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THIRTY FIVE- YEAR- OLD HORSES WHICH LED THE OTHERS OF THEIR AGE IN AMOUNT OF MONEY WON IN THE RACING OF LAST YEAR The list of thirty five-year-olds which won the most money in our racing of 1918 includes some really excellent race horses. Of .these the beautiful black horse George Smith was undoubtedly best. He terminated his career in racing in a blaze of glory at Pimlico last fall when, with 130 pounds on his back, lie won the Bowie Handicap at -a mile and a half in 2:31, with Omar Khayyam, 115 itounds, second. Exterminator, 120 pounds, third, and twelve more of the best handicap horses of the year unplaced. His future is in the .stud, where success should await him. He is purely English in blood, although foaled in this country. His sire was a son of the mighty Persimmon, which won the Epsom Derby and Doncastcr St. Legcr, anil his dam an English mare, brought to this country by the late Milton Young. Second to George Smith in money won was the capital English-bred steeplechaser The Brook, followed in third place by another steeplechaser in the good mare Bet. Slippery Elm, a good horse under light to medium weight, did not shine particularly in his early racing of the year, but from the time he won the Bed Cross Handicap at Saratoga, August 19, ran so well and won so frequently that he gained inclusion in the list of winners of 0,000 or more. Old Koenig, an excessively fast horse, did good service for his stable and gave the measure of his speed when at his best when lie carried 122 pounds in the Carter Handicap and defeated Boamer. 130 pounds; Polymelia!!. 128; Naturalist, 112; Inia Frank, 107; Corn Tassel, 110, and three more fast ones in the new track record time of 1:23 for seven-eighths of a mile. Some other live-year-olds which raced witli distinction for themselves and profit for their owners were Sun God, Spur, Franklin, Kama, Sasin, Eddie Henry, Dorcas, St. Isidore, Faurc-Col and Prince of Como, some as long-distance racers and some as sprinters. In the latter branch of racing Kama was the leader in races won with eleven to his credit. The thirty most successful five-year-olds were the following: Horse. Col. and Sex. Pedigree. Owner. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. George Smith blk. Ii. Out of Beach Consuelo II J. .Sauford S 4 2 2 0 8,550 The Brook br. g. Troutbeck Hnttie E- M. Weld 14 9 2 1 2 17,410 Ket b. m. King James Nancy D W. B. Coe 19 4 5 0 10 12,500 Slippery Elm br. g. Bannockburn Schwalbe Wdld Stk. Fm.23 10 1 3 9 11.735 Old Koenig b. h. Golden Maxim Masthead Beverwyck Stablell 3 5 1 2 10,050 Sun God eh. g. Aeronaut Sunrise T. C. Bradley. .22 10 2 0 4 8,318 Spur b. h. King James Auntie Mum J. Butler 10 2 1 1 0 7,175 Franklin .eh. g. Jim Gaffney Gliding By II. S. Kbppin ...20 i 5 0 9 7.10S J. J. Murdock b. h. Contestbr Grotesque J. Umensetter ..39 9 5 5 20 0,009 Kama- b. g. Stanhope II. Kermess J. If. Goodman. . .33 11 11 3 S 0,505 Basin b. g. The Picket Queen C. Buxton 17 3 1 4 9 0,405 Wiseman . ... ch. h, Giganteuiu Mngnetlne Annonia .Stable.. 24 5 5 5.. S 0,247. Dolintt Rvtrvwch;m:-isKiand;IInoij Bonnie fKirt.TriTrTAVrsWalktr T..3or7!PT35"T7ftor Startling . . i,.. . V. .b. If Martii Santa-Country Fraud . .R. F. Carman ..18 3 3 3 9 5,805 Tnunpator ch. g. Garry Herrmann Ambrosia ......II. L. Pratt ....15 .3 .5 2 5 5,705 Eddie Henry ch. g. Ctinard Melton Mowbray F. Schelke 31 10 11 3 7 5,185 Dorcas b. ni. Ildrim Dawte Cleveland Stable. 22 5 5 3 9 4,021 Dramaturge ch. g. Ethelbert Drama J. K. L. Ross ...17 5 2 8 2 4.2S5 Air Man br. h. Waterboy Colonial C. IV Winfrey ..23 4 7 ! ti 4.250 St. Isidore ch. g. Isidor Onaga Col. Fawcett ...24 4 0 0 14 4,245 Brooks br. g. Leonid Insolence J. E. Davis 14 2 5 0 7 4.240 Pit ch. g. Leonid Belle Bankiu. J. P. Phillips ..24 5 4 5 10 4,218 Faux-Col br. h. Valens Collet Monte Williams . Bros.. ..15 5 0 0 4 4,049 Savonarra b. m. Peter Quince Ellora C. Tugendhaft ..22 2 2 12 3.S00 Sands of Pleasure ..b. g. Fair Play Golden Sand II. Field 17 3 4 4 0 3.851 Whimsy br. g. Burgomaster Whimsical Cleveland Stable.22 1 5 4 12 3,800 Prince of Como b. g. Disguise Claudia J. Livingston ...17 4 5 4 4 3,797 Valais b. li. Ethelbert Lady of the Valley ..U. S. Breed. Bur.25 3 7 4 11 3.785 Billie B ch. g. Thicket Belle of Harrisburg ...Harvey and Allen. .28 5 7 0 10 3,081 Eddie T b. g. Golden Maxim Maid of Promise.T. Trovato 20 5 5 3 13 3.5S1
