The New York herald., 1922-11-26

Imp. Marlboro.
description of Hastings, but there is a
clean. sharp unretouched photograph re-
produced which shows a rather plain
but well made horse, unusually deep
through the heart. short of back, long
of hip powerful of stifie and gaskin. big
bonel, but with straight fore pasterns
and his fore legs set pretty we'll forward.
The rather crooked hind legs which dis
tinguished him when he ran his first
race as a two-year-old in 1895 had
Strengthened up when the picture was
made. OF his racing career the author
says:
Hastings won all his races that
spring (1S95). and when Gideon & Daily
sold their horses in July Mr.. Belmont
purchased him with a view to the Fu-
turity, which was won by his former
stable companian. Requital. He went
slightly amiss and ran no more at two,
but at three he began at Morris Park
with those two desperate races with his
old rival, Handspring, who beat him a
head for the Withers, but he reversed
it for the Belmont, when, in receipt of
three pounds, he beat Handspring Ny a
head. AS q four-year-old Hastings de-
veloped into a magnificent horse. but his
temper did not improve. He won four
races, among them the Kearney Handi-
cap and retired in 1898. His temper
became bad. although on the side of his
sire he came from good tempered fam
lily. Hastings was destined to make a
great name as a sire. AS early as 1902,
when only nine years old. he led the
winning sires. and repeated 1t in 1908.
He was third in 1907 1911 and 1912 and
second in 1910. During his first thirteen
seasons his sons and daughters won
1927. 342"
OF the sire of Hastings Mr.. Vosburgh
says: "Spendthrift as a two-year-old
won all his races--five. They were all
run in the West In the East the ex-
traordinary success of Mr.. George
Lorillards two-year-olds was such that
will break up racing All eyes turned
toward Spendthrift as the only colt
likely to turn the Lorillard flank in the
races for the great stakes of the follow
ing year Several gentlemen were APP
pealed to and asked to help give George
Lorillard some opposition Mr.. w. X.
Vanderbilt was Indifferent. Mr. James
Gordon Bennett said he would give
$4,000. Finally Mr.. Jerome persuaded
Mr. Keene TO make an offer, and Mr..
&c. W. Bathgate was sent to Kentucky.
with the result that Mr.. Swigert sold
Spendthrift $4,000 with contingencies,
IL was said. was the price.
spcndthrift n Game One.
"Spendthrift was brought East New
Thomas Puryear to train at Ruther-
ford, n. 1.-THE old Valley Brook farm.
where Balrownie had held court in
earlier days He became the winter
favorite for the Withers and Belni mt,
and should have won both. bat in his
race for the Withers ne was pulled
double to allow his stable mate. Dan
Sparlng. to- win. Mr., Keene having
during the winter backed the latter at
long odds to win. There was consider
able feeling over it. as there had been
no declaration to win. In fact. there
! was no provision in the rules OF racing
| for a declaration, and the incident led
| to one being Incorporated In the rules
the following year A few days later
| Spendthrift won tho Belmont by six
! lengths.
"Then came the first race for the
| Lorillard Stakes. The start saw the
| field away with Spendthrift standing at
the post. having been badly kicked by
! Magnetism. The public groaned. as the
| case looked hopeless, but Evans. his
| Jockey. started the forlorn hope. and
| then followed one of the most excitine
contests aver run on an American race
course. The field was fifty yards
/ ahead, but before they had gone a mile
he had gradually crept up within strik-
ing distance In the last quarter Har-
old held the lead; Hughes was urgine
the golden haired beauty. and the shril
cry Of Fisher on Monitor. Go on
| Hughesi He's catching your rang out
above the clatter of hoofs and the roar
of the stand. Harold was staggering
and Spendthrift, racing like a dead
game colt, caught him and won by a
length.
"spendthrift won the Jersey Derby
and the Champion Stakes, beating
Bramble; but Falsetto beat him for
both the Travers and the Kenner
Spendthrift had begun to have trouble
with his feet and was quite sore. lie
had always beaten Monitor but for the
Jerome Stakes Monitor beat him, and
he ran no more. In March. 1880. he
was sent to England with Foxhall and
the Keene colts but there he con-
tracted a cold and his wind became
affected.
"ypendthrift was a chestnut, with a
diamond shaped star and both hind
pasterns white. He had a beautiful
clean cut head. deep neck. short back
and his shoulders were n trifle heavy
He also had very thin soled feet, and
hard ground gave him trouble. He was
n fine tempered horse and easy 70
ride. He was by imported Australian
his dam Aeroite Cby Lexington never
raced. but she was a sister TO Idewild
great race mare Aerolite, mated
with Australian. besides foalIng Spend.
thrift, foaled Mozart. Fellowcraft
Miser. Jersey Belle and Rutherford"