Title: Breeder and sportsman
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Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: Horses
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : (s. n. )
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116 gpte fPttejefljer attJtl gywtlsxtmv Aug 21 The Race for the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park. Editor Bkeedeb and Sportsman :âAbout three years ago the Sandown Park Club proposed a race over its course of about one mile and a quarter, for the Eclipse StakeB, for all ages, to be run on the 23d day of July, 18S6, guaranteeing 10,000 sovereigns ($50,000) clear to the winner, with 500 sovereigns for the second, the third to save the stake of 110 sov- ereigns ; by subscription of 10 sovereigns each, the only forfeit, if declared by the first Tuesday in October, 1884; if left in after that date a further subscription of 20 sovereigns; if left in atfer the first Tuesday in January, 1885, a further subscripts of 30 sovereigns; if left in after the first Tuesday in January, 1886, a further subscription of 50 sovereigns. There were 265 subscribers, 103 of whom paid 10 sovereigns each, 66 of whom paid 30 sovereigns each, and 48 of whom paid 60 sovereigns each. This left in4S to pay 110 sovereigns aoh, of whom 12 came to the start. The subscribers paid in 11,97ft sovereigns. On yesterday the race was run according to appointment. About 30,000 persons were present within the enclosure of the Park, and about 2,000 vehicles. The charges of admission were 2 shillings and 6 pence to the park and pub- lie stand, 10 shillings ($2.50) into the park and grand stand, and £1 ($5) into the reserved lawn, which included the sad- dling paddock, four-horse carriage £1. two-horse carnage 15 shillings one-horse carriage 10 shillings, each occupant of a carriage paying also the 2 shillings 6 pence for admission into the park. The refreshment establishments were run by the club and were said to be a source of considerable revenue. It is apparent from these data that a very large sum was cleared *by the club after paying the stakes and all expenses. The day was grev and gloomy, not a ray of sunshine, for the clerk of the weather remembered that it was the Eclipse Stakes, and the superstitious took note that it was Friday, an ill-omened day to inaugurate the greatest stake ever known in the history of English racing. In the afternoon it rained with brief intermission. This was hardly any drawback. It did not affect the track for it was firm, green turf; it did not even dim the bright colors of the jockeys, who seemed none the lesB like butterflies, but it made their wet jackets stick to their ribs. Archer looked so thin it required but little stertch of the imagination to fancy he could ride the wind. I could not help a comparison with the last spring meeting of the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association, when the ram made our track ankle-deep in mud, and the horses and riders were so spattered with it that they could barely be distinguished. â The Park is twentv-one miles from London. All tue tore- noon crowded railroad trains were following each other in quick succession, and the turnpike was a continuous line of vehiclesâcoaches-and-four, landaus, victorias, wagons, carts, all with bob-tailed horsesâcarrying people of every genera- tion nation and complexion to the scene. The colonies of Great Britain are having a wonderful exhibition of their prod- ucts, industries and inhabitants here now, equal to a -world's fair, and from this motley throDg came a delegation of white and black, and every shade of yellow, to mingle with the European, the American, the African and the long-tailed Asiatic of this huge metropolis. The Members' Lawn, the Reserve Lawn, the Public Lawn, and all the stands were tilled, and the carriages extended half a mile along the home stretch. The Prince of Wales and his family and a few of his retinue were in the royal stand and protected from the unaristocratic weather. There was not shelter on the grounds for five hun- dred other persons, and the thousands in their store-clothes, the ladies in jewels and gay gossamer summer costumes, and the legion of book-makers with their books, stood out in the rainfall as if the water was their native element. After every- body got wet, and after the great race, when heavy torrents came down, they remembered to raise their umbrellas, and then the hillside seemed to a Californianlike a sombre mass of chap- ppral. At 2 o'clock punctually the first race of the programme was run; at 2.30 o'clock the next, both with but little interest, for all expectation was centered on the Eclipse, which was third, and set for 3:15. The following is the summary: Eciopse StAkes of 10,nOO sovb. net with 500 sov. for the second, the third to save his stake of 110 soys ; weight for ace, with penal- ties and allowances. About on.