New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Lord Rosebery
ToShipRacing
Stable to U.S..
Famous Horses of England S
Former Premier May Be
Auctioned Here
By HARRIETTE UNDERHILL

Lord Rosebery. former Premier OF
England, is going to send his racing
stable to America.
This is the news which "a certain
party" whispered TO US mysterlously
at Jamaica yesterday, telling US not TO
tell any one else, so we had visions
of one of those beats which the cub
reporter always puts over IN short
stories and on the screen. IL was
news, all right, and 1t wou ID have
been a big scoop save for the fact
that every one else knew all about
il as soon as we did.
Lord Rosebery's name is synonymous
with all that is best in thoroughbreds
in England. Three times have his
horses won the Derby. In 1884
Ladas was the winner, and the fol.
lowing year st. Visco duplicated
the performance of his stablemate
Ten years later Cicero won the big
race. The Two-Thousand Guineas
Stakes was also won by Lord Rosebery
with the famous Neil Cow, some o:
whose offspring will be sent to America
Cyllene was another favorite from
the stable of Lord Rosebery. In eleven
starts. Cyllene won S12s,l50. He was
finally sold 20 a syndicate of horse
men from the Argentine, bringing the
sensational price of Sl25,0OO.
In the consignment which will come
to America are sixty-eight horses, some
of which are really the property OF
Frank Hardigan, who trains the string
Captain Hubert Hardigan, OF the
Royal Irish Fusiliers, also has sent
few of his own horses.
Passage for the equine consignment
has been engaged on the Atlantic
Transport steamer Minnehaha, which
is due in about three weeks.
Lord Rosebery's farm is called The
Durdans. 1t is situated near the
famous EPSON Downs course.
The primrose and rose Of the Dur
dams Stable has been seen on the Amer
can turf in the days gone by. In the
Centennial year Lord Rosebery
horses won many of the big stakes an
again in 1888.
The last time the American turf was
invaded was in 1898, when Colonel
North shipped eight horses over here
including the famous English s2rlnter
Islington. =,
As the big stakes are practically
closed and nasmuch as the horses will
have TO be allowed some time to find
their land legs after they do arrive, IL
is not believed that they will De race
over here, but will probably be sold at
auction.
From the looks of things there will
be little use for horses in the Rritlsh
Isles save as artillery and cavalry
mounts. and apparently there is plenty
of room for them on the American
tracks.
The line of the thoroughbred is as
strong as ever. When betting was
abolished it was predicted that there
would be no more racing, Dut the
crowds which attend the races each day
attest the fact that the American peo-
pie do love 10 see horses race for the
sake of the game and not for the sake
Of the gamble.
The sport would be greatly en-
HANGED, however, if the breeders Of
thoroughbreds would name them Tom
and Jim and Dan, or Nell and Kitty, as
the case may be, instead of choosing
Achilles, Hwfa, Xylon and lie Requin.
Not that the devotees let n little
thing like that bother them. Hwfa is
plain Huffer while Leochares is Les
Shares and Achilles, the invulnerable
is Achilles. Nylon presents more diff
ficulties, but that, too. is disposed OF
We heard one man say down On the
lawn in front of the grandstand: Lis
ten, what do you think of Cyclone" 10
which his vis-a-vis answered.: "Cy-
clone? Oh, you mean Exylion.'