The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-15
Kentucky Endurance Stake
Is the Years Greatest Race
Star Charter, Schorr's Great Horse, Is Certain to
Be Favorite, but Upsets Are Frequent
- in Long-Dstance Races

LOUISVILLE. XIV, Sept. 14,-The
$4,000 Kentucky Endurance stakes, TO
be decided at Churchill Downs on Mon
day, October Z. is arousing much inter
est. The various nominators to the big
which Of each entry will carry the
colors OF these turfmen in the event.
The Endurance stakes, four miles, is
run on the opening day OF the nine-dny
fall meeting OF the New Louisville
Jockey club. 1t calls for subscription
nf 800 each and $3.50 additional for
zach horse that starts. To the stakes is
Louisville Jackey club and in addition
The winner receives a gold cup Of the
value OF $1,000, donated by the Ken
lucky state racing commission. Sew
ruty per cent of the added money to
the stakes goes to the winner, as well
as the same proportion OF the NOM
mating and entrance fees The second
horse gets 20 per cent and the third
horse 10 per cent. So it viii be seen
that at least three performers can
win nice bit Of money for their
owners by running one, two, three In
Louisville's big four mile race this
fall.
List Of Eligibles.
Fl. G. Bedwell-Nadgu. Azo and Lo-
shieL
August Acknowledgement.
p. J. Nolan (Beverwyck stable)-
Colonel Holloway Bob r. and Sir John
!. n. Camden-Boola Boola and Man
ager Mack.
&. F. Carman-Bonnie Kelso, Star
Bottle and Meridian.
Elliott G. Cowden-Swannanoa
Senor G. do Lands y Escanado-Te-
roac
Gallagher Brothers-Duvan and Sun
A. r Humphrey, Jr.-Explicit and
Sir Catesby.
Mrs. l.. A. Iivingstone-Ipicolata,
sotemia and Lovetie.
George j. Long-Nicias
Mrs. May Lutz-Messenger Boy.
r. T. Mackenzie-Buckhorn aud Mel
ION Street
F. J. Pons-Font, John Furlong and
Plant.
J. W. schorr-Edda, Frog Legs and
Star Charter.
Jacob Worth-Dr. Young
With one accord the talent pick Star
Charter as riveted cinch in the Ken
tucky Endurance. stakes this fall.
Upon the performances OF the va
,ious candidates this season Star Char
.er does look like good thing in this
rich ovent, Horse racing, however, is
uncertain. Surprises usually occur IN
big stakes. Star Charter, in long
races in Canada this season. has earned
The right to be called the champion,
Because he has won at two miles and
quarter over a cup course does not
necessarily mean that he will run over
his field in the four-nlle Endurance
stakes.
Longfellow Beaten.
Back in 1871 the mighty Longfel-
low flashed upon the turf. He defeat
ed the $4,000 Kingfsher in the Sara
toga cup. Having previously run some
good races, be was hailed as n cham
pion- On the, last day of tho Saratoga
meeting in that summer Longfellow
was among the starters in 4 four mile
race. He was an overwhelming IA
vorite and his winning of the event
was regarded as a foregone conclu-
sion. He ran away with his field for
two miles and quarter, the cup course,
over which he had shown so brilliantly.
= AS he turned into the fourth. mile
Helmbold, always IN his wake chased
the big brown horse down, drew away
in the final quarter and made the
champion look like a selling platter
Helmbold was far inferior to Long
fellow, but he was sturdy and he was
able to run ALI day. -Four miles was
his forte. while Longfellow really had
only been prepared for shorter races
II WAS condition instead of Helmbold =
superiority as racer that brought
about his downfall.
The same thing may occur to Star
Charter In the Endurance stakes. He
may come TO Churchill Downs RS good
as be was in Canada and still may
be beaten BY a horse trained and grilled
TO ran over the four-mile routs. Sci.
eutifc preparation is necessary TO make
racer live in Il four mile battle. II
was not unusual in the old DAYS for
p long distance horse to receive train
ing for one particular four mile event
covering period OF six months Helm.
bold had run several long races before
he met Longfellow that day at Sara
toga. He was thoroughly seasoned AS
TAR as Longfellow went he easily
showed his superiority When lack OF
form made him stop. then if WAS that
condition won the laurels for Helm
bold
Helmbold WAS rated as a $4,000 horse
while s6O.0e0 had been refused fol
1ougfellow. Here was n case of a
ehesp-priced horse taking the measure
of a racer worth twelve times a,
much
In 1869, over the Saratoga course, q
similar incident occurred. Vauxall, sf