The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-12
Sir Barton, Winner 0f Belmont, And Derby Victor
 Trace Back To Hanover
Commander Ross Crack Makes Great Showing-Other News
 From the Track.

Belmont Park, June 12 Time Al sheds a halo over horses as well asl
 men, and some old timers wiu tnsist'l
 that no thoroughbred seen on the II American turf in recent years would
 have made a match for Colin or Sy- sonby. They like to tell us of the < great speed and indomitable courage II of those stars of other days, and they '
 are right. But when figures back up
 a performance that Is impressive to
 the eye, and both arithmetic and inn
 pression paint to Americas having
 a real wonder horse in 1919, we are forced to take sharp notice. Yesterdays little exhibition by Sir Barton dispelled whatever small doubt there might have been regard
 ing the class of Commander Ross
 great colt. After having won the
 Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and . the Withers Sir Barton took the Bel i
 mont Handicap in a common gallop . and in spite of lack of opposition that failed to dignify the race as even hard workout for this new l champion he bettered the record for the event. Everybody now agrees l that Sir Barton is a great horse. | Among the veterans there is a divi- | sion of opiiion as to whether he Is | l greater horse than was Sysonby. Time | will tell.
 It is interesting to know that Sir Barton and Grand Parade, the win
 ner of the English Derby at Epson
 last week, both trace back to the 1 great sire Hanover. Sir Barton is by
 Star Shoot out of Lady Sterling. | Grand Parade is by Orby, himself a. Derby winner, out of Rhoda B., an 1 American mare by Hanover For i some mysterious reason descendants | of Hanover are not eligible for reg
 istration in the English stud book, , but that does not interfere with their l running.
 i Grand Parade was bred by Richard
 Croker. who owned Orby, and sold
 the 1919 Derby winner as a yearling
 for S2,500. If MT. Croker had not
 refused to live in Ireland and forced
 the old Tammany chief to sell his ! stable, Croker would have won the
 Derby twice-a distinction now re-
 corded only for Lord Rosebery and | the Duke of Portland.
 l Commander J. K. L. Ross was
 down on the track with his ,rainer.i ! Guy BedWell, even before the horse | returned to the scales and conse- quently was there to congratuIata I Loftus before he dismounted His | face was good to see-ft fairly radi-
 ated the pleasure and satisfsction l which came with owning such al 1 horse.
 Before the race Guy Bedweu re- | ,ii@rheo This is the one I want, | noys. But he said it without anv l uouot In his voice that he expected
 to get what he wanted.
 l After the race his face was tn 2, | fnr l,o
 after giving high praise to the horse. | aoded; He is a fair horse, I guess. | ana 1T there were any doubting one,s l ieIt l guess that race convinced | them" SIT Barton is now on the high road 10 winning $10O.oO0. The unbeaten Coin was the last American three-i year>old to reach that mark. Coming u up to the Belmont yesterday the Star snoot colt had earned s53,0oO in his lhree winning races this year, and bv aodlng $11,950 yesterday it brought the total to s64,95O
 students of breeding find much of interest In the blood lines of Sir Bar ton. By Star Shoot, an English horse, out of the American rnaral Laoy Sterling by Hanover, the pedi-i srees Of sire and dam are identical e.., DieeuerS call the fourth and. nItn remove, each having as a com mon parent the celebrated mara Maid of Mashan by Don .Juan
 
 .AAter the race owners and trainers 9pohe Tn glowing terms of the winner ana warmly congratulated Com iiahder Ross Bill Hogan still thinks mat Dunboyne will take his measure. Whlle George Odom remarked, ..If any three-year-old beats that fellow. u wili nave to be Purchase Odom sun mas the greatest confidence in the horse he developed last year for the Brighton Stable
 IL IS sa1e to say that no piece of plate ever owned by Comander Ross Will be more cherished than the h,,ee slIVer tray which Major August Bell mont dopated as a trophy to the Bel mont Stakes
 when Trumpator blundered at the A water Jump in the steepIechase and rolled around with his heels in the air, he left the purse to Gold Bond. Wh1cn fenced cleanly and won with si something in reserve
 The day was full of interest apart from the Belmont and brought the sprlns meeting of the Westchester Raclng Association to a most suc- cessfu1 end sa
 Now comes the return to Jamaica 1his afternoon. And no less than s3 horses are entered in the six events. The southampton Handicap has at-k tracted particularly strong field of w three-year-olds, including Billy Kelly and Purchase among others.
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