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FOREIGNBRED HORSES IN OUR RACING Have Not Displayed Superiority Over Hocieorcds but Are Figuring Prominently New York July 19 During the recent Aqueduct meeting foreignbred horses figured quite promi ¬ nently Init nottto such an extent as some woule iave us believe nor to the discredit of our owi American stock Truth of the matter is that out if the 104 races run only twentythree fell tr horses bred across the witter In the matter o take races our good old American sons and daugh ters gathered in the lions share of the rich prizes There were nineteen stake events decided at Aque luct and but five fell to foreignbred horses tw being steeplechase stakes won by the Iiighclas juniper The Brook The most important stake vic ¬ tory of the foreigners was AVar Clouds success ii the Dwyer Stakes in which he triumphed ovei lack Hare Jr and Johrcn The other stake feature n the flat to fall to them was the Astori Dinner Stakes the filly Terentia accounting for it ind the Brookdale Handicap which was won bj V K Macombers Hand Grenade GrenadeAgainst Against that showing the Americans can proudlj display the successes of High Time in the Iludsor Stakes Cudgel in the Brooklyn Handicap Fleeini Sheik in the Carnarsio Compadre in the Uuioi Stakes Dunboyne in the Great American Roamc in the Queens County Handicap Osgood in the Woodhaven Campadre in the Rockaway Elfii Queen in the Clover Old Koenig in the Cartel Handicap Lonl Brighton In the Tremorit Fair Wand in the Gazelle and AAhimsy in the Myrtl Stakes The foreigners to win overnight races include Conduit witii two to his credit Polygon Enfilade lusilu au Bout Gath Lady Gertrude Trompe L Mort Benevolent Terentia Torchbearer Johrcn Naturalist Corn Tassel Regal Lodge Nutcrackei and Chasseur But it is no surprising thing for these foreigner to cut a wide swath in our racing as the largi importations of English and Frenchbred horse in the past couple of years have brought to oir diores some of the most fashionably brod represen tatives of the thoroughbred world worldAAMiy AAMiy should they not win when the blood of tin most famous horses of the English and French tur course through their veins It would be surprisini indeed if they did not They are owned by Ameri ans who spent large sums to bring them to thi country and their present value to our racing i nfinitesmal compared to their future value in tin stud For that reason if no other may thcj nosper and build up reputations on the turf a vc hope they will afterward in the stud
