The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-05-11
GOSSIP OF The RACE7RACK
AMERICAN PRIDE ~ RECENT
VICTORIES ABROAD,
Three EnEiish classics Already Won This
Year ny HnbO, Norman III, and Rho
dora Products OF the Breeding Industry
10 11ha CSdntTy Entries for To-day.

- W W. H'' ~" HE
Jamaica racetrack last saturday,
pride IN the products " our country has
sver been, one Of the characteristics Of repre-
sentative Americans. There has always been
q glow oreAtlsfaction lnthe heart Of the aver
age citizee when he has contemplated the
progress ol this country, It's institutions.
many Of then purely the product OF Amerf-
can brains. combined with American pluck
have caused thrill Of satisfaction, and when
our Representatives, whether distinguished
In art, hteratnrc'or hraWn. have gone abroad
and held their own with the best Of foreign
countries We Of the nitPd States have
always felt that We have not been retro
s%eding
Not the least cause of pride has been the
achievements Of our horses, both thorough
breds and %trotters, which have won fame and
glory in England, France and other European
countries, The achievements Of lroquols.
Parole, FoVhall, SandiaN David Garrtck,
Diakka, cap and Bolls. Disguise and other
thoroughbreds in past years In capturing
some Of the greatest prizes Of the English
turf have made The american racehorse a
dangerous factor on foreign courses "
matters not that most Of the parent stock
from which these horses sprsnR was brought
10 this country from England and France.
The fact that they were born In America
and that some Of them raced here before they
we're sent abroad gives MS q claim which ia
nulllaed very slightly by the foreign blood
which flows In their veins,
As for the ~trotters which have captured
all Of the classics for harness horses In Aus
tris, Germany. Italy. Russia and Frapcs, they
are peculiarly our own, the nited states
being the cradle Of the %trotting horse. The
performances Of Caid, kirkwood. lT.. cue
Allen, Colonel Kuser. COntralto, Wig WAg
and q hundred others which could he named
have caused all foreign countries Which have
In view the perpstlstfon Of the best IN the
horse 10 look to this country when they wish
TO replenish their trottins stock.
Not q year passes that the Governments
Of Russia, Austria. Italy and Germany do
not buy mares and stations Of the most APP
proved American breeds, In fact, their
latest purchase, which was effected only a
few days ago. MAS the champion trotting
stallion Of the world, Cresceus, 2O2ii. which
they secured for SIS, 600, an astonishing price
when one considers the fact that the horse
Ia In his fourteenth year,
u might mention. for the Information OF
those who are trying to destroy the horse
breeding industry Of this country, that from
present indications the year 1903 will 90
down into history as the banner year for
American thoroughbreds in foreign lands.
Look at the achievements Of american bred
horses or Of horses With a proportion OF Amer
lean blood In their pedigrees.
In England this year, with the season only
4 few weeks old, already an American bred
horse has won the Grand National at Liver
poOl, the Rreatest steepleChase classIC In
the world, a race especially designed TO try
the speed ,COurag &c and bottom of thethorough-
bred. This would ordinarily be glory enough,
but The first Of the great three-year-old elias
sics, the Two Thousand Guineas, WAS won
this week 10y August Belmonts Norman III.
from one Of The largest fields that have
ever contested for this rich event. Among
the defeated were King Edwards Perrier.
the favorite for the race. and Col, Hall Walk
er's White Eagle, conceded last season to
be one Of the best two-year-olds In training,
having won with lS pounds On his back.
Then, to cap the climax. the cable
brought us the news yesterday that ri charu
Croker's great ally Rhodord had been tri-
umphant in the one Thousand Guincas,
the first Of the big English stakes exclusively
for three-year-old fllies, IL is true that
Rhodora is by the great English sire 81, Frus-
auin, but We in this country take pTide In
the fact that her dam, Rhoda B.. was foaled
in Kentucky and that she is also The dam
Of 0Tby. a colt owned by Mr.. Croker, which
won the English Derby last year.
The winner Of the Grand National. Rlbio,
a. the whole turf world knows. was bred in
California at the stud Of James Il. Haggin
and was sent abroad with a LOT Of other Ameri-
can yearlings TO be- sold. lie was not con-
sidered one Of the priced products Of Rancho
del Paso or he would not have been sent
abroad. the prevailing custom having been
20 offer the hest Of the yeHrliugs at auction
IN New York, thus escaping the hangers Of
4 long sea voyage, That this CdstOd. there
fore, was good enough 10 ca ptuTe the steeple-
chase crown speaks we'll for our horses.
IN the casa Of Norman M II WAS different
Mr.. Belmont from time to time has made
nominations In the English racing classics
and this son Of Octagnn -NineNah was selected
by his owner aud breeder N the hope that
he would prove good enough to uphold the
honor Of America N4len pitted AGAINST tho
best three-year-old co.'s of England. ireland
and France. What me Englishmen think
OF Norman III. Is shown by the fact lhat be
has become the lavorite for the Derby, having
replaced Perrier for that houor. aud NJ that
u Is not too much TO expect thai he NiIl add
this splendid pr1e to MIR. Bslmout's record.
That Rhodora was not hurt hv the strong
Infusion Of American blood which she hears
IL evidenced by the inct that she Is one of
the finest dlies that have ever been seen on
the English turf. She is lG2 hands high
and has the bone aud muscle of n colt. IN
fact few colts will out girth her. There Is,
consequently. justification for me rlaim that
Rhoda B, IL destined 10 become me NJ the
great brood mares Of the world She ia
young, in fact Orby was her first foai.
"Is u not rather an extraordinary spectacle
10 find people s~ndeavorins 10 destroy an
industry which hss produced these splendid
horses? Think Of v our horses have
already accomplished this spring in the fcv
short weeks Of me English racing season q
record which would be the pride NJ any
foreign country which annually spends n
fortune in the upbuilding and preser vstion
Of is breeding industry
Those who have travelled abroad have
bean struck with the amount NJ money spent
and the time given TO the perpetuation OF
studs. France, With its Governmental breed.
inR farms spread throughout its length and
breadth. has probably taken The lead in this
work. but GERMANY. which has seen A. 10
give a. much a. 100000 for single stallion
Of approved blood. Is a close second, while
Austria IN the excellence of III horses used
for general purposes II second IN none
Evidently the reformers. " they have re-.
formers in those countries, have chosen some
other line Of endeavor than The destruction
Of horse breeding and racing
i am only one az many who have faith IN
the sanity of the American people. The
records show that we have sold 10 foreign
countries more thsn ts,OOO,0oO worth Of horses
n va1oue breeds in the last ton vcarg