W. K. Vanderbilts Wonderful Record., Daily Racing Form, 1910-12-07

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W K VANDERBILTS WONDERFUL RECORD W K Vanderbilt lias established a record for owners in France by winning the sum of 101 8100 during the course of six consecutive seasons on the turf in that country From 104 to 1900 inclusive M Edinond Blanc won l07GnOO and it seemed any I anyI odds against these figures being exceeded By win ¬ ning however faoSTHO during the racing ytar that thatI I closed last month Mr Vanderbilt must have fairly surprised himself It is old history now how nothing would go right for him in his earlier years as an owner in France His winnings for the past six years have been beenYear Year Won Year Won Wonlor lor 83500 1908 2G2500 2G2500ISHK ISHK 2o2r o iiton 250000 1907 orrKK 1910 2037rO 2037rOi i Total 1098100 1098100During During the past seven seasons Edinond Blanc has won ll95o he having finished second to Mr Yanderbilt this year with 122450 122450Mention Mention has already been made that Mr Vander bilts lightweight American jockey Frank ONeill had beaten all French records for the number of wins In France alone bis aggregate is out of 710 mounts to Sterns 117 out of r T 3 Out of France Stern has ridden thirtyfive aud ONeill two win ¬ ners thus making their full totals up to 158 and 152 respectively Thus for the second year George Stern is disposed from a position which seemed so likely to become a monopoly with him himTwo Two of the three sires whose progeny have won the most inonev are dead Reference is made to Simonian 179050 and Childwick 82750 Rabe ¬ lais 112900 splits the pair Last year Rabelais topped the list with 171li50 before Childwick and the defunct Perth Simonian was fourth Adam stands seventh Times indeed change and the once allprominent Flying Fox has only sired winners of 175W


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