The New York herald., 1922-10-29
All Placed Horses Closely Re-
lated to Thoroughbred
Families of Note.
yENDETTA's FAST WORK
Her Performance Set New Rec
ord for Long Road Race in
New England.
By C. j. FITZGERALD.

Jockey Club 20 participate in the en-
durance tests of 800 niles held annually
in the East for some years past and in
the West in 1922. the thoroughbreds
taking part in them competing in the
names of individuals or in few in
stances dor the Federol Remount Ser
vice the result of the competitions this
wear in New England and Colorado have
been received with unn:ixed satisfaction
by admirers Of the horse of blood.
In winning their respective tests Ven
delta and Norfolk Star have only been
living up to the traditions of their kind
in every country on tie globe. In the
New England test the twcnty-one horses
started in admirable condition. They
were ridden by experts. Their task was
daily grind of sixty miles for five
days. with a maximum OF nine hours for
its accomplishment and a penalty or
one-fifteenth Of a point for every min
ute beyond that period. Speed and con-
dition were the only qualifications taken
into consideration by the judges, Messrs.
J. Garner West of Garnersville. n. Y;
Henry L. Bell of Bayside. l. l., and II.
NJ Hare. master of the Radnor Hunt of
Philadelphia. Each horse carried 225
pounds. Tle weather at times was bad.
with snow, rain and hail.
When Vendetta won in As hours and
IL minutes, with Major Louis Beard OF
the Federal Remcunr Service in the
saddle, she established record for such
tests in this country. DESPITE the fact
that she carried 235 pounds. her rider
bng over weight Som.hisg about this
remarkable mare will he Of interest to
horse breeders everywhere. She is a dark
bay, with a strip in the face and both
hind ankles white. She was born in 1915
and stands 15.2R hands. Her girth be-
fore starting was 74i4 inches larger
than any Of the other horses IL the race,
except one. weighing l12 pounds more.
Her lon measurement was 73 inches
front cannon bone 7ai inches and rear
cannon bone SA inche~. Her weight be-
fore starting was 1.0loh pounds and
at the finish 972. Il loss OF 4OiA pounds
the least of any one Of the .wenty-one
competitors, some of which had a
shrinkage of 1875 pounds.
winner Bred I'm Vermont.
Vendetta was bred by Capt. j. Wat
son Webb at his stud near Shelburn,
VT and she started In the race as his
property. She was broken at and
hunted at 4. and s wears of age. In
1920 she was played in polo practice,
her owser being one OF the leading ex-
perts at the game in this country and a
I1slnDeT Oh tle crack l1lcrpdtlOndl TOUR.
She was a little too big for this purpose,
however. and was retucaed to the farm,
where she ran with tic other hunters
until July /.
Vendetta was not asked to carry the
full weight called for by the terms OF
the test, and In all her work she was
ridden by man weighing $50 pounds.
Her daily stint was from twelve TO six
teen miles. This Is. all the preparation
she had for the ordeal through which
she came with such credit % herself.
the breed she represents and her gallant
rider. who is given full measure of
credit by everybody for the part he
played in achieving the notable victory.
Vendetta Royalty Bred.
Something of the blood lines of vendet-
ta will be interesting Her sire. Allan-a-
Dale was by Helma. son of Hanover and
Julia L.. by Longfellow. one of Lean
ingtons best sons. The dam of Allan-a-
Dale was Sudie McNairy. by Enquirer.
another good son Of bennington. Helma
won the Kentucky Derby. and so did
Allan-a-Dale. The former was taken to
France by W. K. Vanderbilt. where his
blood enriched the thoroughbred familieo
of that republic. Marcotini. dam OF
Vendetta. is an imported daughter OF
Marco. sire Of Omar Khayyam. and the
next dam Tristesse, by Tristan; the next
dam Mitherless BARN by Rosicrusian.
Gladstone, the second horse In the test
had a score of As hours and So minutes
He Is a registered Morgan, owned by the
United States Government. He was
foaled In 1913 and is by General Gates
who was a fll brother to the noted
trotting horse Lord Clinton. 2:0S%
Both horses were by Denning Allen out
OF the thoroughbred mare Sally Scott. by
Revenue, the next dam said 10 be by
Copper Bottom. a pacing horse. Glad
stone weighed at the start 924 pounds
and lost 109 pounds in the race. He
girthed 69k inches at the start. HI.
has lot OF bone--8 inches in front and
ga inches behind. This horse has been
used for years I'm the carriage OF the
Secretary OF Agriculture at Washington.
Third prize went to Grant. a grade
saddle bred gelding by Missouri King,
foaled In 1913. He stands 161A hands,
weighed 1,ts6 pounds at the start, but
lost 125 pounds In the test. His girth
was 74j5 inches and he had SM inches
OF bone In front. His time was 45 hours
and IS minutes
Cr.smore Beaten $500.
cragmore. a selding by tho thorough
bred sire Goodrich. grandson of Ten
sPiONthf bNDOl htT yrdfS III tUS
Genesee Valley. was fourth. He ls out
81 a standard trotting bred dam. Crag-
more weighed i,o32h pounds, lost So
pounds and stood 1873 hands. His girth
was 72h inches and his front cannon
bone measured inches. His elapsed
Hime was i5 hours snd % minutes, only
three minutes slower than that OF Ven.
delta. The result of the thoroughbred
standard bred cross. as illustrated In
Cragmore. will not be lost sight of by
the Remount authorities. as their clean
bred sires will be mated with many
mares of this type in the different States
In the Union.
Pathfinder. a thoroughbred geldins by
Firestone. out Of Margaret Alice by
Contestor foaled In 1915 was fifth. He
fs l5.2 hands high. has a girth of ~
inches. inches of bone, weighed 800 At
the start and lost 72 pounds His
elapsed time was four hours and q
minutes. He Is owned by the Federal
Rernount Service and was ridden by
Major c. L. Scott.
Clonmel. an Irish three quarter bred
hunter owned by Henry Brown, Of
Portland. Nc. was sixth. He IA iG
hands. weighed 1860 pounds and girth
n inches. His elapsed time was five
hours and 20 minutes.
" will be noted that every horse In
the first six at the finish was either
thoroughbred or had some warm blo1 1
IN his pedigree. Those taking part
in the test were registered thorough
brcds. half. or three quarter breds.
Morgans and Arabians or the grades Of