New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
THOROUGHBRED RACING.

Thoroughbred racing was sadly hanoi-
canned during the last season, as IL mas
beer for tao or three years. through lesls-
ls+ion aj-erted against public oookrnaking-
= SC ,,77fo-+77rzte that racing and betting
sho,ld ne linked 50 closely together, but
so = has heeu since the Arabs first raceo
their gteeds on the desert, and SO IL VIII De-
m 5o,r-. n ages TO come. II is SO III
almost every sport. but. fortunately Tor the
many, not in such a close way
Pacing in this state came TO an untITnely
end On septernler :. when the law nlakiis
owners and directors OF the various asso-
cations criniuaIly responsible 1or any
gambling On their premises became elec-
tsye. According TO those who control tle
dsstsrtes Of the sport. the law Is ambiguous
snd ,,-,-fI such tine as il is interpreted by
the courts il was considered sdvisaple to
kssr the gates Of the various tracks closed
They will be opened again. however VI
ths- there spoears 10 he little doubt ana
n Cue tine racing should he built up once
mere On q ffrraer and more encuT1nE louh-
dstion.
While the season was cut short the sport
-hge Il lasted. was well up 70 the soan-
dsrd Two new Americar-whlch ernount
T. world 's-ecords were established Wills
uu-aber OF horses OF unquesuoned Class
ard quality did their part toward "rltiils
bright page in turf history BunollIlg
Water took I'D 121 pounds and estaoilsheo
aer marx of l:z21S for one mile and sew
eatv Yards. while Everett, three-year-oi0'
with lg7 pounds IN the saddle. supplanteo
Fitz Hsrbe-r's record ar two miles by COW
ering the distance in 5-20@s-
s Q E;Idre+F headed the list of winning
oTners with a total Of s144. .s26. while K L
Ellson was second with s65.7e5: James r
Eseae third. with s54.215: August Belmont
fourth. with s49,705, and r r Carr1lan
ffth. with s4e.525.
TIE total amount distributed IN stakes
sn5 purses for racing IN this state, wnich
hegan OF April Is end ended on August 81
vas sesl 0g2 This sum vas rather 1nsls-
rsEcsnt as compared to the years JUST pre-
ee-ing 1903. but can be explained oy 'h7
fset that retrencfments were necessary 70
in-et rev conditions. The meetings on 'ne
Thsis were well conducted, whereas the one
a. Saratoga. which reflected great credl'
On r. T Wilson and his associates "eS
1srely Il ever surpassed. even IN happier
tines for racing
The Acknowledged champions Of the year
nay be listed as follows: Two-year-oio
ooa's-s c Hildretl's Novelty. by ring
rcn-Cu-iosity He won ten races. inciuo-
ng The Saratoga Special. the hopeiui
stekes the Rensselaer, Handicap and the
futurity. earning total Of s42.sse
Two-year-old flIies-The Newcastle Sta
h~s Bashti. by Adara-Disadvantage enc
Ton the Criterion, Astoria, NernaI Afio
erinaTay stakes among others. 1or a to'6I
S.s9a Late in the season she
eFchssed b. Harry Payne Nhithey ioi
Ne.tee tc the end that his coiors might "e
'spresented II, the Futurity. and because
see zas eligible for the English Oaks he1'
ssasor
1h-ee-vear-old colts-s- c. Eildreth $ Dai-
aist1an. by Ethelbe-t-Ionis- He wan seven
.aeess including the Brooklyn Derby uie
0oney Island Jockey Club Stakes. the EN-
ife CITY Handicap and the historic IraN-
eH Stakes for a total Of sls,Il5-
Thrse-y -year-oIds and over-R. T. Wilson
oisinbals, by Ornus-Blue and White he
son five races, including the Suburban
.ennonweslth, Brighton and Saratoga
.Naaieaps. for total of f94.es5- S. c Hill
Ieths great horse Fitz Herbert defeated
! 'embsls Ia the Brooklyn Handicap, bu'
eat wrong Just after that and oid not
4 again during ihe season.
gnsr horses Of high class and quality
we're James r. Keene's Sweep. which won
i ss' R F CarEna1's SemprolUs. which
i 'h sli-Sa5; r. T. Wilson's Naushon- which
I <za's7a. August Belrpont's Footprint
M wcn :132se. S. G Hildreth's King
lie BevsFwyck Stables Sir John