The Washington herald., 1919-02-03
ROSS TOPPING
WINNING LIST
Canadian Sportsman Falls
Just Short of 100000
for Year.

Failing few hundreds short of an
aggregate of 10000 as his share of
the awards to turf victors of the year
past the winnings Of Commander ]. X.
l.. Ross which netted him $99 l19 over
top those of any owner since 1915.
when L. z. Thompson, in whose name
the Whitney horses ran annexed the
total OF SlO4. lO6.
That the Canadian sportsman who
now heads the list Of winning owners
on the American turf has been grad
ually ascending the ladder until he
has reached the topmOst rung is in
diCated by a glance at the returns
which have been his through 1915. 1916
and 1917. in which he garnered S6,O95.
S17.947 and S22,I respectively.
While his great total probably came
about through the acquisition of made
10 order winners which were undoubL-
edly bought because of the prospects
they saoWed to II. G. Bedweu. his
trainer.-iU was unquestiOnably the
work Of that master hand in shaping
them for their tests that warranted
the stable in taking down sixty-four
frsts ffty-two seconds and fifty
seven thirds as the result of the years
racing.
From the time that he signed up
B.dweil as his right bower" in the
training department midway dur
ing 1917 the Ross cOlOrs have been
in the aSCendenCy.
Il is turf history that Bedwell on
his own account as an owner and
trainer led all other owners in
America with a grand total Of STI,-
100 during which period he annexed
with an ordinary lot Of horses the
tremendous aggregate of 1856 hrsts,
lui seconds and 1OG thirdSl
In 1915 BedweIl Won $3.50 and
during 1917 prior 10 his acceptance
OF the tTainerShIp berth With Com
mander Ross his share of the "spoiIs
OF racing amounted to S3N.TgO. so
that It cannot be alleged that il was
because OF his tying up with a man
of the financial means of the Cana
dian. with his chances Of buying
anything in the thoroughbred line
that appealed to him that warranted
his being a party to the reaching
Of the near $4,000 mark which
placed his employer on top.
SaEaCiOusnesS in the matter Of
having an eve open for prospective
winners is not the least Df the traits
which hav" shown BedweU to be d
great horsCman. In this depart
ment Of the -arlc he showed his
wisdom when he advised the Dur-
ChaSr Of Cuo=eI. one Of the great st
OF tho i-y,ar- -Olds Of 1915 for <an.-
no0 from John W. Scborr~ who had
nOu-hJ him from Henry payne
Whitney as a @-year-old for 1920.
This horse alone won nearly third
OF trr -rcut total aun,z,d by the
strbIr.
Ersrs1,r insight OF similar nature
v.= -!s-U With the purchase of RiIly
ErIIy. tue geldin- which was des-
tined 10 battle for the --year-oId
championship crown with James w
NcCleI'g0,Fs Eternal, winner of the
Hopeful
There was never any question as to
the absolute up-ani-up methods oil
the sable. With Commander Ross
enrnu= a-tfc enough to journey FIRE
QUe1rIy from Canada to the metro
poIitan district to SCI e his horses run.
and with his unvarying practice TO
support each and every horse Of his
which was sent to the post. there was
no occasion for inquiry as to what
might hE- doing"
Another phase Of the straightfor-
wardness OF things doing in ConneC-
tIon wiJh-the establishment was the
putting on the ground of Lyke, the
stable jockey. who was alleged to be
travelling other than Me straight and
narrow path. With those which the
stable now has i'm prospect for the
racing year. there is every indication
that the Ross colors will be seen to
the fore with frequency enough 10
warrant a nigh stand at the end Of
the year.
New Orleans racing this afternoon
WI he marked with the first Of the
2-vearfo'I tests at a distance greater
thr0 r-Ua1. when the babies are
asked TO run over the three and A
I~I' r,~'o-- roure. The field roui-
r.. II ia.' '"s quite the best of the
~ . airh have hnen seen I'M
o.. ,r-o.- lHn~ f1r this year. Tho
r-" s tho Far Grounds has been
-..- tho wuolc, rs 20 d.~sIIow Of
-it. ~ Of nrovin- that any
% ... gl, .nr are out NJ the or