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Show : ULTIMA THULE PICKED 1 AS LIKELY CONTENDER ' IN KENTUCKY DERBY Ey CHARLES A. EE IX II ART. LOI.TSVILLK, K y., Mup-.1i ft. Harry M 'jrri-j-y, who yavtj up his job Si s Mnrlcr on the Kntiifr-.y and viiridiiH ol.h'T tracks to a-ept a n i t ion ;is tninr-r 1'or t ho rric in cm tabliMh merit of II. A. Porter, think a thai he h;iH u rcaf. change to turt oft.' hy iniflin a K. cut uck y J -rl j y winner t.u i ho portt. 1,'lt.iiua Tlnile is one of the Or-r Ivy candidates MorrUoy will handle this Hprin. This colt has been entered in more HtaK'-.s for this neuron than any thorough Kri'd three -year -old. I'lUrna 'f'h ii lo w:i s formerly the. property o! .laiJM'S ''orri'an, and v;im pn rclia.Ht'-i for a iood sum at the rcrent dispersal Mile of the rii-vtdnnd miliioiKiuv. As a two-year-old this son of f.'l 1 1 nius-Kn bia (ramie showed home uplcndid performances perform-ances in the east, and threat things were, ejfpcct.'d of h ini. J oh n WliuiVn, who handled the horses of forrian la" ea-"on, ea-"on, has a. hiuii admiration tor L'ltima Tltule. lit- e. preyed tht) opinion that ' nvner Turler had purchased one of the he.sl, thoroughbreds ho over ;'aw. .MorriKev Kiyn he a through with the. Martin frame for frond if he proves huc-cestui huc-cestui as n trainer. Nothing .succeed like success. No hett er exa in pin of th x t ruth could bo found t hail in the career of John S. Ward, one of the must successful turfmen turf-men in America and trainer of Kenneth I). Alexander's crack colt, Kscoba, western west-ern favorite for the Kentucky .Derby, and in his two year-old career a thoroughly thor-oughly consistent and improving cult. From his very first venture in racing Ward has shown that judgment and discretion dis-cretion which have characterized him all alontf. Ah a result, the story of his racing experiences is one of uniform success. Li ke many other successful horsemen on the running turf, ho gained his first knowledge of horses as a trainer train-er of trotters. Beginning in 1895 with the purchase of Mary liuford and Ti-uiora, Ti-uiora, the one for $70 and the other tor $..10, Ward so improved his investment as to win with Mary Jiuford the $5000 llore Be view stakes at Chicago, later selling the pair at a substantial "advance. "ad-vance. That seems to have been his first and last interest in the trotting end of the racing game. Tt lasted one year, when ho turned his attention to the runners. A lit 1 1 o less than two years ago Ward branched out for himself. He purchased pur-chased Dodge, Franklin and Norvie for $irnH), and with Dorlgo won out this price munv. times over. As a two-year- o!d -Ann four ;a!-:e. and the fol lowing yt-ar h'-oi-ed jj, tin; I.;f.onia iJer-be, iJer-be, the Ann-ncari pr-rby and the Saranac : l m ' i : -: i : at. :t rat o-ja. in wiii'di he ur-ri'-d jKcud- ari'i ran a m:le in I :ov iiortiy ai ;.'-r t m, iace lie va- put up at and ion bv Wanl au'l sold to A. G. .M;;"nrnhT fi'r -t ! 7,.",i)U. Tht colt's earn-wj; earn-wj; .-, hi!' carrying Ward's colors ::i:.'jiin'.t-d to uct .d'A'-'J1.1. Ward ha.s i.'iiit'.' two att'-mpt.-i to land the K':a-t.-n-ky l.)i.-roy hut. without xwca-i. I n he started fou,je and l-'rankhn. 'I'he latter finished ' tiiird to Georie Smith and Star. Hawk, w liile bod wai ton rf h. l.n -1 year lio !in, uw i:ed ijy W'ird, started 'in the Derby but was unplaced. ID.14I1 Post, lite three-year-old son of Vim Trump-M iitoii. which was noini-ua"d noini-ua"d hy Kay Kya:i ior hotii the Ken-itn-ky Perl.y and Uie Preakness hiiinii-ca hiiinii-ca to be run at Pi mi -o tliis spring, ha:-: been soid to fhnil Ifer,, the eastern tiirfuian. The bale took (dace at. Hot Springs, where the cult is in training;. Tne price involved in the transfer of the colt was not jriveu out, but, according accord-ing to several f, ergons who profess to know, it was pretty steep. Herz has been in the market lor some time for n 'ood three-year-old. If the dates of t he Derby and the Prcakness do not conflict, it is more than likely that Higdi Pont will be a starter in both events. Lrfst 3'ear, in an endeavor to get a Ken-I Ken-I tm ky Derliv candidate. Herz purchased Maniffter Toi at a rejiorted price of $10,-1 $10,-1 00 ij from Grant Hugh Browne. That Jlerz jaid a neat sum for Hijih f'oat is evidenced bv the fact that Kgan recently re-cently refused $20,000 for the colt at New Orleans. Turfmen who havo seen Hig-h (lost perform in the south this winter, say that he is a very speedy animal and one that should be given due consideration as a serious contender in the Derby as well as the Preakness. Jockey Jack Hanover, who has ridden rid-den witn fair success on various tracks throughout the country during the past several years, may not be seen on the turf during the coming season. Hanover, Han-over, like the average young man of the draft age, does not know exactly "where he stands, for he may be called at any time. He is at present spending the winter at his home in Brooklyn. In the event that Hanover is called, he is very anxious to join the cavalry branch of the service. Dave Nicol, one of the most successful success-ful jockeys of all time, is at Camp Zach-ary Zach-ary Taylor, this city. Kicol joined the national army during the past week. Ho probably will be placed in the cavalry. cav-alry. Nicol is said to have earned close to $1,000,000 in the saddle. |
