Evening star., 1908-01-20
REFUSED $4,000
FOR CHAPULTEPEC

days. An offer Of $4,000 was made to Bur-
lew & O'Neill. but it was refused. Nego-
tiations are still pending for his purchase
Just who made the offer could not be
definitely learned. but rumor had 1t that
prospective buyer The fact that "Dia-
mond JIM had tried to purchase the colt
last spring and offered $4,000 for him.
through his trainer. Matt Allen. gives
credence to the connection Of his name
with the report.
Chapultepec was practically of unknown
quality when Allen tried to buy him last
year. He had never started, but had
worked 80 fast that Allen regarded him
as an excellent investment. Burlew re-
fused the tempting bait. AT the time Colin
had not appeared. and as Chapultepec
was engaged In stakes worth approx
mately $780, it seemed good judgment
on the part of Burlew to refuse the offer
With Colin out of the way Chapultepec
season at least $4,000. for he had to play
second fiddle to James r. Keene's cham
pion on several occasions.
In the estimation of horsemen Chapul-
tepec is not only the best thoroughbred
racing here this winter, but he is
much faster and better colt than he was
during the season in the east. During the
last four months he has improved very
much. His big frame is now filled out
with hard. firm flesh and muscle At one
time last summer he looked, thin and
tucked up in the flank. All this has been
changed for the better since his arrival
here, and the great gallery" of llorsemen
that formed a ring around MIN and look
ed him critically over Saturday were
favorably impressed by his splendid ap-
pearance. David Gideon was loud in his
praise of the colt, and said that he would
scarcely have known him.
Could Earn His Lost Money.
Now that Brady is without high-class
horse, turfmen believe that he is anxious
to buy Chapultepec. The latter is extern
sively engaged in the rich three-year-old
events of this season, and If he could win
even part of them he would easily earn
100000 Accountant late in the summer
of 1906, was bought by Brady for $55 900,
and more than repaid for his purchase by
winning $4,000 for his new owner
1t has long been Diamond Jim's" de-
sire to own the best three-year-old of the
season. The luck that he had with Ac-
countant sharpened this desire. He has
never had a keen appreciation of two
year-olds, and was bitterly disappointed,
after he had paid $4,000 for Oiseau, to
find that colt only a lame duck in con-
tests OF speed with Sysonby. He tried
twice again with Oiseau to beat Sysonby,
but failed.
Those defeats have ranked in Brady's
bosom. He Is anxious to own first-class
horse. trainers say, to wipe out these
drawbacks to his turf career-a career
that has been marked with many features
of good luck and only one or two failures.
He is anxious to beat Jim Keene lust
once" and considers Chapultepec the lOgi-
cal candidate to administer the drubbing.
There have not been sufficient races
-
which is the best. With the distance only
three furlongs, the contests have been
helter-skelter affairs, with the start po-
tent factor in the result. OF the young
sters that have raced, Marse Abe seems
the best. He has finished first in his
three starts and has shown in each race
that he possesses plenty Of speed and an
abundance Of courage. For big colt he
is extremely quick and always leaves the
barrier as If propelled by some great
force 1t was carelessness on the part OF
j. Lee which caused him to be disquali-
fled. If he can stand the pace which he
has so far shown when the races lengthen
to four and five furlongs, he will be worth
a large sum to Louis A. Celia. The lat
ter has backed him heavily and won large
sums on his recent victories.
Celia Has Fast "Baby" Racers.
Another of Cella's baby brigade of
racers that has shown we'll is Lady
Leota. This filly by Voter-Dovecote
has already paid for herself as she
won the only race for which .she started.
She only cost $500 at the yearling sale
of the Castletown stud. At the time she
was offered she was not considered
worthy to race in the white, blue spot
colors Of Mr.. Keene. But since she was
discarded she has improved both in looks
and speed and promises to be one of the
best in Cella's string.
The racing scene shifts to the City
Park track today. Last week it was
announced that when the meeting began
at this track the old method of specu-
lation in the ring would be in force
booths, stationery, states and tickets for
vouchers to- each man who bets. The
racegoers will welcome this change if it
does come for the old style of betting,
with its advantages of open competition.
is much more favorable to the player
than the present one.
Jockey Notter still holds his lead as
the most successful rider. but V. Powers
is pressing him closely for the honors.
During the past week the latter closed
up big gap on his rival. and is now
only four winning mounts behind him.
C. Koerner also jumped into the lime
light Of popularity by riding many long
shots to victory. If any racegoer had
followed Koerner's mounts
during the week he would now be in a
financial condition to ignore work and