The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-02-15
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Tea Caddy, now stabbed at Oak
lawn, is one of the horses most sought
by the men who pay fancy prices, than
any other horse in the country Tho
crack son of Rock Sand, Teas Ovef.
arrived here in good condition. ana
will be conspicuous in the handicap
events Franlde Ortell. the popular
sport writer, recently in review Of
this famous racer and prospective
sire, said
Among the remaining rev Rock
Sands still in existence, William Shea,
who is campaigning a small but select
string is the possessor of one-Ted
Caddy, who is by Rock Sand Teas
offers for the horse since reaching
here this winter w. S Kilmer. the
wealthy New Yorker, and George
Strate. who trains for the California
millionaire, p Feossier are among the
latest to bid for the horse. They, in
all probability intend to mate the
Rock Sand five year old to some Of
the matrons of their respective estah-
lishments, which students of breeding
and pedigrees seem TO think should
get excellent results The secret Of
success in this branch of the business
is knowing how to mate stock, and.
since the progeny of this noted Eng
lish sire is all but extinct in America.
the breeders are to be guided by the
extraordinary producing proclivities
of Rock Sand, and it is with an eve
single to experiment along these lines
that they are anxious to get hold of a
Rock Sand.
Tea Caddy, the Rock Sand five
year old, has lived up to all the tradi-
tons OF his noted father, and while
not champion, has given an excep-
tionally good account of himself as a
-year-old, Tea Caddy was first
home in the Flash Stakes at Belmont
Park, and has been bracketed in in
Vulnerable events since that time.
while only recently at Bowie. Tea
Caddy broke the track record for six
and a half furlongs, running the dis
| lance in 1:19 10. This son of Rock
/ Sand is not only royalty bred of his
sire's side but on his dams side as
well. He is a half brother to Dick
Welles. the first horse in America to
lower the mile record on a circular
track, when he went a mile better
than 1:3S at Washington Park. Chi
,ago and is also related to Dick Fin
nell, whose dam is Teas Over
Walter s. Vosburgh. Americas pre-
! mier Handicapped, was the authority
for the statement that Ort Wells was
the peer of the three-year-o in 1903,
! and rightfully so. Teas Over. the
dam of Tea Caddy, has numbered
among her get Ort Wells, Dick Fin
| nell, Dick Wells and Security, also
Toggery and Sandwich stake win
ners in England. Teas over has been
one of the greatest producers in
America. which is an incentive for
the many breeders trying to land Tea
Caddy. But Owner Shea, knowing
full we'll that he possesses a gem, is
loathe to part with him at this time
that is, unless he gets a handsome
figure for him, for the Rock Sand
five year-old has by no means out
lived his usefulness as a racer In
1917 Tea Caddy earned over $55, 1000
in purses. and will 90 on for some
time to win races. as the life OF a
thoroughbred performer is generally
conceded 10 be about ten years.
Going back to the third and fourth
generations of the Shea horse, the
blood lines are ultra fashionable,
Teas Over, the dam of Tea Caddy,
being by Hanover. one Of the greatest
thoroughbreds that ever looked
through a bride Hanover started
fifty times during his career, winning
thirty-t two times, finishing second
thirteen times and was three times
third. for a grand total of $l18,S72
There is probably no greater equine
family in turf history. which, in n
word. is good and sufficient reason
why breeders are bending every eff
fort to buy up the progeny of Rock
Sand Teas over.