New-York tribune., 1912-01-03
AFPN|S SOLD IN FRANCE
u Head Edmond BIanc'S Stud in
Place of Flying Fox.
PRICE NOT MADE PUBLIC
s.r Of Hermence Raced with
instruction Here, Winning
Many Rich Fixtures.

,5 R1anc. one OF the foremost
,a-s and turfrnen Of France, has pur-
~ the American sire Hermis from
.,.,. ere. n. Zeigler. The terms of the sale
hsu' ,ot heen made public, but the son OF
hsNe s,oo and Katy Of the West was pur-
has n replace Flying Fox at the head
- ,ha hir French stud. and 1t is known
", nrinceIy sum was paid. NJ. Blanc
'DI 1,os ioo for Flying Fox. and while 1t
ot supposed that Hernis brought any
- Neure. Il is sure that Mr.. Zeigler
u.de no mistake when he took Hermis 10
.se other side Of the Atlantic.
:, vas I'm the fall Of 1910, when MT
,...,er saw little future for either racing
hresding in this country, that he sent
,,.r,,is N France. II was not his inteh-
,,on 70 sell. but he received many offers
oar his horse. and finally the one from NJ
pisnc was so flattering and the stud
ohances that would he afforded were 30
b-nIjant that he was prevailed upon TO sell.
Hermis vas bred by Hiram Berry, and
KATY Of the West, his dam. vas the prop
,rty Of H. A. Engeman. He was foaled In
1sN Mr. Zeigler bought Hermis az two
vear-old. He discovered him I'm the West
after "the little red horse" had twice de-
feated Setauket at that time considered
,be best I'm the Zeigler barn. Charles
Hughes. who was training for Mr.. Zeigler,
brought Hermis East in 1902 and sold him
10 Louis V Bell. at Saratoga, for $4,000.
Richard r. Wilson was a bidder at the
time and r. J Healey advised the pur-
chase Of the little chestnut, but Mr. Wilson
decided to take Mexican instead.
Racing under the silks Of Mr.. Bell, and
trained 10y James Mccormick, who for some
seasons has been the foremost trainer in
Germany. Hermis won eight or ten straight
races IN the fan Of 1902. At the finish OF
that season he was sold to Alexander
Shields for $4,000 and the following spring
to F. r Thomas for $4,000.
While training for the Brooklyn Handicsp
OF 1904 Hermis bowed a tendon. but the late
Alexander Shields who handled him for
Mr Thomas patched him up artfully. and
he Won the Brookdale, Suburban and Test
handicaps. After the finish Of the Test II
was not thought that he would be seen al
the races again. hut he was back in 1905,
IL that year he took up 80 pounds and
won the Islip Handicap, covering the mile
and a furloug in 80 fat.
A fine individual English on one side and
stoutly American on the ether. Hermis was
the almost ideal racehorse. He held his
own at five furlongs and three-quarters OF
a mile with the most feet footed sprinters
and he won over big distances from tht
stoutest hearted route travellers. He wa:
On Incompatible weight carrier and wa:
amiable and willing His best season was
IN 1904 and his best race the Suburban
handicap, when he easily took the measure
Of such famous performers as The Picket
Irish Lad, Proper Major Dalngerleld and
Africander
The best race Hermis won in 1903, the
same year in which he was winner of the
Merchants and Citizens Handicap, the
Cup Preliminary and the Brighton Cup,
does not appear in his regular list Of fix
lures 1t was an overnight race al mile
and a furlong over the Withers course al
Morris Park in which Hermis took up l3i
pounds and defeated River Pirate under "a
pounds I'm 80 IS.
When Hermis was winner of the Test
Handicap ne defeated the peerles Beldame,
which carried is pounds. In this race he
ran the last quarter on three legs one OF
the tendons in front giving way just Is he
made the turn into the stretch.
Rernis 20 the post ffty-fve times.
He was TIVE, light times a winner, eight
times second and six times third, and his
money earnings reached $S,l5j
After his retirement Mr.. Thomas sent
Hermis 10 the Holmdel Farm. where he
was bred 10 a few mares, but he never
really had a stud chance in this country
At the dispersal of the horses at Holmde
Mr.. Zeigler who always contended thai
Herms was the greatest horse in the coun'
try, was able TO buy him back for $500
some difference from the $4,000 that Mr.
Thomas had Maid for him