Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-06
GREAT DISTANCE HORSES
TO ENTER BIG RACES
Cream Of American Turf Is
Attracted by Premier
Events.
10 ,n,,pE.r,,
TO CoNpErp
Prince James, Son Of King ,Jomc,
VIII Hear Watching From Favor
Ito" In bowie Cup and Pin,lico CUP
Races.
ny O'NcII Scrirr.

| Hy O'Nril ycvier.
| BALTIMORE, Nov. 5.-Extcrmina-
| tor. Lucky Hour. Rockminster Surf
| Rider and Paragon. the last named a
| splendid English horse FOR which
John Sanford, Of Amsterdum ~ Y
paid $4,000 In Great britain last
summer, are distance runners OF
| parts They have recently given
evidence OF fitness for first class rae
| Ing.
They are. therefore. formidable
prospective factors In the impending
renewals OF the 10000 Bowie cup
aud the $4,000 Pimlicu cup. rcspcr-
| lively. races OF one mile and half
and two miles and quarter OF tho
Maryland Jockey Clubs brilliant No
Nomber program.
! ENtermInntOr Dangerous,
ENtermina,or. particularly. is dan
Eerous In gallops over big distances
one mile and half and on-as
even the most casual inspection OF
his insriring record will readily
show. In Ave and a half years OF
racing Old Bones. whose other
aliases arc Slim and Poison. has won
four renewals NJ the Saratoga cup.
three nf tho pimlico cup. two Of the
Autumn gold cup and one OF the La
tonia cup.
lie has set new records for one
milo and three quarters and two
miles. He does awful things In race.
OF ono mil" and half and on To
horses that often beat him a,
shorter distances. notwithstanding
he has tn" sort OF speed when
trained for speed that wins sprints.
But Il new distance runner has
come to racing: Prince James. no
less. and with this son ot King
James and Tacoma. Poison. Lucky
Hou. Rockminst"r. PARAGON, Surf
Rider and the others viii have To
reckon In the Bowie and pimlico cup
renewals which Will he outstanding
features Of the coming weeks sport
at old pimliCo.
II Will surprise thousands II any
Of these route travellers Of better
established fame beats Prince James
In either OF I'imlico's great specials.
provided the hindiCapper Of MARY
land Jockey Club docs not treat him
to" harshiy ana he has reasonable
racing luck.
Prince james Coming Fast.
! An unknown maiden at tho end
! az racin,, last year. Prince Jarlcs 5
/ essentially development OF the cur
/ rent seasons sport. Nor ala he
/ make much Of a nj WIKI the follow
! crS Of New York sport In his first
/ attempt At AqIcduct on July -.
I FLYING cloud, iopnotch platter. and
/ Olympus, 3-ycar-old, trimmed him
| In an overnight handicap Of one mile
/ and sixteenth. Tut sine. that one
| defeat, Prince James has been UNI
! bcatAblc. He has Improved progress
/ sivcly until practically all students
| OF form rate HIM AT least III. coun-
/ uy's second best handicap horS.
Old Zones VIII have to conce,:e
! !Sht To Prince James In borh the
! Eowic and i'imi,co cup renewals l..
/ for ono, do not believe that Wills
sharp" k!!mcr's amazing ScldinS can
| give Charles rhicriot's brown stall
/ Lon an Once.
King James, great weight pa ok
/ inS racer Of the time Of Colin. Cslt,
! Fitz- Herbert and Oiamhala. has out
| bred himself in Prince James. whose
pediGrc" or the distan side is Eng
/ !ish. la .una. his mother. was :.
daughter ~ Potomac. II. is one Of
the most famous OF the sons OF 81.
Rlairc and Viola Viola was a daugh-
ter OF ki.bcr End Parma. and rarma
. was daughter of I'irmtsan
/ \ splcndid!y turned horse %. great
/ power-k ing James is masculine
/ type ana puts his .mpicss on as on
/ spring and smooth action. Prince
/ James, trained i"r speed. probably
/ would get three quarters OF a mile
! ill i.lp or some Sncn tlm-.
Wins with Rush.
| He wins distance races with one
| grand rush of two or three hundred
! yards after waiting patiently be-
! nina any pace. II is because he sub
mitS to restraint behind "A pace
| whether the pacemaker runs swiftly
/ or slowly. that Prince ia so formid-
/ able. This burst Of speed has car
ricd tn" son of King James success
/ fuily through seven races, the first
.hrce or four with platcrs, the others
with as good handicap horses as We
/ have.
| The day before Extcrminator won
| MS fourth Saratoga cup. beating
Madhatter by about half Il length
after hard drive. Prince James
! turned into the Saratoga home
stretch in a dash of one mile three
or four lengths back OF Edward Il.
Bradley's neet mare. Bit O. White and
ran over her as though she had been
tied, IN the final quarter to win
| going away.
| Al Belmont Park some three
months later Bit o. White, a dauch
! ter of sun Star and Dreamy. and
| half sister OF War Cloud, showed
the fine stun that vas in her. In
renewal of the jockey clubs gold
/ cup. Sallop of two miles, Madhat-
ter won in 1922 30. the second fast
est time ever made in this country.
Under lie pounds Bit o. White took
Madhatter the first mile and a half
| IN 2:a0 ID and the mile and three
| quarters in 2:5i As. better time
| OF four-hfths of a second titan Poly
| genius made At Lancaster. England
! IN 1918 when he won st. I.eEcr re-
| hewal and established worlds rec
ord Rockminstcr was destined to
! equal when ne defeated Lucky Hour.
| surf Rider and bunting In the fourth
l'at"nia cha mpionship-Amer ST
| LcEer.