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AMERICUS SOLD TO GERMAN GOVERNMENT Horse That Raced in Chicago Whon a TwoYcar Old Successful Siro Abroad London Eng September 10 Mr Richard Croker has sold the wellknown thoroughbred sire Aincricus to go to Germany whither he will be accompanied by the threeyearold Republic by Americus out of Kings Daughter The price paid for the pair was 20000 The German government was the purchaser and both horses go to the Imperial Stud ats stallions stallionsThe The stallion now called Americus began his public career as a starter for the Kenwood Stakes at Washington Park June 28 1891 and ran last an ¬ other Californiabred youngster Bellicose winning AuiPriotia was then called Key del Caredes and ran us the property of his breeder E J Baldwin He was a tremendously fast twoyearold and a tre ¬ mendous quitter also A few days after his second race which was a purse win he started In the valuable Worlds Fair Stakes and was winning in a canter with but a sixteenth more to go when he quit in a twinkling without any apparent reason with the result that LIssak got up and placed the 15750 of first money to the credit of Jack Chluii However ho won a stake race at Latonia and sev ¬ eral purses before going back to California CaliforniaThe The next year ho won leu raocs for Mr Bald ¬ win mostly over the New York tracks several stake races included and was rated as about I lie fastest horse of his day Mr Croker taught him at the close of 1S95 ami tfxik him to England in 1SOG He started twice there running unplaced in the Great Jubilee Stakes at Keinptou Park and second to Grig in the Portland Plate at Doncaster In 1807 ho won the Riddlesdown Plate at Epsom and Southdown Plate at Brighton out of a number of starts and was retired to the stud He was leased or rented in some fashion for service in Italy Here his progeny made such an impression that Croker hastily recalled him and for the past half dozen years the horse has ranked well and sired many winners of note He was the leading Irish sire last year His acquisition is a gain to Germany Croker probably allowed him to go be ¬ cause he intends that Orhy shall dominate his stud hereafter but lie could have done worse than to retain a horse of such proved worth His son Republic that accompanies him to Germany has done nothing of note in racing
