The sun., 1908-02-07
SPORTING TALK or INTEREST
JAMES r. KEENE HAS WON NEAR
LY $1,000, 900 IN FIVE YEARS.
Eut Expenses OF His Great Racing stable
and Breeding Farm Have ReaCned
500 900 IN That PeriOd-Eastern
League Presents . Formidable Array.

Ter entity James r. keenO In the last nvs
ys1rs has won 5000 .OGS In stakes and purses
on the Jockey Club tracks. In 1909 his horses
cleaned up s5O,ISO. but since that time the
seuFly earnings have been several times
Rr, Iter, the $500. 900 mark being reached last
sen .on His expenses for training, transpOr-
y tat on, Jockeys. help. equipment, feed. entry
fees and the conduct of his famous Castleton
stu In that period Of time are estimated at
nr1rly S7OO. 900. The figures place Sydney
Passt second with S42S, ,7sO. more than half
OF which was won In 1904 and 1905, when
PsRst had lease on the running qualities OF
J H. HAggin's horses. II. p. whitney Is
. third with sSoS. .SlS. which doOs not include
500. .iO7 won by his horses In II. b. Duryea's
CoCrs during the season OF 1904.
, u liArney Schreber. who raced on nearly all
the leading American tracks. stands fourth
Whh SS0e. .aAS. Then follow the winnings Of
the, lowners in the order named $. = Brown.
sos. i2e: T. Hitchcock. Jr., s205. .O6O; f. r.
J ho mas. s1es. Sis: August Belmont. S27O. $50:
H. .. Duryea. t20S. .AS7 r. 7. Wilson, Jr..
s?si 40; Ed CorrigAn. s22O. .7O7; W. b. Jennings.
: S2LG, ass: @. r. Ellison. s2il .88S: Fred Cook.
s2oa GA; J. 4. Madden. SlS7. .7lB; s. @. Hill
dre1 h. SIOo. .120; John A. Drake. Sls9. .e7s; New
ton Bennington. sI7A.s3S Frank J. Farrell.
tIGa 100; F. r. Hitchcock. tlo7. .04O; James
Arthur. 3lel, $50: Pat Dunno, eiSA.II7; New
aS,e Stable two years.. SlAs. .oeT; John San
pprd SIAs, eos; j. W. Colt. sl47. .TS4: @. c. Ben
nett SI44 900: Burlew a O'NeIll. SIlI. $50: J. L,
Mo- lnnis. $685. see; NJ l.. Hayman. tlSA. AIS;
4. T. Hayes. Sl2o. .Aes. Those whose horses won
500 200 or more In any one year are Messrs.
kee'te. Paget, Whitney, Brown, T. Hitchcock,
Jr Thomas. Duryea. Drake and Bennington
The success OF all these turfmen was due
to tie breeding industry in this country to-
Eetl sr with the great liberalitv of the various
raC q associations. which was made possible
by the wonderful patronage of the public,
whi,h incidentally found pleasure in backing
rs ii n q n he resn d
thor oughbreds. II Mr.. Keene paid out nearly
e1oU 900 in hve years to earn the title of Amer
Ira leading owner the other urfmcn must
paid expenses in the same proportion.
NhUh means that a vast amount of money
EAs placed in circulation by them Horse
men in general agree that such remarkable
pro- perity was wholly due to the government
Of the turf in this State by the Jockey club.
which has protected racing to the best Of its
sbii ty and has made il one of the biggest in
dus ries in the world
The Queens County. Brooklyn and Coney
lslald Jockey clubs have announced that no
matter what may be the result OF the agitation
aga nst racing at Albany they will run all Of
the big stakes for which yhey have entered
into contracts with owners and breeders.
Al II the other racing associations will follow
their example.
NIke Donlin who is in Chicago waiting 10
New York Nationals. is enthusiastic over
the teams prospects There is nothing to
IT," 4aid Michael the other day. We are 90
ing 70 be back on top again this year. Take
il from me McGraw has the fastest bunch
Of tallplayers ever gathered together in The
sane club. To begin with. Tenney will give
the infleld a great boost by his work at first
base and with the bat. This new one. Merkle.
will get a chance to fight with Doyle for sec
Cnd base. McGraw thinks that Merkle is one
Of he greatest young players that has broken
into the big leagues in years aud he will do
his best 10 hnd a regular place for him You
CEp beat Devlin at third base. while young
Rri well, the new shortstop. is a crack fielder.
shannon. Seymour and yours truly will Took
att the outer garden TO the satisfaction of
the fans. make no mistake. BresRahan will
probably catch in nearly all the games. while
J think Mathewson will be better than ever
Z hr men will have lot OF hard work in Texas.
hut when we come North we will be NJ. We
meun TO put up a hard fight from the drop
"G ne hat and with any kind OF luck we ought
to win the championship"
Clark Grifhth and Jake stahl Of the New
York Americans arrived in Hot Springs
yesterday GriIlth says that he will have
n dozen OF his regulars with him in a few
daNB and that all OF them will take the baths.
The Pittsburgs and Detroits are also going
to the springs. so that the baseball colony
'
burgs have a lease on the ball park the De-
troits will fix up a temporary diamond not
far away. Grffith will send his men TO At
lanta the last of the month. but will come
here to attend the American League meeting
on February 25, as he is a member OF the rules
committee.
I he Eastern League, which ia by far the
strongest minor circuit in the country, will
present a more formidable front this year
a..
charge of the Montreal club. controlled by
local hackers. baseball should receive a much
nee ded boom In that city. Newark, under
the management OF George StallinRs, should
aiso enjoy increased prosperity, while Provi-
derce. with the Duffy-DOe feud at an end,
will be In better shape than last year. The
Baltimore club. to be owned exclusively by
I'd Hanlon. Bill Clarke and Wilbert Robinson.
WHO made the Orioles famous in 1884, will
probably be a more important factor. The
Toronto club will have the services OF the
Capabls Western manager Mike Kelley.
who IL getting a powerful team together.
Wide Buffalo, Jersey City and Rochester
will all have improved teams. The quality
or ball played in the Eastern Ia not far below
tho major league standard. while the salary
limit is decidedly liberal.
Ambrose Mcconnell. a sensational second
IA seman with the Providence team last year,
has Just signed a Boston American contract.
He plSyed in i29 games in 1907. with a batting
average Of .3?O and fielding average Of .s4O.
A run RetteT he ranked next to the fleet
footed Thoney. also with Boston this year
as he scored seventy eight runs. Mcconnell
resembles Fred Parent in style and build
and Manager Mcclure believes that he will
make Frank Ia Porte. the former New York
American player, hustle TO secure the second
bag permanently. Boston fans. by the way,
ara considerably exercised over the rumor
tht Mcclure may not have the services Of
honey and Gessler this year. both Of whom
have threatened to quit the game unless their
salary demands are granted.
Pitcher Mullen OF the Detroit Americans,
Who has refused to sign. Ia quoted as saying
that he wants to he sold TO the New York
A-nericans. As Grffth has been anxious
n secure the rotund twirler for some time
past. deal may be fxed up by which several
or the New York clubs Young pitchers may
be turned over to Jennings.
Packey McFarand's next opponent will
r7obab by he James Britt. for II Ia said that in a
few DAYS they will sign articles to box ten
rounds before the Badger A. q. OF Milwaukee
The latter part Of this month. II the match
IL clinched and Mcfarland wins ne will go
sfteT either Nelson or UnholZ. the Boer
I nit and Mcfarland. by the way, should put