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a j 1 i J v s l f i i i . . 1 j 1 1 j i : i ! WHITNEYS HORSES FAIL TWO-YEAR-OLDS, AS WELL AS MATURE STARS TURN OUT TO BE DISAPPOINTMENTS. Powerful Racing Establishment of Americas Leading Money-winning- Owner Not Represented in Rich Stake Events Offered at Saratoga. By J. It. Jeffery. Saratoga. X. Y., August 11. The powerful racing establishment of Harry Payne Whitney is in temporary eclipse here. It has been represented but scantily in the races so far decided. This absence of the leading money-winning stable of the year from contention for the rich prizes offered by the Saratoga Association, is due to the unfortunate fact that the two-year-olds- of the Whitney establishment from which most was expected have turned out to be disappointments, coupled with the going wrong of some of the mature stars of the stable. Pennant", which trainer James Rowes skill brought back to the races last spring in superb winning form, and which gave promise of being one of the mainstays of the establishment in this seasons campaign, failed to stand up under the severe ordeal of training and has been sent back to the Whitney farm at Brookdale, X. J. He has been turned out for the rest of the season, at least, and it is possible that he will never race again. It was only by the exercise of the infinite patience and skill for which he is noted, that trainer Rowe succeeded in getting the horse back to the races this season, after an absence of several years. Pennant has always been affected with a leg ailment that renders his training a delicate and difficult task. The aged gelding Borrow, which next to Rosio OGrady, has been the most substantial contributor to the total of winnings,1 which lias elevated this stable to the leadership for the year among American racing establishments, has been on the shelf since his last race, in which he is said to have struck himself. It is to hoped that his trouble is only of a temporary nature and that Jie. will sooli-again be in condition to carry the "Whitney colors with the same satisfactory results as in the past. Borrows wonderful record for consistency in spite of his advanced age, has endeared him to a large section of the racegoing public. Now Only Has Two High-Class Three-Year-Olds. Bromo, which brought Old Rosebud to the hardest kind of a drive to beat him on two occasions last month, has been sold by trainer Rowe. to Edward Trotter for the reported price of S12,000. This leaves trainer Rowe only the great mare Regret and. the high-class three-year-old Rickety, with which to bid for the rich all-aged races still to be run here. Since it seems likely that Rickety will be reserved especially for the great three-year-old races, it may be that Regret will have to bear the brunt of the campaigning in the all-aged races. She is declared by the work-watchers to be in superb form. Rosie OGrady, the brown daughter of Hamburg Cherokee Rose II., has turned out to be the best of the Whitney juveniles so far shown to the public this season. That she is a high-class filly indeed, is universally conceded, but the idea is not generally entertained that she will be able to- cope successfully with the best colts of the year. Happy Go Lucky, a brown colt by Hamburg Wonder, that was regarded as promising, has turned roarer and the work-watchers say that other juvenile members of the stable,, that have not yet been raced, appear to be similarly afflicted. Besides Rosie OGrady and Happy Go Lucky, the Whitney two-year-olds that are liberally engaged, in the important stakes still to be decided here include Soloman, brown colt by All Gold Stamina; Sungold, bay colt by All Gold Vespers; Blazonry, brown colt, by Whisk Broom II. Pageant; Cobalt, bay colt by Willonyx Blue Girl; Flags, chestnut colt by Whisk Broom II. Inaugural; Johren, bay colt by Spearmint Mineola and Out the Way. bay or brown colt by Peter Pan Sweepaway. These supposedly are the cream of the Whitney Juveniles. In addition trainer Rowe has in charge the bay colt Debadou, by Broomstick Leayonara, for L. S. Thompson, in whose colors the entire Whitney stable is being raced this year on account of the death of one of Mr. Whitneys relatives. This colt is a brother to the good sprinter I.eochares. Macomber Horses to Engage in "Winter Racing. It is learned on good authority that a division of the powerful Macomber stable will be kept in training after the close of the eastern racing season and engage in winter racing. This will be an innovation for Mr. Macomber and there doubtless will be a good bit of rivalry among the various winter tracks to obtain the patronage of this highly desirable stable. W. 15. Jennings, who manages the Macomber stable, will not be in active charge of the winter campaign. The horses will be entrusted to the care of an assistant trainer, who already has been chosen? Edward Trotter, who recently purchased Bromo. from the Whitney stable, does not expect to immediately race that good gelding. The horse will be given a good rest and may not race again uutil next year, according to Mr. Trotter. If he does especially well in the meantime, however, he may be raced the coining fall at Latouia. in some of the rich races to be decided at that Kentucky track. The Trotter stable will go from liere to Lexington for fall campaigning on the Kentucky circuit. J. P. Atkin is to have the management of the coming fall meeting at Reno, New. it is learned. That Jefferson Livingstons good two-year-old American likes nothing but a track of the pasteboard" variety is the conclusion reached by his trainer. Mose Goldblatt. The colt raced poorly over a drying-out track at Latouia and his showing over the cuppy track here on Wednesday continued Mr. Goldblatts idea that he needs a real fast track to show his best form. The hard track at Empire City, where he Avon two races, appeared to be exactly to his liking. Barney Schreiber was among those in attendance at the McDowell sale, and when the yearling colt by Sain Belle of Ashland was led into the ring he called attention to the striking resemblance of this youngster to Deutschland, another good son of Sain, at the same age. The colt old for ,100 on the bid of Thomas Welch, who presumably was acting on behalf of his employer, Joseph E. Widener.
