Evening journal., 1919-04-02
HILDRETH HORSES
At H..VRE EDEG2ACE.
Will Warm Up There For
Pimllco and Churchhill
Downs Me ting
EXPECT MUCH FROM
1HREE YEARS OLDS
Special 10 The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
HAVRE DE GRACE. Md, April a.
Superintendent Lawrence Burke has
bedded down stalls for the stable OF
Samuel C. Hlldreth at Hayre de Grace
track and Il seams reasonably certain
now that Hlldreth win bring his pow
eeful stable this way TO be readled up
for the races OF the Impending PimlIco
and Churchill Downs m etings. Hill
dreth has made entries IN the valuable
3 year old and up races OF both the
Maryland and New Louisville Jockey
Club springs meetings and u seems that
be has d cided that there Is no better
track than the Hsvre de Grace course
on which 10 give his charges the work
and racing they viii need 10 lt them
selves for these engagements. .Hll-
eth's stable this season Is made up
upmost exclusively Of mAtured cam
palgners. He has. only one or two ?
yesr-olds. He did not buy any year
llngs last season on his own account
and Major August Belmont. the sports
man for whom he has been training
thesefour or Ave years. sold his Nurs-
cry bred youngsters 10 the highest bid
ders in The paddock at Saratoga last
August.
The most formidable horses OF the
Hildreih string are the 3-year-olds Cir
rus, Purchase and Lord Brighton, all OF
them purchases OF last fall. Hlldreth
paid Si2.500 and $1,000 respectively for
Purchase and Lord Brighton at the dis
persal sale OF the Brighton stable at
Aqueduct last fall. He bought Cirrus
privately from Albert Simons. who act
ed In the transaction for Harry Payne
Whitney. Cirrus came high. He cost
Hlldreih $4,000. Hildreth was con-
vlnced when Cirrus ran the brilliant
War Pennant 10 a head In the Ardsley
handicap at YOnkers that he had made
no bad buy and the subsequent sue
cesses Of Cirrus at Pmlico In Novem-
Der confirmed his good opinion OF The
colt Cirrus Is an imported son OF
Tracery, Major Belmonts great Rock
Sand stallion which Is standing In
Great Britain. and Mornlngside. a
dlughter OF Meddler. Mr.. Whitney bred
the colt in Great Britain and II Cirrus
runs as most OF The sons OF Tracery
that have appeared under silks on the
two sides OF the Atlantic these three
seasons run. he will carry his speed
over a distance OF ground. Hlldreth
believes he will stick Moreover. he
considers the Tracery colt his most
10 midable derby and Preaknes5 pros
pect
Purchase, 8 son OF ormondale and
Cherryola, Is the colt George 0dom.
the trainer OF the Brighton stable want
ed 10 match with Billy Kelly and Eter-
nal at Belmont Park last fall after his
(Purchsses) brilliant showing in the
Futurlty. q race In which he finished
third sftcr getting considerably the
worst OF the b eak. After the Brighton
sale Odom offered Hlldreth 5000 for
his bargain and was turned down Pur-
chase Is named with Cirrus for ihs
Preakness and tn. Kentucky Derby.
Hlldr tn has great faith IN Purchase.
which has mstured into one OF the
handsomest three year olds at Belmont
Park. He believes that Purchase Will
carry his speed any distance and In this
opinion he Is not alone. Lord Brighton.
a son Of Ballot and Miss Critienden.
won more money last season than either
Purchase or Cirrus accounted for. but
il seems 10 be the opinion o. Hildreth
that he was cut out for sprintlng. Few
enga agements have been made for Lord
Brishton In other than sprint races
Major Belmont has a promising Swear
old in Hlldreth's stable In Mad HATTIE.
a big leggy son OF Fair Play and Mad
cap, and It Is likely that he will lease
the running qualities Of this horse TO
Hlldreth The dsath in-New York The
other day OF August Belmont Jr- viii
cause the retirement for one year at
least Of the chairman OF the Jockey
Club as an owner Of running horses
Mad Halter Is In the Preakness and he
is not without friends among th train u