New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
CHARLES KOHLER TO
RACE ON BIG SCALE
Fifty.eight Horses to Garry His
Silks on Tracks of Three
Countries.
OWNS BREEDING STOCK, TOO
Turf Interests on Wider Scope
than Any Owner Here,
with the Exception of
August Belmont.

August belmont.
Several seasons back Charles Kohlcr.
a piano manufacturer. of this city. turned
his attention to the breeding Of thorough.
bred horses, and to that end he paid John
f. Madden a goodly sum for Uncle. one
of the best two-year-olds Of his year.
Now Charles Kohler has turf interests
covering a wider scope than any other
American turfman, with the possible ex.
ception OF August Belmont. chairman OF
the Jockey Club He has extensive racing
strings in America, England and France,
and in both America and France he has
breeding establishments. In all, there are
fifty -eight horses in training to carry the
Kohler silks during the season OF 1913,
and It Is entirely possible that the number
will be increased before the season opens
When Mr.. Kohler bought Uncle con.
dition OF the sale was that the game
chestnut was not to be put into training
again. He was sent to the Ramapo Farm
In New Jersey, that had been obtained
by Mr. KohIer before he made the pur-
chase. The early breeding operations
were modest, but success was assured
from the start, Aunt Mamie-the first OF
the get OF the stallion-winning her first
start at Juarez last New Years Day.
In the meantime Mr.. Kohler added sew
eral matrons of quality TO his Ramapo
Farm. and he purchased Charles Edward,
q son of Golden Garter and Flora Mac.
famous speed family. He next pur-
chased Master Robert, q sturdy per-
former, and the son Of Mazagan and Flo
carline. Still later. and his most recent
purchase Of importance. VAS that Of
Superman, a son Of Commando and
Anomaly, which won a Brooklyn Handi-
cap under the silks Of the late James p.
Keene.
These were all purchases purely for
breeding purposes, and from the start Sir.
Kohler showed the real sportsman's idea
Of racing horses Of his own breeding.
This Is greatly to be desired, for the good
of the horse as well as for the good OF
the sport, but 1t takes long time to
enjoy the fruits Of such labors, End Mr..
Kohler finally bought a ready made
stable.
He naturally wanted to see his siks on
the racecourse. and following along the
line that has marked all his turf vent
ures ne went after the best string avail
able. He was successful In purchasing
the entire string OF Samuel c. Hildreth.
He desired to race them In TINS country,
but the closing Of the tracks In New
York made that impossible, am Il Vas
not until the fall Of last year that he APP
peared on the French turf with his racers.
still under the watchful care OF Hildreth.
goodly measure of success attended tue
stable from the start until now, Novelty,
winner of the last Futurity. is rated a.
the best steeplechaser in France.
No turfman In so short a time has
branched out as Mr.. kohler. ana while
he has really raced only for short part
of one season, his colors are ALREADY
popular on the foreign courses. For the
season that Is to come the first real BID
will be made for turf honors. and few
American sporrsmen will begin the season
better equipped
For the most part the strings in both
England and France are purely American
bred, and for that reason the success that
may come to the horses will be doubly
pleasing on this side Of the Atlantic.
Many Of the two-year-olds are Of keene
breeding. while stations that made j. B.
Haggin a power in the thoroughbred vorla
also are represented These. with those
bred by Mr. kohler at Ramapo, and a
few select French purchases by Hildretn
make UP the various strings.
While France has thus far offered the
only scene OF endeavor for the horses, MI.
Kohler is one of the true sportsmen who
would much rather race his horses at
home. To that end he has kept a string
at Sheepshesd Bay, ready for anything
that may be offered in q racing way.
The American string. trained by DAVID
J. Leary at Sheepshead Bay. consists Of
twenty-one two-year -olds and tive three
year-oIds. Tho older horses arc Chopin,
a bay colt by The Scribe-Torchlight and
Faydoodle, q bay gelding by Heno-
Farfalla.
The two-yesr-olds are by Charles Ed.
ward, Uncle, Heno. Hermis. Voter, Hip
podrome. Celt and Mazagsn.
The English string is made up of the
three-year-old Beethoven II. a bay son
Of Broomstick and Sans Peur. and six.
teen two-year-olds by such stations a.
Watercrese, Goldfnch. Uncle, Star Ruby,
Hessian, Afncander, Voter. Superman,
Peter Pan and Ben Brush.
Most Of the eighteen horses In France
were purchased from Samuel c. Hildreth,
horses that made the Hildreth silks the
most successful Of any during the season
Of 1910. the last year that the big New
tro rkc 10
ing the horses for Mr.. kohler. and ne
has them quartered in an elaborate estao'
ishment at Maisons Laffltte. They in
clude Novelty Restigouche, Zeus II, Shan
non II, Chickasaw. Gold Blade and Pus'
gins. .-f's-l...-.t