Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-17
AMERICANS YEAR
Win Majority of Classics on the
English Turf.
BRITON'S BREED MENACED
Sweeper II Finishes First in 2,OO0
euineas Race and Tracery Takes
the St. .Leger..
3RITON'S BREED MENACED

The English racing season of 1912 will
go down in turf history as the Amer
leans year. In no other year have Amer
lean horses won such an array Of brilliant
victories as they did this season Horses
bred and raised in America won two out
OF the three classic turf events-the Two
Thousand Guineas and the st. Leger This
In itself was a great achievement. but it
was supplemented by victory Sin the
Cambridgeshire handicap, the most impor-
tant race of the fall and one Of the great
est handicap races in the country.
The victory OF Herman B. Duryea's colt,
Sweeper II. in the Two Thousand Guineas,
the runaway triumph OF August Bel
success Of Louis Winans' Adam Bede in
the Cambridgeshire have caused the Eng
lish breeders and turfmen to consider
with anxiety, II not alarm, the potency in
the blood Of American stations and brood
mares to transmit speed to their progeny.
The English breeders see in the success
of the American horses menace to the
breeding interests OF England. The breed
continue next year the patrons of the
English turf may look elsewhere for rae
ers than in the home market.
August Belmont won the most money
among the American turfmen. With four
horses he captured six races worth $780,
900. Harry Payne Whitney won thirty
races with twenty-one horses and placed
to his credit $43.445. Herman B. Dur
yea finished next among the American
brigade with one victory. scored by
Sweeper II. This race was worth $780,
525. Louis Winans won four races with
ST.. eco
r. Pilkington, a well known English
list with $1O4.11O. Two of Pilkington' S
horses won five races.
King George. who races a small string.
won thirteen races, which Melted him
800 4O
Sweeper II is son Of Broomstick, him
self son of Ben Brush: but Tracery is
Of immediate English parentage. AS all
who take any interest in turf affairs are
aware. Tracery's sire. Rock Sand-who
has within the last few days been taken
over from England to stand in France
won the 2.oOO guineas the Derby and
the St. Leger Of 1903. Tracerys dam.
Topiary. carried the colors of Lord Ham
ilton Of Dalzell on English courses.
Other American horses performed nota-
bly, we'll Broomstick's elder son. H. P.
Whitney's Whisk Broom. had perhaps no
superior at a mile, and J. b. Keene s
Castleton. son Of Peter Pan and Mint
what shorter distances. At weight-for-
age 1t was impossible to find anything to
beat Castleton at six furlongs.
Whitney's Iron Mask II, son of Dis
SulSc anu ftOydl rose, ran Drllllantly last
year. but this season. for no sexplicable
reason, lost his form.
Yet another who made his mark was
Louis Winans. Aram Bede. The Cam
bridgeshire is one Of the most coveted
prizes Of the season. and Adam Bede 6
success In it was all the more remarka-
BILE as he carried a ten-pound penalty for
winning the Duke of York stakes al
Kempton Park shortly before. His stable
companion. Sir Martin, never showed his
best form and ran only once but as he
was established as a three-year-old there
was little or nothing to choose between
him and King Edwards Derby winner
Minoru.
Several of less note need not be men
toned in this highly select company,
but 1t may be observed that in the free
handicap for two-year-olds Whitney
Harmonicon. a son of Disguise and Harp
sichord. comes eighth in order Of merit,
within seven pounds of the second best,
according to Handicapped Dawson's esti-
mate. and the margin Of seven pounds by
which Craganour heads his immediate fol-
lower is far greater than usual.