Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
KEENE LEADS LIST
FOR FIFTH SEASON
Total of $4,000 Earned on
the Turf Keeps Up Suprem-
acy Held Since 1905.

NEW YORK. November 1870 far as
any possible change in the places of the
leaders on the winning list of the New
York turf is concerned, the rivalry be-
tween the stables of James r. Keene and
s. c. Hildreth Is close with the Keene
stable. for the fifth successive year, in
the leadership, a place that il has held
so often and so easily that this is the
first year in several seasons that there
has really been a contest for first place.
The total of the Keene winnings for 1909
falls far below the best seasons for the
horses from the Castleton stud, In Ken
lucky. but there was quite as great a
dierence between the racing conditions
for the year now at its end and the sea-
son Of 1907. as there is between the
$l10.00 won by the keene horses this
year and the $4,000 won in 1907
Through the entire season the Hildreth
stable has been the only real competitor
for first place. and the total of sos, 500
won by the Hildreth horses while IL Is
a new record for the establishment, is
far away above the next name on the
list, r. T. Wilson's Montpelier stable.
with total of $4,000.
The amount of money offered in great
stakes was decreased in proportion to
the winnings of the Keene stable. as the
result of the changed conditions of turf
affairs. and. aside from the two first
establishments. few If any OF the for
merry big racing establishments have
really earned the expenses OF the sea-
son.
The total for the Keene stable. how
ever. is excellent. in view of the material
that the stable raced. for last fall the best
of the old horses were shipped to England
nit he ;ui, Of ln r1i
MIR. Keene reserving only few of his
best racing prospects for doubtful prom
ises of racing in New York. Colin. Ballot
and others were sent abroad, Celt being
the only old horse kept in the United
States. with the three year-olds Maskette
and Hilarious and lot of yearlings that
developed only one really smart two-year-
old The burden of the stable thus fell on
Masketts and Hilarious, with Sweep as
the mainstay of the stable in the two
year-old races. but the three served the
white with blue spots nobly, as among
them they captured the best share OF the
great stakes. Hilarious. however. raced
only into midsummer, while Maskette
raced through the year and made a clean
sweep of the flly stakes, finishing up In
the handicaps and suffering only one de-
feat in the course of the year. Sweep
won the most important OF the spring
stakes for two-year-o and achieved his
best triumph when he won the Futurity.
The three earned nearly the entire
amount 10 the credit of the keene sta
bile. Hilarious being the biggest winner.
with SIS. 200 to his credit. Sweep next with
S3sOO0 won, and Maskette third with
$4,000.
The Hildreth stable, made up chiefly of
old horses. included in its strength the
two champion horses of the year, King
James, winner of the great spring ham
dicaps, and decidedly the best of the
horses for his age or older in training,
and Fitz Herbert, the champion of the
Fitz Herbert earned in the course of the
season. the Hildreth stables biggest win
ner in the east was the colt Joe Madden,
which, because Of his single triumph in
the richest stake OF the season. the $780,
600 Belmont, won $4,000. Fitz Herbert,
vastly the better horse, but a colt with
few rich engagements. earned nearly
as much, however. and has $4,000 to
his credit, though the only great fixture
that went to him was the Lawrence
the Hildreth horses includes only their
winning on the eastern turf, on tracks
In New York. the Hildreth winning for
the full season taking in the winter in
California, where they won $4,000 and
the Canadian stakes. won by King
James, making the total OF Hildreth's
winnings greatly exceed the earnings of
the keene stable, which raced only in
New York, through the legitimate sea-
son. s. ~
The success OF the Keene stable as the
leading stable for five consecutive years
establishes a record that seems in little
danger of being beaten. and far exceeds
even the most sweeping successes of the
famous Dwyer brothers stable in their
best days, the Dryers best achievement
having been to lead the list for three
consecutive years. The totals won by
Mr.. Keene's horses for all the falling
off In 1900. also constitute records. for
with the 100000 won In 1907 as the
largest sum ever won by q racing stable
in a season. Mr.. keene also won $4,000
in 1893, when Domino. the head OF the
successful sire line that has been Mr..
Keenes own, won Si32, 600 alone.