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AMATEURS NIFTY WITH FISTS
Many Wcllj Great Bextrt Art Net
Seen in the King.
COJfKXINO TACKLED JXM MACE
rwl Farreet, MeCallaagB,
( Klagr Mwirl, atejalra Ablagtaa
1'-, aaa rreaUlcat HaeH la
i Basis Gaase at Times.
NEW YORK. Ttb. . -"There meny
' husky fellow chopping down big
'rs In th back woods all winter
itvti could wallop th - lira out of Jack
Johnson, th eoon - champion, or bit Jim
jerfries if cornered by .altrer of thes
professional pugiBsts," aasd the old New
Tork aport whll talking of day gon by
io other evening. "I tell, you th wood
re full of groat fighting men, and ao ar
the. cltiea, but they won't com out In th
limelight becaua they do not care for the
nClerlety of the prise ring. . also the ele
ment with whom they'd have to mix.
' ' In m- daya I've known a number of
good, clever boxers among the beat clas
of cltisen who enjoyed flatlana In private
With their friend. There waa the noblest
Homan of them all. Senator Roacoe Conk
lirg. who loat his, life In the great billiard
of 1V8. He waa a.n.ighty har.dy man with
hia dukes and could more than hold h!
own when- it cum to a pinch. When Conk
ling waa In the senat at Waahlngtotn he
nner took water from any fellow member
pnff was always' held ' in high eatoem
t'cnkllng was a rrwealflcint man physlc
a'ly. standing over nix feet, aa straight aa
an arrow, with tho proportions of a Roman
laladistor: One night In Washington Conk
ung gave a atag aupper to a few intimate
ir.diua sni associates in the aenate. After
i, ,u cuirce and clgara Conkllng produced a
wi'iil toxlngglovea .and offered to spar
ir-an In the room. Senator Zach
t.'liarOlii, who alao wasof gigantic pro
portions and perhapa fifty pounds heavier,
scccptwJ The challenge. So they donned
the gloves and the fun began. ,
CvHkllas Laid Oat Chaadlcr.
"Conkling aoon prov-od himself ).o be tho
more scientific and proceeded to land a few
smart blowa on ChandUr'a paunch. Tho
, latter, very red in the face, did not rellsli
this at all and quickly sailed in to get
square. There waa a warm mix-up, and
Conkling. finding hla opponent waa getting
a b:t l-iugM, crossed him with hla right,
i he blow was a plpln, too, for Chandler
luunu iiiiiii! in a neap in the corner of
ine 1011.. Everybody laughed, including
Ci.i.u.t.. bU ,hi ended the boxing part of
ui a..v.. vin.iicnt. ' '
"A ni.uiiin or so after this affair Etenalor
Chsuun i- kive a lillie lea party, and
LonKling. ' ui course, was invited. Among
tn cnti' gue.ls was a black haired man
who waa introduced aa Mr. Brown ot New
'York.' He was a :very quiet fellow who
icaice uttered a word, but aeemed to
enjoy himself in hla own way. It: waa
noticed, however, that when 'Mr. Brown"
laid anything to anybody hla .accent waa
decidedly fengllsh. It was 'not until Senator
(.handler's guests were smoking big cigars
that. tho 'mysterious stranger-came to the
foil-ground. Cnandler proposed 'that soma
gentleman put. on the glovea with Senator
(.Yirlillng. 'Nobody seemed anxloua to r
spund, and as a laat resort . 'Mr. .Brown'
mms induced to accept - the honor of
boxing "with the leading . senator of the
L.i.UJ rilaie. .
"e.v anybody smiled as tho two men r-
movej ..their coals, and prepared for. the
bc-ul. The complete annihilation of 'Brown'
was, of course, looked for. Conkllng tow
ered fully five Inches over hla stocky
oppoi.ent and ..smiled mercifully aa he
cazud down at tho latter. In the first
louud not a blow landed. It was all beauti
i'ul, scientific boxing, and the senator waa
supposed to be letting, up on. 'Brown,' who
teemed to ' be satisfied with stopping and
stepping away. .The second round, waa an
other fancy exhibition although Conkllng
appeared to be serious and also anxious
to land on 'Brown,' who was quick on hts
lvjet and clever at ducking wtth hla head.
