Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

head. The same distance awav Snadia, an
other American, was third. The latter, It
viii be recalled by many, won the Old
Cambridgeshire the same week. During
that campaign other Yankee horses often
finished in the van. One deserving special
mention was Diakka. who won his second
race at Derby when he landed the Pew
eril Of the Peak Plate. He also won the
Duke OF York stakes at Kempton park
under s stone 5 pounds. There too he
landed the sister event, the Duchess Of
York stakes, shouldering. s stone 4 pounds.
"rhe following year was an outsiders
year in the Epsom's chief classic, for
Jcddsh carried off the Blue Riband with
100 to 1 Offered against his chance, these
long odds being also returned against Dun
lop, who got up for third money. In the
field three other U. s. As also ran
Golden Bridge, Archduke II and Eitin, an
own brother to Democrat. All, however
finished In the rear. Our own champion
2-year-old Just then was Flying Fox. but he
went down before the American-bred Cal
man. 1t may have been a fluke, but none
theless Caiman was a flyer, winning many
races that season, including the Payne
stakes, Clearwell stakes and Dewhurst
plate. There were no Derby runners from
the states in 1899, Flying Eek having
trounced Caiman in the Two Thousand
Guineas. but an American-bred 2-year-oid,
Democrat by name, came here and took
our most important juvenile contests. He
won the Hurst Park plate, Coventry
stakes, National Breeders Foal stakes,
Champagne stakes, Middle Para plate and
.Dewhurst plate, beating Diamond Jubilee.
More American Boom.
The twentieth century came in with a
fresh American boom. We had ALREADY
been invaded with Yankee trainers and
the crouching jockey, so that we were
fully prepared for what was to follow.
Democrat and Disguise II went to the
post in hopes of repeating the 1~roquois
triumphs, but the day had not yet ar
rived, Diamond Jubilee once more defeat
ing the invaders, although Disguise II
was not disgraced, running third. A lew
months later Mr.. Keene's colt Disguise IL,
when ridden by our premier jockey, NJ.
Cannon, took his revenge on the Derby
winner. in the Jockey club stakes of
Flo. 900. In the same year Jiffy II won
both the great Ebor and the Glenwood
Plate, Kings Courier and Doncaster cup.
He then came out in 1901, and this time
his great hit was the Jockey club cup.
Three much-talked-of Derby candidates
In 1901 were olympian, Tantalus and
Prince Charlie II, a trio all bred in the
mother continent, but like many predeces-
sors they one and all finished with the
""also rams However, two days later
Cap and Bells II won our Oaks, while
the same season brought other wonders
accomplished by the invaders from the
States. David Garrick won our old time
Chester Cup. and the cast iron Kilmarnock
II, after finishing second to Santoi in the
Gold Cup came again on the Friday
and landed the Alexandra Plate on Ascot
Heath.
Since then the American bred candi-
dates for blue ribbon honors have arrived
as usual. in 1902 there were three-In-
truder, Kearsarse and Lacewood-all
failures. When Rock Sand won in 1903,
there were seven runners, sixth in that
small field being the United States of
America champion, Aceful. In st. Amant's
Notwithstanding carried the American
hopes, but they fell when he finished
unplaced in that international struggle.
Last year the hackers of Norman.I III will
best remember how Signeronetta showed
a clean pair of heels to her more fsncied
rivals.
During the interim since the David
Garrick successes, Watershed Just landed
the Cambridgeshire Of 1901, Gladwin, the
Portland Plate of 1902; Pharisee, the City
and Suburban of 1906; Rubia, the Grand
National of 1908, and Mormon III, the
Two Thousand Guineas of 1906. These are
the most important races mentioned above
which have in turn fallen to the American
bred animals; minor races not worth men
ton here could be added, but few in COM
parison with the wholesale number OF
picked t-horouEhbreds that have been
shipped to these shores: in fact their cham
pions can be counted on ones left hand.
On the other hand their failures have
been innumerable in the Derby, for
example, they have run twenty-three anil
mails, one OF which has proved successful
and two have scrambled in for third
money. There was the 10000 Nasturtium
who never ran at ALL"