The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-08
.WH|TNEY'S MILLIONS
Do NOT WIN RACES
American Turfman in Eng.
land Spends Money, but
Bad Luck Persists.
BY RICHARD pAH1aREN.
.ncial Cable 10 The Tribune

Special Cable 10 The Tribune.
LONDON, Oct. The persistent
bad luck which has followed Harry
Payne Whitney's racing stable this
year is matter of very general com
ment- Whitney and his trainer, An
drew Jackson Joyner, have left moth
ing Dndone to build up a string of
winners, but this year the result has
been most disappointing. His horses
are highly bred from sires and mares
Of renown. They are the pick of the
many that are foaled at Mr. Whitney s
big farm in America; and they are
sent TO England with heaps of engage
ments made for theni-an enormous EN-.
up-to-date and capable training.
Yet they do not win races. or very
few of them do And what races are
theyG Why, none that can be called
anything but paltry, II Just shows
that money alone will not win sue
cess, despite the generally accepted be-
lief. At the beginning of the year a
friend who would not object 10 being
called "a gentleman of observation y
wrote TO me from Newmarket that JOY.
ner had splendid lot of year olds
They went and looked we'll, he said,
and were sure to win lots of races
j hCN HdNt nOb uOut Su.
Win Few Races.
few little races have been picked
up, but think of the disappolntments
with such animals as Whisk Broom,
Newcastle H.. All Gold. Dclirium,
Iron Mask H. and Vashti. The last two
were going to do wonders, Perhaps
the wonders are only deferred. All
Gold is hardly third-rater. New
castle II. has been overratcd, and
Whisk Broom, ever since he nearly
beat Lemberg as two-year.old. has
been the possessor of falsely glitter
ing reputation. such as has made the
handicappers his enemies and hackers
his adversaries.
.Ioyner is a most capable man, and If
his heart is at all sensitive in defeat,
it must be near breaking now. If he
were an Indifferent trainer, | should
not seek further for the cause; but
know he is an extremely clever man
and was absolutely leader in America
Martin may not be as good as Maher
or Wootton; but if he is given good
horses to ride he will win on them. So
we must not blame the Jockey.
The simple truth is, then, that the
horses are not good enough Il cannot
be their breeding or the fact that they
came from America, for we see other
Sweeper IT,, Runnymede and Melody
prove that the stable has struck an
abominably bad patch. We must not
forget that the best has certainly not
been seen of Vashti or Iron Mask H.
Both Whitney and Joyner are popu.
lar with racing men, and if they strike
a winning streak next year it will give
very general satisfaction.
&C L.
great sherry shipping firm at Jerez.
who has just died. was a fine sports.
man. and at his house at Jerez all
sportsmen were made welcome, as in
officers who have been quar-
tered at Gibraltar can testify. He
rented from the Duke of Medina Sid
onia, great tract Of uucultivated land
near the mouth of the GuadalQuiyer,
and made of it great shooting ground.
camels OF Spain, descendants of the
brought over by the Moors.
were found. Williams, with Lord wal.
and Lord 1vcagh. tried 10 re-
establish the great bustard IN Norfolk
and he also for time hunted pack
Of barriers at Jerez.
The American invasion Will soon
commence, remarks the Paris CORES
pondent of Boxing. The first 10 put
for the Cav City stakes is Tony Ross.
He met Joe Jeanette recently IN New
York over the ten-round course and
according TO accounts, had none the
worse Of the argument. On that show
ing Tony qualities for Paris. Nothing
is said of his recent licking by the
Tar Baby in eight rounds.
Marcel MORGAN. adds the same cor
respondent, has adopted woman s pre-,
roerative and changed his mind. That
of visit TO Australia is eau
celcd in favor of the states. Moreau
is TO indulge in ten-rouud decision bouts
with the best of beaneaters aud then
proceed in six.round no-decision
tour