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THREE OF THE BUSY VETERANS. King Crab Raced for Nine Seasons, With 310 Starts Fonsoluca a Sturdy Horse. Of the tribe of hardy horses able to race on creditably season after season. King Crab, Fonso-luca and Corrigan have all made records worthy of comment. King Crab disappeared long since, but Corrigan and Fonsoluca have raced tills year and won more than, enough ito pay their expenses. King Crab was a stake winner and possibly best of the three. He was bred by the elder August. Eeimont, and was quite a race horse and a grandson of Lexington, being by Lexingtons son, Kingfisher Carita. Over some of his winning races "Pitts-liurg Phil" made tremendous betting coups, or was reported in have done so. lie began racing when a two-year-old, and raced for nine years without failing, to win races in any one of those years, and was really as much entitled to be dubbed an "iron horse" as Logan or Rlitzeu. The record and results of his long and industrious career is as follows: King Crab, br. g. 18S5, by Kingfisher Carita. Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. dip. Won. 1SS7 2 32 0 5 5 13 $ 4.710 1SSS 3 30 12 10 3 14 11.002 1SS0 4 40 IS 17 7 7 14.CS0 1S0O 5 31 11 5 5 10 0,015 1S0L 24 10 r. i; :! 5.4S0 1S02 7 40 12 11 0 14 S.325 1803 S 57 S 10 12 27 3.700 1504 0 10 2 O 1 7 450 1505 10 22 3 O -I 15 VA,0 Totals ! 310 S5 03 52 110 ?55.0S2 0 Joe Pughs old campaigner, Fonsoluca, never acquired fame as a winner of stakes, although he did capture the Cincinnati Hotel Spring Handicap and the Tobacco Stakes at La;ionia in 1003, and the Tecumseh Handicap at Harlem in 1004. But as a selling- plater Fonsoluca has been it familiar and popular rater since -1001, -and at La toiiiaj-Loiil3vllJeT New Orleans and here in Chicago before racing was abolished, has taken liis full share of races in a decidedly strenuous career. His best holt, to use a Iloosier phrase, has been as a mud runner, and when fit it lias always required a pretty good race horse to dispose of liim in deep going. That a good selling plaiter can Win an aggregate of money in purses to lie regarded with respect by any one, the following tabulated account of his career will afford convincing evidence: Fonsoluca, ch. g. 1899, by Fonso Lucasta. Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d, 3d. Unp. Won. 1001 2 10 2 4 4 0 ,475 1002 3 21 4 -5 4 10 :j,405 1003 4 2S 11 5 7 5 5,710 1004 5 35 3 S 10 14 5,700 1005 30 S 0 5 11 3.040 1000 7 43 13 t i 15 4,S0tl 1007 S 10 1 1 3 14 4SS Totals 7 105 12 3S 30 7S 4,GS4 Corrigan is a son of Barney Schreihcrs favorite stallion. Sain, and one of the best of that successful sires early progeny. Corrigan won the Western Foal Stakes, Great Trial Stakes and Colts Second Trial Stakes at Tanforan when a two-year-old, and the Autumn Stakes at Hawthorne and Opening Handicap at Oakland when a three-year-old, and was an excellent young racer, defeating many proved good howes. When a four-year-old he won the New Year Handicap from Siddons, Lord Badge, Claude, El Bio Shannon, Articulate and The Fret-ter at Oakland, but, falling lame, was retired and did not start in the following year, and hut twice in 1005. Becoming the property of H. E. Rowell, a very skillful man in restoring cripples to usefulness, he returned to the track in 100G a useful race horse and among his , races won the Waterhouse Cup, running, .two and a quarter miles in 3:50, with 113 pounds up. He also won the Opening Handicap at Oakland, it being his second triumph of that event. Tills year his winnings were all in purse races, and the record of his achievements to date is: Corrigan, br. h. 1899, by Sain Ada Reese. Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. 1001 2 i:: 0 12 4? S.012 1002 3 40 14 S 5 13 12.S70 1003 4 S 1 10 G 2,230 1004 5 Did not race. - 1005 0 2 0 0 0 2 1005 7 31 7 4 0 11 8.S65 1007 S 23 3 3 3 .14 1,250 Totals 7 117 31 17 10 50 4,127
