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BREEDING OF JACK HARE, JR. Leasing of Colt by R. T. Wilson for Grab Bag Ei Handicap Calls Attention to His Ancestry, By Ed Cole. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 14. The leasing of Jack J Hare, Jr.. by President R. T. AVilson of the Sara- 31, toga Racing Association to run in the Grab Bag J!,1 Handicap causes one to look into the breeding of the son of Marathon Moonet. The bluest of English blood courses through his veins, as can be seen by his long list of forbears. ll Moonet, a bay mare, was foaled May 14, 1902, 01 of by Donald A. She started her short racing career at tin. St. Louis Fair Grounds track in the spring . of 1904, being broken and trained by J. C. Calm. Her first works were done under his instructions, i. and oii June 6, 1904, she was allowed to work : five-eighths, of a- mile. This work was her first , trial for speed, and she covered herself with glory in" the eyes of those that timed her, as, the work, to say the least, was the most sensa- tional at that old historic track during its exist- 1, ence. Many prominent horsemen set their watches 1 going when she began at the five-eighths post, and all timed her about the same, as follows: one-eighth, 11; one-quarter, 22; three-eighths, f. 34M ; one-half, 45; five-eighths, 59. All pro- , noiinced her the wonder of the age, as such work . at that time, especially by a two-year-old in the so spring of the year, was nothing but marvelous over a rather slow course like that of the St. J. on Louis Fair Grounds. No horse of any age had ever done such fast work over this or any other , course. Her perfect action and splendid tempera- meat .made her the idol of all who saw her per- form. j, Moonets first start was at the St. Louis Fair s Grounds .course, June 15, 1904. Some twelve fillies t started, and Moonet ruled the favorite at four to five. The honor of favoritism was bestowed c; upon her on account of her fast work. She lacked y schooling, however, and failed to begin with the others. Perkins, her diminutive rider, was satisfied t to allow her to gallop behind the bunch. Her ji next start was on June 18, three days later, when , she met the stake winners Broomlmndle and Lady f Savoy at five-eighths of a mile. Broomhandle a ,u received the verdict from her by the shortest of noses, the pair beating the great Lady Savoy and v others two open lengths. This wag a good performance and showed she was of stake caliber, as Broomhandle and Lady Savoy both proved to be high-class stake Winners. a Flattering Offer for Moonet Turned Down. s Rome Respess, the well-known Kentucky horse- t man, set about to acquire Moonet if money could s buy her. and made Mr. Walsh a flattering offer for a her of four figures, but this offer was turned down, t Mr. Respess, however, induced Mr. Walsh to allow t him to train Moonet. Her next start was for the t Junior Champion Stakes, run at St. Ixuiis July s 9. She was unfortunate in that race, being kicked t on the kneecap by Dishabille while at the post, i She raced in front to the stretcli turn and pulled i; up lame, finishing behind the others. 1 Moonet was sent for the Nursery Stakes fourteen 1 days later, but ran only one-quarter of a mile when V she fell lame again. Mr. Resiess then Jet np J training her for a couple of months, her next start being on October 31 at the Latouia course. This time she won in a common gallop, beating twelve others, among them the good gray mare Ethel Day, s running five-eighths of a mile in track-record time of 1:00 with 110 pounds up.. She started again at the same course November 5 and won cantering in a speedy field tff ten. This ended her racing for 1904: It also concluded her two-year-old form, j She was then shipped to Essex Park, Hot Springs, Ark. Starting as a three-year-old for the first time, January It, 1905, Moonet won easily from. Delphie 1 and others. Iler bad knee commenced to bother her again, and in her next three starts she Was beaten. The Jefferson Davis Handicap Stakes, run January 20 the same year, was a hard-fought I battle from start, to finish. Mamie Worth, a high- I class stake mare, only beat Moonet a short length i in a driving finish. After this race Moonet was i so lame that it was decided not to run her any more until her ailment was treated and cured. The late Dr. Kehoe of Covington, Ky., was called, and he applied the firing irons. In a short time i Moonet was going soundly again. On August 1, 1 1905, at Churchill Downs, she galloped home again in a three-quarters-of-a-mile race, beating many i good ones. Her next start was September 21, when she beat a big band, which included some of the best sprinters at the track. This was at three-quarters of a mile and was done in 1:15 on a slow track. i Moonets final start was at the -same course i October C, 1905, when she "was asked to beat the best sprinters at the track, Delagoa, Mr. MeCaffertys grand mare, won, but was afterward disqualified for fouling. Moonet was doing her part in gallant style, many lengths in the lead, when she stepped in a hole and broke her ankle. This ended the beginning of a most successful and sensational career of one of the gamest mares of lier time. Foaled Winner of 1915 Inaugural Handicap. Moonet was mated to Dick Welles in 1907, then i being five years old. The result was a fine, big ; chestnut filly, which died when about six .months i old. She was not bred back the season of 190S and I allowed to go over the time in 1909, as things looked I awfully blue for the thoroughbred on account ol I adverse legislation against racing. In 1910 she was bred again to Dick Welles, and the result was another fine-typed chestnut filly, foaled March 17, 1911. This filly was named Lady Moonet. She won many races, having the honor of winning the Inaugural Handicap at New Orleans January 1. 1915. the first race run under the Business Mens Racing Association after a cessation of seven years. Lady Moonet was only seven times out of the money during her two years of racing, and beat such noted horses as Helen Barbee, Back Bay, Bayberry Candle and John Gund, also making Leochares stretch his neck to beat her in record time. She is now a matron at J. I. Carrs farm, Lexiugton, Ky., and has a beautiful bay weanling filly by . Marathon, the sire of Jack Hare, Jr. "Moonets "next foal to race was the good colt , Jack Hare, Jr. This good producing mare is also domiciled at J. D. Carrs farm. She lias a weanling colt by Hock View, son of Mr. Belmonts Rock Sand. This colt. is a racy looker, good size and bone, all horse from the ground up. Donald "A." Moonets sire, was born aboard ship on the high seas, his mother being consigned from England to New York parties about 1884. J. B. 7 Lucas, proprietor of the Goodwood Stud, St. Louis. 1 County." Missouri, acquired Donald "A." for stud " duty at his establishment. He made good, being the sire of many high-class horses, Gatli Damocles, a Dick Atkins and the long-distance runner, Dolindo, l; winner of over fifty races, and many others. He L came from the best producing family in the English ! Stud Book, according to good students of breeding. s Moonet is now in foal, to Dick Finnell, sire of " Liberty Loan and AVesty Ilbgah. Her daughter, " Lady Moonet, is mated to Great Britain, Mr. Hendries good, well-known stallion. 5 Jack Hare, Jr., will meet the best two-year-olds 1 in training in the Grab Bag Handicap, including Lucullite, Drastic, Papp, Sun Briar and other noted 7. performers. His best race at Saratoga was on An-, gust 0, when he beat a moderate band in a selling race and was bid up ,205 over his entered price : of ,000. He was utiextended at five and a half , furlongs, in 1:07 with 112 pounds up. The day prior, ,fc Papp won a three-quarters race in 1:14 over the j" same course with 130 pounds up. From a tinie It. standpoint Jack Hare, Jr.s race is the better of the two. Should Jack Hare, Jr. be capable of carrying I" heavy weights, he certainly will be a factor in next Wednesdays Grab Bag Handicap.
