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La, * . , _ 4- JUDGE BURKE WRITES OF A. L. ASTE AND HIS THOROUGHBREDS j, . __ — . _ j. . • i . I • ■ ■ I . , : • New York, -lannary an. — Oa election day. Tues t day. November .".. J.o m pi rsops saw an cnjoyabll days raring at Belmonl Pnrk Termianl under the i ansoires of the Meadow Brook Steeplechase Asno elation. Pending the decision of the -iiii race. : Mr. Andrew Mill..- spoke i ami asked if 1 ratild I tnd . •ni over the telegraph wire what coll had won i Ihe Walib-n Slakis. Iheii about to be decided al I Pimlico. I asked the onerntor i: be i-onld K-t the i information ami in a moment ihe aaswer came. ••Ten Toint." When I mi.-i ne .1 Mr. Miller oi this, be wis surprised, and so no ihaihl were thon i -and- ol oili,,- all over Ihe lulled States, for tin-Waldcn licbl iiH-ludetl Lcocimrc-. Rock View. Vankei Notion-. His Majestj ami others, and i: rated a-the heal liel.l of lwo-yrar- iid« to be found in Ihe : eaal at thai ttrnc. Leochare*. -i weeks before Ibat. had won at I Toronto al a mile in l:tn-.. on a -! w track and I in -inii eunvim-iiig styli as lo anmse in tic br.a-t i of the veieran r.i.a ■ r. Coarlcs Boyle, "n • "I the i official timers uf the onlari-. Jorkrj Clu.. a keen ib-iie io own iln- geMing, ami he is a man ol -uch a-l es-.ei icio e thai ill- ap;:"batioii meant ■ -reat ileal. Bni John W. Scborr. »wa»-r of 1. .. chare-, did not nulte agree with Mr. Boyle as lo 1. pocbai ■ ■• snperhiritj and claimed that the coll iiii-l..w. which ran unplaced in the same rnce. was a mueti la-ttri uoecl for three y.-ar old rae in o.-i considerable di-iaue. of ground. None ol n- ennui agr.-e with Mr. Sch»»rr. however, though i; is ihi doubt possible that. Afterglow, a ii.ituiall.v -low beginner, maj bnve a bene- chance when iln-distance- are extended and ni- steady, plo.liilng Rtride ma get In it- work after a mite has been POVI led. No aoonec had Ihe m ■ of Ten Poinl l eep glvini is the winner of the Wakb-n. Iban I asked Mr. Miller and nis :n.id-. Thomas Monaban and Chlel l.aih. what -ni of a -"li be was. "A tine, sol hi. substantial r*llow. jus; ihe sorl to make a g I horse a- a three-ycar-oid." wa- Ihe un.niiuioii- reply. So. from Ibat lla.l mi. I have kepi in mind this fellow and a few daya since 1 arranged with his owner lo loos him over at hi- stable al Sheepsbi-ad Baj There I found the fTalden victor, s,, full of life that ii la necesaarj i" have bun oat in ihe open twice a day. He i- a colt now aboui six teen bauds btgil. a hard bay with black points, good leu* and feet, and a sensible head. He i-long enough lo be symmetrical, ha- an ideal back to carry • loi of neight ami his owner says no more uatural iumpi-r lives. Ten Point will llkelj he entiled for the Kenliick.v ricrhy. and should Im till his engagement lliere. be could he taken to Toronto in ample time for ihe running of the Toronto cup. which Mr. Aste has in niiuil. In the opinion of Ten Points owner, lie is u 0,000 coll. "1 cannot find aay raull with liiro." he said. The report was thai Edward B. McLean, of Washington. had offered a large -tun for Ten Point after he had won the Wald-n Slake-, but Mr. Aste sahl thai no , otter approaching his hgnre 0,000 has been made. "I would take that for him." said he, "for I ciuld better use 0,000 in pnahing my business than iii rlafciag .it in a racer the araj things are now in Ibis coiinuv. Bat, mark my words, thai coli will make i hi- 1" history tlii- year." v.s a matter Of fact, be made ii in November la-t. Today I saw at the office of Hie Jockey riub Jockey MeTaggart. who rode Tea Point In the Wahlon Slakes. "I though I Bock View wa- a fast colt. I. r von remember I used lo ride him." said Me Taggart, ■•hut Ten Point convinced me be was faster." MtrTagearl tells me. by the way. that if he should receive bis license, he can ride for Mr. Kobler. either in Prance or in America. Returning to Ten Point. I. of coarse, realise that at i difference of ten pounds In his favor, be had a , big advantage over ihe second, third and fourth i horses that day al PimMeo. I aisi, realise that Leo. hates wa- not a- goad a- he was at Toronto i and Mi. Ante knew ii be said, al the lime. Cut to In- able to sprint lo the front on the fir-t turn i from such mat celt- as Yankee Notions. Rock I View and His Majesty, lo hold an easy lead through oat, and to win "under -liht reatraiwA," a- he . did. covering the mile in 1 :4 ». a rare performance ■ for a two-year-old. rcrtalnb represents