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CAREER OF NOTED TRAINER AT END James H McCormick Dies in Germany Where Ho Had Duplicated His American Successes New York April S Word comes that James II McCormlck the wellknown American horseman who went to Germany in 1000 to train for Baron Oppen hciui and other leading German turfmen died at iler lin on Saturday from the effects of cancer of the liver with which he had suffered for a considerables time The body will be brought to this country and Is due to arrive here on Monday of next week Mr McCormick left a large estate in this country its estimated value being 200000 and his sole heir is a married daughter Mrs Hedges of Patchogue L I It will be recalled that John J Hyland re ¬ cently sailed from this country for Germany to take up the duties for which the deceased trainer had IHJ comc incapacitated Tames II McCormick was one of the best known and most successful trainers of the thoroughbred of his day in America and duplicated abroad his American successes during the last few years of his career During his foreign engagement he won most of the important stakes of Germany and AustroHuugary for his employers He trained many famous horses in this country including Aleedu which won the Suburban Handicap of 1001 In the colors of L V Bell He alsoj rained Ilcrmis be ¬ fore Mr Bell sold the Hermence stallion to E K Thomas for iSIWOOO and in 1007 he won the Carter and Metropolitan Handicaps with the Hastings colt Gloritler which had previously been regarded as a hopeless crippleMr cripple Mr McCormick was financially successful through ¬ out his turf career of thirty years or more He was regarded as an exceptionally good judge ot a horse as well as an exceedingly skillful conditioner Hn was one of the comparatively few who can prepare a horse for winning the first time out outWith With the exception of his engagement as trahtor for L V Bell when he was the owner fo Hermis and other good ones Mr McCormick practically de ¬ voted his time and attention while iu this country to handling his own horses Three years of pros perous racing at Guttcnherg saw the beginning oC the comfortable fortune that he anunassed on the turf He was the kingpin of GuttenbiTg racing He had a powerful stable and in J A Flynn one of tu best jockeys then riding With strong financial con ¬ nections behind htm and in a betting ring that dur ¬ ing the last two winters of racing at the Jersey track had an average of close to one hundred books on daily big enough commissions could be placed at the oddsoil prices usually offered against his candidates to win a great deal of money Two oE the best horses that Mr McCormick raced in thoso days were Early Blossom and Autocrat by 1rimvi Charlie Autocrat was one of the smoothest ac tioned periodThe horses of that period The elder August Belmont had no little admira ¬ tion for McCormicks horsemanship Mr Belmont raced his horses only in the stakes Some of his colt culls he sold to MeCormick while some of thi fillies not tip to stake form were leased to hint with the understanding that if run in sellitt races Me ¬ Cormick must protect them as Mr Belmont rarlv perm tied any of his fillies out of his grandlv brtd and highpriced imported mures to get out of 1 Is hands One of the fillies thus leased to McCorm ck rrVly 3IcC started Glory in took iH10rrfc i R ati hf ton Ollt Ting her for 1000 lie considerable money out of the ring over her herbeCcnrhVT beCcnrhVT racc sorac niakJr who had McCormick m mJni Jni I could i1 iTW ior UI t S1000 knowing that not let her go It was a hitler lv 1 lmt there was no recourse there v M MIcCormak lt bUt t0 lrotet tllc UIIy wulch wulchThe he did The next day MtCormick wrote Mr relmnnt a ii Fr acU ting hint with the facts He stated that he was a poor man and that he thought Mr liclmniit ought to make good half the runup 1500 McCormick received in reply a characteristic tart memorandum from Mr Belmont stating that he had nothing to do with the matter and that lie Mc ¬ Cormick would have to stand the loss It was equally characteristic of the famous banker and sportsman that one day at the Jerome Iark spring meeting two months later when he noticed Mc ¬ Cormick in tlic paddock he should call out Jimmy come over horo Jimmy went over to him Come into the secretarys office Jimmy Jimmy went in the old 8 iitleman hauled wit his check book wrote a check for lO uandod it to MeCormick and said Jimmy you did right to protect uiy mare
