The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-16
AMERICAN HORSES
N ENGLISH FAVOR
.:... "
British Trainers Think More
of u. S. A. Brand This
Season

New York, jan. 16.-American race
horses proved their quality in Eng
land this season by winning races that
were worth. in the aggregate, s122.-
575. Sixty-two horses won this amount
| by capturing 107 races. n of which
was a dead heat. In all. there were
ia American horses that raced dur
ing the year. as against $500 Eng
lish and French thoroughbreds.
Among the horses that raced were
Bashtt, Dalmation and Iron Mask.
horses that ran prominently on local
courses last year. Bashti was consid-
cred by many turfmen the best two
year-old of 1910. Just before the flu
turity, which was raced at Saratoga,
Harry Payne Whitney bought her
from the Newcastle stable for $780,
900.
She should have repaid for her pur-
chase money in the futurity. but a
poor start and worse riding on the
part OF Jockey Glass brought about
her defeat by. a small margin. Bashti
did not thrive in England. Her sea
voyage proved too severe for her. as
has frequently been the case with
FLIES shipped to England. She ran
once and split he honors Of a mile
dash. her portion Of the purse amount
ing to the paltry sum of $3.50.
Dalrnatian. h best three-year-old
colt in. America last season. was sold
to Louis Wfnans of Bath. England.
for $4,000 late in the year. Like
Bashti. he suffered from the trip. and
did not take part in a races. He
showed by winning two events over
long distances. one at a mile and a
half and the other at a mile and five
furlongs. that he vas Just what Hill
dreth guaranteed him to be when he
sold nina horse capable of winning
races over the old fashioned cup
coursc-two and a quarter miles. His
winnings amounted to $2,995.
Iron Mask. who did we'll here in
1910. but was not in the same class
with Bashti, ran we'll in England, AT
the fall meetings he won two races
over the short courses. and with his
stable mate, Runnymede. was regard
ed as one of the fastest horses at
Newmarket.
Runnymede, a colt by Voter-Run
ming Stream. won five races-the best
record: of the American refugees. AL
though only a three.year-old, he was
considered the best sprinter in Eng
land. At the recent disposal sale OF
James R. Keene's horses in England
he was sold for $17.5OO at public
auction.
Whiskbroom. the great little geldins
thai shared the honors of the two
year-old brigade in 1909. won three
races o Harry PAYNE Whitney. Two
courses and n at six f%urlongs.
August Belmont's colt Toggery. by
Rocksand-Seas over. won four races.
all at five furlongs. This voungster is
u OF the dam of Ort Wells. a horse
that won many races on the local
tracks. several IA ago.
or n American stations repre-.
l Sonfp0 IN cNno nSN5 A.
English turf. Hamburg. the horse that
cost the late w. C.. Whitney $50. 900,
was the most successful as a progeni-
tor OF speed. eleven of his
winning fifteen races. Meddler. which
Clarence Mackay paid $4,000 for at
the dispersal sale of the Whitney stud,
mad nine In the list. with fifteen races
10 their credit. Seven of Rocksand's
representatives won fourteen races;
three of Voters son and daughters
captured seven races. and four Of Wa
tercress' won six races.
D.. H. Grand. the we'll known horse
man, writing from England. says:
II am convinced that. notwithstand-
ing the prejudice which exists and is
fostered by the press and breeders of
This country against the Thoroughbred
racer in the United States. the show
Inc which they have and are making
in competition with the home-bred
stock will force the buying racing pub
lie to recognize their merits.
IT thoroughbred dealers wish to
continue in the business and keep the
pot boiling until there is a change in
public sentiment In America, / am
sure they will find an ever open door
IN Great Britain for their yearlings
at fair market values. This is pro
vided that the b%reederes use their
brains and weed out all short-bred
mares n aim to produce what the
British buyer wants-namely. clean.
bred. well-grown Youngsters"