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IUJL TfTFIUJL TfTF HISTORY OF THE OLDEST AND GREATEST SWEEPSTAKES SWEEPSTAKESFOR FOR THREEYEAROLDS 18671921 THE THERACE RACE FROM 1884 TO 1891 FROM PANIQUE 1384 TO FOXFORD 1891 BY W S VOSBURGH VOSBURGHPANIQUE PANIQUE S YEAE Only four started for the Belmont of 1881 put of sixtythree nominations Dwyer Brothers won with Panique the Withers 1884 winner after a desperate whipping finish with Knight of Ellerslie and Himalaya third It was one of the closest races racesin in the history of the Belmont Panique was a chestnut bred by Mr Aristides Welch at the Erdenheim Stud near Philadelphia He had a star both hind pasterns white and was by Alarm from Maggie B B Iroquois1 dam by Australian He was a slashing racehorse but developed intestinal trouble soon after and did not win again Time of the race 242 Value S3150 S3150TYRANTS TYRANTS YEAE Tyrants year 1885 is still remembered as marking the entry of Mr J B Haggin into racing with the dark colt Tyrant 1885 The colt arrived from California late in April and his trainer Claypool fooled all the trainers and touts at Jerome Park with withhis his trials by pulling up at unexpected places The trainers conceived so poor an opinion of him that he won the Withers at long odds For the Belmont six out of sixtytwo nominations started and Tyrant at oddson won quite handily St Augustine and Tecumseh second and third Tyrant was a chestnut with a blaze left fore and both hind legs white He was bred at the Belle Meade Stud in Tennessee a son of Great Tom from Moselle by Jack Malone His action when galloping was so smooth that he seemed to be going easily when in fact he was doing his best He trained off after the Belmont and was beaten at Monmouth Time 243 Value 2710 INSPECTOR BS In 1886 while only five out of sixtyseven engaged started there was a Srcat improvement in class Three noted horses finished finishedYEAR vnn A T 1 o o a YEAR 1886 for the three places Dwyer Brothers Inspector B first The TheBard Bard second and Linden third It was a wellcontested race but butInspector Inspector B won by a length He was a bay bred at Belle Meade Stud by Enquirer from Colossa by Colossus He had avery successful career while The Bard became the champion at four and five and Linden also was a highly successful horse Time of the race 241 Value 2720 HANOVERS YEAR Hanovers Belmont in 1887 was not a brilliant affair Only Onlyone one colt Oneko started with him At two years old Oneko 1887 had given Hanover a hard race at Monmouth brought him to tothe the whip in fact but Hanover was twenty pounds a better colt coltat at three than he had been at two years old Thus out of ninetyfive nominations the Belmont had only two starters and Hanover was under a pull It was the smallest field that had started for the Belmont The fact is the Withers had for some years ruined the interest in the Belmont but now to render matters worse the Brooklyn meeting opened spring racing with the Carlton Stakes and Brooklyn Derby and by the time the Belmont was run the form of the colts was so well classified that interest in it was destroyed Hanover was a chestnut with a blaze both fore and off hind legs white bred at the Runnymede Stud Paris Ivy and was a son of Hindoo Bourbon Belle by Bonnie Scotland He was sired by Hindoo in the latters first season in the stud and was the best Hindoo never sired another near as good His dam was an old mare when she foaled him She had never foaled a good racer before and never foaled a good one after although she had several brothers and sisters of Hanover As to Hanovers merits as a race horse and as a sire nothing I can say will add to his fame He was the most successful in both spheres of any horse of his generation Time of the race 2 43 V Value 2900 SIR DIXON S The Belmont of 1888 resulted in a twohorse race Although ninety QQQ four were cnSaSed only Dwyer Brothers Sir Dixon and Mr Belmonts ooo Prince Royal started The pair had run a hot race for the Withers but for the Belmont Sir Dixon won easily Sir Dixon was a brown bred by Clay Woodford at Runnymede Stud and was a son of imported Billet from Jaconet sister of Iroquois by Leamington He was a colt of great quality but a trifle delicate and could not endure the hard campaigning the Dwyer Stable exacted of its horses There was the appearance of a gentleman about him such as few horses possess As a sire he made a great reputation among his get being Butterflies the Futurity winner Jack Point and Kilmarnock Time of the race 240 Value 3440 3440ERICS ERICS YEAR In 1889 only three colts out of seventyfive started for the Belmont BelmontDiablo Diablo had shown such form at Gravesend that he was made favorite 1889 but the race was won by Mr A J Cassatts Eric ridden by William WilliamHayward Hayward after a hard finish by half a length from Diablo the latter latterbeating beating Zephyrus three lengths Eric was a bay bred by Mr P Lorillard at Rancocas N J and was a son of Duke of Magenta from the imported mare Second Hand Exiles dam by Stockwell He wa san excellnet colt but while he never attained to the rank of first class he defeated some firstclass ones during his career Time of the race 247 Value 4960 BURLINGTONS In 1890 the Belmont was transferred with most of the old events from Jerome Park to Morris Park the New York Jockey Club taking takingYEAR YEAR 1890 over the stakes of the American Jockey Club which was dissolved dissolvedAs As an evidence of the changes time had wrought the race was re ¬ duced to a mile and a quarter and instead of even weights which had prevailed since the race was inaugurated in 1867 penalties and allowances were introduced The effect was to secure 136 nominations Nine colts sported colors the largest field that had started for several years Mr Belmonts Padishah was the favorite but Hough Brothers Burlington with 125 pounds up won by two lengths Devotee and Padishah second and third Burlington was a highbred looking colt and became known as the Gentleman in Black He was bred at Woodburn Stud Kentucky and was a son of Powhattan a full brother to Parole from the imported mare Invercauld by St Albans As a racer he made good and while not in the first flight was a much better colt than some others which had won the race Time 207i Value 8500 8500FOXFORD FOXFORD S YEAS A rather moderate lot started for the Belmont of 1891 six out of seventynine engaged Mr Marcus Dalys Montana was a top 1891 heavy favorite but after one of his hurricane finishes Ed Gar ¬ rison on Foxford defeated Montana by a neck Laurestan third thirdFoxford Foxford was a bay bred by Mr A J Cassatt at the Chesterbrook Stud in Pennsylvania He was by Stratford son of Leamington from Foxglove by Lever He was a fair race horse a game one but hardly of the class in which to look for a winner of so important a race Time 2 08 Value 5070 5070To To be continued
