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RICHARD OROKER LEADS IRISH OWNERS. Richard Croker, former leader of the Tammany organization in New York City, and owner of the celebrated race horse Dobbins, which beat the famous Domino, and also owner of the great Orby, winner of the Epsom Derby, heads the list of winning owners in Ireland for the racing season of 1011 with a total of 0,000. This amount, it is more than," likely, would have been largely increased were it not for the fact that an unprecedented state of affairs was caused with regard to Irish racing on account of the late strike of railroad employes in-Ireland, which wiped out -some of the most important of the fall meetjngs there. Several of the great events, notably the Cnrragh October and Leopards-town November race meetings were abandoned, as not only was it practically impossible for the public to travel, but it was absolutely dangerous for owners to entrust their valuable thoroughbreds to the railroad companies. In this way the owners were robbed of their chances of sharing in prize money which would have aggregated in the neighborhood of 0,000. Mr. Crokers success is all the more remarkable as his stable had not notched a winning bracket up to the end of June last. Clonbern, the stables crack two-year-old, was a disappointment, as be flattered only to deceive in his several races, arid though "as handsome as paint" he must do better next year before he can make good the old proverb, "Handsome is that handsome does." It was left to the young blood to sweep the board of all the two-year-old races and put the Glencalrn Stable away in front, the American sired filly Amsterdam, by Amcricus Sabine Queen, starting the winning sequence when she wou the Nursery Plate at the Curragh June meeting from high class opposition and afterward supplementing her victory by taking the time-honored and much coveted Anglesey Stakes of ,000. This useful youngster goes into winter quarters unbeaten and should develop into a splendid type of thoroughbred racer by next year. Another American sired filly, Benanet, won the Irish National Breeders Produce Stakes of ,000 at Phoenix Park, Dublin. This filly is out of Blakes-town, a favorite mare of Mr. Crokers, which won him many races, among them being the Irish Oaks. She is looked upon as one of the best matrons of Glencairn stud and her produce to Orby is expected to be of the first water. Benanets performance was so Impressive that "Gaiety Theatre George Ed-wardes" took such a fancy to her that he asked Mr. Croker to name his own price for her, and she now goes to England for the remainder of her racing career. In speaking of the victories of these two-year-olds and also of their half sister, the English crack, two-year-old Lady Americus. by Americus Palotta, the pity of It is that Mr. Crokers great sire is dead. That he is a serious loss to the European turf no one who is in touch with European racing can doubt, and those who tried so hard to have his name expunged from the English studbook must feel small when they look down the list of the wonderful stock that ho produced in a few years. Of the highest class of conformation, they bear in every respect the stamp "thoroughbred," and they show it in every movement and in overy line. Among the other crack youngsters that bore the Yale blue and gold to victory is Farrier, a brown colt by Farriman St. lima, a beautiful colt and much the best of the bunch. He won the Baldoyle Foal Stakes like a good race horse, and it speaks well for his history that nearly everything behind him on that occasion has since finished in front. Ho is heavily engaged next year, among his liabilities being the Derby and the St. Leger. Then comes Simon Lass, a grand filly, by Slmon-tault Kilkenny Lass. She is the biggest winner of tho stable, having won the "Juveniles" at the Curragh with an added value of ,500. the Loop-ardstown Grand Prize of ,000 and the "Railways" of ,500 at the Curragh September meeting. Mr. Croker had all the best of the deal when he purchased her from Mrs. Jackson Morton for SC.OOO. She has more than got back her purchase and is in many richly endowed stakes next year which she is more than likely to win. Not the least asset of the stable is jockey Peter Hughes, who has ridden in great form during the season and who has been retained as first jockey for the Glencairn Stable for 1012. ne possesses perfect judgment and is an adept at nursing young horses for a final rush. i .
