New-York tribune., 1912-12-03
HAS HORSES OF PROMISE
Mrs. Payne Whitney to Winter
String at Belmont Park.
DELICIOUS A GOOD JUMPER
Two-Year- -Olds Show Up Espe-
cially Well Under School
ing of Owens.

Mrs. Payne Whitney Is wintering seven
horses at Belmont Park i'm the inclosed
barn No IS. which faces the Hampstead
Road or this collection four are two
year-olds. foaled at James r. Keenes
Castleton Stud, in Kentucky. The three
older horses are the well known perform
ers-Web Carter, Wrinkle and Boisterous.
James owens, for many years leading
-steeplechase rider in this country, Eng
lard. Ireland, France and Belgium, Is
handling Mrs. Whitney's string. The two
year-olds are particularly good type
for 'cross-country racing, and they have
already shown in trials enough to con-
vince the most exactlng turfmen that
they possess every essential for stake
form, either for racing on the fiat or
through the field.
Mrs. Whitney some time back decided
to make" her steeplechasers when they
were two-year-olds. For this reason
Owens gave the Juvenile jumpers long,
slow preparation. beginning with five
weeks training in corral. The aptness
shown by the youngsters was amazing,
and in the early autumn they were ridden
by experienced steeplechase Jockeys over
several fences on the schooling grounds.
In these morning performances mary
one" turned a head.
The names, breeding and color OF the
quartet that will carry the pink and oiacK
silks Of the Greentree Stable-the nom DC
course Of Mrs. Whitney-follows:
True Heart bay gelding, years. oy
httG ErugQ,lin.
Summary. bay gelding, years, oy
Voter-Sumda, by The Sailor Prince.
Ballet. brown llly, years, by Ben
Brush-Coppelia, by Kingston.
Delicious, chestnut flly, years. py
Delhl-Rapture. by Onondaga.
The latter is a rapid going miss ana
while she fairly flies at her fences is
not a "chancey" jumper. She is the
speediest one in the lot, and II VIII take
a clinker OF any age to measure strldes
with her going a turn Of the heid right
now.
Ballet moves In the steady going man.
MOI. NJ Rramble. Her sire, Ben Brush,
has transmitted his frictionless strlde 10
this iilly.
True Heart and Summary have the size
substance and bone OF weight carriers
and their action and clean, fast jumping
are indicative OF high class performances
under colors. !.
Wrinkle. the fve-year-old brown son OF
Bitter Root-Attainment, went INTO Winter
quarters in excellent condition, and ne
will probably show much Improvement
next spring Wrinkles winning races las'
summer were the Between the rags 'up
M Belmont Park Terminal, the Challenge
Gun AZ the Country Club meeting, Brook-
line Mass, and the Dosoris Plate at the
meeting OF the Piping Rock Associatloh'
Web Carter. who despite his light BAR
rel and general lack Of stoutness' PACKS
woiqht remarkably we'll, is now elgnt
wears old. The bay son Of Mentone-Am-
rbora ran his best race of last season
when. at Belmont Park Terminal. he won
the Retribution Challenge cup, detea.i'o
Charles Pliers great steeplechaser' her
cuIoid. by head in a decidedly thrlilhs
finish. Web Carter carried Io5 poulus'
concedng four pounds to Hercuioio'
Charles l.. Appleton. who had the leg up
on the winner. rode perfect rae
timing the final drive to nicely "eo
Carter's other winning race was over Tue
course of the Millbrook Hunt Association.
Boisterous, the three-year-old chesthut
daughter OF Hamburg Hurry Burly' thus
n full sister to the celebrated racehorse
and sire. Burgomaster. was raced anu
won on the fiat in the season just closed
She has been put through her PAGES on
the schooling grounds. and her racing In
the future will be confined to this oranch
of the sport. The snap and vim displayed
by Boisterous in her initial trial LED ner
exercise boy to remark: Say, she sure
Is a bird I'm the air..
Mr.. Appleton will ride in the races ex-
cluslvely for gentlemen riders. while the
professional jockeys, Tommy OBrien ana
OTTO Heider will do the "bootlng III
others.