-mile and a quarter. Mr. U. t, Barclay's br h Bendigo, by Ben BattleâHasty Girl, C yrs, 9 st7 lb (French grey, violet cap) â T. Cannon 1 Lord AliDRton's b c CaudlemaF, by HeimitâKusee, 3 yrs, Set lib (chocolate, yellow sleeves) F- Archer 2 Mr. J. Hammond's b h St. Gatien, by Roiberbm or The Rover-St. Editha, 6 yrs, 9 st 10 1b (white, reel collar, cuffs, and can) C. Wood 3 M. V. Aumont'H ch h Fra Diavolo, 5 yrs, 9 st 4 lb (white, green cap) F.Webb 0 LovdZetiand's of St. Helena, £ yrs, 9 Bt 21b (white,redBpots,red cap) Brucksbaw 0 Duke of'Hamilton's b f Miss Juinmy, 3 yrs, 8 st, 7 lb (cerise, Freuch grey sleeves and cap) â¢!⢠Watts 0 Mr. Manton's b c Gav Hermit, 3 yrs, 8 st i lb (scarlet) F. Barret 0 Mr. A Beiiholm'schf Braw Lass, 3 yrs, 8st 11 lb (cherry, silver grey cap).. J. Woodburn 0 Lord EUesmerV'H b i Cataract, 3 yrs, 8 st 11 lb (red.white sleeves, black cap) Rickaby 0 Lord Bradford's b c Martinet, 3 yrs. 8 st (white, scarlet sleeves, black cap) C. Loates 0 Duke of Westminster's ch c Whitefriar, 3 yrs, 8 st, (yellow, black cap ,G. Barrett 0 Mr. J. B. Hankey's ch f Pinbasket, 3 yrs, 7 st, 11 lb (white, yellow, sleeves, red cap) Lashmar 0 (Winner trained byJousiffe) There were three colts and one tilly by the ultra-fashion- able and high-priced Hermit, the imperial sire, so fortuituosly inianamed, for instead of seclusion in some mild sequested vale, it has been his lot to live and reigu in the palace halls of the thoroughbreds, in the foremost epoch of the turf; and Miss Juminy winner of the One Thousand guineas and the Oaks; and the handsome Chestnut Fra Diavolo from Prance, but of English descent, of tine bone, substance and height, not declined, however, to carry back to his home the prize he has come to struggle for. And there were representa- tives of such sires as Hampton, Zealot and See-saw; and St. Gatien, of inferior and despised parentage, though illustrious by his own performances and necessarily thoroughbred, win- ner of the Derby beating Paradox, aud of a long list of races and an immense fortune for his owner. He was said not to show his power, fire and resolution. He was restless before the start as if dissatisfied with himself or worried with a pre- monition of defeat. He came in third, aud I would give some description of him but all are familiar with him. I mude a close study of Bendign and Candlemas. It may not be amiss to take a glance at them. Bendigo, the winner, was bred in Irelaud. He was sold when two years old for £70. Iu his pedigree the prominent feature is three crosses Oi Glencoe, two through Rataplan and his dam Pocahontas, end one through T. Melbourne aud his dam Clarissa. He is six years old, and has run only a few races and then with
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varying success. He is entirely uninjured by workânot stale as his great antagonist St. Gatien may be. He is in the very finest condition of preservation and ripened perfection; brown, nearly black, with a small star in the broad forehead; a glorious head, showing fine quality, but not too small for a horse of his size, about 16 hands high, a good neck with no extra weight of it to carry, and fitting gracefully upon sloping and superb shoulders; hiB legs and feet all solid and sub- stantial; he is neither noticeably long or short, and his middlepiece is fine in every detail, his hind-qnarter6 muscular and largely developed. Ready for the race, as when I saw him he left a strong impression of speed combined with power. Perhaps the impression of power was heightened because I saw him along with Candlemas in the paddock, and Candlemas is tall, long and thin, a striking contrast to the stalwart Bendigo. Yet in the wiry frame of Candlemas there are evidences of a capacity to fly; a long stride, no weight anywhere to labor with, a game look, a sturdy back for one of his light conformation, and ribs well set. In the career of Bendigo, saved from early ruin for this immense prize, is the oft-recurring suggestionâis it not wrong to break down so many of our horses in youthful work ? At" the call the twelve, except Whitefriar, who was unman- ageable, were ridden by their jockeys in procession from the saddling paddock to the front of the lawns, and after the parade there were sent on to the starting point. All eyed them in silence. The babble of the book-makers, eaoh