The Washington herald., 1913-10-19
AMERICANSL Lose
ON BRITISH TURF
Belmont Probably VIII Be
Only Owner TO Finish High
Up This Season. !
WHITNEY IS UNLUcKY
Has Large Number Of Horses IN
Training At Newmarket but Has
Won but Littie Money.
WHITNEY IS UNLUcKY
By z. G. b. FITzHAMoN.

American luck seems to be at low
ebb on the British turf just now, and IL
begins TO look as II this win be poor
racing season for owners and horses
from the United States. August Belmont
probably VIII be the only American to
finish the year high up in the list Of
winning owners. A prominent position
is assured to him by virtue Of hts grand
four-year-old Tracery. which has won
two Of the richest stakes OF the British
turf.
Considering the number Of horses he
has in training at Newmarket Harry
Payne Whitney's stable, In spite Of being
presided over most ably by Trainer Jack
Joyner, has won comparatively little
money in stakes and purses. Unfortn-
nately. Meeting House. Mr.. whitney's
best three-year-old. broke blood vessel
when the season was at its height Meet
iIg House Is a well-known big limbed-
colt, with great depth Of chest. He Is
by Voter. out Of Nooday, and with good
luck he would have been a credit to the
late James r. Keene, who bred him.
Owners, Are Behind.
Herman 3. Duryea, William Astor, W.
X. Vanderbilt. Charles Carroll, Clarence
Aackey, James B. Haggin, and Richard
Croker have not won enough stake
money among them to make a poor
When Mr.. crokers horse Silver Roi
finished first for the Maryborough Han
.dicap at the curragh-IreIand's most ia
nous race course, the former Tammany
chieftain could rot collect the stakes nor
his bets because his horse promptly was
objected to as not qualified TO run in that
race. Not only was the objection sus-
tained, but the stewards severely repri-
manded Russell, Mr.. CrokeFs authorized
agent
Louis winans is another whose Ameri-
can-bred horses, mostly sent over by
John E. Madden. Of Lexington. KY. have
Jared poorly this season. But among
the lesser lights from the United States
Emil Herr and Oscar Lewisohn can be
mentioned as faring pretty well Herr
Is much wiser turfman than when he
furnished the money and Boots" Dur
nell the experience Of the time OF their
entering into racing partnership at
Chicago twelve years. ago. when they
startled the American turf by buying Sam
Hildreth's great winning stable that IN
cluded the mighty McChesney, Lucien.
Appleby. Federal, vuIcain, and other fire.
quent winners Herr Is not seeking big
game over here. He Is content to make
selling races his hunting ground, and
every now and then he puts over some
thing pretty nice.
Bred Two-Year-0Iders.
Shifty American-bred two-year-oIds are
his speciality. He has picked up two or
three that were weeded out OF whitney's
stable, and after winning selling purse
and a nice bet he passes them on as soon ,
as their best form is exposed and the
betting odds get too short His latest
venture is Lady CoIonist, smart-look-
ing American-bred tvo-year-oId filly by
L. ~
Africander. winner in 1905 of both the
Suburban Handicap and the Lawrenoe
Realization Stakes.
This filly was among a big batch OF
yearlings sent over from Kentucky last
winter by Haggin to the Newmarket De-
cember sales. She was picked up as a
bargain for $500 by Trainer Joseph But
ters. who had been handling Keene's and
kohler's horses over here up to the time
when those two sportsmen passed away.
She beat an all-aged field Of piaters over
seven furlongs recently, and Emil Herr
snapped her up for 500 Rentuckians {
will remember her dam. a mare named
Busy Lady.
Lewisohn sim Loser.
Oscar Lewisohn. of course, has s-tons
Of money" with which to battle with
Dame Fortune, but this turf venture in
England began very modestly last fall by
purchasing at the sales half a dozen
American yearlings at very moderate
prices. The first time he started one OF
these-it was at Kempton Park recently
il won most Unexpectedly. and he was not
elated over its surprising victory.
Though not such a heavy plunger as his
brother Jesse used to be when escorting
airy fairy Lillian RUSSELL to Sheepo-
head Bay, Brighton Beach. and other
racetracks around New York. Oscar likes
to bet few thousand, and he is said to
have felt chagrined when this colt Of his
turned up trumps 30 unexpectedly.
Some Of the wise lads OF the paddock
are limiting that 1t was a beat race
and designed as a "come-out'' to whet
The betting appetite Of the wealthy Amer
can