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Id rather an odds-on to make me merry, than sixty to one make me sad. The Poet o the Paddock. Not Since Luke McLukes Bay have the "orange, black sleeves, whlti cap" of John W. Schorr, the Memphis turf man, been seen in the East. Time was whci a Chicago or St. Louis dispatch announcing an Eastern invasion by the Schorr stabK was something for New York horsemen tfl give attention. Endurance by Right, Algoli Alard Schcck, George W. Jenkins and thi sensational jockey, Tommy Burns, were members of the Schorr establishment in its hey. day. Mr. Schorr has never had a peer as a Judge of yearlings racehorses in the making. One may count upon the fingers of a hand any Schorr youngsters that entered their three-year-old careers as maidens. And tlicfe were seasons when they swept the boards of Western juvenile stakes. Mr. Schorr was a daily visitor, at a recent meeting, renewing old acquaintances among horsemen. And it would occasion no surprise to seo his colors once more on parade ere the season is out. At sixty thousand Nicholas becomes not only the highest priced grey ever sold in this country, but the only grey horse racing in America ever to command a price that could be called fancy. In the history of our racing but nine horses in training at time of sale have changed hands at figures surpassing or comparable with that paid for Nicholas. The nine were Whiskaway, Inchcape, Snob II., Happy Thoughts, Sporting Blood, Hamburg, Sir Martin, Wise Counsellor and Her-mis. Other American horses that have commanded sensational prices were in the sutd. Since Grey Eagle, a champion of the late 30s, loser to Wagner in their famous duels at Lexington, we have not had a grey horse with pretentions to greatness. Belmar, capable handicap horse raced by Pittsburgh Phil in the 90s ; Galindo, brought across the Rockies by "Lucky" Baldwin, and once victor over Yo Tambien ; Ariflamme, second to Eu-rus in the Suburban of 87 ; paddock judge James McLaughlins handy Oxford, were samples of the best greys we have seen. Don Domo, "the grey ghost," was a popular sprinter in Chicago and Los Angeles. The thoroughbred horse traces to the Arab. Mention Arabian horses to the average man and visions of greys and snow whites pass before his eyes. It is odd enough there have been comparatively few grey thoroughbreds.
