Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-03
NOTED HORSES IN WAR

WASHINGTON. March . THE
Amer!ann Thoroughbred and the sports
men of the United states are playing =
large part In the European war, att
their Ra;lantr: VIII probably not bc
published until his DRY has begun TO be
written" said Preston l'u"ch, AN ACicvi-
can ralncr @! racers, who mas returned
recently from Franco. at the outbreak
Of the war the French government
called for all mares and Eeldings five
years old and oVe., and among those
chosen were such wcli-known Amc:i-
can racers as Scarpia, California King
and McIlowrnint CooUc". 81 !N-year-ol
gc!dinE, u product Of the Hurricane farm.
at Amsterdam. y y, has ,hc distinction
OF carrying Captain Roaul. o' the
Seventh French Cavalry. Captain Haoul
was training Il string Of thorou2hhreds
al Maisons- Latiitc when the war broke
out He went IN as y lieutenant. but
WAS soon promoted FOR ral'amtry. /
received a card from him from Bel
GUM. in which he said that Cooper had
made the whole campaign Another
French officer. who rode an old Ameri-
can sfeeplcc.,ase;, told me the horse had
saved his life by clearing y high fence
al u critical moment when = slip would
have meant certain death. SO YOU see
the American racer has distinguished
himself in the war.
John Sanford, owner of the Iiur!-
cana farm ana q fornc" incmapr oI the
House, has one Of tho lnrgcSi strjnyN al
American thorout:hareds IN Europe. lie
was unfortunate in selecting ms; year
Ia make his debut on the French turf.
He bcga': by buying ten OF tic finest
French yeHrlinGs 1T the 1914 summer
sales at Deauville, paying for one Glly
$4,000. the highest price ever paid for
ycariing lilly in France. Mr.. Sanford
later sent Owe" iron, America older
horses, amoug them That grent old horsc
Voter. Voter is now at Mr.. Sanford's
r., .,t IN lot nF
mares. lie has the nucleus for one Of
the greatest American stables in France.
aud doubtless when racing Is resumed
his colors VIII be as prominent as
those of w. Is. Vanderbilt and H. Is.
Duryea.
when thr German army was within
NIFTY miles Of the French ca ital took
the Sanford horses, then at MaIsons-
Lniittc, which is ten miles from Paris,
and started for Chefrcvllc by road
distance Of $50 miles. There were no
railroads TO ship them by, and with
large force of stable boys we set ont
on August 81. arriving 2. our Gcs!ina-
ton five days later. My move was fol-
lowed by a great many other trainers.
until about all the thuroughbreds had
been transferred from chantilly and
Maisons-I attic to the rich pastures
OF Normandy and to safety.
Before leaving France I drove my
automobile In the service Of the Amer
lean ambulance corps, with which
left IL. On trip to the front. on the
line between A'mcntiercs and La Bnssce,
where tho lighting was hot, | had OPP
portunity to ObSCrv" the work OF Amer
lean volunteers I'm tho American Red
Cross work, and J was thrilled with
pride. On the roll call ware the names
of eighteen young men. and a more
sturdy lot OF young fellows could rot
have been found. Among them were
graduates OF Yale. Harvard and Cor
nell. Thcs" boys slept. eighteen, ON
the floor In M attic room OF mn old
house, with no mattresses and not much
covering Their orders were to turn
I'm soon after dark ard get up before
daybreak. Their rations were bully
beef, canned corn beef made into