Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-02
OFFER ENORMOUS FIGURE F..
SPORTSMEN WILLING TO
PAY 100000 FOR STUD
Belmont Considering Price while
howe Sets Si5O.cO0 M value
or John y. Grier.

LOUISVILLE. KY. Nov. 1.-The Of
Ter TO August Belmont by group OF
thoroughbred producers OF Kentucky
OF the sum Of 100000 for the four
teen year-old stallion Fair Play and
tho Spontaneous fixing at Laurel
ton OF $4,000 on the two-year-oId
John J.. Gricr, were direct conse-
Gmences Of the institution by the Ken
lucky Jockey Club Of the Latonia
championship stakes. a race OF one
mile and three-duarters. for three
year-olds: that had n value on the oc-
ana VIII. next season and thereafter
be worth from $4,000 to 10000
by rh the v |oior Of ar ,a PIX was ISa
championship inaugural much more
definitely than il had been by the
year-old Man o War. which. Nike Mad
Halter, claims the accomplished son
" O. itast!nIs ana Fairy Gold for sire.
sell TO be, he is only "A great two
EEe e Ills speed and his courage
nave, have no, been tried AZ greater dis
Mad liattcrs performance in the La
tonia CHAMPIONSHIPS demonstrated be
yond argument that Fair Play can get
stout distance runners as we'll as
horses Of high sprintinc spccd-Mad
Halter. himself. can sprint three quar-
IN better than Island II ia the
a n6THt 'hh, can sire distance running
N
America from this time on.
Stop Splinter E.pIoitntion.
The day Of exploitation of the
sprinter at the expense Of tho dis
lance runner has passed. and the in
stttuiion Of the Latonia championship.
winch gives new value to the dis
lance running horse Of racing age as
has: In the case Of Fair Play, given
ne" value 10 the horse that is cap
able of string distance running ahil.
Ky. has had more to do with this
in ia eonsummation than any event
lanes Ro"e the manager OF the
T1ae1nE pS and MSrsSf,,dinG enterprises or
extensive OF American thoroughbred
producers, said that he would not take
less than $4,000 for. John p. Grier.
Whisk Broom and Wonder. which has
sne reputation just now Of being the
TI ann two,,yyear-o colt in Mary
tonia championship renewal of next
season. 800
IT is true" Rowe explained. in
value that the increasing OF he The
Va ues Of the Pre- kness stakes and the
something to do with making promis-
ing young horses desira BILE. but the in :
Siitution OF the l-atonia champion shin
nus sent thoroughbred stock soaring"
Is Americas Record Oner.
One hundred and nifty thousand dol.
/ .ars rs more than has been asked for A
/ coming three-ycar- on this side Of
the Atlantic or paid tor one. although
Such price is not uncommon in r;reof
britain and France. But until the La
tonia ampionship became a fixture
on The American racing program there
was not on this side of the Atlantic
any such race or races as the s70.U0O
Grand PriX, Of Paris and the several
$4,000 affairs of the British racing
year to make the conservation of two
| year oids worth while. The greatest
American prizes had been offered for
wo-year-oids.
Rowe has asked the greatest price
put on coming three-year- old-tbc
would-he buyer OF John r. Grier is "A
wealthy Washington sportsman-so far
this scason--but IL is not inproba bio
mat Samuel y. Riddle would have
taken somebody's breath away II he
had gone so far as TO say what he
thought Man o War was worth imnnn
| diately after that big son Of Fair PLAY
ana Mahubah won the Hopeful stakes
IL Is pretty sure thing that the Penn
s!!Vania turfman would have eaid
something like 5000 600
Mr.. Riddle is at one with tho res, of
ne raging fraternity in the opinion
mat Man o War is about the best
TWO ycar-old that has appeared under
! SILKS on American tracks in quar-
Ter OF century. and he intends to usa
INC big chestnut for stock purposes
AFTER Nc shall have finished with rae
. ing. Man o War is another Latonia
I championship eligible.