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HELD CAMPFIRE IN HIGH REGARD Of the many good horses owned by R. T. Wilson, president of the Saratoga Racing Association, none was held more highly than Campfire, the leading winner of 1915. "The general public will never know how good a horse Campfire was," said Mr. Wilson in discussing the possibilities of the son of Olambala Nightfall as a sire. "He was never greater than when he broke down and the morning he went wrong I think he could have worked faster over the Belmont Park track than any horse that was ever trained there. While he did great things as a two-year-old when he topped the list of winners in tills country, he was, in my opinion, destined to accomplish -still greater things later in his eareer. "I have always had my own opinion concerning Campfire." resumed Mr. Wilson, "and nothing will make me believe that he was not a sufferer from what wc would call autointoxication in the human family. Ifc ws this which interfered with his training and kept him from taking the same pride of place as a three-year-old which he occupied at two. I look for him to make good in the stud, just as Olambala has." . i - - c i 1 t s
