The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-21
A|LORETH GIVES
KEENE CLOSE RACE
Horse Owners Finish Close To.
gether in Turf Prize
Winnings.
HILARIOUS Is BIGGEST
WINNER ON THE TRACK.
King James and Fitz Herbert
Are the Champions for the
1909 Season.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2O.-So far as anv
possible change i'm the cepaces of the lead
ers on the winning list OF the New York
turf is concerned, the rivalry between
the stables OF James r. Keene and 2
G. HIldrcth is close. with the Keene STA
bic. for the NTH successive year, in liz
leadership. n place that II has held 60
often and so easily that this Is the arst
year In several seasons that there has
f, really been a contest for first place. Tine
total Of the kccne winnings for l10Q
falls far below III" best seasons Tor ,he.
horses from the Castleton stud, I'm Een-.
tuCky. but there was quite Ak great a
| difference between the racing cordltions
| Tor the year now at its end and the sea.
| son of 1901 as there is between the SllD.-
! 600 won ly the Eeeno horses this YEAR
and the $500 600 won In 1907.
| Through tha entire season the Hildret1
stable has been the only real competitor
for first place. and the total of Sl05 SOD
won by the Hildreth horses. while IL is
n new record for the establishment is
| far away above the next name on thu
list, n. T. Wilson's Montpelier stable,
with total of $22. 600.
The amount OF money offered in srent
stakes was decreased in proportion IN
the winnings OF the keene stable. az
| the result OF the changed conditions Of
FIRST Establishments. few IL any of the
| formerly big racing establishments have
really earned the expenses OF the sea-
| son.
Material Used
The total for the Keene stable. how
ever, Is excellent. in view oi the material
that the stable raced. for last fall the
best OF the old horses were shipped to
England with the most promising OF the
yearlings, Mr.. keene Tsservng only a
few of his best racing prospects for doubt
fui promises of racing In New York. Colin.
Ballot and others were sent abroad, Celt
being the only old horse kept in the
Il United States. with the three year-od
Maskette and Hilarious and q lot oi
ye1rlings that developed only one realy
smart two-year old. The burden OF the
stable thus fell on Maskette and HilarI-
Gus, with Sweep rs the mainstay OF tbs
stable in the twc-ycar-old races. but the
three served the white with blue spot
nobly. as among them they captured The
best share OF the great stakes. Hilarious
however, raced only in midsummer, wlflf
Maskettc raced through the year and
made n clean sweep of the fllly stakes
finishing up In the fandicaps and suffer
Ing only one defeat in the course OF us
year, Sweep won the most important d
the spring stakes for twoyear- -olds, and
achieved his best triumph when he wof
the Futurity. The three earned nearl,
the entire amount TO the credit of tn
keene stable, Hilarious being the bigges
winner, with s3S.3O0 TO his credit. Sweel
next With s5s.o00 won, and MasEette thirt
with $4,000.
Stable Of Old Horses. 0 II
The Hildreth stable, made up chief,
of old horses, included in its strengtl
the two champion horses Of the year
King James, winner of the great sprinl
handicaps, and decidedly the best OF th'
horses for his age or older In training
and Fitz Herbert the champion OF .h'
three-year- olds. For all the fame tha
, Fltz Herbert earned in the course 81 thl
season, the Hildrcth stables biggest gin
: ner in the East was the colt Joo Mad
, den. which. because OF his single truu,pl
in the richest stake OF the season, th'
100000 Belmont, won $4,000. Fltz Her
bert, vastly the better horse. but COZ
" as much, however, and has $S!oo'
20 his credit. though the only great iN'
ture that went TO him was the Lawrenc'
realization, The total OF Sl05,eO0 wot
by the Hildreth horses includes onl
their winning on the Eastern turf. q
3 tracks in New York the Hildreth WIN
d. ming for the full season taking In On
winter in California, where they won soVV.'
: 900. and the Canadian stakes, won %
! King James, making the total of ltlI'
! dreth's winnings greatly exceed the ear
ings OF the Keene stable. which race
only in New York. through the leglp'
5 mate season,
The success OF the Keene stable. n
: the leading stable for five consccutiy<
years establishes record Fhat seems !.
little danger of being beaten and y.
exceeds even the most sweeping success
? OF tho famous Dwyer brothers stable ~
| their best days. the Dwyers best aehIeve'
ment having been TO lead the iist ~.
; three consecutive years. The totals wvn
by Mr.. Keenc's horses for all the tr,r
Ing off In 1900, also constitute recor9.
? for with the $500, 600 won in 1907 as ~
5 largest sum ever won by Il racing I,n stapH ~
I'm q season Mr.. Kecne also won s2iVv.
, in 1895. when Domino. the head oil WI
successful sire line that has oecn ~
: Keene's own, won $4,000 alone.