The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
LOUISVILLE TURF
PROSPECTS GOOD
Eastern and Canadian Owners
10 Ship for Winter Racing
on Kentucky Track

Indications are that the Kentucky
track viii be severely taxed to afford
accommodations for the horses that
VIII participate in the fall meeting at
Louisville. Many stables will ship
from the east owing to the early clos
ing there and other owners Will go to
the southern track from Canada
Owners are somewhat encouraged by
the prospects for winter racing which
viii be on a healthy basis at several
points II is expected that a number
OF owners will ship from Louisville to
Emeryville in time for the opening
Of the season here, November r.
The decision to close the New York
tracks pending relief in the matter of
restrictions imposed by the new law
viii doubtless result in some breeders
eSts blishing stock farms on a more
extensive scale abroad. James r. Keene
has q farm in England with the great
Colin At the head. August Belmont has
Ethelbert. sire of Fitzherbert. the
premier sire at his establishment in
France. John E. Madden has frequent
" discussed a plan of sending at least
one stallion and about 20 broodmares
TO France and there establishing a
stock farm Formerly Madden raced
an extensive string on the Metropoli-
tan tracks but in the. last year or so he
has disposed of the bulk OF the young
horses bred at his place in kentucky.
The shutting down Of eastern racing
may result in Madden devoting his en-
tire attention to breeding horses,
both in this country and abroad.
A. NJ. Linneu. who has raced a stable
on California tracks for many years,
bought Marigot from John E. Madden
shortly before the running of the Ala
bama stake at Saratoga last week and
the daughter of Odgen and Mariti won
third money for him.,
II develops that August Belmont.
chairman of the Jockey club asked
James r. Keene to preside at a meet
ing. while he took the floor and made
a plea. for the reinstatement of Eddie
Dugan. The officials listened to Bel
mont's words, with the result that the
California boy was again allowed to
accept mounts. Belmont has first call
on the services of Dugan.
". w. Darden thinks that Bruce Rice
will come back 10 his best form this
fall. The horse is a brother to Lad of
Lsngdon. which is running so well in
the east this season In the spring
Bruce Rice was q victim of a coughing
epidemic which placed a number of
horses in retirement He has since
Bruce Rice and Lad of Langdon, was
bred at W. OBJ. MacGonough's Menlo
stock farm, being by ST Carlo-Coun-
tess of Langdon. She is but IL years
old and was purchased by j. B. Res
peSs for s1S0 at a Kentucky sale in
1905. She is the dam of a year old
colt by Ivan the Terrible and fas a
foal by Dick Welles. Lass of Lang
don is royalty bred. being by King
craft. the English derby winner. Her
fourth dam was the famous Haricot,
dam OF Caller On and she was out of
the immortal Queen Mary.
John ". Schorr has an extensive
stable but is still adding to it. He
bought Responseful from Richard T.
Wilson Jr., paying $1,000 for him.
Pal. formerly raced on local track.
by Walter Jennings, is showing good
form at Cheyenne. He won two races
for Jake Marklein and was ridden by
Pickens, who won the Kentucky derby
with Stone Street.