The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-21
RACE HORSE OWNER
MAY WIN OR LOSE
FORTUNE IN SEASON
BY FRANZ q. MENKE

Those who are conversant with ey-
cry form of gambling insist:
THE biggest gamble of the world is
the purchase of a race horse.
And the season of 1921 seems to
bear them out quite completely.
The Short Grass stable, owned by
Emil Herr, bought yearling and
christened him Rib Grass. He was
the offspring of Short Grass, one OF
the greatest race horses of his time,
and of Marion Hood. a wonder mare.
1t was expected that the son of such
an aristocratic and wonderful family
would accomplish miraculous things
On the turf.
Fails to Realize Promise.
And so when $13, 800 was paid for
him, the consensus of opinion was
that Herr had closed a mighty splen-
did bargain for himself But in 1921,
his first year on the turf, Rib Grass
won a paltry STA.
On the other hand, G. d. BlaCkford
paid $500 for Gentility, the daughter
OF Light BrigadeHandzarra The rea-
son he got the fflly so cheaply was be-
cause it was reckoned that her breed
ing never could develop anything in
the way of speed for stake races. Yet
Gentility won $14,552 for her owner.
E. F. Whitney paid $1,000 for Sec
ond Thougts, a two-year-oid filly, and
J. F. Madden parted with the same
sum to get Surf Rider, the gelded son
! of Superman-Sea Spray. In both in
stances, it was decided by the smart
/ folks" that the buyers had been
! fleeced. Yet $1,000 Second Thoughts
, won SIS, $50 and the 81 600 Surf Rider
| gathered in $16,43O for Madden.
Fortunes Go Quickly.
| Going back TO the ''flivvere" again,
one discovers conspicuous among the
! group such horses as Hea, Truro and
Deirdre. Admiral c. T. Grayson part
ed with $4,000 to get Hea, the chest
nut son of Sea King-Ballyshe, where
upon the horse, campaigned through
| 1921, earned only $3.50. 1t cost Com
mander ]. K. L. Ross $4,000 to get
Truro and Truro was able to win only
! S605 in purses, despite strenuous cam
paigning last summer.
/ "Deirdre, two-year-old filly out oil
COlt-NetwOrk, cost the Greentree
Stable S12,500 and never went TO the
starting post. Elandiay was purchas
ed by the Short Grass Stable for So,
500 and, like Deirdre, never ran race
! Among the noteworthy bargains OF
1921 was one which involved Column
the colt which cost NJ. L. Schwarz
$4,000 and which won $4,000. The
Rancocas Stable paid $1,000 for Bur
ana and $10,500 for Little Chief
whereupon Budana won S14,309, while
Little Chief won $14,297.
My ReveTie was purchased by R. J
Brown for $1,000 and won S13,420
Modo was secured for $3.50 by the
Modo Stable and won $13,076. Their
there was William A, the black col
which cost the Rancocas Stable $2,10(
and earned nearly $1,000.
Makes Lucky Purchase.
Johnny Dundee, the fistic perform
err was ranked among the lucky horse
. men Of 1921. 1t cost him only S1,20(
TO secure a gelded yearling out o
Brummel- Gylfi. The fist singer like
-, the appearance of the pony so mucl
/, that he named him after himself
which made the gelding so proud tina
he went out and won S10,420 for Dun
dee.
/ In perusing the list of the luck.
owners of iceland the unlucky one
. lone discovers frequent mention o
: the Rancocas Stable among the for
[ tuna 70 IOlAS puJ II ACNC1 10 IIlNlAtIOil
, ed among those who got "stung." Ev
cry other important stable or impoI
tant owner of race horses executed
few blunders in 1921 which were rath
er costly.
But The Rancocas stable, with San
+ Hildreth as the purchasing agent
picked up a splendid bargain in ever.
two-year-old which ran under its col
ors.
So one is forced to conclude tina
the picking of star two-year-olds-an,
escapement from the morning gloi
, les, lis not altogether a matter O
luck but infinitely part of judgment
Copyright 1921 By King Features
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