him, and it is doubtful
If he would put any price on him.