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1 : THE CHAMPION TWO YEAR-OLD OF THIS YEARS RACING i 7 - . -. i One outstanding feature of our racing of this year was the brilliant record of Uncles two-year-olds, his first representatives in racing; Their performances were such as to stamp him as a young stallion of extraordinary promise. If his progeny coming into action in the course of the next four years race up to the same high standard it is inevitable that Uncle will achieve the premiership of American sires While quite young in the stud. Himself a horse of extreme speed, he seems gifted with that most desirable trait iu a sire, the ability to transmit it to his offspring. His immediate success is akin to that which attended Domino and Commando in their first years in the stud. Old Rosebud was ,his bright particular star and in every respect a remarkable two-year-old. The highest order of speed, ability to carry high weight successfully and indomitable gamencss are attributes of the high-class thoroughbred with which he is abundantly gifted. Unfortunately he is a gelding and it is really lamentable such is the case, as it was with the two western crack two-year-olds of last year, Helios and Hawthorn. It is a somewhat singular feature in Old Rosebuds career that his only two defeats were administered by another linsexed son of Uncle, Little Nephew. The latter is himself a capital two-year-old, but despite his two triumphs over his distinguished relative, the latter in the long run demon-, stiated his superiority and was quite the best two-year-old of the year. His first appearance in racing was in the tYucatan Stakes of three and a half furlongs at Juarez, February 9. The track was heavy and he won by six lengths iu 43, with Blarney second and Manganese third. He had been backed from 0 to 1 down to 3 to 1. His connections had to do the best they could with shorter prices afterwards. His next race was for a purse at a half mile. March 5. He was at 1 to 2 in the betting and, carrying 118 pounds, won by live lengths in 47, with Shadrach second and Gladys Y. third. These two races were all that he ran at Juarez, but they were sufficient to give him the reputation of being a youngster of uncommon merit, and he was taken to Kentucky to meet better opposition. His first start there occurred May 1 in the Idle Hour Stakes at Lexington, distance four and one-half furlongs. He was at 1 to 2 in the mutuels, but in ,a tine and exciting race Little Nephew beat him by a head in 53. principally because Loftus outrode little McCabc at the finish. They each carried 115 pounds. Saturday, May 17, at Churchill Downs, he gave much weight and a beating to Itoaracr, Brave Cunarder and two others at four and a half furlongs over a muddy track in 54 and won in a canter by six lengths. This renewed the confidence of his admirers and when he came out two days later to contest the Bashford Manor Stakes, at the same distance, he was again made an odds-on favorite at 11 to 20 and again did he go down in defeat from Little Nephew. The track was good, but not fast, and the race was run at a tremendous Pace, Little Nephew covering the first half In 4G and winning by a length in 03. Black Toney was third. As the race was at even weights Little Nephews adherents appeared to have some ground for their claim that he was the better racer of the pair. But Old Rosebud settled that question decisively later on. After that race he was never beaten and, iu a triumphant sequence of nine victories, won an exalted reputation for himself and more money than any other horse engaged in American racing. May 23 he won a purse by ten lengths from The Norman, Harwood and four more, at four and a half furlongs in 54. This was over a heavy track. At Douglas Park, May 25. he defeated Vandergrift, Black Tonev and two more at live-eighths of a mile and won by six lengths in 1:00. then a new track record. May "31, at the same track and distance, he met his twice conqueror. Little Nephew, and the Camden crack, Impcrator. This time Little Nephew was the favorite at 7 to 5, but after he had led for the first half mile In 46, Old Kcscbud moved up and, passing hlni in the. stretch, drew away and won by four lengths in the-exceedingly fast time of 5S, a track record that seemed likely to stand for some time. But it did not because on June 4 they met again and this time Old Rosebud won in the still faster time of 58. He won by a length and the third hrose, Roamer. was eight lengths farther away. June 7. at the same distance in the Trial Stakes, he again defeated Little Nephew, this time by. two lengths in 58. Imperator was third but ten h-ngths behind Litt?e .Nephew. It would be hard to match these three races as examples of amazing and consistently displayed speed. They served to scare other owners, so when it came to the running of the Harold Stakes, at Latonia. June; 18, he was only opjwsed by such common ones as Big Spirit and OHagan ami wou in a canter, carrying 120 pounds to their ICG and 113 respectively. Next he won the Cincinnati Tropbv. at three-quarters of a mile; hr six lengths iirl:12, when carrying 124 pounds. He had no opposition practicallv, Pcbcco finishing second and OHagan third. Then he was taken to Saratoga and there, on August 2, won the histori Flash Stakes, at five and a half furlongs in 1:07. He carriedv124 pounds and won easily by two lengths. Stromboli. 112 pounds was second, and Black Broom. 109, was third. At the same track. August IS, he took up 125 pounds and won the United States Hotel Stakes, at three-quarters in 1:13. He won in a canter bv three lengths Black Proom 107 pounds, was second, and PoniettaJJleu, 113. finished third That was his last start of the vear and keen expectation will await his appearance in the racing of 1914. His record and his interesting pedi-gree are as follows: Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. Won 191o ... 2 14 12 2 0 0 8,037 r Isinglass i Isonomy J Sterling. -i Isoia Bella. r Star Shoot .... ead Ick Wenlock. - J Malpractice. , . , . ; Hermit Newminster. V Astrology 3 . , Seclusion. vj Stella . grp. to Strafford. w r Uncle . I-U1,ue . 3 , .. - Gilberts dam. . -- u . , ,, . Eclipse 1 i Orlando. - " ; f Alarm J J Gaze. 2 - vi" I Maud Stockwell. p- - I rhe Mece ... . j - c. of Albemarle. f Leamington....... aiigh-a-Rallagh. pq -j ...... -.; . W Jaconet t., I D. of Pantaloon. ? - I Maggie B. B. ... Australian. O o , , - -Madeline. d , - C vviiti. -! Orlando. S ktllpse.. 1 Alarm tj , f 0aze P 3 , m I - c t Maud rmi.r "I 1 Stockwell. o 2 ".Himyar 4 C.of Albemarle. ; - . Loxington.. 1 V?.ston;, ,r l Jllra 1 j Alice Carneal. I Ivory Bells.... . - Uegira Ambassador. Hermit -I Newniinster. - " r , Seclusion. Mr PJckwick . j , King Tom. romjto I Ida Pickwick., J Mincemeat. U k. aaa Asteroid. t Lerna r 1 Laura.
