Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-27
BEDWORTH, JR, NOTED
RACE HORSE DEAD
Record Breaker That Was Bred
and Lived Nearly "a Years on
the Peninsula.
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Spccial Correspondence of Every Evening
Chcstcrtown. Md, May ~ Bedworth,
Jr. probably the greatest race horse ever
raised in this section, and one OF the great,
est ever bred in the United states uled
at the home of his owner, William \. ben'
on the outskirts of town, on SATURDAY,
aged about 2i wears. =,
The history of this great horse reads ilKe
a romance. Bred of humble parentage'
So far as his dam Is concerned, though nus
sire was old Bedworth, he was ioaled ON
the Bell farm, here, and had ms iirs0 'riehi- "a
inc there His first race was at the LOT
chcstgr foir where he simply toycd with "a
I,rc., field of well-known horses, and 50
great was his speed that his owner decid~
"a to place him IN the care Ot a competent
trainer and turned him over 70 Y uliam
r Blags of Aliddlctown. wcil-Nn"Wn
Delaware trainer, who was nj that ilH1e
stationed NJ Greenwood, Mr. Blggs deNei-
oDcd Bcdworth into the greatest race
horse of his time. and has stated on num-
prouS occasions that he really dld nov
know the limit to the horse speed. ttt
had been timed in workouts on the oid
Greenwood track ut two-minulc ail'
better clip. and when he was ready lof
racing MIR Bggs suggested 10 ms owner
thai h. 10 entered in the slow classes on
/ the Grand Circuit.
One III tho most memorable carly races
III which Betiworth showed hls nerve vas
At Belmont Park, Philadelphia, when he
and the famous IIettic Green, the llnbEa' r
able mare in Tommy Murphy S'ah",
| hitchcd up for the greatest speed coh'tS'
seen i'll that historic course Tor years.
odds were heavy On the Murphy entry
hit Bedworth had the speed and won the
race III straight heats, and fastest time
/ being 2u9 l.,
shortly after this great race \ NC
/ Gov. Of kirkwood Del, leased thc morse
from Mir Bell, and stakcd him heaNliy
down the Grand Circuit during the sea
son of 1912. II was At thc FroVidehse I, {
meeting that Pcdworth made one 81 Jhe
rroatost killings for Mr. Mccoy. ever
+ known IN race history, for he not only
outcIasscd large feld Of the Grand CT..
+ cult stars. hut made his present record q
I 2O6l3 !. and IS reported 70 have cleaned up
/ something like $4,000 for Mr.. McI oy
and his friend
Redvorth went wrong alter TINS race
and was retired 10 the stud at his owner
farm, and III j. the sire OF some q the
fastest PAGERS in the state some time alter
tha Provence meet. MIR Bell sold bed
worth. Ir. IL an Admlrer ot the horse
in Wash rcton for s.. 600, who Kept MN
several wears and then traded MIN back
t1 Nr Bel for soTre!l mare hN bedWofth n
and $500 During All these years Bedworth,
Dr., had been paylng for his owner tlne
farm an the outskirts Of town, and today
MIR Boil owes a great part p ms COM
Portable financial condition to the work
of this great horse.
Bcdworth .lr., for years he'd thc World
record for tie fastest three heats ~ 3 race
FOR stations overTl haif-mile track having
won one 81 the greatest races ever pulled
oF on the Gentlemen Driving Park track
In Baltimore. when tie won q race IN three
straight heats. his competitors being the
cafnc mare Ettie Powers and the great
Sam Rys,lick of Massachusetts the time
of the three heats being 2GSl3 2VS 2
and 2O9l4 After this race BedWorth re-
tired t8 the stud and had lived IN luxury
on Ills owner farm until the day Of tls
death
William B. Biggs 81 Aliddletovn who
drove Bedworth, Jr. IN all Of ms important
races except the one ~ the Gentlemen :
Driving Park, has often stated that Bed
worth was one If the most remarkable
racc horses of his time. and he IS certain
hat had be been in a Murphy or Coz
stable he would have proven woriC
beater. Mr. Biggs has said that he neve'
called on Bedworth during q race for NOR
speed that he did not glye II. and he va
one Of the most docile and even galtcl
pacerS he ever drew q rem over Mr.. Bel
gave his old friend a decent burial on m
farm. and holds the horse IN the hlghes
esteem.