The evening world., 1919-07-15
Best of Them Seen So Far Is
Gladiator, That Recently
Won at 8 FurlongS.

THE Commando stallion Super
man. winner OF the Brooklyn
Handicap OF 1907. is coming
into his own. superman Is standing
at Henry T. Oxnard's Blue Ridge
farm In the upper Piedmont section OF
virginia, Mr.. Oxnard having pur-
chased him at the dispersal sale OF
the keene stud. He Is OF the same
age as Peter Pan. which Is 20 say that
he Ia year older than Colin and
Celt, He Is one OF about twenty thor.
oughbred stations at stud service in
the United states that is represented
by three winners.
Superman's winners are Gladiator,
super and American Boy. all OF which
were bred al Blue Ridge farm. Gladi-
ator Just now looks like the best OF
this tho. He Is big bay colt of
splendid proportions and much quail
ity. His dam. Lotowanna. IL an i'm
ported daughter OF Trenton, founder
Of the Australian line OF Musket and
Carbine. and Tabitha. she a daughter
OF Barcaldine. Gladiator, according
ly, II half brother OF Roly, a dis
tance running stake winner OF a few
seasons back. now one OF the sires In
the Government remount service, also
or Lackawanna, one OF the fastest
three-year-old Niles that raced last
season. Gladiator is one OF three two
year-olds that has won In the East
this year ~ three-quarters Of a mile.
He easily defeated lCiriough. Le Glor-
ieux, La Rablee and some other smart
youngsters at that distance on July
at Aqueduct. Gladiator behaves like
youngster that wants TO 80 on.
American Boy, a son OF Adilinette,
she a daughter OF Melton and Dainty
and a half-sister OF Santa Catalina,
Is another bay OF good sire and nice
balance. He showed the stun that Is
in him at Aqueduct on July 10, when
/ he easily defeated Cormoran and
Walk the Plank at three-duarters Of
mile. This race was run in muddy
going The sons and daughters OF
Superman run equally we'll on muddy
and dry tracks. American Boy Is
one OF the most highly thought Of
youngsters OF the Quincy stable.
super, whose dam was Sister
Jeanie, she a daughter of Midlothian
and Fanny Louise. by Darebin. won
his spurs in Maryland In May. Like
American Boy and Gladiator, he il a
colt OF fine size and scope and he ~
possessed OF brilliant speed.
Clarence II. Mackay, who has an
nounced the dispersal sale OF his en-
tire stud OF stations and mares At
Saratoga in August, will not offer :he
one time brilliant race horse Fitz
Herbert at this sale. He has sold
J FttE Herbert TO a thoroughbred pro-
lducer in France, and the son OF Ethel
ert and Morganatic. which did great
things in American racing In 1909
he won the Suburban handicap. the
Lawrence Realization stakes and the
Bowie Cup-will remain in Europe.
Mr. Mackay would have brought Fitz
Herbert back to the United States
with him last fan only the French
Government would not permit the cx-
portation OF thoroughbred stalliouS
Fitz Herbert Is represented N the
United States by a number Of win
ners, notably Frederick the Great,
Lady Gertrude, Lord Herbert. &c. He
has tins season one wo-year-old win
ner, Doublet I'd.
Fitz sHenbert has had his greatest
success when mated with Meddler
mares, a number OF which will be
offcred at the impending sale. Lord
Herbert. a rafting good distance
runner. is from ManZanita- a dauBh-