The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-12-01
AMERICAN HORSES WIN
Yankee Stables Do Well in Fer
eign Lands This Year.
Many Turfmen legislated Out Of New
York Returning Home to Spend
Winter-Vanderbilt and Gould
Head List of Winners.

Many turfmen who were legislated
out of New York state and driven
abroad are about to return home, at
the close of the foreign racing season.
and pay their native country visit
In the idle winter months. Taken as a
whole, the American racing contin-
gent has prospered exceedingly, and
one and all write in glowing terms of
the king of sports as conducted in for
eign countries.
w. K. Vanderbilt and Frank ]. Gould
are easily ahead of their compeers
In the list of winning owners in
France, and their racing establish
ments are spoken of as the most per-
fect of their kind to be found in any
country. Herman B. Duryea, who has
just finished his first season on the
French turf, has only eight horses in
his stable, trained by the American
Murphy, who was formerly foreman
In the stable of David Gideon. All Of
his number are winners, some of them
having also won races at the principal
English meetings. Gene Leigh still
has the largest stable in France, 100
horses being housed in his barns. The
majority of these are not Of the stake
variety, but at that they have won a
large number of races
Tom Welsh took possession of his
new training quarters for ]. E. Widen
er, and with few winners to begin
with and half a score of high priced
yearlings, bought under Welsh's super
vision at the fall sales, will in all
probability cut prominent figure
among the big winners of next sea-
son. The reports which have come to
hand with regard to the Widener es-
tablishment have been somewhat ex-
aggerated, but Welsh himself writes
his training quarters are as good as
could be desired, with accommoda-
tions for 80 horses, and have been
leased by Widener for a term OF
years.
From Germany also, came encourag-
ing reports of the doings of American
trainers. Jimmy Mccormick had a
| successful season, and has the lions
share of big stake events to his credit.
When in this country last winter he
predicted he would have the strongest
stable in Germany with the exception
of that owned by Kaiser Wilhelm,
and his hopes were realized. He pro-
cured the services Of three jockeys
| when here, but they by no means rode
| to his satisfaction, and proved to be
great disappointments, so much SO
that he put up others in their places
in many instances. Fred Taral has
| been engaged to train the stable Of
A. e w. Won Weinberg next year. They
are the leading owners of the German
turf. This is the stable which recent
ly was trained by Sam Darling, a son
of the English trainer, and previous
to him by George Walker, the Amer
lean trainer. Willie Shaw, the Amer
lean Jockey, had a successful season,
and is regarded as the best rider on
the German turf, his mounts being in
demand fully as much as in the hal
cyon days when re rode the horses Of
| Pittsburg Phil.
Interest in racing by no means
wanes with the close of the fiat rae
| ing season in France. There is big
money hung up for the jumpers, and
the winning capacities Of good
steeplechase horse are almost as good
as those of fiat racer. That this is
true is proved by the fact that one
of the leading steeplechase stables in
France is credited this year with win
nings of $150,000. The skillful trainer
of this stable is an American, Wallace
Davis, who halls from Wellsville, N. Y.
| Gene Leigh also is an adept in ham
ding jumpers, and meets with his full
share of success.