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FLYING DUTCHMANS PROWESS. There are few as fast and hardly faster racing tools in this country than Pat Dnnnes big chestnut horse Flying Dutchman. He is not any too good of legs. They have been under suspicion since 1895. Cliff Porter introduced the Dutchman to the tnrf. Col. W. L. Simmons owned his dam, Glen Mercy, and owns her still. The colt was bred by him, was highly tried and turned over to Porter to train. Porter had introduced Pat Dunne to many a good horse. He had tried to make him buy Clifford two seasons before. Porter told Dunne that the Dutchman was high of class and sturdy. Pat wis after that kind. He always was, since he has had the price, steadily discarding the bad ones for something better. He paid Colonel Simmons ,500 for the Dutchman. Dockstader, his half brother, was thrown in for good measure. Pat sold the half brother as soon as he found out how common he was. But he hung on to the Dutchman and for four years has beaten all sorts of horses with him. He was consistent as well as fast. As a two-year-old Flying Dutchman won eight races. His first start was for a purse at Nashville, which he won. His next was at Lexington where he won the La Belle Stakes worth 31,700 to the winner. He was then brought to Hawthorne where, after winning a purse, he captured the Juvenile Stakes, netting ,030. At Washington Park he won a purse but Frank K. beat him a half length for the Quickstep Stakes. He was taken down east, but second to -Connoisseur in a purse at Brooklyn was his only mark. He was brought back to Chicago and wound up his campaign with winning a couple of purses at Hawthorne. It was in 1895 as a three-year-old that Flying Dutchman cams to ba recognized as a star of the first magnitude. After winning a purse at Harlem and another at Hawthorne, he was taken to Cincinnati and started for the Liberty Stakes at Oakley. At the end of a smashing race, that other great celt Lissak was first, Simon W. second, and Flying Dutchman third. The mile and a quarter was done in 2:08. He then ran second to OConnell at six furlongs and straightaway won three purses. In the Telegraph Stakes he again met Lissak and this time won, but he had ten pounds pull in the weights, 117 to.127. The mile and an eighth was done in 1:511, and the stake was worth ,395. He next beat St. Maxim in a mile dash for a purse in 1:401, and from Oakley was taken to Saratoga, where he ran second to Counter Tenor for a purse. At Sheepshead Bay he beat Patrician, Beldemere and other fast ones, a mile dash in 1:396, and won theBeapers Stakes, worth ,400 net. In the September Stakes he ran third, Nanki Pooh 10S, winning, with Counter Tenor 105, second, Flying Dutchman carried 122. At Brooklyn he woajthe Ocean View Handicap, value ,125, and, the Fulton Handicap, value, ,350. He woundlup his season at Latonia by winning the Cincinnati Hotel Handicap, worth ,920, foi which, Jcarrying 118 pounds he defeated Henry Young, 104, Buck Massie, 112, Yo Tambien, 106, and Lehman, 112. In all, he ran this year .twenty races, of which he won thirteen, was second in four, third in one and was twice unplaced. As a four-year-old Flying Dutchman ran in thirteen races and won seven, boing twice second, once third and thrice unplacod. His first start was at Memphis where he wonja purse and was second to Eoyal Choice in. another, giving the latter a lot of weight. At St. Louis he won threo purses and the Independence Stakes, value 1,920, but Buck Massie and Bamiro beat him for the Club Members Handicap, and Dan Honigs crack Magnetbaat him a mile in 1:401, very fast for the St. Louis track. At Sheepshead Bay he won a sweepstakes and closed the seasons campaign by capturing the First Special at Brooklyn, for which he beat Dutch Skater, Ben Eder, Bamiro and others. In 1897 ailing legs made him a difficult horse to train and he was only started in seven races, of which he won four. At Sheepshead Bay he won a sweepstakes and at Saratoga a purse and the Spencer Handicap, for which ho beat game old Sir Walter. It netted ,800. At Sheepshead Bay he ran second to Ornament for the Twin City Handicap in one of the greatest races ever run. Ornament carried 118 and Flying Dutchman 121. The mile and a quarter was done in 2:0o and practically all the stars of the turf were behind the pair. Flying Dutchman then closed his career by winning the Culver Handicap at Brooklyn, worth ,430 from Hastings, Peat, Octagon and Previous. His tabulated record is as follows: Yr. Age.Baces. 12 3 Unp. Won. 1894 2 18 8 2 0 8 $ 6.705 1895 3 20 13 4 1 2 12,405 1896 4 13 7 2 1 3 6,160 1897 5 8 4 1 1 2 5.030 Total 4 59 32 9 3 15 0,300 Jenness, b. f, 2, by St. George Savilla; Norina, ch. f, 2, by Pardee Bainbow; Zolo, b. g, 5, by Harry OFallon Zuma; Coanza, b. f,3, by Bob Miles Bainf all ; Tarsus, b. c, 3, by Azra Quin-daro Belle. Jerome Bonaparte Bespass, turfman, recently received a letter from M. Nathanson, the Secretary of the Harlem Jockey Club, which stated that the promoters of racing around Chicago expected to open this season some time in April on one of the Indiana tracks. After fifteen days the racing would be transferred to Harlem Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Money should not be sent to the firm of honey and Co., 334 Third Avenue, New York. The firm issued odds for the Brooklyn Handicap but havo not answered to letters containing money sent it and cannot be vouched for. Johu and James Mahoney of New York, well known in bookmaking circles, havo nothing to do with Mahoney and Co. E. F. Simms horses, including the Derby candidate, The Kentnckian, wore shipped to Memphis last week from Louisville, where they have been wintering. A two-year-old colt by Albert in this stable is said to be a "real clinker." i PAT DUNNES FLYING DUTCHMAN, CH. H, 7, BY WAGNEK GLEN MERCY, j
