The sun., 1918-10-18
ROAMER RETIRED,
PERHAPS FOREVER
Andrew Miller Throws Cham
pion Ont Of Training, Horse
Showing Signs of Age.

Roamer. the idol Of the turf. has
run his last race Of tho year and per-
haps forever. Andrew Miller, who owns
the famous thoroughbred. said yesterday
at the Empire City track that he had
thrown his champion out OF training and
unless the old campaigner showed strong
Indications OF returning to his best form
nanent retirement and keep him In style
until he goes to Horse Haven.
There Is nothing physically wrong with
Roamer. He Is without n blemish and
as sound as on the day he was foaled.
but he 10 getting old. He 10 seven years
Of age and since early in his two-year-
old year he has been in training almost
continuously.
There Is no doubt the old geldIng could
win moro races. Mr.. Miller could start
him tomorrow and win q race, But
the owner thinks too much of Mis- pet
TO start him solely for the purpose Of
winning purse. Like thousands Of
racegoers who have followed him through
his great career Mr.. Miller loves the
horse and rather than have him suffer
pain from a gruelling contest or have
him beaten by inferior horses he has
decided to retire him.
Trainer Asks His Retirement.
Jack Goldsborough, the man who has
trained Roamer through his phenomenal
career, made the suggestion that the
gelding be retired, and after a long
conference It was accepted. Goldsbor-
ough came to the conclusion that his
champion had had enough when Roamer
was beaten by War Cloud and Corn
Tassel In the Scarsdale Handicap on
Wednesday. He noticed that the horses
old speed and bulldog courage were miss
ing After the contest he questioned
Jockey Schuttinger about the race.
The old fellow isn't there any more"
Scnuttinger told the trainer. He did
his best and gave me everything he pos
sessed. but he wasn't his old self. He
did all asked him to do until the final
drive. In that he showed a spark of his
former self. but faltered quickly. He
responded to the whip in the stretch and
hung on tenaciously, but that great dash
he used to display In the fnaI furlong
was missing. / guess the old fellow has
gone back"
IT agree with you" said the trainer,
who Immediately went In quest OF Mr..
Miller to ask for the horses retirement.
Roamer probably was the greatest
thoroughbred the American turf ever
had. He was the champion Of cham
pions. During his career he was king of
the turf for three years, and were It
u
1915 he probably would have been the
champion, for five consecutive years.
Bought by Mr.. Miller for $4,000 as a
two-year-old he developed under the
careful handling Of Mr.. Goldsborough
hntil he became the champion Of cham
Iions. He won hundreds Of stakes. more
than 100000 In purses and established
more than n score OF records, including
one which probably will live forever.
W., p sv,,o xlr ha
hung up at Saratoga last August. I'm
paced and around two turns he lowered
Salvator's famous one mile record Of
i;35 is to I "a As.
Cirrus Victor In HartsdaIe.
Cirrus. the bay colt by Tracery and
M1rningside owned by Harry Payne
Whitney. scored his third consecutive
victory in the Hartsdale Handicap. He
defeated a big field Of high class juve-
niles but to do 30 he was compelled TO
run his very best II wasn't ''breeze"
for him as were his last two races. Mrs.
Joseph E Daviss bay flly Ophelia had
him out to the last ounce to win by half
a length Ophelia ran a great race and
beat 4. X. Macombers War Marvel by
length and a half for place honors.
Lively. the little selling platter which
n Kornblum. a local butcher, bought
from James Butler for 800 last spring,
,cored his third straight victory in the
last race. Paul Fox. the veteran trainer.
Rad the cSippled platter on edge for
hard contest and II was a good thing
the colt was at his best. Peep Sight
ran greatly improved race and put up
o stubborn battle. but Lively outgamed
him and won on the post by a head.
Hank ODay, the brown gelding owned
by Mrs. r. L. Bresler. was claimed out
Of the third race after he had been
badly beaten by Barry Shannon and
Snapdragon. Johnny Coburn got him
for $500