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TRIBUTE TO J. E. MADDEN : A 1 Interest in Two -Year-Olds of Late Master of Hamburg Place. r Youngsters to Be Sold at Belmont Tark May 21 Brief Resume of Mr. Mad- -dens Breeding Records . - , ; NEW YORK, N. Y., April 23. Much interest is being shown in the band of twenty- five two-year-olds that "Chuck" Walker is ! preparing at Belmont Park for the com- ing campaign. These colts and fillies by 1 such sires as Sir Martin, Star Master, Chicle, Flying Ebony and others are the property of the estate of John E. Madden and are ; to be dispersed at auction at Belmont Park on Saturday, May 24. This sale will be followed by the sale of the yearlings sometime during- the Saratoga meeting and while no definite plans have been made for the disposal of the breeding stock, it is understood the mares will be sold during the present year. Pages have been written about the remarkable success of the late John E. Madden. Yet but a small portion of the actual story lias been told. As "Roamer" recently wrote : "I would need the Racing Guides and Stud Books of the world and three years time to begin to do justice to what John E. Madden accomplished in racing and breeding ; and then the story would be devoid of the punch that :orily Madden himself could have given it." Fortunately, thanks to the American Racing Manual and to statistics prepared for Mr. Maddens personal use, we have a record of the years beginning with 1917. For eleven consecutive years, 1917 to 1927, inclusive, horses bred by John E. Madden won more races each year than horses bred by any other breeder. Eight out of the eleven years they also led in the amount of money won; in the remaining three they were placed second. In 1928 when the curtailment of breeding at Hamburg Place was first felt, horses bred at that establishment placed Mr. Madden second on the list in both races and amount of money won, while in 1929 the larger part of the holdings at . Hamburg Place having been sold in 192S he was fourth in races and money won. These figures account for only a portion of the horses produced during Mr. Maddens career as a breeder. The products of Hamburg Place won hundreds of races and a considerable amount of money prior to 1917. But actual figures for those years are not at hand. The following table gives such statistics as are available: Fosition -Among I.pal- Yenr Races Won Aint won ing ISreeilers 1!I17 :t:u 1st !18 2K5 1st i!i! ::n ?47:t,2i0 1st 1920 ........ is 48:!,22i 1st 1021 424 G27,r77 1st 3922 i. ::gg r.08,78.-; 1st 392:5 419 632.6:10 1st i.24 ::is ::oo,22i 1st 1925 :;s:t r.:jr.,790 1st 1926 ::8 44:$,00G 1st 1927 .".02 408,489 1st 1928 ::i9 430,:519 2nd 1929 27o 302,592 4th Mr. Madden was first in races anil money won from 1917 to 1923, inclusive ; also in 1925, first in races and second in money in 1924, . 1926 and 1927. From 1917 to 1929, inclusive, Madden-bred horses won 4,405 races. From 1919 to 1929, inclusive, Madden-bred horses won a total of ,271,870. The amounts won in 1917 and 191S are not available. Five winners of the Kentucky Derby were bred at Hamburg Place, viz: Old Rosebud, Sir Barton, Paul Jones, Zev and Flying Ebony. Another, Plaudit, carried the cherry and white colors of its master to victory in that classic. Horses bred at Hamburg Place have earned fame in other countries than the land of their birth. To John E. Madden belonged the credit of having furnished the only American-bred horse to start favorite for the Epsom Derbv. This was. Sir Martin, favorite for the Derby of 1909, won by Minoru, a race in which Sir Martin fell at Tattenham Corner, a mishap but for which, in the opinion of as competent a judge as Hon. George Lambton, lis would have surely won. Later Sir Martin won the Coronation Cup at the expense of Mustapha, Louviers, Bachelors Double and Dear Swift. Lampriere, by imported The Scribe Collme, by Hanover, also bred by Mr. Madden, was shipped to Australia, where he won the Bond Cup and the Australian Cup, the latter at three miles, and valued at 5,000. Hamburg Belle, by imported Planundes Saratoga Belle, was also shipped to Australia, where she won the Adelaide Cup, one and five-eighths miles, several races at Fleming-ton and the South Australian Cup at Adelaide. Saylor, a son of Ogden and Illythia, proved to be one of the greatest horses that ever raced in the circuit that consisted of Trinidad. Bai-badoes, British Guinea and Venezuela. After he proved his supremacy in Trinidad he was taken to .Venezuela, where he repeated his triumphs. Little .Nephew, a son of Uncle, drifted to Porto Rico, where he proved to be the champion of that island and the neighboring one of Jamaica. Among the high-class horses bred, trained or sold by John E. Madden were : Hamburg, The Finn, Sir Martin, Kilmarnock, Salvidere, Irish .Lad, Blue Girl, Adam Bede, Novelty, King James, Plaudit, Gunfire, Heno, Belmere, Meclick, Yankee, Joe Madden, Fayette. Sir Barton, Paul Jones, Zev, Old Rosebud, Flying Ebony, Star Lore and a host of others. The passing of John E. Madden in November last left a void in the thoroughbred and racing ranks that will never be filled. Of the thousands of figures produced by the American turf in its long history none scintillated so brightly. Equipped witli an indomitable will to succeed, dispassionate judgment and unflagging energy, he possessed the essentials necessary to raise him to the top. His name was a household one wherever racing was fostered and thoroughbreds produced. Tl2 figures and records given above are the proof.
