Famous Old Rosebud Is Dead: Hero Of Two Sensational Comebacks To Racing Finally Breaks Down And Is Destroyed---His Romantic Career, Daily Racing Form, 1922-05-24

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FAMOUS OLD ROSEBUD IS DEAD HEtlO OF TWO SENSATIONAL COMEBACKS TO RACING FINALLY BREAKS DOWN AND IS DE ¬ STROYED HIS ROMANTIC CAREER Old Rosebud is dead The famous hero of two sensational comebacks to the turf and one of the most popular race horses was destroyed at the Aqueduct race course Tuesday morning The old gelding broke down so badly while being galloped Sunday that it was finally decided that the most humane thing to do would be to destroy him himAmong Among the good horses of the last dozen years none has been awarded a higher place in public favor than Old Rosebud A champion twoyearold in 1913 winner of the fastest Kentucky Derby in 1914 then in retirement from racing for two years and supposed to be hopelessly crippled he came back in 1917 and showed the racing public a retention of highclass form that constitutes one of the romances of American racing On the shelf again through 1918 he scored another comeback in 1919 Taking into consideration what he accomplished under difficulties one cannot help wondering what the record of this old hero would have been had he remanied sound and able to race through the campaigns of 1914 1915 1916 and 1918 For one thing it is a certainty that in that case he would have ranked well up in the list of American winners of 100000 or more moreHe He was a glorious twoyearold and won twelve of his fourteen races His near relative in blood Little Nephew gave him his two defeats but he amply avenged himself for this unmannerly treatment by afterward defeating Little Nephew time and again Among his winnings that year were the Yucatan Stakes at Juarez his first race Spring Trial Stakes at Douglas Park Harold Stakes and Cincinnati Trophy at Latonia and the Flash Stakes and United States Hotel Stakes at Saratoga His threeyearold career was short He won a mile dash at Lexnigton over a slow track from average campaigners as a part of his preparation for the Kentucky Derby This big race he won on the John Harper formula of from eend to eend running its mile and a quarter in the new track record time of 203 and winning pulling up by six lengths with Hodge second Brpnzewing third and John Gund Old Ben Surprising and Watermelon unplaced Having no further imme ¬ diate business in Kentucky he was then taken east to fill important engagements in that section His first start was in the Withers Stakes at Belmont Park and while racing in it with every prospect of winning he burst a tendon sheath and was done with racing until 1917 arrived Old Rosebuds first long vacation from racing was spent on the Newman ranch in Texas It thus came about that when he was given his first tryout for the 1917 campaign it took place at Juarez where Frank Weir was racnig a string of horses In this he was beaten by ZIm at five and a half furlongs in 106 but he came out of the race sound and in good condition He was hardened by a few races there and at Essex Park and Oaklawn then traveled north to engage in a wonderfully successful campaign in the course of which among other races he won the Clark Latonia Inaugural Queens County Bay view Carter Delaware and Frontier Handicaps In these he vanquished the best horses of the year Roamer Cudgel Boots Hollister Hodge Fruit Cake Bromo The Finn Old Koenig Crimper Pickwick and others of renown Speedily the official handicappers marked him for their own with the result that top weight was usually his portion but that did not prevent him from winning fifteen of his twentyone races and 31720 and endearing himself to the racing public publicHis His second return in 1919 showed that he was not the Old Rosebud of 1917 but on more than one occasion he displayed the oldtime fire and speed so much so that he won nine races out of twentysix starts That was the last year he figured prominently as he started only eight times in 1920 twice in 1921 and the same number this year Here is the glorious record he leaves behind behindYear Year Ase Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Unp Amount 1913 2 14 12 2 0 0 19057 1914 33 2 0 0 1 9a75 1915 4 Did not race 1916 5 Did not race 1917 6 21 15 1 3 2 31720 1918 7 Did not race 1919 8 30 9 7 5 9 12182 1920 9 8 1 2 0 5 1295 1921 10 2 1 0 0 1 700 1922 11 2 0 1 0 1 200 Totals 7


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