; .. -. Htrattvr - Waa Laid Low.
"As 'Brown' came up for the third round
it waa noticed that Senator Chandler whis
pered something in hia ear, which 'Brown'
answered -with a nod. - Conkllng then let
30 his right and left In quick order as the
men toed the mark, but both blows missed
the mark. Suddenly 'Brown' tapped Conk
llnsr with a stinger on tho top of the nose,
and tho senator looked both puasled and
astonished. . He made - a wild rush at
Brown,' who neatly aldeatepped apd then
floured the senator wtth a right hand
smash on the jaw. Conkllng waa up quickly
and went after . hla man, hammer, and
long.' 'Brow n' nimbly got away and beforo
the. senator recovered from hla headlong
iuh 'Brown' lauded another right hander
that sent his distinguished rivet to tho
varpet, flat on his back.
'"That will do" cried Chandler, as he
jumped In and pushed 'Brown' into a
chair. Conkllng' arose slowly and with
much, injured dignity, demanded to know
who 'Mr. Brown' really waa.
" ;it'a all .right, aenator," said Chandler,
bunting Into a laugh. 'I'm square with
you' now for the punching you gave me the
ihtr evening over In your rooms.' .
"'But who ia thia man? Why, he's thi
glevereat boxer I ever met. In my life!'
xctelmed Conkllng. Then Chandler, after
another good laugh,' said:
'Senator, let 'me Introduce to' you Mr.
Jem Mace, the heavyweight champion of
England.' Conkllng appreciated the Joke
and, .ehsking Mace by the hand, compli
mented Mm. highly on hla skill. .
Clara yaaea Nat Slaw.
"Do yoi) know there aie many clergy
men., we never hear about who are good
boxera? For illustration there is Father
W. ,M. Reaney, the chaplain of the receiv
ing ship Columbia at the Brooklyn navy
yard. who. It ia said, defeated Tom Ehark.y
in a boxing bout when the latter waa in the
service. Father P.esney encouragea scien
tific boxing among4 the boys aa long aa
they do not get too rough at the gams. Ha
believes .it's -a good, healthy sport and he
haa turned out aoma. clever, manly fellows
who can box with marked ability. There
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ra many other flrrgymrn obout New Tmk
hr can box an ll as Borne" of our bt-st
profoMionala. but lliey kep thlr fistio
skill to themselves, a ay from tha outslds
world.
"If Edwin Forrest." th greatest actor
thi. country ever knew, had followed tha
prise ring Instead cf the stsge he would
probably have been champion of the world.
Forrest had a wonderful physique. He ws
a natural athlete, flniehed boxer, fencer
and wrestler and alwaya pridrsl himself on
tils condition. Why, there's not a man in
the ring today who could show tha mus
cular development that Fotrest had.' I
remember that when he appeared 1n Eng
land beforo the footlights the newspapers
accused him of padding hia limbs. This so
enraged Forrest that ha walked to tha
front of tha ataga one night and deliber
ately pricked his leg with a sharp pointed
sword until tha blood tickled down into
his shoe. This waa rather a painful proof
of real flesh. and blood, tut It caught tha
London gallery god, who always- hailed
Forrest thereafter aa an American hero.
- Forrest Wallaaa Thieves. V-
"One night, after a long, tiresome per
formance Forreat etarted out to take tha
air alone. Ha roamed away from tha high
ways Into the byways of old London when
suddenly three fottpads Jumped out of ; a
dark alley and grabbed the actor In a
desperata manner. There was a short
struggle in which Forrest shook tha thieves
oft like so many rats, and with his heavy
cans and ready fists he s-on had them
wallowing In tha gutter. Then he uaed hla
cane freely as they tried to regain their
feet and alao astonished the London bobby,
who finally came to tha rescue. -
Take them away." officer!" I'll mak
no ' charge!' thundered Forreat, aa ha
walked oft in hia moat dignified manner.
