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COME FROM STOUT STOCK KENTUCKY ENDURANCE STAKE CANDIDATES BEGIN TO ATTRACT ATTENTION Speculation Aroused as to Staying Ability of Such Horses as Countless John Furlong Star Char ¬ ter Free Lance and Worth I Iiiiisvilk1 iiiisvilk1 Ky August S Among the probable Milllore in lie 15000 Kentucky Endurance Stakes to lit decided October 7 tlie opening day of the fall meeting at Olitircbill Downs are many racers wblch iicver hare attempted such a distance as four miles As a consequence naturally there is keen speculation iis to tin chances of such contenders as Countless John Furlong Star Charter Free Lance Swannauoa iind Worth WorthFor For instance take John Furious While his sire Wadsworth never raced four miles nevertheless he got two fourinilcrs in Azo and Siddons both win iiers Then too Join Furlongs grandsire Long ¬ fellow ran four miles in creditable style Imported Leamington sire of Longfellow was the best long distance dayNeither racer in England In his day Neither the sire of Countless The Commoner nor liis grandsire Hanover ever ran four miles but through this line on the sires side Countless traces to drey Eagle the best fourmile horse of bis time in Kentucky Jrey Eagles races with Wagner will be remembered as long as racing lasts They were fourmile heats heatsThe The ideal fourmile horse must come from stout lines of breeding and possess a hardy constitution anil good action Then severe training is all that is necessary to put on the finishing touches Take a superb horse like Star Charter Although he has not been over two miles and a quarter it seems perfectly reasonable to assume that he can race four miles in brilliant fashion During the recent Fort Erie iireting Star Charter ran a mile and a quarter in 203 which represented a new Canadian record This was at the rate of 140 for the first mile Thenfore it is reasonable to figure that in his best condition he would have a comparatively easy task in running four miles at the rate of 148 to the mile This would put him over the distance in 712 faster ly two seconds than Messenger Boys American rec ¬ ord of last year The yearThe slow rating at a mile is given to illustrate that It really requires no sensational time for a short distance to reduce the fourmile mark The admirers of such horses as Star Charter and Free Lance l e llcvc that with the track as fast as it lias been at limes at Churchill Downs either of these wonderful performers trained to the hour for a fourmile strug ¬ gle and piloted by jockeys with a good understanding of pace can run four miles materially faster than tin present record recordBoth Both Free Lance and Star Charter in races at more than a mile have covered a mile in lts with us much or more weight than either will have to tnirry StakesCountless In the Kentucky Endurance Stakes Countless is just such another horse as Free Lance and Star Charter John Furlong races like a horso that would IK able to go all day The only thing gainst John Furlong is that he is probably not as good a weight carrier as Countless Star Charter or Five Lance LanceIf If the Kentucky Endurance Stakes was a handicap iiiul John Furlong could get in at 108 to 108 pounds would be staunchly backed John Furlong is such n unproved performer that by October he may have oven weightWhile conquered his seeming dislike for heavy weight While Swiiiiiiiinoa has been off the turf for nearly year she made a good impression when she last raced She Assesses superb action In several con t Ms at more than a mile she acquitted herself cred ¬ its bly Now she is a fouryearold Her long rest ifc regarded as being to her advantage In preparation for a race at four miles
