Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
Z HORSES PREDOMINANT
IN 20 LEADING s!REs
The English Bend Or and the
American Domino Are
in the Van.
OLDER HORSES ItnE ENCOURAGED
American System Of RncInr Criticized
IN Pnst for 4AttcntIon Paid tn g
Observation-Disclosures Are Chang
Ing.

y study Of the blood lines of the
twenty leading slrcs o: 1921 she ws n
pre1ondcrencc of tn. b.o..l of two
horses. The English Bend Or and the
American Domino. There are no
FEWER than five stations that trace
to each Of these horses in the first
or second generation.
the horses which stand high on the
roll Of honor In this country tracing
10 Bend Or are Broomstick. whose
grand dam. Sylvabellc, was hy that
morse Fair Play. whose dam Fairy
cold. was by Bend Or: Superman
whose dam. Anomaly. was n .inrrh.
ter OF icpd Or: Ogden. whose dam
orioie. was by Bend Or. and O,sn,
p"i"' whose sire, Ornus. was by Bend
ur, ih"se tracing To Domino are
Cert. sweep. Runnymedc Sunern,,n
and Transvaal. Cclt. Supcrmnn and
IranSvaal We're by Commanl, son
:" 'nniino. while the dams OF swerp
ana hunnymcdc were by Domino.
Find Fault with system.
1t has been the custom ~ a.,
fault with the American svsto,, 81,
racing because preponderencc n.
the STAKE and purse money has Tor
some years. been offered for ovc,r
olhs. instead OF for contests Inn,
would bring out the older borse. T.,
races calling for stamina, as wcIl as
speed. Figures for the season n,
- complied by Daily Racing Form
.1'.".e tnat this condition did not
i"r tue last twelve months. and
~ ,h 90 "l the winning produce
oil the twenty leading sircs canno,
,'il to bring comfort to those who
| nave brcn battling for n return 10
| me period when there was pvcry an,
cement 10 keep horses i'm train.
ing beyond their 3-year-oId form
VI me twenty leaders. Their. ar,
""'s iour sirrS whose best winner
vas " s-ycar-oid. These were nun
u! "c"c. whose son. Norwich, led All
up'''orS. young and old win
mi""'nss OF Sll5.234; Light Brigade,
m'.n ralr i'hantom. ami her i've
,md., w value OF S2i,250: Ceus. with
sOo. O., a"u ave races worth sIlI.-
1v', ciam4aia. whose daurhter
'uncccap. whn five races of - ,,t,,.
ol So'Ool, and DICK Finneu whn,.,
ues' winner was John Finn. win
races valued 1T Sl3.467.
| Ceit the Lending Sir.
| =" othcr sircS achieved that
distinction through Tire.
80 Celt. the leading sire of
win total OF SoO6 237
| III =, ~ Two representatives
n"u the nashy chestnut Tourh'N.'
Not at the top of hi, list Vii, sn,
| 80 as the reward for thrc. 80.
"'s chiet honor coming throuyb ~.
| "'"in OF the Lawrence Rcalizatinn
o'ar shoot. which. like C.lt H. AL
80 Soh"' WIS second on the list of
ing sifcS He had that splcndiJ
cot Grey Lag as his hes, winnnr
Nine victories for n total ar .no sos
| was the line showing of this rnit In
| SPITE OF injuries which prevented hin,
| from taking part In some OF Mis- an :.
| s"scmehts and from doing his hes,
| III others in which he was unft Ia
| snow his best form
| That w,ar-and-tear o1v r,e
was Wrack's best winner viii 49,
| races OF total of Soo.g50. and n
| tough nut she was to crack when
AT her best as Ear as she could RIM
nF"omStick. which is seventh on the
| hSt or last years sircs. had Broom
sIut as his chief money winner. with
w',-Vu as a total. or this. $4,000
| WAS earned in the prcakncss. This
| coit' winch was out OF the Rock Sand
| uahh spun Glass and back of that had
| iiahdspun by Hanover and Spjnaway
ny Lea mington To buttress his un :
usu"i pedigree would have no doubt
| gone INTO the stud at Brookdale Mt
the end OF his racing career n hc
had not been destroyed as the re-
suit OF kick by bennington nj
Acqucduct.
| sporting blood. with four victories
| worth S4"."lo was Fair Plays best
winner. and for his inches he was a
good colt Like l!roomspun. he was
oul oil Rock sand dam. Polly Ann.
| whose form in the spring was marrcd
by ecccntrictitics peculiar to her sex.
| was the best winner for Superman.
hcr eight victories agGrcgating SIS
| l?i. while Cho Cho won sl2645 for
Jack Akin in six starts
| Mcicc's place on the list-third TO
Cclt and Star Shoot-was due to ES-
'crihihator, which won eight races
OF Il vaiuc~of S5G,S2; These figures
prove that, II pays to keep a good
horse in training. Other perform
crS that won honor for their sircs
as four-year- olds or over were Boni-
face. My Dear. Thundcrclap. CAPTAIN
Aicock and Nalor. The first named
| was the best winner for Transvaal.
| with S32.3j0 To his credits as the re-
| suit of his eight victories i'm the silks
OF Commander ]. X. l.. Ross. There
is no tougher horse in the country
than Bonifacc. My Dear. which rem
| resented King James. was one of the
| StoutcSt mares out last year. She
| won seven races of a value of S3l5Si
| "a fine showing for poor mans
morse. Fred MuSantc WAS in luck
the day he bought this Virginis-bred
daughter Of King james. Thunder
clap was Nulcain's largest winner,
and the black gclding was a con-
sistent performer. being unplaccd,
| but twice ont of twenty four starts.
| His victories brought reward OF
Sl9.S6i. Captain Alcock won S30,3Si,
| and headed Ogdcn's list with seven
victories. Nalor was Ballots best
winner. with $l5.li5. and the good
| chaser SwccDment showed that there
is money i'm Topper" of quality
by placing s2l.2O1 TO the credit OF
his sire. Sweep. He led the Porter
| Pen Rose and other Aat races i'm the
| way OF earnings.
There should he lesson in the
| showing made by Sweepment for
owners of horses with jumping quail
ficatiohs. There are too few cross
country horses OF promise seen under
colors in this country and lots OF
promising material might he re-
| cruited from the ranks OF horses rae
ing on the Hat. which never attain
anything but plating form.
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| Noted Sporting Writer Dies.
! PHILADELPHIA. .Jan. 2l.-AloXan-