With hla deep aubcellar voice and stately
carriage Forrest waa often' thought to be
unapproachable, but a more kind hearted
man never lived.
"Another great athletic actor, a genera
tion ago, waa John McCullough, who cams
to thia country in 1863. He began reading
Shakespeare while making chairs In Phil
adelphia. McCullough and Forrest became
fast friends and traveled aa partners for
many years.
. "Maurice Barrymore, another noted
actor, who died a few yeara ago, waa ait
accomplished boxer -and many a cabman or
rowdy bore evidence of his prowess. The
tate James Richmond Glenroy, .'the man
with the green glovea,' as he was known
on the vaudeville atage, waa another noted
expert with hla fiats. . jat Goodwin and
Bob Hilliard have alao proved that they
possess fistic skill on numerous occasions.
Gaala aa Maraalal Edacated,
"George Gould In . hla younger daya waa
quite a boxer. So waa hla friend, Giovanni
P. Moroalril, the banker, who died about a
year ago. Both ' received' boxing lessons
from Billy Madden years ago and also-took
many a good punching In private to prove
themselves game and willing. Prof. Mike
Donovan? the boxing Inatructor ot tha New
York Athletic club, has 'taught hundreds
of. rich men many - of them millionaires
the art ot self-defense. The late Hermann
Oelricha wsa one of the cleverest men with
his hands I ever saw. He boxed privately
with many professionals and always held
hla own.
' 'Over In England among tha nobility there
are many . clever - fellows . with or without
gloves.. The marquis of Queensberry,, who
waa the author of . the boxing rulea under
which modern prise flghte ar held, could
go some himself and during his1 erratic c
reer he had many . encounters in publlo
places that demonstrated his boxing skill.
This remarkable- little man at one time of
fered to fight hia aecond son anywhere In
the world for $60,000 a aide.-
"Another millionaire Englishman who
created 'a sensation both hero and abroad
waa George A. Balrd, better known - aa
'Squire Ablngton.' He waa a noted amateur
boxer who liked to Indulge, In Impromptu
scraps so that he could ahow how he could
tight. Under the influence, of liquor tha
squire indulged In wild orgies and often
took part in desperate mlxups. One-night
ha and Charley Mitchell, tha, retired box
lng champion ot England, were walking
down one of London's foggy streets, .when
they ran into an old man. Tha aqulre,
without a word of warning, hit out and
landed the stranger on the pavement. A
copper arreated Mitchell and Ablngton and
in court the prize fighter, in order to save
the aqulre, pleadod guilty to tha . assault.
Mitchell was sent to jail for a year, but
because of this act of friendship Ablngton
gave him 1100,000 In cold cash. In IMS
Mitchell and Ablngton cama to thia coun
try to attend the fight between Jim Hall
and Bob Fltsslmmons at New Orleana. Tha
squire had a pot of money-bet on Hall and
inslated on being hla chief aecond. Ablng
ton contracted a cold Juat then and died
ot pneumonia after being til three daya.
Klaa- Edward Lsea ta Bos. .
"The king of England himself waa handy
with the glov ea in hia younger days and
even now takes much interest in prlsa
rignnng. bo anxious waa he to see John
L. Sullivan perform that he had the cham
pion give a private exhibition with his
sparring partner, Jack Aahton, before
aeiect party of frienda. Lord Lonsdale, at
one time me president of tha Nations!
