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AMERICAN BRED JUVENILES Have Proved Superior to Foreign ¬ ers Racing at Saratoga Different Story in the Three Year Old Division Sun Briar the Leader By C J Fitz Gerald GeraldSaratoga Saratoga N Y August 17 Not the least inter ¬ esting feature of the racing here under the auspices of the Saratoga Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses has been the rivalry between the native and foreignbred thoroughbred and to date in the twoyearold division the palm must be awarded to those bred iu the rnited States StatesBilly Billy Kelly by his victories in the Flash United Sbites Hotel and Sanford Memorial Stakes and Hannibal by his splendid triumph in the Sanitoga SMciaI are the juveniles which have upheld the honor of the American blood horse industry and the pedigrees of both of them are permeated with the stoniest strains to be found in our Stud Book Com ¬ mander Boss great gelding goes to Longfellow in tlie second generation in the maternal line while Hannibal reaches Gleneoe through Olambala and students of blood lines say that Mr Wilsons great sirr has the blood of this renowned horse closer up than any other stallion in the country countryThese These are not the only highclass twoyearolds that first saw the light of day in this country which will participate in the Grand Union Hotel Hopeful and other stake features between now and the end of the meeting Sivren On acknowledged a young ¬ ster of merit in the stable of W It Coe Dunboyue representing I A ClarkeEternal the crack of J AY llcClullands string and Henry A Porters Pride of championshipIt India are all aspirants to the championship It is known that an offer of 30000 by Comman ¬ der J K L Boss was refused during the early days of the meeting for Eternal while trainer Morrissey would not put a price on Pride of India when re ¬ quested to do so by James Bowe who manages and trains the stable of Harry Payne Whitney It will 1 remembered that Billy Kelly only overhauled Dniibcync fifty yards from home in the United States Hotel Stakes and on that occasion Duuboyne carried 130 to the geldings 127 In the throeyearold division however there is ninilher story to tell and the Travers Stakes at a mile and a quarter the feature as far as u true racing tost goes of yesterdays card saw three horses that first saw the light of day abroad finish ie two three They were Sun Briar by the ex ¬ patriated Sundridge Johren by Spearmint and War Cloud by Polymelns The best American repre ¬ sentative Escoba went wrong in training some time ago nd of the others that gave promise of high class a year ago Papp has so far this year rhown no trace of form that would make him have inv claim to the threevearold crown crownThe The same is true of Lucullite whose front ankles m none of the best so that thoroughbreds of for ¬ eign blood to a great extent will have the battle for honors in the threeyearold class to themselves themselvesIt It is true that Sun Briar which was lK rn in lrance has an American cross through his gran dam while Johren through his gnindam Mineola traces to Ijungfellow Score another point for the hero of Nantuni which the English say was not a thoroughbred but could nevertheless run farther ind faster than any liors of his day and generation When it comes to War Cloud there is not n scintilla f anything but the bluest of British blue blood in his veins veinsMr Mr Kilmer has announced the retirement of Sun Briar at the end of this season it being his desire to place him it the head of his Sun ISriar Court Xtntl near Iinghamton and Sun Briars victory in tlu Kravers will give the handsome Frenchman great nrestige as up to date he has been considered i brilliant miler His sire was a sprinter which got stayers and Sim Briar ran like a stayer yes ¬ terday terdayNow Now that Sun Briar has won the Travers it will bf a sKirtsniinlikc act mi lie part of Mr Kilmer to have Henry McPaniel give the colt a special preparation for the Sanitoga Cup at i milt anl tlirecHiuartors on the closing day when he would have Iwsidcs Johren and War Cloud such clinkers sis Cudgel and Koamer to overcome
