view raw text
CUBA EAGER FOR FINE STOCK Some of Our Best Blood on the Island and More Will be Taken Local Rivalries Stimulate the De ¬ mand for the Best Racing and Breeding Material HAVANA Cuba April lii The manner in whicli the people of Cuba are taking to racing means much to tiie future of the breeding industry of the Tinted Stites as sportsmen of this country must naturally look to its neighbor for a supply of thoroughbreds thoroughbredsKivalries Kivalries are lieing born daily and the announce ¬ ment by the government that racing will be sub ¬ sidized to the extent of j OOOO during the season ISCIO Jl has vastly stimulated interest in the thor ¬ oughbred the sum mentioned above having been set aside for a Double Kvent for Cubanbred twoyear olds the first division of 10000 to be decided in February or March at a half mile wliile the second at a mile for a like amount will be run for in ovember or December These taken in conjunction with the liberal program planned by the Cnban mericaii management which includes ir 00l added money for both tiie Derby anil Grand National Handicap will give a most ambitious series of i vents in whicli Urn homebred will be particularly well eared for forThe The success achieved Jiy the Diaz Alvarez ami Armonia si a Ides during the j ast season has aroused i desire on the parl of many rich and influential iitiziiis o oxvii horses callable of holding their own in competition with the best of those sporting the bilks of the owners named above aboveWellbreiLji WellbreiLji ares with foals Jo tlii bost American sires have already been bought or will be purchased during Hie coming slimmer These will be left in the 1nited States until their foals have been weaned and the mares bred back to the same stallions o others of equal worth and the mares and foals wil be transferred to Cuba in the autumn The fine young mare Peccadillo a sister to that rood race horse Priscillian by Hastings St Priscilla was secured from Major August Itelmont for Senor Nico ¬ las Allan of Camagney recently for r00 Senor Adan is a senator of the Camagney district whicli is in the heart of the grazing region of Cuba and he is confident that he will have better than an even chance of winning honors with the progeny of such a fine young matron and Hourless to which horse she was due to foal on April Peccadillo will be returned to the splendid son of Negofol whose first foals at Nursery Stud are said to lie a fine lot lotMore More than two score sound wellbred mare which took part in the recent meeting al Oriental Park were bought by various enthusiasts amon them daughters of Marathon Sain Sweepr Ogden Day Comet Catmint Iltlrim Ileno Kuhicon Gil veston Celt Cnnard Kockton Transvaal Knglish Jjid Dalhousie and Ivan the Terrible TerriblePRESIDENT PRESIDENT MENOCALS FINE MARES MARESPresident President Menncal has several fine daughters of Trap lock Willonyx Dick Welles and The Com ¬ moner in the band of mares which is a feature of ii conntrv place KI Chico and he recently an iiiuixtd that he would buy a slillicn that would lie i fit consort for them lie had a chance to acquire r p Rock a year ago ami regrets not having bought she hnihcr of Tracery During the past season many of the Presidents mares were mated with Fair Count a brother to Hallot which is the prop ¬ erty nf the Republic and is a horse of size bone ami quality and the sire of some promising young ¬ sters at lames Hntlers establishment near Tarry town where he stood for two years yearsSi Si nor A II Diaz will keep Orestes by Tracery TraceryKililonaii Kililonaii by Ladas as a private sire Mares by Rock Sand King William Yankee rncominou and Hessian should give this halfbrother to Vor wood and Donnacona a chance to demonstrate liis worth in the stud No one for the same outlay Jias had a greater measure of success in racing than Senor Diaz who bought his good colts Grayssian jiul Plue Wrack both eligible to the Kentucky Derby and other rich prizes for S OO and 400 respectively as yearlings wliile Orestes cost but 00 when a threeyearold threeyearoldMessrs Messrs Tolon and FernandezMorrele who race under the iiiiui de course of Armonia Stable have a rather small but choice band of mares at Cai Mito which they will breed this season to Plazeaway by alerboy Among them are daughters of Trap IJoclf Watercress Monsieur de 1Orme Gilveston ind Rubicon RubiconA A new combination of young Havana Jtiisiness men Mi a fondness for the turf will constitute the Trcs Amigos Stud They have the stallion Sir JMgar 1 y Cnnard Stumpy by Handsome at the head