Sporting club of London, la a skilled boxer
and haa taken an active part in the fighting
game on the other side of the Atlantic. Ha
apnt i?n,ooo to teat the law regarding box
lng In Gieat Britain. . Ha carried the caw
to the highest courts and woa out after a
long legal battle. '
"President Roosevelt is a rugged, clever
boxer even now. .He haa always taken
ueep interest in pugilistic affairs and when
police commissioner in this city he enthused
over tho Malier-Choyinski fight st the old
Bioadway Athletic club. Aa the latter waa
nocKea out Mr. Roosevelt said:
" 'Thafa nothing. I waa knocked
worae than that at Harvard.'
out
,; i balleve boxing ahould be taught in the
puouc acnooia all over America. It Is rru
exercise and makes healthy boya develop
Into powerful, courageoua men. Give me a
fellow that ran protect himself and also
hand out a wallop every time. He's tha
one that geta up in the world, because he
isn i. cnirKen-hearted.".
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ueorae Helm, km If mana,,, n, n t
Kimbull, has gone to Chicago to look over
tha Chicago guLomobilo ahow to gain point-
!T" .,or, u,e ! Omaha, show. R. R,
. .hum ii win rave one of tlie most
tractive exnlbtts at the show -inrlndinar ih
new racing car belonging to J'red Hamil
lun.
IJATURE'S CUIiE
o FOR BLOOD POISOII
rAMOCS BRITISH RACE MARES
Sceptre Pronounced by Experts to Be
the Gretteit Ever.
FILLIES NOT STRONG IN DERBY
Pretty Tally, Rllak Boaay, CraclSz,
Aehlerement, Mraaa aad Other
Stars ml the British Tarf Art
Still Being Dlseassea.
It has been repeatedly asserted by Eng-
liah turf critics that Sceptre, now rstlrefl
to tha atud nfter a remarkable series or
triumphs on tha British racecourses, la the
'mare of the century." There haa been no
rend of discussion on tha subject of fsmoja
raca mares or me past, on me oiner mu
of tha Atlantic, ao that a writer In the
London Sportsman has evolved the follow
ing Interesting facta:
VTh Epson Derby was established as
far back as 1790,' yet. etrangely enough. In
the long loat of equina winners only four
filllea have been successful. The first to
win tha blue ribbon of the turf waa Eleanor
In 111,' they came Blink Bonny in 1867, fol
lowed by Sholover in 1882, while the sensa
tional outsider, Slgnorinetta, completes the
select list. Not one of the quartet can com
pare with, other famous marea that have
been unsuccessful when running In Epsom's
chief classic; notably 1-ady Elisabeth In
im, La Fleche In 1892 and Sceptre In 1902.
Neither will the above mentioned herolnca
go down to posterity as tha best of all
time. That unique' distinction' opens up a
topic of much argument when each decade
seems to bring forth a famous mare whose
admirer at once claim, for-her tha hlgheat
ptnnaole of fame, and class har aa 'the
mar of the century.'
In the early part of last century the
fatnoua Chlfnaya stood fast to Fleur do Lis.
Then cams Crucifix, whom both John Day
and John Kjnt each favored . as the beet
of a very long era. John Porter, the
late master of - Kingsclere, and George
KodgmaA, our oldest rsceeourse follower,
each stand by Virago. 'Racing men of the
Ob ' in a large majority swear by Lady
Elisabeth.
Fred Archer 'a - C'holea. .
The late H. Cuatance, who was riding in
a great age, would hear of no mare to be
tha equal of Achievement, while the re-
tiowed F, Archer who rode In no fewer
than 8,084 racea he won 2,74 alwaya de
clared In favor of Wheel of Fortune.
"There are many other famous mares one
calls to memory that have each a host of
admirers, but to Include another docen,
each wtth high claims, they would be
Beeswing, Alice Hawthorn, Queen of
Trumps, Cobweb, Apoldgy, Hannah, Marie
Btuart, Formosa, La .Fleche, Sceptre and
Pretty Polly, not . forgetlng the ' famous
French bred- Fill de l'Alr. Eleanor won
both tha Dery and Oaks In 1801, a double
which Blink .Bonny won In 1867, and Slg
norinetta in 1908 afterward completed.
