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| | , 1 CHARLES PATTERSONS TURF TRIUMPHS Noted Trainer Developed Ornament, Hamburg and Last Years Sensational Racer, Omar Khayyam. New York. April 2. — Expressions of regret are heard in metropolitan racing circles over the sudden death of trainer Charles Patterson. 1 Mr. Patterson was a native of Pittsburgh. Pa., where his father held a civic iiositiou and also took great interest iu trotting horses. Charles was the eldest of the family and was particularly interested in fast horses from his childhood, but he first figured as a driver of trotters, in which he achieved considerable success, but it was as a traiuer. owner and manager of thoroughbreds that he achieved his greatest success and established a national reputation. His first real triumph was with the great race horse Ornament. It was Ornament who first math1 Patterson really famous and put him on the high road to distinction. He was without doubt one of the greatest race horses of his time and by many considered absolutely unbeatable. Owing to the prejudice against the I.svi.y fanii!;. In the male line Ornament lid not have the opportunities in the stud which would otherwise have fallen to him in view of his great racing performances. He was bred at Raucho del Paso by the late James B. Haggin. but was bought early by Mr. Patterson, who developed him. HAT HEMPSTEAD A FINE FILLY. Another high-class thoroughbred brought out and developed by Patterson was the beautiful chestnut filly May Hempstead, foaled 1S96 by Patron — Lillie Hempstead, by Longfellow. This filly was a sensational two-year-old and afterward raced credit-iibly. but one of Charles Pattersons greatest triumphs as a trainer was achieved a year earlier, when he broke ami trained that wonderful horse Hamburg, which proved the founder of John E. Maddens fortune. Mr. Pattersons connection with the famous son of Hanover — Lady Reel consisted in breaking and training him. but knowing what kind of a colt he was. there is no doubt that Ham burgs brilliant successes were extremely profitable to him. His name will go down into turf hisinry closely linked with that of the great horse which founded and gave the name to one of the greatest stud farms in America as far as the production of great race horses is concerned, although he never owned the colt, but he develo cd him and sent him to the races for his close personal friend and associate, John E. Madden. Il would be tedious even to attempt to cnumer ate all the race horses which Patterson trained and raced, for he never lost his high repute as an eminently successful trainer and manager of race horses, but his most recent triumph was one which even bordered upon the sensational and that was his purchase, development aud racing of the great colt Omar Khayyam, undoubtedly one of the fastest and stauuehest race horses ever brought to this country. SELECTED AND BOUGHT OMAR KHAYYAM. During the Saratoga meeting of 191."i. it became known that trainer Patterson was going abroad to buy yearlings for C. K. 6. Billings and Frederick Johnson at the Newmarket England sales, but it was late in the autumn before the shipment arrived. Due of the particularly moderate priced yearlings in the band was a smallish chestnut colt by Marco — Llama, by Persimmon. He had lieen I knocked down at .." S0 and as compared with most ! of the band, he looked rather undersized, but he had shipped much l etter than any of the others and he was at ouce rated by Patterson as one of the Is-st bargains of the entire band. His brilliant successes on the turf now are features of recent turf history wnich nobody has forgotten and the fact that at the dispersal sale he brought 6.." 00. is not likely to be forgotten. Last summer Mr. Patterson undertook the management of R. L- Jerrys turf interests and made an excellent beginning by bringing old Sharpshooter back to the races with surprising success. During the winter he has been developing several promising youngsters for Mr. Jerry and it is understood that he entertained an esiiecially high opinion of some „f them.
