The New York herald., 1921-04-19
INCHCAPE WILL NOT
START IN THE DERBY
$150.000 Colt Is Suffering
From Bad Fetlock He In
jured Last Summer.
by HENRY v. KING.

Inchcape the colt which cost Sam
Hildreth and Harry Sinclair s15o,o0o. is
not IA training and will not start in the
Kentucky Derby. He is at Rancocas
farm IN Jobstown, y. j., and while
neither Hildreth nor Mr. Sinclair has
made any announcement about his con-
dition Il Is known that he has not fully
recovered from his bad fetlock. which ne
injured last summer at Saratoga.
Early in the spring the colt stood up
under training for several weeks and
ran like the wind. Persons who knew
of his trials wagered on him heavily to
win the Kentucky classic. A fortnight
ago he pulled up lame after a stiff
breeze. Although he is now apparently
sound he Is not in training. Whether or
not he will ever be the great horse he
was cut out TO be is matter of con-
lecture. Expert horsemen who saw MN
after he went wrong last summer de-
clare he will never come back TO the
races.
Tae price Mr.. Sinclair paid for the
colt was Il record one Despite denials
from several sources. It was sloO.o00.
Fred Builew sold the colt for ]. Fl. Ros-
setter. the California breeder and sports
n1an. and declares that sum is the price
the colt brought. After lnchcape had
galoped off with the fremont Stakes
Hildreth sought out Burlew. who was in
charge or the Rosseter string, and Of
fered him $4,000 for the colt.
You want TO buy polo pony, not a
speed marvel like him." said Burlew.
IIildreth chuckled and turned away.
Next day Hildretn increased his bid to
$4,000.
Il told you you wanted a polo pony"
Burlew declared. 'I'll give you $780,
o0o., said Hildreth Nothing doing"
replied Burlew. That's a lot of money.
hut il isn't enough for this colt"
What's Your price?' demanded Hill
dreth. "one hundred and fifty thousand
collars. and he's worth twice that az
horses go now" Hildreth made no
reply. lie went in quest Of Mr.. Sin
clair while Burlew hurried to get in
touch with Mr.. Rosseter, who was In
California. to tell him about the offer.
The following morning Hildreth was
back at the Rossetcr barn. III take
that colt" he said. This was on July
g. Knowing Hildreth was a bit super
stitous. Mr. Burlew suggested that the
Ieal be closed the following day. This
was refused however. as also was the
suggestion that the check be dated July
H. And the deal was closed within live
minutes.
of colo. lie was bred by John =. Mad
den at Hamburg Place, Kentucky.
II was vet and sloppy and cold yes
terday morning at Belmont Park ana
there were no fast workouts. Several
Of the trainers kept all Of their charges
indoors and exercised them under the
sheds. The few which were out received
only stow gallops.
Louis Feustel will arrive with Samuel
H. Riddles string on April Is. HIS
charges have been coughing but arc
now on the mend The Riddle stable at
Belr,on; Park Is the ono used by Mrs.
rayne whitney. Willie Mldgley VIII
shin her string to Maryland next Week.
That he did not take them to Hayre dc
Grace was because they had not al
fully recovered from the cough that
struck every stable at the park.
The best colts and fillics IN the coun-
try have been nominated for the Freak
aess and the Pinlico Oaks, which VIII
b. run next month. Ono hundred ana
six entries. representing forty eight OIL
rercnt stables. have been made for the
Prcakuess and fifty-siX nominations
were received for the Oaks. The Green
Spring Valley Steeplechase also received
large nomination. Tor II thirty
stables entered seventy-one horses. The
Spring Juvenile attracted l09 entries and
The Pin1lico Spring Hanicap III.
Charles Stoneham. owner OF the
Giants has Il dozen good looking horses
training under the care Of Jack Colds
borough at Gravesend. Among them
are Dry Moon and yellow the pair he
bought last autumn from X. 7. Wilson
for 4 price said 10 be $4,000. Both OF
these are moving along nicely. Mr.
Stoneham is confident he has three real
high class juveniles In his barn. lie
NAV have, but Goldsborough has not
get put them to a real test.
Several trainers at Belmont arc CON-
planning bitterly about the lack OF train
ing facilities for cross country horses
For three years there has been no place
10 school Jumper there and horsemen
who haven't y private course are unable
to work their horses properly They
declare that the absence of such school
hurts The steeplechasing game nateri-
ally. While the school was at the park
several trainers tried horses over the
jumps and finding that they We're natural
Jumpers kept them at that end Of the
sport and developed them into high class
stecplecuasers Without il men cant
find out whether OF not they have mate
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