Shotover did, not run in the Oaks, but she
previously ton the Two Thousand Ouineas
in a canter, but failed in the St. Leger to
Dutcn Oven and Gehelmftess. That year
tha fillies won the five classic races, the
only occasion on ' record.
Fleur de Lis. won two Goodwood cups in
the royal livery, on the first occasion for
King V George IV, and the following year,
1S30,' ror King William IV. She waa a
remarkable mare over et distance and won
twenty other races, At tlie stud Fleur de
Lis produced Sovereign, which, when im
ported to America,' sired Prioress the mare
which won a sensational CesarewHch after
a. dead heat between three In 1857.
CraelSx a Waaaer.
Then after a lapse cama tha wonderful
Crucifix in 1839.' During' that year she
won nine races, including the July stakes,
Chesterfield stakes and Criterion alakea.
which brought her owner, Lord George
Bentlnok, $22,835 in stakes a poor com
parison to the 167,480 which Pretty Polly
won in tha same number of races during
190S. As a 1-year-old Crucifix etarted
but ; three timer,- winning - the Thous
and Guineas, Two Thousand Guineas
and . Epsom Oaks. In ' the - latter
raca tha horses were allayed an hour
at: tha post through no fewer than sixteeYi
false starts. "She can afford to flirt with
tha beat of them for half a day," her
owner remarked aa ah eventually got left
fully fifty yards, a distance she could have
given four times, so -supreme was her su
periority over her rivals on that day. On
tha Oaks her owner won $100,000, and about
three times that amount during her brief
racing career. At tha stud Crucifix gained
further celebrity through her son, Surplice,
tha Derby and St. Leger winner In 1846.
Th famous Virago came on the turf aa a
meteor in 1864, after having run unplaced
in a selling raca aa a 2-year-old. Aa
-y ear-old Virago won both the City and
Suburban and Great Metropolitan stakes on
tha lime afternoon; then the Great North
ern handicap. Flying Dutchman's handi
cap, .Nassau stakes, Yorkshire Oaks and
Doncaater cup: not u bad sequence for a
filly that originally cost but 11.600.
The Virago boom had hardly died out
when th marveloua Achievement made her
debut on the turf in 1866. As a 2-year-pId
Achievement carried off In quick succes
sion th Woodcote stakea. New alakea.
July atakes, Cheeterflcld . atakea. Cham
pagne , stakes . ana . criterion stakes, after
having suffered, defeat but twice. In the
Clearwell stakes she auccumed to Plaudit,
then Tha Rake lowered her colors In the
flrat Mlddl Park plate. After winning the
Thouaand Guineaa th following season she
waa beaten by Hlppia in the Oaka; but. re
gaining her. form, she. won the Great York
shir atakea, St. Leger and Doncaater cup.
In the two hitter-racea ahe defeated the
sensational Derby winner. Hermit.
Lady Ellaaheth Waa Great.
.' Strangely, another . wonderful two-year-old
was defeated In the aeoond Middle
Park plate, namely, the .flying Lady Eliza
beth, which won eleven racea during 1S67.
She waa perhaps the best two-year-old that
eyor.carried silk. .It wsa in the race Just
mentioned that she showed . how .harshly
she had been worked. Her downfall waa a
bitter blow to her owner, that Marquis of
Hastings, who lost $260,000 over the race,
although but half the amount he had earlier
in that fatal y.jar loat on Hermit a Derby.
Aa a three-year-old. Lady Elisabeth, which
was all but a cripple, started at a ridicu
lously falae price in Blue Gown's Dei by.
About that decade th filliea In some years
wr . exceptionally mart. It was In 1SSS
that Formosa, which ran a dad heat with
Moslem' for, th Two Thousand; Guineaa,
carried off tha filliea' :"trlpla crown" hJ
winning tha On Thouaand Guineaa. the
Oaka and St. Leger, a "treble" that has
sloe been won by Hannah (1871), Apology
(1874), La Flech (1892), Sceptre (1902) and
Pretty Polly (1904).
