New-York tribune., 1922-10-09
Mad Halter Is
One Of Biggest
Money Winners
hancocas Stables Eccentric
Star Has Accounted for
Sl63, lbs i'm Purse

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some thoroughbreds, like men. are
uos gwen full measure OF praise until
smsy are dead or have retired. Con-
splcousiy in this class is the hirh}v
temperamental Mad Halter In the Ran
eosaa stable, whose occasional eccen-
Irlclties have at times dimmed career
ot extreme brilliancy Because of his
souhaess OF wind and limb and rugged
constitution, this horse, however bids
TAR to last beyond the average peri cd
OF usefulness vouchsafed to the entire
horses of the turf.
), Mad Hatter's latest achievement was
she winning of the Pierrepont last
Saturday when he established a new
srack record for Il miles.
~ VIII come as surprise to the rank
ana hle of racing folk to learn that
this stalwart son of Fair Play is the
sixth highest winner on the American
turf, with s163,185 to his credit, being
surpassed in earning capacity by Man
O War, Exterminator, Colin, Sysonby
and Domino only. None of his victories s
mas been achieved with feather on
has back. All have been gained with
steadying imposts, the majority with
ize pounds or more, and many have
been won by the narrowest of margins
speed and courage.
Mad Halter is no Sunday horse. He
mas been in the hands of trainer who
believes that horses were made to race.
whenever the inmates of Samuel C..
Hlldreth's stable are sound and fit thew
NIL their engagements. Being sound
as bell Of brass, with thews Of whale
bone, Mad Halter often has had to rep
resent the Rancocas Stable in engage
ments for which Grey Lag, Cirrus, Pur-
chase and other stars in the establish
ment also have been named
AT various times all Of these fine
horses have been on the ailing list, and
the sturdy son of Fair Play has been
saddled and sent out to do his best
against all comers. 1t mattered not
where the contention came FROM Mad
Halter played his part, often brilliant
ly. and indifFerently only when that
temperamentality which has been a
Characteristic Of other great racehorses
that could be named has asserted itself.
NO horse in training, with the pos
sible exception of Lucky Hour, has more
speed than Mad Halter when he is in 8
generous mood, and that he has bot
tom, as we'll, has been demonstrated in
such races as the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
which he has won twice, at two miles;
the Latonia Championship and the Sara
toga Cup, both of which are run at a
mile and three-q quarters. Though
beaten for the latter the last summer.
he yielded by inches only to Extermi-
nator, one of the truly great distance
horses the American turf has known.
In 1920 Mad Halter had strenuous
campaign, taking part in twenty races
OF which he won nine, was second three
times and third on like number of
occasions. His earnings amounted to
S23,S34, and his largest single winning
was gained in the Bowie Handicap, at
a mile and half, worth $7,7OO. That
shown by Mis- carrying 12o pounds in
2:31 3-5, which is fast for Pimlico al
that period. In several races that year
he was placed to stable companions
The season of 1921 found Mad Halter
racing ins the colors. of the Rancocas
Stable, all of the Hifdreth horses hav-
ing been transferred to that estab-
lishment. Twenty races constituted
the campaign Of that year. OF these
Mad Halter won eight, was second six
times and third on four occasions His
winnings totaled s42,932. He began the
season impressively by winning the
Kings County Handicap at Jamaics
with 1874 pounds up, beating Extermi
nator and establishing a track record
for mile and a sixteenth.
Other victories that year included
the Metropolitan Handicap, in which he
carried 127 pounds and ran the mile ir
1925, beating Audacious, Yellow Hand
Sennings Park and others. A sparkling
performance came at Aqueduct, where
he carried 1872 pounds and established
track record of 1 :43 for a mile and e
sixteenth of which the first mile was
run in 1886 This superb performance
was necessary to win the Caughnawags
Handicap.
His second to Yellow Hand in the
Saratoga Handicap, carrying Is!
pounds to that gelding's 100, was an
other brilliant effort, Mad Halter los
ing by a nose in 2:03 4-5 over deat
track. The summer was strenuous one
for Mad Halter, but he came through
1t big and strong to win the Jocke!
Club Gold Cup, running the two mile:
in 1922 2-5, the first mile and a half II
1929 2-5, with 1875 pounds in the saddle
1t was matter Of general comment
that Mad Halter came out last spring
a better looking horse than ever. That
he has raced to his looks is shown by
his earnings to date-S34,100 with sew,
eral rich engagements yet to be filled
He has started thirteen times to date
this season, winning four races, being
five times second and once third. He
began by winning the Kings County
Handicap for the second time with l2e
pounds up, beating Sennings Park, Au'
dacious and Yellow Hand. Sennlngs
Park, with 115 pounds up, had to lower
the Jamaica track record for mile
and sixteenth to beat him for the
Excelsior Handicap. Mad Hatter's I'M
post being 129.
Easo-