Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-24
TO RACE IN ENGLAND
ALL NEXT SEASON
Fitz Herbert, With Novelty and
Zeus, Will Be Shipped
Abroad.

BALTIMORE, October 24.-FitZ Her.
bert, the champion race horse of Amer
iCa in l9s}-191o. will race i'm England next
year. The great son of Ethelbert will be
sent abroad with Novelty, the Futurity
winner; ZeuS. the winner of the Walden
stakes here yesterday, and several other
horses be onging to ;. {. HildrethS WIN
ming stable of thoroughbreds. Hildreth
has decided to try his luck abroad next
sea son.
This migration of Hildreth's horses to
the other side of the big pond will give
James r. keene undisputed sway over
the great turf events of America next
year. For two years Hldreths horses
have wrested from the keene racers many
of the rich plums of the turf and gained
renown as the most successful string of
race horses in the country. Last season.
by long campaign extending from the
Pacific to the Atlantic coast and topping
over the border line into Canada, Hildreth
managed to excel keen's winnings on the
eastern turf, but in the actual total WIN
nings the race tracks in New York
state the Keene stable beat out its rivals
by about $4,000. This year IIldreths
horses We're more successful than the
keene lot and won ont by nearly $4,000.
This supremacy was largely attained
through the success of Novelty. an out
cast from the Keene string. 1t is an old
story now how this youngStcr was bought
when a yearling by John F. Madden for
Loo. resold to Hildreth for SlO.VN, and
how the colt bred by keene at Castleton
stud farm in Kentucky beat all the Highly
priced youngsters in the keene lot for the
rich classics.
Fitz Herbert has not broken down, as
reports have had it COR Month past.
Tong absence of the champion from
'acing aroused the suspicion of many Of
the professional borsemen that his legs
We're no longer straight and sound. and
immediately the checkers started the
rumor that he was a cripple. This re-
port was false.
F'itz Herbert has been on the track
here many times. His fore;egs were
swathed in heavy bandages. but in spite
of these membranes he has moved a
half mile in IL; seconds. No horse that is
broken down could accomplish such
trial
Novelty. the most successful two-year-
old of the year. is not in good shape phys
icall 1t is Doubtful if he will start
again this season. Hiidreth does not seem
inclined to race his chief meal ticekt any
has earned a rest Whether this is a
desire on Hoildreth's part to save his
horse for next season is due to the
lack of big stakes worthy of Novelty S
ing off in speed is a moot question. But
Novelty is certainly not within twenty
pounds of his best form
He cannot hold Zeus for speed over a
distance of ground. When at his best at
Saratoga he could do this without the
slightest trouble. He easily showed his
superiority by concedng big Jumps of
weight to ZeuS and beating him home in
the race for the Futurity many lengths.
Zeus has improved wonderfully during
the last six weeks. Early this Sprinig he
won several races for the Newcastl sta
BILE. but as he was such a little fellow he
was not regarded as being above a selling
platter in class. He was unable to carry
big weight early in the year. and for that
reason was not regarded as possessing
stake caliber. Because of this inability to
handle big weight he brought only $1,000
at auction when the Newcastle stable of
horses was sold.
Louis Winans of England was pleased
with Sir Martin as race horse that he
recently purchased from Hidreth Dama-
tian. the best three-year-old in America.
Dalmatian is now in England and will be
a candidate for the Ascot gold cup. the
race second only in Importance to the
Derby to an Englishman. When both
horses are good Fitz Herbert can easily
beat Dalmatian from a five furlOng dash
to plod of two and one-quarter miles.