The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-12
mrs. SL0ANE'S ACE.
WAS LEADING Money
WINNER FOR SEASON
Two Outstanding Candidates
for Three.fear Old Rib.
bons on Way Up
BALLA0IER BEST OF COLTS
cavalcade and Discovery Led
Field for Handicap Events
in 1895

three-year-old honors in the turf
world Of 1885 arr on the way up. One
Is q colt. Chance Sun, and the Other
a filly. Nellie Flag.
Two outstanding candidates fos
handicap honors next year also are
on the way up. Both are colts, Caval-
cade and Discovery.
There you have the ground colors
Of the 1885 racing picture as based
on past performances Of thorough
breds all over the country during the
season.
With the two-year-olds beating
each other In the style popular since
Top Flight and jamestown, any one
Of half q dozen guesses as to the
champion Of the year might be en-
tertained. But basing your selection
on money earned, you find Chance
Sun running way out In front, and
Nellie Flag second.
In picking Chance Sun Is the best
Of the year, We are thinking Of the
future. Several juveniles could have
beaten him on q fast track, and, UNI
der certain conditions. In the mud.
But this son Of Chance Shot Is bred
to 60 on, and hts money earnings can
not be overlooked: in fact, they indi-
cate that he had the punch when it
was needed against the greatest field
Of two-year -olds in the country-in
the Belmont Futurtty.
Derby Might Fit Him
This sterling two-year-old Of Jo-
seph e. Widenef seems to be the most
likely Kentucky Derby candidate Of
all the recent Futurity winners and
no Futurity winner ever has won the
Derby.
In point Of pure ability. Col. z. r.
Bradley's Balladier probably was the
best Of the colts He had marvellous
speed. and proved . better mud run
ner than most Of the past Bradley
horses. He did not get into the list Of
high money winners, but won the U.
8. Hotel Stakes, and broke the track
record In the Champagne Stakes, slic-
ing rs Of Z second off Hadagal's rec
ord for six and q half furlongs, car
Tying l24 pounos on his back.
Psychic Bid was another speed
demon. His sire Is Z full brother to
the daddy Of Chance Sun, and both
descend from the same great line Of
Fair Play-as also does Nellie Flag.
Nellie Flag ran the fastest Selma
Stakes in history. She carried more
weight than any previous winner-l22
rounds-and won in l SO for the mile.
Nellie also won the Kentucky Jockey
Club States In sensational fashion.
her time Of 1877 as being second only
to the mark set up by Twenty Grand
q few years ago.
Colonel Bradley's Black Helen also
has . claim to 1onors, having won
six straight races, and six out Of eight.
But the midget daughter Of Black
Toney did not try the stakes, and
though she once beat Nellie Flag, she
seemed definitely unable to hold her
own with the colts in the late fall.
Cavalcade Far In Front
In the three-year -old division, Cav
alcade unquestlonably was the cham
pion. Moreover. this horse was the
champion money winner Of any age.
The son Of tho imported LAncegaye
passed the coveted 100000 mark by
some $ll,0 900, and only q training &C.
cident prevented him from going on
to greater glory.
This great steed Of Mrs. Isabel
Dodge Sloane won six Of seven starts,
and was only = nose behind his stable
mate. High Quest. In the Preakness.
He completely dominated his field.
and would have won the Preakness in
another Jump.
Cavalcades victories include the
Chesapeake Stakes. Kentucky Derby.
American and Detroit Derbies, and
the Classic Stakes at Arlington.
Possibly the best way to check his
worth Is to note the victories Discov-
cry, his runner-up 1T both racing and
money winnings. was able to score In
lis absence, after dropping contests
time after time to the 0reentree
horse.
Discovery won the Kenner Stakes.
took the Whitney Stakes by ten
lengths over . muddy track, set Z
world record Of l:55 for . mile and
3/l6 In the Rhode Island Handicap,
ran away from his field In the Pc
tomac. carrying l28 pounds, and won
the Maryland Handicap under 100
pounds.
Mata Hari probably was the best
filly Of the year, although she raced
her heart out In the futile effort to
beat Cavalcade and Discovery. A bad
temper also hurt her year.