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MOVE TO BRING RACERS FROM ABROAD Wealthy Easterner Commissions Agents to Make Pur ¬ chases in England and France to Meet Shortage Now lYork April 21 That man who could walk iilxmt the magnificent domain known as Belmoiit Park without feeling a thrill at its vast possibilities is the arena of the highmettled racer must he dead to ordinary emotions I am a somewhat fre liient visitor as my home is about half an hours rides by trolley from the great race course ami on any fine day now that the clans are gathering there t drop in informally upon he trainers who have ately reached there or who wintered here Though jve in the last few days have experienced some re narkable variations in the weather Suiiiiday for instance being almost as cold as any day last De ¬ cember Jhougli without Know or rain today Mon Jny wrs almost ideal and I took the opportunity to look through the stable now occupied by Mr lolin Sanfords horses Tbev arc under the care Jf William Albright who succeeded K J Hyner the man who made his marl by bis success in iraining Dick Welles WellesIu Iu fact it was Ilyuers excellent work with this horse that secured him the position with General janford This is what Mr John Sanford himself told me About seven years ago I first met Al ¬ bright at the tracks hereabout He was a quiet imlemonstnilive man who had trained hor es in the vest and had sought and obtained employment with three evening papers as a docker When racing was at ils height here chicking reiiorts were regular features of most of the evening papers At one time war was made ou the dockers by a mistaken few in Jockey Club council but it was piickly pointed out that honest dockers were of service to the public through the press and the ittemptcd embargo died a natural death Of the iHiuerous men who earned honorable livelihood by tirnisbing decking reports for publication and for use of patrons Albright caught my attention as me of absolute reliability ami when I saw him in hilly consultation witli Mr John San ford at Sara ¬ toga in 1SI07 or therealxttits I made up my mind that some day Albright might become for Mr Minford more than an ordinary track expert His ngagement to train the IlurrJcana horses was henfore no great surprise He did well with them u his first year of service amr was jilxmb to Mlo netfer when along came the antiracing laws and then the famous colors were not seen again The twoyearolds were sold each season General San ford died last winter and now conies a radical change in the management of the horses They will be raced at Bellnont Park and will be much nearer racing form at that meeting than many would sup ¬ pose bearing in miud that in former years they looked high in flesh even in August when they lirst ame out each season seasonThe The present lot of Sanford horses contains some tirstclass material and with ordinary luck they will win a fair share of races at Belmont Park lamaici and Saratoga A young man named Ilollic J Hughes is Albrights chief assistant and is well capable of holding any such position He was polite ind wellinformed and had the full quota of local iride iu any and every horse bred at Amsterdam Mr calledYou Albright was not at hand when I called You have on two occasions published lists of the twoyearolds in Mr Sanfords string lint there are in addition five racers three years or older making in all twentyone now at Belmont Park The older ines are areAunt Aunt Tilly blk f 3 by Isidor Arariza ArarizaBally Bally Cliff oil f 4 by Clifford Bally roe roeCooper Cooper RetributionIsarose cli g 4 by Caughnawaga Retribution Isarose b f 4 by Isidor Rock Uose UoseLa La Cliff b f 3 by Clifford La Tosca II IIOf Of the twoyearolds I was much struck with Sir William Johnson a chestnut brother to Sir John lohnson that fast weightcarrying stout campaigner owned by Frank Nolan This twoyearolds temper is perfect a great contrast to that of his famous brother If he is as good a racer Mr Sanford will be satisfied The bay colt Mon Cliff by Clifford nit of Princess Monmouth Is a racylike youngster and seems eager for the sport to begin to display liis si eiHl Those who recall the famous Caughna ¬ waga now dead and his grave marked with a tomb ¬ stone will easily see in Waga Hill his worthy son The colt is a brother to Caugh Hill which bought for a small sum of money iu 1911 by Archie Ziniiner for Senator Tim Sullivan has won his owner a fortune in purses and wagers He won so many races in consecutive order that his admirers must have been enriched Another sturdy chestnut is by Caughnawaga Irish Girl II A beautiful hloodlikc brown or black colt by Rock ton out of Perth hence a halfbrother to Perthshire is cer ¬ tain to attract attention He is speody looking and RhaiHS up like a good one A good colt seems to be Song of Valley by Isidor Queen of Song and others are Brumley by Isidor Adriutba Captain Burn bv Bockton Ravenna Cliff Field by Clifford KichlbildTo Kichlbild To lovers of blue blood in pedigrees many of the foregoing are rich in the best English blood It is well known that prodigal sums were spent by Gen ¬ eral Sanford not only for mares but for sires A good many years ago he imimrted three stallions from England Iaurcate brother to Petrarch Koyal Emblem and Gonsalvo Royal Emblem did not do much at the stud but Laureates sons and daughters are carrying on the Lord Clifden blood in great styleThere style There are now at the Hurricana Stud alwut forty mares and the following stallions Mohawk II Clifford Isidor Chuctanunda and Bockton Potomac is there too but he is not being used a a stallion The mares go to the second remove to some of the greatest in the Stud Book Perth is ont of a Bar caldliu mare One I Love is by Minting The Apple by