of whom had been as noisy as a pool-seller, was hushed. All bets had been made. Around was gathered all that was most distin- guished in racing matters in the British Empire. Cannon sat at ease and with confidence before the multitude on the mighty Bendigo. Archer looked like Mercury lighted on the airy Candlemas. Wood was peculiarly thoughtful and deter- mined on the u neasy St. Gatien he had ridden so often before to victory. They were the three great riders on the three horses destined to be foremost; each rider a master of his profession, each honest, each worthy to ride for such stakes. Each has a following who claim that he is pre-eminent, but this year, so far, Wood has outridden them all this time doomed to defeat. Tht course is three-sided. The first side, about a quarter of a mile is down hill to a turn to the right, thence on a level less thau half a mile to another turn to the right, thence up hill about half a mile to the fiuish. There was trouble aud delay at the start, the fractious Whitefriar requiring to be persuaded into proper behavior by the vigorous application of a carriage whip by tue groom occu- pying the most effective position for the purpose in hiB rear. Then Lord Beresford, the starter, gave them the go to a fair send-off. St. Gation was slightly iu the lead, all the others close together, but Cannon steadied him iu about 200 yards, and some of the unplaced horBes took the lead and made the running around tho first turn aud along the level. Just after the second turn into the straight, up- hill, Bendigo went to the front, followed by Caudleinas aud St. Gatien making a desperate coutest for secoud place, for it waH clear they could not catch tho winner as he moved on like a great, even-going and tireless machine towards the finish. The heavy weight on St. Gatien and the steep oaoent gave second place to Candlemas by half a length, while Bendigo won without driving, by three lengths. Shout after shout made the welkin ring. For fifteen or twenty minutes there was the excitement of the event, of the winning and losing, Ihe collections of the winner?, the silence of the losers, the congratulations, the cheers for Bendigo and Cannonâthen a rush for London. One disappointment attended the raoe Minting, the three-year-old son of Lord Lyon aud Miutsauce who lately won the grand Prix de Paris, was all along the favorite, with Bendigo second. After satisfactory preparation and most promising trials he pulled up lame in his exercise on Wednesday, aud on Thursday afternoon, the day beford the race, the veterinary professor reported that he had strainee the flexor tendon of his near fore leg and could not run. The distance of this race was never officially or accurately stated, and the last half-mile was up a grade so that it would be useless to think of the time as we do on our courses. It could not be compared with that of our horses on our tracks. The absolute punctuality and rigid rule with which every detail is conducted enhances the pleasure of these English meetings, and is worthy of our imitation. Spectator. London, July 24, 1886. Entries for Los Angeles Kaces. The following additions to the list we published last week completes the entries tor the Los Angeles Fair races: Oct. 12.âRace No. 1. M.A. Foster, br c, 2, by Klipspringer, dam Lady Fleet. D. J. McCarty, s o C. H. Todd, 2, by Joe Hooker, dam Rosa B. Race No. 2. Machado Bros., s g King, 3, by Bowhocks, dam Jnanita by Norfolk. Oct. 13.âRace No. 4. M. A. Foster, b f Fleet, 3, by Grin- stead, dam Lady Fleet. Oct. 14.âRace No. 7. O. M. Covarrubias, s g Galgo, 4, by Rutherford, dam Nina R. by Woodburn. Race No. 8. M. A. Foster, br c, 2, by Klips rjriuger, ^am Lady Fleet. D. J. McCarty, s c C. H. Todd, 2, by Joe Hooker, dam Rosa B. Oct. 15.âRace No. 10. M. A. Foster, b f Fleet, 3, by Grin- stead, dam Lady Fleet. Oct. 16.âRace No, 13. O. M. Covarrubias, s g Galgo, 4, by Rutherford, dam Nina R. by Woodburn. Wm. Walker, Frank Harper's old jookey, has succeeded Andrew Thompson as trainer of the McDonald string. The fastest heat made at Cleveland was Gossip, Jr.'s, paced in 2:14. Harry Wilkes trotted in 2:14§. After this season Mr. Swigert withdraws Virgil from publio service, reserving him for his own mores. The receipts of the Washington Park meeting ore 80 per cent, higher on average than last year. The pacer Jewett, 2:I4J, has been turned out, and will Dot appenr in races this season. Gen. Turner, the driver, has offered $10,000 for the pacer Delineator, 4 yrs., 2:18. Kaloolah has been sent from Chicago to Lexington, Ky., for a let up.

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