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MORE ABOUT THAT WIDENER MARVEL Is by Santoi Charity Lass and Traces Back to Dominos Fleet Sister Correction NEW YOIIK N Y December IS In the stable if Joseph E Widcner is a black or brown coif that is attracting attention of the other owners and trainers locatid at Bchnont Park Whether this giant of a colt will live up to his looks as a race horse remains to be seen but if he docs then there will be an ideal champion in the twoyearold divi ¬ sion next year Tom Welch his trainer is loath to talk alxMit him any more than to say He is a handsome individual witli more than ordinary sub ¬ stance and he can run like the divill Mr Welch is not exaggerating when he declares him hand ¬ some He stands nearly sixteen hands and while in his rough winter coat his perfect conformation is plainly visible Never was there a bigger boned horse at least I never saw one said Mr Welch prior to his leaving for France As for speed I think he can run a quarter any time in better than twentythree seconds He may turn out a failure as many good looking horses do but he does not come from failure stock stockThe The latter assertion caused a research of his breeding On the registration cards in W H IJowes bureau the colt is described as a brown by Santoi Charity Lass The family blood of San loi comes through Queens Birthday Merry Wife Merry Hampton and farther back to the most illus ¬ trious blood of Englands nice horsos The for ¬ bears of Queens Birthday trace back to the great Voltigeur which is recommendation enough On the sires side staying qualities are denoted posi ¬ tively Looking for speed the breeding of Charity I iss is sufficient She is by Fugleman Nature Nature was by Meddler Correction the latter a sister of Domino and a mare the like of which in speed is seen only in generations Correction will e remembered bv oldtime horsemen here in many memorable speed tests notably beating such marvels as Dr Hasbrouck and Stonell the most prominent sprinters of twentyfive years ago agoAt At present this promising colt of Mr Wideners is just getting over a slight skin disease that has prevailed in some btabcs at Belmout Park It was noUiing serious though somewhat disfiguring for the moment the brown coat being dotted wkli white looking spots which are now disappearing The disease does not in any way affect the internal organs Trainers who have seen the Santoi colt in action are much impressed and predict a bright future for him if he stands up That he will be trained with the utmost care is positive as Mr Welch has stated that he is the best and most promising youngster he has ever had in charge Mr Widener has ten or a dozen other youngsters in his string sonic of which are quite up to the average but compared with the Santoi colt they fall con ¬ siderably short
