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SCHREIBERS ACQUISITION OF SAIN. Missouri Breeder Obtained Possession of Famous Stallion in Peculiar Manner. Barney Schreibcr acquired his great stallion. Sain, whose sons nad daughters have won an uu-told number of races in every part of America within the past few years, in a peculiar manner. Schreibcr was booking on the Montana circuit ten or eleven years ago, and a horseman owed him a marker for 00, which he could not pay. One day this horseman went to Schreibcr and said: "Barney, I see that you are going in for breeding. And since you are, you need a first-class stallion. I have just the horse for you." "But how do you know I need a stallion?" asked Schreibcr a trifle petulantly. "Dont you know that I have Balgowan at my place in Missouri and havent I just brought Foul Shot from Australia and is uot Foul Shot a Musket horse?" The other man allowed he knew all that, but protested that he had a horse better qualified than either Foul Shot or Balgowan to become the head of a first-class stud. "Well, what is the horses name?" demanded Schreiber. The horseman named Sain and Barney sniffed scornfully. When he got his breath he said: "Why. that horse cant run a first-class selling race. AVliat business has be at a first-class stud?" "I admit that-. Sains public form is not good," said the other. "Ornament or The Friar or Ogden could beat the life out of him this conversation occurred when Oranment, Ben Brush and The Friar were the best race horses in America, but, believe me, there is no better looker and no better bred horse on this side of the salt pond than Sain." Then he went on to show that Sain was a son of St. Serf, a grandson of St. Simon and that his dam. The Task, was a daughter of the famous English broodmare stallion, Barcaldine. Barcaldine, the horseman pointed out. was the sire of the dam of Voter, the best sprinter iu the east. Schreiber, ibeeomlng interested, went out to look Sain over. "He is a good looker," admitted Schreibcr, admiring Sains fine lines and superb muscular...deveIoment. "He is a bit small, but I guess he would be a good horse if he was sound." "Thats just it," put in Sains owner. "This liorse has bad feet, but if you take him and breed him to sound mares he will get sound colts." "Well," said Barney, "whats your proposition?" "You remember that 00 marker I owe you," he, said, and Schreiber grunted. "Well, give in 1909.sh00 more and take Sain." Schreiber demurred. Buying stallions, he pointed out. was like taking a chance in a lottery. No matter how good looking or how well bred a horse might be, there was no telling how he would breed. A thousand, lie thought, was a good deal of money to put in a stallion like Sain, even if ho did happen to be a well-bred liorse of handsome conformation. The Missouri breeder and the hard-up horseman haggled for half an hour, with the result that Schreiber handed the horseman four 00 bills and took Sain. Sains career in the stud is too well known to require recapitulation. He has leen one of the most successful horses in America, in fact. One of his good sons. Nealon, wou the Brooklyn Handicap and Belmont Iark Autumn Wcight-for-Age Race a couple of seasons ago. and another, Jack Atkiu, won the MetroMlitnn Handicap of 1908, has been the shiftiest weight-carrying sprinter in America for two seasons and will eventually join his famous sire in the stud at Schreibers AVoodlands Farm. The American turf owes Sain, Jack Atkiu and Xealon to the late Marcus Daly, founder of Bitter Root Stud, a Montana thoroughbred nursery which in the last decade of the last century produced Ogden. Isidor. Hamburg Belle, Indexible and many another first-class racer. James R. Keene purchased Pastorella. the dam of Colin, from Mr. Daly, also Optimo, the dam of Sysonby. It was at the Bitter Hoot dispersal sale that James B. Haggin acquired Uerriedale, the dam of Kinlcydale. and The Task, the dam of Sain. Mr. Daly bred Passan. the dam of Edward, and sold Isis. the dam of Isidor. It lias been said that the Montana horseman might have broken up racing if ho had lived a few years onger, which is another way of saying that his stable would have . won 00,000 or $:!00.000 annually in 1903, 1004. 1905. 1000 and 1!M7 if it had been given to the founder of Bitter Root to keep liis stud together until It was in good working order. Mr. Daly bred Sain and Ogden in England In 1S!4 and imported their danis to this country before they foaled. These colts were born the same sea-m. and when they were tried as yearlings Johnny Jampbell pronounced Sain the letter of the two. But Sain did not stand training as well as did Ogden. His feet troubled him from the beginning, and Campbell left him in Montana when, in the summer of 1890. he took Ogden to Saratoga to prepare him for the Futurity. As everyone knows Ogden defeated Ornament iu tin? Futurity, and after the Order colt turned the tables on him in the Flatbush. repeated the feat in the Great Eastern Handicap. Ogden was placed in Maddens Kentucky stud after a fairly successful racing career, and last year he sent Sir Martin to the races. Sain did not improve upon his early two-year-old form and Mr. Daly left him in Montana. He did his running on the other side of the great river at Butte. Anaconda. AVinnipeg aud other places, and he had several owners before Schreiber acquired him iu the manner described.