a :.ro ni I race. I have nal forgotten the dassling exhibition i of Pits Herbert as a Iwoyearold in the December thai lie was a two-year-old, when he ran the mile • in I :::""-.. but I lake ii that the l.o- Angeles track ! was at l In I time in wonderfully fas condition and. besides, we ate not vet aware ih.it in feu Poinl i w have a ancceanor to ihe great Fltn Herbert. Not manv two-year-olds have tun mile- in 1:10. but 1 think Ibis is largely due to ihe lad thai not i many races at that distance ate run. el-e we might i oftener see ii bentea. To the writer, who ha- -en -o many turfmen I come and go, there is aome thing IO admire in Mr. Aste in the fact that of those -till loyal to the ■ turf, we tiiul this ••man of the people." a ii.uiv. of New York, where also his parents were born. a man of bu-inc— able to hold bis own in thai a- - weli a- tin equally ruthless competition wbicb all 1 iiiu-t meet on a race course. Ton will find Mr Aste as the nominator of a few mares for the 1013 Pntur in and. as a matter of fact, he has been breeding ; for some ten vears. or since he sent .lack Poinl lo the sip. |. Mr. Ante loves ; good horse as well as s aay man alive, and be will carry one banger than i most people If be has faith In thai horses future lb- claimed lack Point out of a -ell inn race in i 1008 paying H.rasl for him and won three straight l race*, culminating in carrying 128 pounds to victor , In a handicap. .lack Point had raced in "Billy" • Karrieks name before he was claimed, but after wards it was teamed that be bad been ihe proper I j I of David Gideon. As a Hire -year old. in lsii.i. the ,■ colt did not inn. Mr. Ante gtviag him every chance t to recover from mi unsoundness, but In 1900 b, won, , among other race-, the Brighton Handicap from i excellent opposition, and in another race he ran a i iba-1 b.ai with Etbelbert, which, as yoa know, was - iln- heal hoi -c of hi- rear With a horse called Saihlinec. Mr. Aste won nine ■ straight race- one year, and in another season, . he brought down upon his head the personal vvralh i of lie late "Tom" B- illy, the chief owner of the - vipndnci l rack, when his record-breakev, Plater, one ■ dav ai the course appeared io show a greal reversal I of form and won a race at good odd-, for which i t i : I i I i i : I I i i , , i i i I . ■ I i • ! i i i I ■ - 1 ; s i i l , • I ,■ t , i a i - ■ . i - ■ I i tbe late Senator MeCarrea had backed his horse Ma. k.-.v Dwyer, to win a fortune. Mr. Reilly directed his secretary to refuse Mr. Astea entries after this, bill the steward- had taken no such action and. in a short lime. Mr. Reilly realized thai he could no! override hi- own stewards, ko Ihe mailer blew over. A- a matter of fact, in Platers losing rare, his .-addle had slipp.-d. Jack Rennet, among others, knew this and won a fortaae when tin coli ran in hi- true form. On one of tbe coldest dav- I i rer saw in the month of June i ihi- w i- in Hinii. I had the good fortaae I., be a gaeot or I.. Y. Bell in a box on tin- upper Her of Uu- Coney Island Jockey club track. I was trying to gel a good place from which to see the Suburban of tbe dav. and Mr. Bell kindly asked me to sii iih him. There I -aw Al .-do will ihe Su bni!. in in tin- fastest t iii!,- lln- race bad been run in up io thai real 2H15%. The hoi-.- wa- Uu- prop, eriy ..I Mr. Bell, but becaase of the recent death of that geutlenieaa mother, ii was decided to rati .Meed., in ihe name and color- of Mr. Bells trainer ihe laic .lame- H. MrformJrk. ii was a profitable vicii. rj f.-r Mr. I.ell. and I congratulated him. Anion- the defeated lot were Dtlulberi . IJi; pounds. Blues Bean Gallaat, etc. .lu-i half an hour, befor.- this, there appeared the Donlde Kvenl for two-year-olds, with a smashing bi ilie-tunt edt called Nasturtium a- a -"• l r, favorite and eas victor. Half an In in later we were told thai for the unprecedented price of . ».