of their establishment and among the jiiares that will be mated with him are Ambassa ¬ dor III by Sweeper son of Proomsliek that won the Two Thousand Guineas for the late Herman 15 Duryea Lady Langden by Marathon Polyanna by Transvaal Kdi Herrmann by Garry Herrmann IVJId Thyme by Hen Trovato Herself by Hrnmmel HrnmmelWcvmouth Wcvmouth Girl by The Manager and Miss Ivan by Ivan the Terrible Sir Kdgar will be recalled is a game horse of more than ordinary racing Caliber under the silks of II G Hidwell lie is a Jig little horse and a fine type of the 111 hand thoroughbred In addition to the thoroughbred mares Sir Edgar will serve a number of Criolla or native mares to secure pidi iconics for which there js a great demand the government encouraging the tunic in everv possible manner Already one fine l nviug field is in use at Camp Columbia army Jieadqliarters while work on a second is under way wayIteiijainin Iteiijainin Van Home of Camaguey who has 000 acres of land in one block in one of the liiiist fertile regions of the Kepublic is another jiewcomer o the ranks of Cuban breeders lie is a son of the late Sir William C Van Home president of the Canadian Pacific Railway who built many miles mes of railway in Cuba and is responsible for most of mesof the development in and around Camaguey Hen itiiiin Van Home has a number of African ponies ol the Hasuto type and he bonghtthe stallion King K lv Sain Humming Hee by Hamburg to cross oil them Later he bought this following thoroughbred mares from whicli he is confident he will secure a racer capable of holding his own with the other nativebred Magic Mirror by lldrim Magnetine by Armcath L Mae Murray by Ileno Watita by Fonso London Girl by Ing lish LatlFlammula by Flambeau ami Liml sey by Daliiousie Tasley by Sempronius Four betterlooking mares cannot be found any ¬ where Magnetine produced Wise Man and Flam mula a good race mare herself is the dam of many winners including Lindly and Almeda Lawrence LawrenceBALLY BALLY TO HAVE HIS CHANCE CHANCECharles Charles A Stoneham of the Cuba American Jockev Club holds Rally by Hallot Sally K by Mirthful in high regard and has determined to give him a gootl chance in the stud Among the mares whicli will be mated with this handsome and licet grandson of Voter an Parable by Golden Garter Dinawick by Childwiek whose second dam was Omladina by Royal Hampton granddaiu Geheimniss an Knglish Oaks winner by Rosicrn cian 1nwiso Child by Madrigaliau or His Majesty Panchette by Alvescot imported Oenothera by Day Comet Presanella by Cyllene Ayah by Ayrshire imported Clonakilty by Catmint Cata nioiint by Ladas next dam Catscradle by St Frusquin Catriona by Rend Or Harriet by Celt Clara Atkin sister to Jack Atkin by Sain Magic Memorv by lldrim Magnetine bv Armcath II Rcdlitn V by Cnnard Red Light by Tam ¬ many and Scylln by Rockton Rockwater by Laureate or Clifford second dam the great mare One I Love by Minting MintingA A number of wellbred mares the property of va ¬ rious owners will be sent to Solomon by All Gold Stamina by Nasturtium whose granddam was that remarkable mare Endurance by Right This horse is the property of II I Prown and he is the sire of some very line foals on the island Among lit mares that will go to him this year are Conimaiiretta by The Commoner Lymlora by Hast ¬ ings and Chatterbox by McGee McGeeA A Cuban sire of prospective merit was secured only recently by Senor Kugenio Alvarez the owner of Ilerron winner of the Cuban Derby This is the young fiveyearold Histouri by Tracery Itallot Hred by Meddler whose second dam was Hcldamc by Octagon This horse was bred in France ami he showed great speed in his juvenile trials for S C Hildrcth rnfortunatcly he struck himself and was thrown out of training He was loaned to the Hrecding Hureau of The Jockey Club and stood for a year at Ashantee in the Genesee Valley Major Hclmont brought him home to the Nursery Stud lust fall and le was advertised to stand as a private sire when Senor Alvarez opened negotiations for his purchase The horse is now at Havre de Grace in the hands of William Daly and it is thought that he will stand training Histouri has some fine foals at Nursery Stud and in the Genesee Valley and he will head the Alvarez stud when his turf career is ended Silver Sandals by Ogden will be one of his consorts Mares whose blood will mix with that of Histouri will be picked up from time to time timeWith With such a promising start the breeding industry of Cuba especially tinder the fostering influence of a friendly government should advance rapidly
