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CANADIAN HORSES ARE BACKWARD Unfavorable Training Conditions to Blame Some Interesting Gossip from Woodbine Toronto Ont April 29 The coincidence this year of the severest of winters a retarded spring and the earliest possible appointment for the open ¬ ing of the racing season have produced the unusual situation that with the Kings Plate only thr f weeks away none of the horses trained here have been half a mile in 50 seconds over the track on which they are to run a mile and a quarter for the richest purse of the whole Canadian season writes Francis Nelson in the Globe The Brookdale Firm horses are said to have reached that stage of condi ¬ tion before they left Barrie where their sandy track is fit to gallop on as soou as the snow leaves Two of them have put in a bit of work at Woodbine justifying that report Heresy aud Tropaeblium were the pair and Mr Simon Dymont was on hand to see the gallop They went five furlongs in 104 the first half mile iu 50 and pulled up six fur ¬ longs in 120 The big Nasturtium colt has a lot of speed but it looks as if the son of Sain and Hera will be the better at the long distance Trainer Nixon sent his other pair of platers Marcovil and Sealed Order three furlongs at a smart pace A paceA few days of warm weather will do all that is necessary to put the Woodbine track at its best but just now it shows some wet spots Warm weather too will enable trainers to do more with their horses in a couple of days than a week of low tem ¬ perature So far as the platers arc concerned they are on an equality in the matter of opportunity to get ready except that those which had plenty of strong work last fall can be more easily dealt with now nowThe The biggest Canadian stable and the one with the most numerous Plate entry Mr J E Seagrams lot including five Kings Plate horses Is still at home but will be moved to Woodbine in a few days At present they are doing as well as possible over the livefurlongs track at the Waterloo Farm where trainer Littlelield has nineteen head preparing for business Mr Seagram will have a strong as well as numerous band to battle for the Kings Guineas His platers are Havrock Rustling Head Sea Purple China and Longus all but the lastnamed with some racing experience Havrock has even been In the Plate and finished fourth to his stable companion Jane Shore in the race won by St Bass last year He was In front of her much of the way but she outlasted him and finished third just where she was the year before This year she is again an entry but will carry the black and blue of Mr T Ambrose Woods who won one Plate with a castoff of the VnlKT Farm Havrock was second three times last year arid unplaced in two other starts Head Sea a fine colt by Havrock Fairlie Head is another good prospect but the one which showedthe most last season was the filly Rustling though she was but once at the post That was at the Wood ¬ bine fall meeting and the company she met In eluded such good youngsters as Buckhoru Froglegs Flying Yankee and Acton The Provincebred had more early speed than anything else in the race though she was beaten by the seasoned horses in the run through the stretch What she did in this com ¬ pany was sufficient to stamp her as out of the ordi ¬ nary and if she makes the natural improvement i due to the lapse of time she will be hard to beat among her own kind She is bred to go as far as wanted being by the imported horse Marta Santa a son of the Doncaster stallion Martley On her dams side too her credentials are of the highest order Frou Frou bought because of her rich breed ¬ ing when In foal with Rustling is a Meddler mare and her dam was Longfellows famous daughter Hypocrite HypocritePurple Purple China is a Ypsilanti filly and her sire now one of the Waterloo stallions was a champion in England her dam being also imported She started twice last year but was not placed Longus has not been seen under colors The full list of the Seagram lot in training is made up of Simcoe Galatine Bezant Rockvllle At Once Kate Kittleberry Court Belle Madri galetto Havrock Head Sea Rustling Longus Pur ¬ ple China and the following twoyearolds twoyearoldsBattle Battle Song h f by Havoc Rose Madrigal MadrigalJane Jane Wenham b f by Ypsilanti II Irish Witch WitchPuritan Puritan Lass b f by Ypsilanti II Puritania PuritaniaPerissa Perissa br f by Pershort Delicia DeliciaVale Vale of Avoca ch c by Havoc Irish Lass LassVoivode Voivode b c by Ypsilanti II Chinka ChinkaThere There is much material at the farm for future Canadianbred racing as the yearlings number twentyone all of home production as follows followsBay Bay colt by Havoc Martyrdom MartyrdomBay Bay colt by Havoc Puritania PuritaniaBay Bay colt by Havoc Delicia DeliciaBuy Buy colt by Havoc Device DeviceBay Bay colt by Havoc Frou Frou FrouBay Bay colt by Ypsilanti II Dolores III IIIBay Bay colt by Ypsilauti II Chinka ChinkaBrown Brown colt by Havoc Veracious VeraciousBrown Brown colt by Ypsilanti II Sea Wall WallBay Bay filly by Havoc Xenia XeniaBay Bay filly by Inferno Rose Madrigal MadrigalBay Bay filly by Inferno