Hermit and was a good young filly in 18 5 Burnt Hills is a halfsister to Cnugh Hill and is out of the line individual Whiplash a Ben Strome mare once owned and raced by J W Colt Irish Girl II is a halfsister to Irish Lad which Is proving to IK a great sire in France La Tosca II is out of the original La Tosca that magnificent mare which as a youngster was raced thne days in succession and won This La Tosca became the dam of La Tosca II which in turn has thrown a daughter Tailed La Tosca 111 It may become confusing in the course of time to keep mental records of the three La Toscas ToscasYoung Young Hughes was asked if lie considered Amster ¬ dam a good place at which to breed thoroughbreds I should say it was he piickly answered with local pride the year Caugbnawaga won the Sara ¬ toga Handicap and the Cup we also had Mohawk II which certainly was the best twoyearold at thit meeting and would have won the Futurity if he hadnt gone lame and we also had Mollie Brant one of the best little handicap mares rut that year So here were three in one year from one stock farm Some people think they would be lucky to have three such horses in twenty years The year Hughes had in mind was It05 It was one of the seasons when speculation raged violently when John W Gates was wagering heavily when bis negro messenger that remarkably honest fellow known as The Sen ator was entrusted with enormous commissions and when the Spa was at the zenith of Its pros ¬ perity Caugliiiawaga ran a remarkable race Iu the Handicap because Tommy Purns kept him on the outside all Hie way but the cunning Tommy knew that the going out there was firmer than in the cenler where Beldame ran That other good horse Ort Wells ran below his form iu the Hand cap because of the heavy track trackIn In the Cup with only Caughnawaga Beldame and Cairngorm ax starters Caugbnawaga carried 127 to Continued on second page MOVE TO BiRiNG EACEKS FHOM ABROAD Continued from lirst page Bfldames 121 pounds and outstayed her in the final drive running the mile and six furlongs in 300 which is not the record by nearly four sec ¬ onds but as the rae was run on a dead track and Beldame was ridden a waiting race in front the pace in the lirst six furlongs was slow Iangli nawaga is justly a popular horse and being the son of two such racers as Clifford and La Tosca he is only niaUing good as a sire his promise as a race horse 1 dont say he was a brilliant horse but Ids record shows that no horse could take liberties witli him himThe The payroll of the Ilurricana Stud for the forty men and boys employed there is at least 500 a week and yet I feel sure that John Sanford will go In for breeding and racing on a much larger scale than his father did His near relative Alex ¬ ander Smith Cochran who is like himself a multi ¬ millionaire is likely to bo elected a member of tin Jockey Club and to become the owner of a largtf stud Another relative Giffoid A Cochran owns one of the subscription twoyearolds which are to take part in those sportsmanlike races at Piping Kock wherein the l cst edit or filly can win at least liOOO liOOOSpeaking Speaking of the Piping Kock meeting and this on big feature of it William Midgely has at Itelinoiit Park fourteen of the subscription twoyearolds in his care and every one of the men who own them Is extremely wealthy and nearly all are new men in racing They include Clarence Mackay John T Pratt Paul I Cravatli W K Coe GilTord A Cochran Mortimer L Schiff Orinond G Smith of the great publishing firm of Street Smith Tyler Morse John 15 Dennis W A Jamison and Thomas F Kyau Though all the horses in Midgieys care were free from colds and sickness during the win ¬ ter I cannot help realizing that when the two yearoids which are engaged in the Piping Kock Subscription race and which are now running at Havre de Grace and which will also race at Pim lico come hero they will have a decided advantage over those kept at Belmont Park ParkAmong Among others that have just arrived at Belmont Park are three jumpers which Harry W Smith limited in Ireland all last winter They are Nattlu Biunppo Dress Parade II and Dull Care They are under the care of Dolph Wheeler a negro who has trained for Mr Smith for thirteen years and who at one time for a similar period trained for W C Daly and at another time trained for the late Hugh J Grant and Nathan Strauss when thiv raced in partnership some years ago Wheeler was with Mr Smith all winter and declares that the Irish hunting men admitted that the three horses nltove named as well as another American horse Success by Kainbow were Ixilter hunters than the Irishbred ones It is Mr Smith intention to ratv the three horses at Piping Kockf Wheeler says it takes a good jumper and a sound horse to win tin Grand National at Livcri ool He saw the race and thinks Bourke Cochran or Good and Plenty could have won it itSo So palpable is it that we are in diro need of good horses to supply the needs of Canada Ken ¬ tucky anil New York that at least one multi ¬ millionaire is aliont to send an agent to England and France to purchase horses In training there for use in America 1 am bound not to reveal this gentle ¬ mans name but he is not a new figure in the world of sport If it became known that his agent is at work getting horses either by private purchase or in open market that fact would cause prices to double and this is not necessary Quiet work on the part of a discreet agent would soon get bold of half a hundred or more fit to do battle here the same season they land Mr McKnerny tho man who took Forward and Onelda to England last summer and won with them a short time after landing evi ¬ dently Iocs not think it a hard job I hear ho is seeking more American twoyearolds to take back to England JOSEPH J BDKKE