It was in UTS that Lord Falmouth's Wheel
of Fortune won -The Dewhurat plate, having
run through all har two-year-old engage
ments wrthout on; suffering defeat. Aa a
threa-yaar-old ah wen th On Thouaand
Guineaa th Epsom Oaka, and Princ of
Wales Stake. Ascot; then unfortunately
broke down at York, which prevented har
from running In th St. Lager.
Although not a winner ef. the clasalea,
Beeawlng, which won tha Champagne
stakes in 1836. 'was a marvelous mare. Dur
ing eight aeaaona oa tha turf ahe won fo'ir
Doneuater cup and U Keacaalle cups
' . i
then an equally Jmpoujint jure. Ig (ait
ah tarled 'In ixl -three lares, winning
no feae.- than fifty-three. Then she added
lo her fame by producing N'exvmlnster.
Nunnklrk and Honeysuckle.
AUre Hantherae W oa Fifty.'
' Another famous msre about that time
was Alice HawtliorA. She ran in sixty-
eight races during seven sessons, winning
fifty and a dead heat. At the atud 'she
became famous through her sons. Thor
manhy and OuUton. The former. It will
be recalled, won the Derby for James
Merry in 18o, who won over $t),oni) In beta
lone. It la worth mentioning that the
dam of old Beeswing cost but $106, while
Alice Ham thorn cam from a mare which
never had a bridle on.
Lilian, which won the Queen's plate at
the Newmarket Ciaven meeting in 1878 by
twelve lengths, ran In log rsces, nearly all
from two to thres miles, and won forty-six
of them in six seasons.
Mention ot these hard worked mares re
minds one not to forget the St. Iger
heroine, Caller Out,-of 1861. During, six
yeara racing she won forty-four races,
having started in no fewer than eighty-six.
Th last really good mare. In the nine
teenth century waa La Fleche, which won
th Champagne alakea (beating Sir Hugo)
and other races aa a 2-year-old. As a 3-year-old
she-carried-off the Thousand Guineas,
the Oaks, the 81. Leger (beating Sir Hugo).
Newmarket atakes, Nassau stakes. Grand
Duke Michael - stakes, the Cambridgeshire
and the then valuable Lancashire plate.
Yet for some reason she was defeated by
Sir Hugo In the Derby. As a 4-year-old
she won the Liverpool Summer cup and
Lowlher stakes, going still higher in 1891
by winning the Ascot Gold cup and Cham
pion stakes, which brought her winnings
during four years up to $173,615.
Tretty Polly Traveled Fast.
With all' these famous marcs In the
paet the wonderful Pretty Polly will stand
comparison. Coming out in 1903 by winning
tne .British Dominion" race by ten lengths
she won all her other engagements, includ
ing' the National Breeders' Produce stakes',
the Mersey stakes. Champagne stakes.
Autumn Breeders' Foal Dlate. Chovetv
Park slakes, Middle Park plate, the old
time Criterion stakea and the Moulton
atakes. Aa a 3-year-old she was defeated
by Presto II in France, but In England
n was undefeated. She won the One
Thousand Guineas, the Oaks, Coronation
stakes, Nassau stakes, then beat St.
Amant which had won the Two Thousand
Guineaa and Derby-ln the St.- Leger. 8h
alao won the Champion atakes, ' Jockey
Club cup and Coronation cup as. a 4-year-old,
then again won the latter ' race In
1913, but was unfortunately beaten after
a wonderful career by Bachelor's Button
In the .Ascot Gould cup of 1908.
Even a greater mare, in my opinion, than
Pretty Polly was the peerless Sceptre,
which was undoubtedly the most sensa
tional mare thst ever ran. Bred by the
late Duke of Westminster, she began her
romantic career by realizing $50,000 when
purchased by R. S. Sievier as a yearling
In 1900. In the following year she made her
debut Jfty an easy victor in the Woodcote
stakes, a victory she followed up by win
ning the July atakes, but was later de
feated In the Champagne slakes by Game
Chick. After a sensational defeat by St.
