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I i i i . [ i - - - I i i f i I • £ - - - 1 1 s I 1 1 - . 1 1 1 " 1 1 J 1 1 1 J 1 f i i MONTGOMERYS RACING CAREER AT AN END. / Greatest Son of Pessara Breaks Down in Training at Juarez — Gossip from Mexican Course. El Paso, Tex.. Fehruarj 15. — The noted race horse Montgomery, in the Juares division of 11. G. Bed wells stable, bus run his last race. Inning .-on. pleielv brokea down and will in- retired to the stud, j An effort Is" now being atade to dtapooe of this brill iam performer, several breeders have ma.ie hid- for him. inn if none of them should he drilling to meet Mr. Bedwella idea- as to price, thai turf man will retain the horse and endeavor to itnd a suitable stud location for him this year. Montgomerys turf career extends over seven successful seasons, during which period he won -J.fHMl , in stake- and purse-. He raced most brilliantly us a three-year-old. winning thai season a total of 0 975. He won tin- Broadway Stakes, owe and mi. -sixteenth miles, in 1 :♦* *.-.: the Commonwealth Han- i di.-iip. one and a quarter mile-, in JMMi"--, ; the .lo.-k-- Club Weight -for-Age Race, i and aa eighth mile-, in I:".:.: the BaycheSter Slakes, one mile, in 1 - Hi. an. I ihe Crescent city Derby, one and an eightu miles, in 1:53. He was second thai season in in- i Suburban Handicap, and flu- Annual Champion, and the Coney Island Jockey Cluli Stakes, and third ill i the Brighton Handicap aad September stake-. As a four-year-old he won the Burns Handicap ai hi1; laud, with 128 pounds up. and ran a mile in 1:384., a- well :i- running other brilliant races. Montgoui •ry is now nine years old and is well enough bred to grace any stud. His -ire. 1essara. waa a stipe rior race horse and a son of Ptsarro, also a brilliant performer, which was by Adventurer, out of Milliner, bj Rataplan. His dam. Montgomery Cooper, i- a -istei to tin- remarkable Ethel ;ray. winnei of forty-one races, she being by lliike of Kent, a son of Bonnie Seotlnnd. out of the stake winner foihlliu:.. by Jobs Morgan, a son of Sovereign. Il i- Ihe fanioii- i.et Ko-ley family lo which belongs such successful sires a- Shannon. Il I. Tyrant, Hidalgo, fits James, Kinglike and Martlmas, ihe Eutnrlty winnei. oilier -tars of this family include the Kentucky Derby winner Lot I Murphy. Crickmore, which twin- defeated Hindoo; imbalance, Telle Doe. Owce Again, Bancroft, Wightmaa Addle and tin- wonderful California race mare Mollie MeCarty. Montgomery is a line type of borne ill eonforiua lion and in hitild. jusi the sort lo make an idea! -lock hoi-e. II.- i- ihe lies! sou of his sire, wlroii wa the lie-l -on of his grandsire. Adventurer his l-i.i grandsire. which got the English winner V: ■ tender, which won Hu- Two Thousand tluinea-. Wheel ef fortune, winner of the one Thousand Guineas and Ihe Oaks, and Apology, winner of the One Thousand Guineas. Ihe Oaks and the St. Leger. The hitler will always rank among Englands greatest thri" year-old lillu-. The following tabulation shows Montgomerys racing record in romh nut d form: Montgomery, rh. h. 1904. by Pessara — Montgomery Cooper. Year. Age. Sis. 1st. 2d. ."M. Cup. Won. I.ioi; 2 - ; I •; 8 •• $ 4.7*. i IhOT :; 14 .". ."■ _• 1" 4!I.S7:. 1908 4 23 I. ."• 1 11 1.VH7-I liMsi .-, jo :; 3 | s 4,2"ii 1910 : 23 I t i 8 •:. is.i Mill 7 4ii li s S L7 I.8S3 Mil. 8 .7 .". ."• ii 11 2.343 ToiaK i7» 17! ::7 ::» .::: 7:: |82.00tl Ike Striker named three I wo-year olds lie recent !r purchased from the Kansas breeder, W. .1. irisr. hul In- will race none of them until he ships li - stahle to Canada in Ihe spring, a- they have bee i alow in coming to band, fin- trio consists of a chestnut gelding by the Hanover sire Hinsdale--i I Know, by Sir Charles, which ha- heen named Thomas Hare; Agues i»aie. graj illy, by Hinsdale— Agin- Legier, by Ivor, and Words litzgeiiihl. baj gelding, bj A lt.nl.