The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13
Shining LIGHTS Of
THE AMERICAN TURF
What Is Heard in and About the
Places Where Racing Men
COngregate.
WHO WILL CUT A FIGURE
IN THE COMING SEASON
Interesting Statistics Regard
ing the Winnings of Keene
the Past Forty Years.
BY HILLARY II. OLMANN.

BY HILLARY II. OLMANN
BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.--Accoralng 10
our dope. Fitz- Herbert, the star of the
H!ldreth stable. will prove the shining
: light OF the American turf In the 1910
season. But Notwithstanding the fact
that Fltz- Herbert has been posted at top
weight for the three big races OF the
east-the Brooklyn. Suburban and Brlgh-
ton handlcaps-Ballot, the Keene horse.
Is only three pounds under Fltz- Herbert.
and the form of Ballot is some what of q
mystery King James is on equal terms
with Ballot The weight sheet is usually
looked upon at this time as indicating
the form In which horses Will run later
IN the season. According TO Handicapped
Nosburgh, the horses stand with Fitz-
Herbert at the top and others In the fol-
lowing order: Ballot King James
Masie5te, Hilarious; PTlscillian Joe Mad
Big Chief, Helmet Maltbie, High Pri
yate. Stanley Fay, Fayctte. Car, Boggs.
| Dinna Ken, and so on through a list OF
seventy. In my mind Sweep viii be a
| contender with Fitz- Herbert for the turf
| honors, and we must not forget Jack
Atkin. Sweep won the futurity last sea-
son and In form shows up very we'll
now.
On Old Bennings Course.
The old Bennings racecourse near
Washington Is livelier than IL has been
| for many days. 1t has been the custom
of many Maryland and Virginia stable
owners 10 send their horses to Bennings
for the finishing touches in their training.
either late in the winter or early in the
spring, Among the stables already at
Bennings are those OF William Garth
ilfty horses; Woods Garth, ten horses
and Theodore Coles, the trainer OF High
Private. High Private Is the 4-year-old
California last year some of the judges
ranked High Private along with Fitz-
Herbert
higgins Forsakes Texas.
John Higgins. the veteran trainer, has
forsaken the wilds OF Texas, where he
has been hunting wildcats and mountain
lions, 10 begin work getting the Ameri-
can string Of Harry Payne Whitney In
shape for the coming season. While Mr..
Hugglns took no part in the affairs OF
the turf last season he Is an expert |
trainer. lie trained for Herman Duryea |
In the heyday OF eastern racing and be- |
stable OF Pierre Lorillard. Last year in |
England, where Mr.. Whitney met with |
phenomenal success, ~ j. Joyner was |
trainer for the stable Mr.. Whitney win |
year, and his farm at Brookdale, n. j., |
contains some very promising horses.
Odom VIII Figure.
George Odom. the erstwhile Jockey and |
former resident of Columbus, Ga. Is go
ing to cut some figure in the east this
year. Odom has an extremely good-look-
Ing string Of Jwo-year- r-olds, not counting |
Bonnie Kelso. Nimbus. Traveller and |
Trance. Odom owns all his horses OUT
right. having purchased the majority OF
them last summer. There mas been some
doubt about Traveller and Trance, as both
have been crippled. but they arc showing
up well. with more of the stiffness gone
now. Trance Is a daughter Of Ben Brush
and Fair Vision, and two years ago could
beat anything on the track; save the
last spring at Pjmico. The Blue Ridge
stud OF II. r. Oxnard Is well represented
In the Odom string. He has three colts
a full brother 10 Chadwick: a colt by Is
lngton, a colt by Sir Dixon out OF
Ashes. q flliy by Woolsthorpe and n colt
BY Monsieur de. L'Orme out OF Lady-in-
Waiting. An these youngsters are un-
tried. Their future is before them
About Eddie Dugan.
Eddie Dugan. who will be one OF the
star riders upon the American tracks this
year, and who VIII go abroad to ride
started life as a five dollar week A. d.
T. messenger in Oakland Cal. Dugan
had the benefit OF the turf wisdom OF
racing game from the ground up. Eddie
has earned nearly a quarter OF million
OF dollars In the saddle and Is good for
many years 10 come yet. He asplres to
own a stable OF his own some day. After
riding for August Belmont he VIII prob
ably sign with some American million
Keene Winnings.
Interesting statistics show that in the
past forty years the two and three-year-
olds owned by James r. Keene have won
more money than those Of any other sta
BILE. Domino, owned by Mr.. Keene. won
SlS0.0S5 In 1893. while two years later
Sysonby OF the Keene stable won s114, 900
Not only did the master of Castleton
Stud own these two great racers. now
dead but not forgotten. but he also
owned Colin, the second largest money
two-year-oid OF the last forty
years he having TO his credit at that
biggest money winning horses known to
the American turf owned and raced by /
one man, only one OF these. Colin. was
Optime. the dam OF sysonby. after the
great mare had been bred TO Melton In
England. and the colt was foaled after
Domino, the other horse that won q for
tune for Mr.. Kcene. was bred In ths
country by the late Major B. G. Thomas
and purchased by Mr., Kceue as a year
ling for $4,000 The following year Dom L
inc established the American record for
money winners, and IL has never been
three year-old. Sysonby's winning record
as threeyear- established In 1905
Is by far the greatest amount ever won
by horse or that age on the American
turf. the nearest approach to II being
made by Hanover in 1897. when the
crack son OF Hindoo won $780, .S37.
Ort Wells Still on Earth.
You all remember Ort Wells? Perhaps
many OF you thought that Ort Wells had
cashed In or that his racing days were
over. But not so. The name OF this
racer appears among the entries for the
Brighton Mile. although he Is nine years
old and somewhat stlf from disuse In
1905 Ort Wells won the Brighton Mile |
and stepped the distance on that occa-
sion In l:3S 1-5, beating Beldame and {
Delhi easily. Beldame. at that time the
cream Of August Belmonts stable, had
won the Suburban. while Delhi of the
<eene stable had won the Brooklyn Hand
leap. John a. Drake was very fond OF
Ort Wells. and II required the strictest
attention OF Trainer Wlshard TO see that
Mr. Drake did not feed the horse too
many sweetmeats. I
Mexico to Compete
Don Alberto Terrazas, one OF the found .
srs OF Tcrrazas park at Juarez is max
Ing preparations to ship the best OF his | l
string To the eastern tracks OF the United
states Thus the colors white with e,rnnn |