The daily sentinel., 1910-10-11
SP()RTSS
American Owners Have
Many Entries in England

London, Oct. Il-Uniess present
plans so awry, American owners will
be big factor on the English turf
from now on, and especially in 1911.
Already many nominations have been
made for the classics, such as the
Derby, the Oaks, the One Thousand
Guineas and the St Leger. 1t be-
gins to look here as II the trend of
American bred animals toward this
country will expand rather than con-
tract Certainly, the number of pos
sible American starters was never be-
fore approached In the past an oc-
casional entry from the states has
been received for the great races of
the English turf, and certainly up TO
the time Harry Payne Whitney came
here to race. an American entry was
heralded around the world.
In the Derby no less than thirty
eight colts are named by American
owners, while there are numerous
other entries of horses bred in the
states, but now owned by English
hOrsemen. Robert T. Wilson heads
the list of American nominators, hav-
ing named twelve, of which six are
by Yankee and three by Planudea
Harry Payne Whitney comes second
with nine, of which four are Ham
burgs and three by Burgomaster Au-
gust Belmont nominated five, three
being by Rock Sand, which Mr.. Bel
mont himself imported from this
country. II. b. Duryea. James r.
Keene and John f. Madden haN
three in apiece, while others naming
one or two are F. R. Hitchcock, Tom
Walsh, Richard Croker, Louis Win
ans, H. C. Brown and w. X. Wander
bilt, although the latter's entry is
that of French bred horse. being by
Maintenon out of First Sight
1t is hardly necessary to go into
detail regarding the American entries
for either of the Oaks or the St. Leger
of 1912. The lists in each instance
show the same wide range of Amer
ican owners, although their entries
may not be quite so numerous. Bus
the average is about the same, for
while the Derby has 364 entries there
are 800 in the st. Leger and but 260
in the Oaks, the latter being stake
for fillies exclusively.
Another pleasing thing in connec-
ton with the entries for the classics
is the appearance in the lists of the
name of his majesty. King George v,
who has made nominations in all five
races. 1t had been generally under
stood that the present king would
follow his fathers footsteps in racing
as soon as the expiration of the pc
riod of court mourning, but this is
the first convincing evidence of that
fact. His majesty has nominated five
in the Derby, one of which is by
Volodyovsh. the horse with which
Tho narhNv In Qn1
Colts by Florizel IL, are, however, the
most numerous among his majestys
entries.
There is a beautiful opening here
in England for a few good, clever
lightweight jockeys. England's jock
eys at best are a mediocre lot these
days and of lightwelghts there are
hardly any worth speaking of. The
nursery stakes for the 2-year-olds are
| Just beginning to come along at all of
the tracks and many an owner is at
his wits end to find a capable boy to
do the riding.
The lowest possible figure for these
2-year-old races is seyenty-nine
pounds, but where are the lads that
can make that weight? Certainly
they are not at the English race
| tracks. In more than one instance
promising 2-year-olds have actually
had to be sent to their stables be-
cause there were no boys to ride
them. There are not in England
right now more than a half dozen
! jockeys of even ordinary ability who
can do eighty-four pounds and not
twice that number available at
eighty-eight
To Ship To Frisco.
San Francisco, Oct. l1.-Jack
Keene, the popular young Kentuck-
| ian. who has cut quite a prominent
figure on the California turf for sew
eral years. writes the following from
| Louisville: There will be several
carloads of horses shipped direct to
| Oakland at the conclusion of the Lou
| isville meeting. j. n. Camden is to
ship twelve yearlings, nearly all Ken
lucky bred and carload of older
horses, including Boola Boola, Mi
| anna. Boggs and Shooting Spray.
Henderson and Hogan intend to ship
| one carload of yearlings and twenty
older horses, including Mosley Snap,
Greenbridge and Winning Widow. ].
H. Reed and Thomas Flynn will have
carload between them including
Lotta Greed and Home Run. j. o.
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