The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-03
LITTLE TRAGEDIES OF THE TURF
(By w II. Gocl,cr. J


Racing has its tragedies as we'll as
It's pleasures and while very few of
them appear in front of the scenes,
there are times when tears are blend
ed with the applause that rolls
through the Erandstand after the fin
ish Of heat Ample evidence of this
was seen at Hartford in S05 when the
thousands VITO had assembled to wit
ness to contest for the $4,000 Char
ter q. K purse saw Sadie Mac fall
dead near tho distance in the fourth
heat AS Angola flashed by the stand
In from OF Norman II. and Isison seros
II was conceded for weeks that.
barring an accident the unbeaten
, daughter of Peter the Great and
Fanctla would win this event, as she
had repeatedly shown faster than any
horse entered in il. AT Detroit in
| her first start of the year. Sadie Mac
wen in o:hsl&. while at Bunaio She
handed a stn.nN0 event without being
| forced to q drive. Her next appear
7rrrrr'- -'t~stivrttr- in another SIZE
! 600 exent. pl1ese shn lost her frst heat
during the season and the second one
! IN her career to Kid Shea but won
/ in 9:osL Another victory awaited
| her at Providence. whore she defeat
| ed Lady Gail Hamilton and Turley in
while the end came without a
! moments. warning at Charter oak
parl1, rfere In her threeye old
fornl She won from Ethers Pride and
| Lord Roberts. and also where her dam
: was foaied.
Bone~rtt~r'~ Last Race.
Tho most spectacular death OF 2
-ttrotter that ever occurred on a race
track was seen AT Pittsburg on July
Is. 1881. during the inaugural meet
ing OF Uomewood Park. when Rome
setter dropped dead He had trotted
ttwo-ieAat -mith-nriyer.- Midnight
lWedEewood. Trinket and Patchen, be-
ing in the thick OF the fight In each
In the third heat. while Midnight and
Trinket were finishing out In front
Ronesettcr faltered near the distance
Mccarthy yelled for someone to catch
him. No one came TO the rescue, while
the splendid stallion. whose hrifltan nj
rse cling had thrilled thousands for -four
+seasnns, staggered and swayed almost
lunse he feli towards the rail and
was dead when he struck the ground
Bonesetter was bred in Tennesset
land was owned by n V Bemis. o.
tt+hicago when nc died. Fl. d. Hib
bard brought him out in 1878 wher
he won eight out of fifteen races from
such good horses as Woodford. Nam
jhrino. Scott's Thomas and Indianapo
lis. while he also had a seven hea'
battle with Protein and Little Fred a
tChicago, the Blackwood mare winrina
after Bonesetter had placed two heat:
land q dead~ heat to his credit.
Frank Van Ness raced Bouesetter ir
!lS.a when he won twelve out of eigh.
iteen starts from such horses as Driver
fiannis. Voltaire, Dick Swiviifer and
Charley Ford. Dan Mace also wor
with him IN 1880 when his score was
eight frsts out Of twelve starts while
in 1891 Mccarthy won two races with
him al Fort Wayne and was beaten b,
Trinket, Wedgewood and Voltair'
prior to hts death at Pittsburg. tn.
trace at. that meeting being won b,
John Shiilinglaw with Midnight -
Bonesetter is entitled to a tab II
the race horse hall Of fame as during
his career he was started in hety-twt
races of which he won thirty He wal
also second in thirteen, third in six
fourth in two and uuplaced in FIVE
The black mare Flash made place
for him in the table OF sires.
Whirlwind Exit.
Young Rolfe made a whirlwind ext
AZ Mystic Park. Boston on Septem be
1s 1854 He WAS a. Massachusetts pro
:. duet having been bred ny Wesley r
Balch. He sold Young Rolfe to Hor
ace Nelson. who developed him a
Watervtile Me, where he also got
few foals, the splendid trotters Aubin,
and Nelson being among them.
In the spring 81 1884 John Sheppard
purchased Young Rolfe and placed hin
in James Golden's stable. He pre-