The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
TURF VICTORIES
FOR AMERICANS
Score Heavily on English
Tracks Past Season, Win
ming Many of the Classics.

Will go down in turf history as the
Americans year" In no other year
have American horses such an
array. Of brilliant victories as they
did this season. Horses bred and rails
three classic turf events-the Two
Thousand Guineas and tine St. Legcr.
This in itself was a great achievement,
but 1t was supplemented by IL victory
in the Camhridseshire handicap, the
most important race of tho fail and
TIE country.
The victory of Herman b. Duryea's
colt. Sweeper II, in the Two Thousand
Gnineas. the runaway triumph OF ALL
gust Belmont's Tracery in the ST.
]-eger. and the success of Louis Win
ans Adam Bede in the Cambridge
shire has caused the English breeders
and turfmen to consider with anxiety,
u mo- alarm. the potency in the blood
of American stations and brood mares
I" transmit speed to their progeny.
The English breeders see in the
success of the American horses a mea-
ace TO the breeding interests Of Eng
land. The breeders are fearful that
if the success should continue next
year the patrons of the English turf
may look elsewhere for racers other
than in the home market.
\. Belmont the Leader.
August Belmont Won the mos
With four horses he captured six
races worth s49.920. Harry Payne
Whitney won thirty races with twen-
ty-one horses and placed to his credit
s43.445. Herman b. Duryea finished
next among the American brigade
with one victory. scored by Sweeper
III. This race was worth $30.525. Louis
Ntirono vnr fnYr rcCoS with tusf,
horses and closed the season with
S11.S6o.
lish turfman, was at the top of the
winning list, with $104.110. Two Of
l'ilkington's horses won Ave races. :.
string. won thirteen races. which
ne;ted him $20.040.
sweeper II is a son Of Broomstick.
himself a son Of Ben Brush, but Ira
Gerry is Of immediate English parent
age. AS all who take any Interest in
Rock Sand. who has within the last
few days been taken over from Eng
land to stand in France. won the Two
Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the
81. Leger of 1908. Tracery's dam.
Topiary. carried the colors Of Lord
Hamilton of Dalzell on English
courses.
other American horses performed
notably we'll. Broomstick's elder son,
II. p. Whitney's Whisk Broom. had
perhaps no superior at a mile, and
]. f.. keene's Castleton, a son of Peter
Pan and Mintcake, was of equal es-
cclicnce Over somewhat shorter dis
,ances. At weight-for-age it was i'm
possible to find anything to beat Cas-
lic;on at six furlongs.
Adam Bcde Does Well.
Whitney's Iron Mask II, a son Of
Disguise and Royal Rose, ran brill
family last year, but this season, for
no applicable reason, lost his form.
Yet another who made his mark
was Louis Winans' Adam Bede. The
Cambridgeshire is one of the most
coveted prizes Of the season, and When
Adam Bede's success in it was all the
more remarkable. as he carried a ten
pound penalty for winning the Duke
uf York stakes at Kempton park
shortly before. His stable companion.
Sir Martin. y showed his best form
and only ran once.
Several of less note need moi be
mentioned in this highly select CON.
pany. but it ma! he observed that in
the free handicap for 2-ycar-olds
W'hitney's Harmonicon. a son Of dis
guise and Harrsichord. comes eighth
in order Of merit within seven pounds
Of the second best. according 70 Han
dicapper Dawson's estimate, and the
margin of seven pounds by which
C'raganour heads his immediate fol.
lower Is far greater than usual.