Mareto MaretoBay Bay lilly by Ypsilanti II Primavera PrimaveraBrown Brown filly by Havoc Irish Lass LassBrown Brown filly by Havoc Fairlie Head HeadBrown Brown filly by Inferno Royal China ChinaBrown Brown filly by Inferno Frome FromeChestnut Chestnut filly by Havoc Class ClassChestnut Chestnut lilly by Inferno Satanic SatanicChestnut Chestnut colt by Ypsilanti II Coquillc CoquillcOnly Only six foals have as yet arrived four by Havoc and one each by Inferno aud Ypsilauti II They are areChinka Chinka by Florizel II Chinkara bay filly hy hycruche cruche dOr by Chevcle dOr Cruiskeen II ° Frone by Kendal Isone chestnut filly by Havoc Frou Frou by Meddler Hypocrite bay filly by byIrish Irish Lass by Donovan Exning Lass chestnut C Cirish ° irish Witch0 by Blairfinde Hag chestnut colt by byHavoc Havoc still holds the pride of place among the stallions at the farm such as Inferno Slaughter and Seismic among his progeny being sufficient to ac couut for that Inferno Pershore and ipsilanti 11 are also represented among the young stock but no use is made of Persistence which like Pershore is a son of Persimmon This year new blood was in ¬ troduced bv the use of Galatine a sou of Gallmulu one of the most successful sires iu the British Isles Ho was mated with half a dozen mares before being put into training this season seasonJockey Jockey Musgravc has been at the farm for several weeks doing riding exercise and will be able to do as low a weight as last year yearThe The bestbacked horse in the Kings Plate and practically the only one supported to any extent Charlie Crews Amberite is now at Woodbine hav ¬ ing come iu from the Halfway House in company with Ta Nun Da and Kilo All three are in the pink of condition and trainer Stanley Mumford has evi ¬ dently done well by them Amberite is perfectly sound and has had no troubles all winter except i bruised foot that laid her up for a couple of days She has filled out and improved in everv wiv and her appearance amply justifies the confidence felt in her chances of success Owner Crew took a cood sporting chance when he bought for 1050 what was presumably the best of the Valley Farm lings in 1910 and if his pluck is rewarded vnir by win nlng tho richest purse in Canada there will be nono Continued on second page CANADIAN HOUSES ABE BACKWARD Continued from first page to begrudge It His remarkable success with old Caper Sauce has made many race followers look on him as a lucky man and It must be said that he has done well with a small establishment His latest transaction was to buy the dam of Caper Sauce at Mr Seagrams annual sale That gentleman parted with New Dance because she had produced only fillies since Caper Sauce was foaled At the Halfway House Mr Crew now has a fine colt foal from her by Inferno Cannie Maid has a filly by Martimas The Crew horses in training include Kilo Ta Nun Da Amberite Broadsword The lastnamed is a steeplechaser HamiltonTwelve owned by Sol Mintz of Hamilton Twelve horses brought to Woodbine from Juarez by J W Fuller were bred on his own Texas farm with the exception of one the Rockton colt Dutch Rock which he took out of a selling race after his own winner had been bid up Though new to To ¬ ronto tho Fuller colors have been seen at Hamilton Fort Erie and Windsor and have been carried by sonic fast horses Tokalon won the Brooklyn Handi ¬ cap for him in 1900 with Dandelion and The Picket behind her and two of her progeny are among the lot now at Woodbine The stable rider Is jockey Bob Small who is already here The horses In ¬ clude Toy Boy Injury Dangerous March Dutch Rock Doll Boy Lady Willie Colonel Marchntont Miss Tokalon Dorothy Dean and the following two yearolds yearoldsAsk Ask Mother b f by Marchmont II Dont Ask Me MeBlackEyed BlackEyed Susan br f by Marchmont II Sweet Danger DangerGordon Gordon Russell b c by Marchmont II Tokalon TokalonOne One of the three horses Harvey Boyle is training at Woodbine for stecplcchasing is the fastest by the record that has ever been put to such purixjses in this neighborhood the aged gelding Huck by AllauaDale Huck ran a mile in 138 as a four yearold at Bclmout Park His dam Miss Gussie was the winner of the first Canadian Derby run at Fort Erie and Huck was a good winner at the same track when carrying tho colors of his breeder T C McDowell Be Thankful another in Bovlcs charge was a winner at the last New York Horse Show and has lieen raced through the field on the Canadian circuit circuitThe The twoyearold Sir Melvin by Marlimas Flicker has been sent from Hamilton to trainer Stevens sit Woodbine If he turns out to be as good as his brother Glimmer he will reflect no dis ¬ credit on the second vicepresident of the Ontario Jockey Club after whom he was named namedRose Rose Lawrence and Black River of the Davics stable will come home with the shipment of P M CIvill8 horses from Norfolk The former was one of ofthe the best twoyearolds In America last season and it itwill will be a great misfortune if she is not able to race this year The others will leave Baltimore for Woodbine after participating in the first part of the theIMmllco IMmllco meeting