Maclou in the . Lincolnshire, Mr. Slevler
took over the task, of training Sceptre.
She then carried off the Two Thousand
Guineas, beating Pistol and Art Patrick,
and the One Thousand Guineas. Starting
a warm favorite for the Derby she waa
beaten by Art Patrick, Rising Glass and
Frlai Tuck. However, later In thst week
she won the Oaks ' In a canter. She was
then sent across the channel, but after
another defeat in France returned to As
cot, where she won the St. James Palace
stakes, but during the Same week waa de
feated ' by Doctrine- in . tho Coronation
atakes. . ,
Rayal Laaeer Brat Sceptre.
The Goodwood meeting followed, which
gave Sceptre a win In the Nassau stakes
and . another unexpected reverse. This
timo ahe went under to Royal Lancer In
the Sussex stakes. Here Sceptre had a
rest from the race course, making her re
appearance on the Doncaster Town Moor,
where she easily won the St. Leger, beat
In gboth Rising Glass and Friar Tuck, as
easily as Ard Patrick had done in the
Blue Riband. She was again beaten for
the laat time that season by Elba in the
Park Hill stakes. After a fruitless at
tempt to win the Lincolnshire Handicap
of 1904 ahe waa sold to W. Bass, for
$125,000. For her new owner Scepre won
rich races.' She took the Hardwicke stakes,
the Champion atakea. the Limekiln stakea,
the Duke of York atakes, and the Jockey
Club stakes, giving .Rock. Sand fifteen
pounds and the biggest trouncing he ever
suffered. Only once in that memorable year
was she defeated. The race referred to
was the Ecllps stskes, when after a des
Derate rac she was Just beaten by . Ard
Patrick, the pair having raced right away
from Rock Sand. Here it must be remem
bered 'the famous roare had to run on th
outside all around the Sondown bend. A
a 6-year-old Sceptre never regained her
true form, and after a defeat at Epsom
and again at Aacot ahe waa aent to the
atud. having won in stakes atone over
$180,000.
.We have now Been what the famous
mares have done on the turf, fndoubtedly
Lady Elisabeth. Achievement and Pretty
Polly were the beat of the 2-year-olds.
Scepter, Virago. Achievement and La
Fleche were the beat of the 4-year-olda,
but of all Scepter holde the pride of place
and ranka. in my opinion, aa the "mare of
the century." In the claaalo racea ahe did
what others never accomplished by win
ning the One Trousand Guineas. Two Thou
sand Guineaa. the Oaka and St. Leger.
Formoaa counts as a winner of these
events, but . In the Two Thousand Guineaa
she only desd-heated with Moslem. Then.
again, did not 'Scepter gain distinction by
defeating Rock Sard twice?
-Where Rock aod Failed.
" Rock Sand w as a real good horae, a win
ner of sixteen racea, including the "Triple
Crown." Yet where waa Rock Sand when
Scepter won the Jockey Club atakea of 1903
with 140 pounda in the aaddle? beaten four
lengtha with 16 pounds. Then, again, ahe
set up a record by winning the Duke of
York stakes tinder 130 pounds. These ex
traordinary things she actually did do and
thua ahowed her auperiority over all others
In the paat. Her atud future is before her,
aa Is th case with Pretty ' Polly. Surely
these two famous marea will equal La
Kelche, which bo far haa given' ua John
O'Gaunt, Strong Bow and Baroness Ij
Flerhe.
Among famous brood mares one cannot
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and Cotherstone (1S43). then added to this
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Other marea that have bred two Derby
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Horatla, dam of Archduke (1799) and Paris
180); Arelhusa, dam of Ditto (1803) and
Pan (180); Morganelte, dam of Galtea
More 11897) ind Ard Patrick (19S1, and hia
majesty'! Perdita II. dam of Persimmon
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Princeaa of Wales, be forgotten, for did
ah not breed in five consecutive yeara flv
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