Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
IMPORTED HORSES TO RUN
IN BIG KENTUCKY DERBY
Noted Three Year-Old VIII Enter Mt
Churchill Downs Next
May.
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
Americun-Bred Colts Have Always
Been Exclusive Entrics-IivIng-
stOn Has Imported Two Lusty-
Looking Colts.

new 'I feature i' wrI be lsJe2;sd in the
slb.ooo Kentucky Derby. to be decided
on May at ChurcEl Downs. tile
opening day Of the forty-iirst annual
spring meeting OF the New louisville
Jockey club.
For tho first time in The long his
tory Of the great rae. among the many
noted thicc-ycar- olhs entered viii be
several imported colts Of the rich Eng
iish- blood lines
There have been many three year
oids full OF imported blood entered
and raced IN the kentucky Derby. bu;
meyer before have entries been named
IN the classic which constituted per
formers bred. roaIed and raised abroad.
itHen In tn" American Derby. the rich
event OF years ago. what entries Of
EnGlish- bred three year-oids were
colts which wcr. brought 10 America
In utero. and, of course, foaleh In this
country.
The only bis three year-od stakes
fonled in England date back before
the Civil War. with the exceptions Of
'he Belmont stakes in ls7,a. which was
captured by tn" Imported colt Saxon,
OWED by Pierre I.oiillaTG. All such
Ircn, three-ycar-o Odds as Sysonby.
Ilcnclg, Hcltcr Shelter. inercauld. The
Friar. Bowling Brook. Mirthful. knight
ErraEt and Lissak were ioalcd In this
country.
Livingston Imports colts
The two imported colts which viii
he entered THIS season IN the Ken
iuSky nerbS are both Owned ,by, !.
Livingston, ana wer" imported last
summer from EGgiand rs +. g. Chinn
Tor mat turimai. They now are pIa'-
tered at Churchill Downs ia charEe
Of Trainer K. ~ brandt. aud nav. Win
tered IN I'm" condition. They are:
Royal H.. b. e. By Ills Maies;y-LaLy
First Fiddle, b. e., 10y Corns tarch-
Resin.
Both Of these three vcar-clls are
hia ANA lusty-looking colts. vim an
abundance Of bone ana substance Thcy
wer" raced aom" iu England las' ..i.-
son, and showed very good racing
FORM, with every pronis" Of improve
mcnt with age.
The good two.ycar old Of las, sea
son. Ed Howard. also owned by l.Iv-
;heston. VIII not be- entered in the der
Both his owner and trainer think
the son OF ccsar'ru Is at best only Il
over derby route Of ground
tn. other imported Three. year. oi,ls
which VIII be entered in thu Kentucky
DerbE this season arc both owned is
Emil Herr. They nrc Devil Fish Or
C.. BY Robc-, 70 Diabl" Walter Ny,nlh.
and Ianwor,h b. G, by l.itt!.tou-D Ora
pr,n Fish j. Maiden.
,Ia,.J fi,h Is :, t';ai!gn, bui was
ENGLAND as two-year-old last sea
son Hanworth has = tyyo-y.ar record
90 winning race and running twice
age. These colts Will bc entered in
the I.nton,n Dcrby also.
Returning 10 the victory of tn" inn
ported colt SAXON III tho Belmont
stakes over forty wears aro. /, viii
be noted that he scored his triumph
the year before the first Kcntucky
Derby race was run OF. Had he com.
IN a season or two later he might
have been enrolled in the list OF win
nnrS of the great classic a. two years
later ms owner sent Parole West 10
race In the "Nent, ana that noted turf
man MAS thorough sportsman. l.or-
Hard won tn. English Derby and -
l.cEer as well, but he did not succeed
IN his racing career In capturing III"
hiS race nj Churchill Downs.
Saxon could have undoubtediv won
The kentucky Derby In many Years Of
Withers stakes by Dublin. Vandalitc
and Reform, hut that race was n milo.
and when II comes 10 n race at a mile
and q half. ne was tn" Belmont Stakes
ne cleverly turned the tables on his
previous con0u"rora In Tho Belmont
Stakes Grinstcad finished second to
saxon. The latter sired a number OF
good horses when he was sent 10 the
stud. but his success in this respect
in turf annals is mild with what Grin
stead accomplished. Ills fame as n
sire viii last for all time as he sent
10 the races two American Derby win
ners in Nolantc and silver Cloud and
such other noted stake winners rs
Mission Bclle, Ncrano, Failon Leaf
Gano. Geraldine. Siraloa H.. Santiago
Santa Anna. Lorcdo and Grisctie