New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Rv O'\EIl. SEVER.

-, A,rsrtmcut And with the hriillant
Us Iron Duke and The Finn and the
.o,,isinc FLY Charter Maid as stars
y, hattie for the best purses. II looks
.o.5sv 90 be as strong as the strongest
TbcSc are JUS; about as prepossossing
mo as any American stable can
boast. so-, C...o.a
polle srd 3 full brother 20 Fayette
sood racer and a successful. stock
SO won the only time he started
last season. and hlS owner llttie later
.r,sc6 an offer Of $4,000 for him.
Tbc Finn. another son Of Ogden, is
s,o,, = Young mare Of the family Of
wbist one OF the best horses that has
horre INC silks of August Belmont IN
nc course Of the last five or six years.
u,s dam was Llvonla. daughter OF
S,sr shoe: and NoodrSy, with which
Vsv Ui~sch beat the hght-footed
princo lmpcrial at Shecpshead Bay q
few seasons back. when Prince I'm
,sr,al was an odds-on faVorite and
Iivoria was az 100 TO !.
Charter Maid Fine Filly.
Charter Maid. winner Of the Matron
S.oios a. Belmont Park last fall and
,ynncr-up in the Champagne, in which
Scr stable companion Paris came OIL
y,c.or. IS daughter Of Star Shoot
charter Queen. Star Charter her full
mother. was probably the best dis
.arce running Star Shoot horse that
has come 10 the American races. and
sbc goes back through Magma Charta
70 the brilliant Maggie B. B.
These three horses are already in
evcry race IN which II has been posi-
ucrf
men.s will he made for them later.
They will come East from Hamburg
plac, where they arc wintering and
where they have already had good
~. of work over Mr. MsddCn's private
,rack. carly in April. and il Is the in
,en;ion Of their owner TO have one Of
her, ready Tor the Metropolitan Han
dicsp. .,.,
This black IS a compactly set up colt.
on short legs, as active as a kitten
and willing worker. lie works and
raees As though he liked II. Charles
T Patterson had 10 trouble al all in
rettiDc him 10 the post in winning
lorn 8. belmont Park last spring. and
Nc showed an astonishing burst OF
srccd out Of the straightaway. Such
tbree-vear-old. under one hundred
round, or less, would be sure TO prove
formidable I'm 4 mile race like the Met
ropoitsn If he got 10 the post Mt, ana
there should be no trouble about that
this year. The Metropolitan viii not DC
run until May 20.
Iron Duke Winters Well
Iron Duke. which stepped three-quar-
ters Of mile out Of the chute at Bel
mont Park last September in 1:l2 80
fgairst 3 stiff head wind, looks like
STst rate three-year-o prospect. lie
vas picked by the experts who watched
sim work last summer as one o. the
trea, two.vear-olds Of q season that
9evcoped many smart youngsters, ana
bis one performance under colors Justl-
fed the universal estimate OF ms prov,
ess. A chestnut of uniform oone ana
muscular development, he remlnus ONE
of the exouisitely moulded fayette, q
better locker than his ranger stsDIe
nate. Sir Martin. in 1908, II ne was ho'
so good q race horse. , L..
vintered more satisfactorily or oe
yeloped hulk faster. Iron Duke VIII
weigh between 050 and 1919 pounds
N Nav. with all his superhuous hesh
removed bv careful training. lie is lhe
kind OF colt one would pick TO snoul-
der mis- weight and manage II unoeI
speed over distances Of ground. IL IS
hardly likely that Mr.. Madden VIII at
tempt to get Iron Duke ready Tor the
Metropolifan. but if the colt trains
fortunately the cracks of the whitney
Butler. Quincy. Parsons and Knapp
stables that keep pace with hum IN such
specials a. the Brooklyn Derby the
Travers Stakes and the Saratoga Cup
will have TO step right bnskly.
Charter Maid, like her brother, star
Charter. and her near relative. the
capital steeplechaser Blankenburg' the
best fencer the autumn meetings IN
Maryland developed last year, was IN
tended by nature for distance running
she showed that last August IN her
races At Saratoga, also IN the iI! VI!
and Champagne stakes at BelmohV
Park She was slow getting gong nut
Invariably she was running strong al
Inc finish. and if Mr.. Madden had elect
ed 70 keep her in training after lne1
Westchester fall meeting she Wouiu
have won one Of the mile speclalS loi
two-year-olds al Laurel or Baltimore;
1t is difficult TO guess what MY
may DO over winter between her HIsU
and second seasons. A fatality from
which colts Of that age are exempt
seems 10 follow the fillies. Brlllahl
,wo-year-olds Of the softer sex often
fail to show any class at all at three
But Charter Maid is mare or mas
euline mould, and fillies of that type
seem TO improve more than the Ieh'-
Line kind. This mare Will be close 10
10 hands when she comes 70 the races
and If she keeps the flesh she has put
On over winter she will do well enough
as regards weight.
Some Untried Colts.
Besides these three three-year-olds DIS
which have something TO show in the
way OF records Mr.. Madden has a
couple Of untried colts, horses he did
not breed himself. They are Chivalry,
son Of Sir Wlfred Marjorsm and
product Of Henry T. Oxnard's Blue
k'dge Stud, and Distance, a son OF
Rock Sand -DiSsembler. Chivalry did
ittle racing last season because Mr.
Madden wanted TO give him chance
20 develop. The sire of this colt got
he tuturity winner Trojan, and the
consistent Headmast. And Chivalry
bred much on the lines of Head
mast. He is a great grandson OF Lazy
Mafgaret, the dam of Masterman ana
gIanddam Of Sir Wilfred The family
VI Lady Margaret is one Of the best
D. August Belmont's Nursery stud.
Distance is a half-brother of Phantom
and Winning Widow, both excellent
racers.
ne hOrseman who brought Blue
SEifi, Yankee, Hamburg, Howland,
!t'sh Lad, Uncle. King James, Sir Mar
va and Fayette to the races, will be
ueeldedly shy on two -year-olds this
year because he has been selling MS
soung stock to other soOrtsmen IN this
country and in England. The strong