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GRAND RACING CAREER OF ISINGLASS Performances of the Greatest Money -Winning Horse of All Time — Defeated but Once. In dealing with the famous horses of the past, one has no . tit • 11 1 i f endeavoring to proceed 011 •order of merit" line. Such a task would lie liotli invidious ami hopeles . Thus, in making Isinglass tb sul.j.-rt of this article, nothing in parlimlar is signified. At the same time, whatever the pro-n lur- followed. Isinulass would take a pretty Mich pla..-. for there is no gainsaying that lie was one of the greatest horses of modern times. l inul:i« was the property of that spl.-iidiil sportsman Papliiiu "llarry" McCalitiout. by whom he was l.i-.d. lie was by the famous Isoinmiy out of a eiiloek mare named Deadlock. T!ii mare was purchased by P.ipt. Machrll. to whom she had pre-vkMisly In -longed, from Lord Aliuglon for a mere s iiig and was ia l"-? mated with laQMeajr, priHluc-ing a eall which received the name of Islington. This animal failed to attain any great distinction, but after Deadlock had passed into the |M sscssion of apt. Mc4aliu»iit. she was upniii mated with Isiuioiii.t and the result of the second alliance was Isil.glas-. With other of Papt. M talni.niCs horses. Isinglass was pl.ire.l under the eat.- of James Jewitt, who had charge of a strong team at the time. The .-..IPs del. 111 was not heralded by any flourish of lniii|Mts. hi- fir-t .-icqiiai;il.-iu e with a race track Immuk made in a maiden plate at the Newmarket se...iid spring mii tin" in jsjrj. .starting at 1 » to 1 yal— t. he ..ii by tln.H- parts of a length from Sweet l.iura. His next effort was made in more exalted e. :np.:ii . :.s |lt. W:ls ,„„. ,,r ,ll. competitors f..r liie N. Makes al Asi-ot. and the successful one at iliat. winning by two lengths from Fealar. with Raveiisbury. whieh was destined to beeaeac bis greatest rival, third. Mis final race as a two-year ..II ,:,s in i|„ Middle Park Plate, which he won from Kavensbitrv. with ! • Nichaiu third 1111.1 aiioili.r which lie fr.ouentlv met later— Radium fourth. TRIPLE CROWN WINNER. Tie- « 1 season carei-r of Isinglass was opened in l!i • Two Thousand, for which lie started favorite at .". to 4 on. and in which he beat Raveiisbury by tin.-. .|ii:.rters ,.f a length, with Raeburu four lentil.- away third. A fortnight later Mr. C. D. Roses .oil l„-,d another tilt at his familiar rival in the N.wiaarket Stakes, which resulted in an easy win f..r lh. Tw„ Thousand hero. laMaiaw4 for which he mttt race was the Derby, was BataraMy ■ warm favorite. «J to 4 being laid on. bdaglass again came through triumphantly. I hough ti,. IH was a iKTiod in the race during which the |H.it.i,ts were not altogether favorable. Pint Kaehiirn threatened to give trouble, and after In-had iHf-ii 1I1 .M,.ed of Raveiisbury apiM-ared in the light of :, formidable comnetiloT. Isinglass, however, liked a tussle, and settling to his work, lie finally defeated Itnveiishury lJ » length and a half. Ba. burn ..g mi |M-ing third. The winning of tlie triple crown now seemed to In- merely a matter of health for Isinglass, and as lie was at his liest when iMincastcr came round. be duly realized cxiM-ctatioiis. Ixating Itavciisbur.i by a half length, though that margin did not ade 1 1 ■ : . 1 • 1 i.ihet the aiuoiitit he had in hand of Ravi 11-I. ui y. which once more filled second pla -e, with Lo NMcham third. Thns the placings were similar to those in the Middle Park Plate in the previous October. The way in which "form" was constantly produced almost to a mathematical nicety where the leading classic animals of the times were concerned was remarkable. Which prompts the reflection that Raveiisbury was just about as unlucky as Minting in running up .igainst the mighty Ormonde. That Raveiisbury himself xvas well up to the standard of average Derby winners will scarcely be disputed. Apart from his continued "proximity" to "apt. McCal-monts colt, he put on record several other sterling performances. As a four-year-old he won the .Manchester November Handicap with 130 pounds in the saddle while in the following June he carried off the Ascot Stakes despite the fact that he had to shoulder 135 pounds. He also won the Hard-wicke Stakes, lieating I-t Fleche, on which odds of 5 to 1 were laid. FIRST AND ONLY DEFEAT. To go back a little, however. Following tfct St. Leger. Isinglass was next seen at Manchester, where be took part in the rich Lancashire Plate Among hi* ll",,,■ rivals for this race was Baebnrn, to which the crack had to concede ten ix.unds. -Many doubted his ability to do this, and the doubters scored when Isinglass failed by a length against Ike Duke of Portlands colt, thus sustaining his first and only defeat. When Isinglass made his first appearance as a four-year-old. in the Princess of Wales Stakes, a new "star had risen in the firin.iment. This was l.adas whirh had won for Lord Baaeket* his first Oerby. In the rich Newmarket race mentioned, then i aie of the ton thousand |Humd events, odds were laid on the three-year-old, while Ravenshury was also preferred to apt. McCalmoiits celehritv". The last named, however, had no diffieultv in disposing of iHith I-idas and his old antagonist, but he experienced some trouble in disposing „f tlu. !|t_ tiitions of the .".1 to 1 chance Bullingdm, which was onlv defeated by the margin of a head. Isinglass was again opposed by Latum and Ravi nshurv. in addition to Raeburu ami Ike future St. Laflar winner. Throstle, in the Kilipse Stakes The ,snls wen-, on this occasion, laid on the first ; 11: d. though I--idns again comma 11. led a goodly following. I-old Koselx ry-s colt made a better fight at the second tune of asking, but even so had to be ■-ontent wilh second place to his older classic rival. Isinglass only other appearance this year was made i-i the Jockey Club Stakes, in which In- one,. ,„„,-,. found himself op|»osed to Throstle and Raeburu. The fillv. which had then won her Doncastcr laurels was deemed to be the chief source of danger to Isinglass, but she was in no mood for racing Instead she bolted and did not pass the post, the fav-urite winning comfortably from the French Oou-vrrnail. with Son o- Mine third. Thus Isinglass -wept the lH.ard of the tea thousand poand events. Hid this representing a tolerable good years work", the colt was retired for the year. There was indeed litlle left for him to accomplish 1 •part from adding his name to the list of tiold tup winners and this he was afforded tl ppiu-tunity "f doing. The opposition to the son of Isonomy was not strong. Im ing. as it was. confined |g ]»,._ minder and kills.illaghau. though both three were ; aw fat. Reminder had run third in I-adas Derby ■ ind afterwards won the City and Suburban, while J Kill allaghaii proved good enough to aria a Chester . 4 iil . Neither of them, however, could make any . impression BJBM Isinghiss at Ascot, the race ending . in a three lengJJis victory for the champion. — "J. F. P." in S|Mirtiug Life.