«H o for a horse in training, Nastartium bad become the property of W. C. Whitney. In his previous race, a I Ciave-end. he had heea jostled out of vicloi v in the 2,500 Cleat Ainciican Stake-, won by John K. Madib-p"- Him- Girl. Tommy Burns up. while Garrigan had iln- mnaat on Nastartium. Ilis claim of foul was dismissed. file check lor 0,000 was made out io A. I.. Aate. He had pnrehaaed Ihe coil a- i yearling for ,30n. Griginally ai tbe Hain sale this colt was knocked down to .I. C. Pollansbee anil William Astoc Chanler. but a few niontlis later this one and others were sold. Nasturtium had shown extremely fa-i trials. It may be recalled that he was practically left at ihe post in the Futurity won by Yankee, and that just four days later he won ihe I lallui-h in a .anlei. Thai was a wonderful year for Mr. Whitney, though Tanker. in which he had a half Interest, ran in John I.. Maddens name and colors. oilier Iwo-year-obl winners that yeat lor Mr. Whitney were Bine Girl, Coldsniith. Endurance by Right purchased thai fall from .1. W Schorr I. King Hanover ami others. Alas, thai such a great stable should within a lew month* go io pieces as the re-ult of an epidemic contracted in Ihe stable* ai We-tburv. Winn Mr. Whilnev decided, in December. 11913.sh1. I., -end Na-tnrliuni over to race for the Derby of 11MI2 won by Aid Patrick i. I was one of the repn-seatatives of New Turk papers to interview John Huggina then nl the Hoffman llousei and ask him how Nasturtium compared with the best English 1 colts. Mr. Hnggins. of coarse, had not seen him run. bin he- had John W. Rogers authority as to | Ihe class of Nasturtium, and he was -ali-lied thai he iild hold hi- own with the best in England. 1 saw tin- coll shipped to Falkland and within twelve [ day- wa- condoling with Hugy;in- upon the news received by cable that Nasturtium had landed an extremely sick coit, and had a narrow escape from death. This killed hi- chance- for training. He never ran again, was brought back, spent the liesi part of the summer in the rarilicd Saratoga air. Iln-n went to the atad and. in one marc called [ Stamina, begot a really high-class tilly. much the lies! of her year. Bar None. loo. was a really good I colt, but raciag after Colin, and under ••Jack" Marlins relentless whip. Bar None became a sulker. Having told In w Mr. Aste not Jack Point tor ,500, I will add Hint lor $.-«ni In- hoaghl the mare Cold Tea, tin- M f Tea Point, ami than, at an la vestment of ,000, ihe foundation wa- laid j for a fortaae. -lack Ioinl wa- by Sir Dixon, out of Merry Maiden, and seven years ago look firsi prise ai tin- Lexington Horse Fair. Hi- pictare. hanging in ihe home and al-o in the office of hi- owner. show Jack Ioinl a "he horse." in the laagaage of the late K. K. Aleoek. Colli fen. by Coldcre-I i i -on of Bead On. out of Miaa fenny, by fenny, out of Fair Yi.-ion dam of Trance is good enough i pedigree for anybodys money. Mr. Aste ha- been i in raciag only sixteen years. He- grsl began in i 1807. It wis the tirsi year oi the Fori Erie meet lag aad, his horaea trained bj "BiUy" Kanrick, raa i in the name of the Keaaico Stable. Later, Eddie Hughes rained tor him. and it was while he bad the horaea thai the chance come to claim Jack Point. Hngbea not long afterwards got hi- chance abroad I to train for w. K. Vanderhilt fh.it fen Poinl -urpri-.-d not only people oatside tin- stable, bill home who wen- clo-e to hi- owner. i- shown by a -lory told "I W. T. Anderson, who. at time-, ha- lei sed horaea from Mr. Aste. He did not like Tea Point. T would not give thai i cigar for him." he said. When the colt tir-i raa , ion October I. at Laaret, he ran fourth at HHi to 1. Willi three fast colt-. Hobnob, federal and Palan njnin. only four leagtbf in front of him. and lie wa- only begiaalag to run at the end. When he WOB, Mr. A-ie saw to ii that Anderson had a bel t on. even though that horseman had not liked tbe colt. Ii later becann an object of nnn-h mteresl l to horsemen in Maryland to know just how many cigars Anderson now thinks fen Point Is worth. Mr. Aate shelters fen point and three companions " in his own i labot alely constructed -ttible in the far corner id the fain. .us Sbeepsbead Bay coarse, where seven acre- ale owned by him, which he wa- about to -ell to tin- Cone] Island Jockey club for sl.Yooo , when the anti-raring law.- of nog killed the plan. Now four of the seven acres are rented, with other laud, to a market gardener, who. therefore, i- grow inj; vegetables on land once valued si ,500 an , acre. Where only a few years ago Mr, Aste had I twentj racer- and eighl or ten yearlings. In- now t has only four. I.ui possibly one of the four tnav -bed more lu-tie ..n 111- name than lias any prede censor, fboagh it would h. hard to excel the exploits - of .lack Point In that respect. He was a natural I stayer. He had a bd of weighl off, II i- iruo. when i he won Ihe Brighton Handicap in 1000. bin among ! the defeated ones in that race were Etbelbert. Imp. Admiration and Klnley Mack, all notable winners k thai year. .losi.lll I. 1U RKE. :