-. -Banved, b] Top GaK.ini. The latter i- ii brother to Frustrate. Mr. Striker will leave .luaiez in the spring for Canada nrlth a string "i bigger proportions than he has ever before earn palgned, and if he gets the money next summer b-will conn- back io the .luaie/. course next fall with it big stahle. .1. A. Seekington baa -old to M. I.ilev the live year old black gelding Stanlej S.. by Jack Point and ha- gone home to Missouri with Parneil Girl and Sharper Knight, which in- will rest until next sum mor. Both won her.- this whiter. Before leaving. Mi. Seckicgton St CUWd another mare for the stud ai the Jones l":ii in ai Parneil, buying from Boberl Allen l.itholiu. now eight years old. by Hi- limii n. -- -I.itita II., a daughter of Hindoo. Lilholin is expected to drop ■ foal in ihe saa ing. -he having been mated la-t season with Rapid Water. M . Seekington is conducting a deal with William E. IMiilhri- for four broodmares now at the lattera farm in Illinois. Mr. Phillips wants to retire from breeding. The mares are all in foal to English Lad. which won while in Mr. Phillips training stahle. ihe Missouri Derby and other brilliant races. If tb mares are sold Mr. Phillips probably will loea.e English Lad in Kentucky for a araaon or two. Having disposed of Lick P.llis. die Louisville -liii.ie of Doerhnefer ,v- Wesl will only have fo.id of Ophir, Senator James and Crania Bmaaa lo lake back io Kentucky Ihe coming spring. They would -el! Senator James hen- but far ihe t.-n-t thai ihat three year-old bas heen siek and would not bring hi- real value now They will give him another liial in Kentucky. Ursula Bmma will not race much longer in the Doerhoefer and West colors, as upon her arrival in Kentucky in April she will he shipped to La Belle Siiid and retired. Before -In- hit l.aiouia last fall she wa- conditionally -old to H. P. Headley of Lexington, who will male her with ftrnamful iii her lirsi season in the stud. Both she and that noted -iii- trace to the famous Levity. Advice- from Louisville bring good news of the sensational three-year-old Hawthorn, which ha- win lered in great sh:i|H iit Churchill Downs. A- his own.!, t I". Bnschemeyer, and his trainer. W S. rtevey, did not rare io take the risk of -hipping li i in to race over the Charleston track, they have declared tin- -on of Hastings out of ihe Palaaetto Derby ami will reserve him for his engagements in ih.- Kentucky and Latorria Derby s, both of which -veil- ih.v regard a- being al his mercy. There- for.-. Hawthorn will not race a- a three-year-old until he goes to the post in tin- Kentucky Derby on Maj 10. During the winter Hawthorn bus neve* for a -ingle d:i missed his long slow gallop. Trainer Trevey ! t- bin gallop about three miles daily with about lf« pounds up. II. • ha- grown an inch and a half iii height since, last tail and now -lands ar sixteen hands, two inches. He has -piead out and lengthened and has gained 180 pounds in weight since he ran al Latonia last fall. Trainer Trevej i- delighted over the superb rondi- lion of his great charge. fluid of Ophir, who.li baa raced so well and con- sisteotly it Juares this whiter for Doerhoefer a. West, i- nio-i beautifully bred on tin aide of hi r dam. Her dam. Bonding, i- by Islington, the brother to Isinglass and -ire of Kinley Mack, win ii. -r of the Brooklyn ami Suburban Handicaps of 1!KM|. Sue wa- hied by the late .lames I. Koine and -old hy him at public -ah- a- a yearling, the veteran trainer, Peter Wlmmer, purchasing her for himself and hi- racing partner. T. Collin-. Im- 9800. She was developed in the stable when that lii ni also had Bourbon Mean ami Roldfinn in training ami Mr. Collin- would like to have her back now t. inai.- her with Bourhoii Beau, hut her present .wiiii- intend to keep her for the stud, together with their famous mure MeHsande, which is also ot .1. B. Koene- breeding.
