Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
Ross HAS BOUGHT GREAT
STRING OF FAST RACERS
Canadian Horscman Has Succeeded
Where Others Failed In Purchas-
ing Rcatiy-Made Stable.
TRACK TRADITION SMASHED
Paid $4,000 for Billy Kelly and
Won Nearly 100000 With Him IN
I018-fIns Refused Huge Sum for
the Great Sir Barton.
ny JAMES J. COKnI;'I'T.

NE" YORK. August 23.--Command-
or j. *. l.. Ross the great Canadian
sportsman. has succeeded whore all
~otncr turfincn have failed in purchaS-
ing ready made racing stable.
When the war ended racing N his
home land, Ross decided to sport his
colors on the American tracks All Of
his Canadian bred animals we're gone
Ross didn't have time 20 develop
new one In America.
so he announced:
u am s in he ma re for the best
considerations Quality Is what
want.
ing game shook their heads. Ross
was attempting something which
always had resulted In failure at the
best The oldtime"s had in mind the
ex bcricnccs OF T.. T.. Smathers and
T.. H. Thomas among others. Both
lost fortunes in huyinr seasoned race
For many years smathers was, a
harness horse enthusiast. He decided
TO enter the running game. HIS first
famous horse of his time. Smathers
paid s4O.0o0 for him. lie spent more
tran s2,o.ooo for other great thorough
Fortune FroNncd ON Him.
sG or'q ins 'aief to had snail npq ia
smile wnon Thomas and The others
And Sma ihcrs finally quit the turf
game = 100000 loser.
Bu, Ross has sma shed tradition so
far. Practically every purchase he has
made has been "a money maker He
horses in the world, and they have
earned for him four times the money
he spent for them. and Ross, u real
'!ungcr. when his own horses are
concerned. has amused a fortune in
winning wagcrs.
His frs, buy was Cudyel. ranked AS
tor the racer. but Cudsci already has
won nearly three times rs much as
h. cost Ross. And cudgei is still valu-
able as :: camp3iEner and should. after
mis- running days are done, earn many
thousands ~ st"ed fees.
Paid ST. $50 for Hiily Kelly.
RON rhe fo sun Ri, Of s:I,Soo WAS pail oI hy
horse almost immediately afterward
became the turf sensation of 1918. He
won one stake r:ter another and from
defeat His Winnings ran close to the
100000 mark for l9lS.
Ross paid $4,000 to- John Maiden
for Sir Barton. the three year-old Just
N" other day he refused Madden's offer
9 Iar sl hors" FOR SIR Iar'%m The Bar,
$4,000. and the season is only "A little
more than half over.
MIX maid. bred by Madden. cost ROSS
$4,000. She ranked quickly as one .;
the greatest titles OF 1918 aud Ross
IL Is said. won Close to 100000 in bets
on her. Campaigning the nl!y last sea :
/ son ana this has rewarded Ross with
stake winnings nearly triple her cost os'i
price.
When A Is Macomber decided ;,
Iult racing, Ross jumped in with a
$1,000 bid for his three stars. Motor
Cop. War Remnant and War M,ryTi
( RE got them and he has never r., :.
GREETED MS bargain OF the three
MOTOR Cop alone has been really con
siSieni. The Other TWO haven't shown
| much so Tar But they may round
INTO winning form before the sum
m.r is done. Or. perhaps like some
other great racers. they NAV shay
holh!nS until their four-ycar racing
In" stable that Ross has assembled
has cost him over 100000. Hut in the
time since he has owned those seven
truly greats of the turf world his
purse winnings have been amazing
while he has won hugely in bets on
his own stecdS. And ii must be re-
mcnhered that not one Of the seven is
really through as runner yet. and
the group. perhaps, will win $3.50. 900
or more for Ross before they arc re-
tired for all time.
All OF which makes Ross smile a bit
whcn he recalls what the supposedly
shrewd men OF the American turf told
aim At the outset:
Nou'i be a sure loser If YOU try ,o
buy = rcAdy-inade racing stable.
irccd aud develop Your own horses
that's the only way.''-CopyriGht. 1919.