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CROKERS STABLE WINNING Son of Late Tammany Chieftain Is Meeting With Success on the Irish Turf. .Special Correspondence. DUBLIN, Ireland. Richard S. Croker, son of the late. Tammany chieftain, Richard Croker, is carrying on where his father left off, as an owner and breeder in Ireland, and his numerous successes since he first became a patron of the Irish turf, about four years ago, tend to prove that he has the right material, both in his racing stable and stud. This season Croker has in training sixteen horses. There are seven two-year-olds, five three-year-olds and a quartet of four-year-olds with his trainer, Cecil Brabazon, at The Curragh, Kildare. More than half of this string have won to date. He scored his most important victory since becoming an owner at the Phoenix Park, Dublin, horse show meeting recently when his homebred filly Cedarhurst easily won the Phoenix Plate, one of Irelands richest two-year-old offerings, and a stake that three times fell to the lot of horses owned by his father, Athleague 1905, Clonbern, and The Banshee, the last-named mare being the grand-dam of Mate. Cedarhurst, making her third start after being unplaced in her two previous races, led her field of thirteen rivals from flagfall to finish, to score easily by two lengths from Slieve Donard and Cargan. Bred by her owner at his well-equipped Balymocall Stud Farm, County of Meath, Cedarhurst, named for the Long Island town, is a half-sister to the smart three-year-old Celebrator. She is a bay daughter of Tolgus son of Stefan the Great, from Smoke Lass dam of Cele-brator and Sir Walter Raleigh, by the St. Leger winner, Black Jester, from Simons .Lass, by Simohtault, from Kilkenny Lass, by Lesterlin. Smoke Lass was bred by the late Richard Croker at his Glencairn Stud, Dublin. Croker was not present to see his good-looking filly win, business matters detaining him in New York, but he hopes to come to Ireland in the near future and be on hand at Doncaster to see Cedarhursts half-brother, Celebrator, race in the St. Leger, for which race the son of Grand Parade is training at The Curragh. Celebrator, it, will be recalled, finished sixth in the Derby, and has since, been a good winner in Ireland. Other Croker horses, whose names all begin with the letter "C to score in Ireland this season are Carey Denis," Custodian, Celebrator, Clendennen, Chieftain, Claremorris, Cranston and Cincenne, the last-named two-year-old winner of the Leopardstown Plate, which stake Croker has, now won two years in succession. .
