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r Z y r t tv 3 al 2 a y r ate atea Yi r art h R 5 1 1 I li Y tt a y r v l 4 ft Y n rex tl 0 S Se i e 9 I i P s 4 r tt y ka a ef f r s i o b b s Jy J f fa a ti i irr rr s e ev f v 4 K i C y y i 43 i lr i y r rr rF 1 l ld 1 d W 9 x A tt f r r l Sst n nR y r F l Y 6 v 1 f R y w 11 t a a r 4 a rr sy L 1 t laT i f 1 l t fr a I t PY i yx 1 lt d ih h r x ir it t 4 rca Y f e er i ir is s ry d t r I r laP 4 fa av wf a duly A f Mrs Vanderbilt's daughter s ito shares her mother r with her st at the tracks d Ii interest in racing nd is fie q Y seen v y Ma b t b F T Ti i p ii i r q X al T AN auction sale of thorough thorough- thoroughbred thoroughbred thoroughbred AT A AN 31 bred horses in Saratoga Springs N Y the other day a yearling colt described in the lingo of the horse horse- horsemen horsemen horsemen men as by Trap Rock out of Etowah was finall finally knocked down after spirited bidding to Mrs W K Vanderbilt The sale of this colt was significant not merely because the it lt brought was the top price of this particular auction auction auction tion but because it marks the beginning of a career as an owner oner of racehorses which Mrs Vanderbilt t and her friends hope and expect will make her the queen of American racing Since her failure to find happiness pith uth the husband she divorced Mrs Van Van- Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt has shown in spite of her much admired beauty and talents no inclination tion to accept any of the numerous op- op op opportunities she has bas had bad to make another try at matrimony And now that her children are arc grown to an age when hen they no longer require such close atten attention ion she is lS beginning to be bored with the tho purposeless life of the wealthy Healthy socIety woman Instead of turning to charities or to business or professional work as an out out- outlet out outlet let for her energies she believes she sho will find finda a much more satisfactory one in the establishment of a great racing stable stable- stable a II stable which will specialize in steeple steeple- steeplechase chase hase racers and which will she hopes some day raise this sport over here to the high plane pIano it lt has long held in m land ng- ng land The purchase of the colt at Saratoga Springs the other day was as the initial step in the establishment of a rac- rac racIng racing rac racing ing stable which which- should make Mrs Van Vanderbilt a figure of international importance importance tance in the breeding and racing of thor thor- thoroughbred thoroughbred thoroughbred horses Those who ho know Mrs Vanderbilt test best lire are not at all surprised at what she is 19 doing or wI-at wI she plans to do Since the former Virginia Fair the of the Western was Has a mere men girl gul she has been a lover of horses In recent years ears ears she has been a regu regu- regular regu- regu regular regular lar attendant at Belmont and the other racetracks in and about New York and at the famous one at Saratoga Springs Her lIer trips abroad arc planned whenever when when- whenever whenever ever possible so that she may mar see ace some of the best racing in England and France Her daughters Muriel and Consuelo and her son share her enthusiasm for J v Y o art Mit 9 J i c v t 1 ll V rYD YD t f 1 fit t-A t d N a 4 e p wt a A A y ar arr r t racin racing and md are arc her fre- fre fre frequent f l- l 10 t-t t R f It J r I f 1 1 t t hy t 1 t r r q quent went companions at atthe W Y t J ir din ll it t ts ta lit s a f Si Y t W t the tracks They are r Jy a m j t I S l t t v J r 1 a J i t f Mr Mrs V Vandel an I Iq almost us ss s good goad Judges i fW i w 7 1 1 d h t it t rA Ar t 4 1 bill watch watch- watching of horseflesh as she and Jr A k kA kr if A r r t y tl-k tl 4 f Y 1 z t r s t y t- t l r 1 mg ing a race at a t they find just lust as much 1 rr 4 kt i h t Jm 1 t t 1 yN I f American track with tho t inert in the t J F W i 1 ri-cItI ri 1 of the horsewoman f a is m r t H t e Z S 'S r h iJ understanding eyes thorough of an ey e eva eva- c f t r 0 k r f et I r nh f y i ik k jl ff 4 t r o a 5 l fL k VI fi 7 LI i LI kid t to r nh finish K i iThe Th The e co colta colt It AYA AY- AY a tot t S r ri i m vj t 0 arE arEy s 7 w y v Mrs Mrs Vant Vanderbilt Van- Van Vand A e eIS t IS q r il ili R IN i a I t de d e r b 11 i 1 t t 1 i at atthe i jf the auction auction r 4 j the other o ot th ier e r 3 r r t 1 k I Ir r i v r only M fl t f day is lS only iI A Athe to t j YI the first of iL t Ji I many yearlings J she plans to bu buy Like o t n e r s Mrs Mu W K Vanderbilt the ex- ex es making ex-making making a new petted queen of the American in thor thor- racing racing world racing she will invest in yearlings to train tram and andrace 1 race ace first on the fiat flat and later on dc- dc de develop clop elop them into horses fit for the moro more difficult and dangerous steeplechase In her plans for the establishment ot of such a racing stable as America has never seen Mrs Vanderbilt is lS relYing tery ery largely upon the expert advice e of Lawrence Waterbury And very proba proba- probably probably bly she could have no better adviser for Mr Waterbury comes of a family that for generations generation generation has been intimately as a as associated with the horse It was on his ad advice that she bought the bay bar colt by Trap Rock out of Etowah and the the experts thought got an e exceedingly good bargain when she paid for this piece of blood blooded ed horseflesh If the rest of her stable can be filled with colts as good there seems to be bo no reason why hy she should not soon have a string of thoroughbreds that will make her the envy of Europe's greatest owners Of course this UlIS is going to cost a tre- tre tre tremendous amount of money but Mrs 1 purse is lS well elI filled Besides the wealth that came carne to her heK through her alliance with the Vanderbilt family she sho ms IS one of the chief heirs to the estate left eft by her father the late lah Senator James G Pair Fair of Nevada The Fair estate has not yet been finally divided and it lt is lS believed to havo Increased tremendously in value sines the death of old Senator Fair Fall in tho the early OOs Noth Noth- 1 Nothing Nothing oth- oth ing has happened m in a long time to thrill the American Ameri Ameri- American American can horse breed breeding ing mg and racing 01 Id mOl more moie e than thant the t h he n e announce v 4 o l fL f Y f fl IJ I I t lf y y Wj t II 0 N 1 I it V i J 1 T r ri i p 1 i tY v C Jy y jY i y pA pArt rt 4 AJ r ff J k t tf f 1 Jr 1 1 f f r i fJ l fAI p V 1 r t J fv 1 fi A A tt f lt t s 's t f f C J 1 rA t ff f t l Zw 1 1 rAfi Ii iy ft 1 M M m ma i c y 1 1 I Vf f fo o Y t t f- f I 1 r a A o f fy y j w r i r r x r y tf J i I Pw j I aroa t f 1 1 n p e O N Miss daring English Englishwoman woman rider taking a water water jump on a trained framed steeplechaser like those thoe with which Mrs Vanderbilt plans to fill her stable ment that Mrs Vanderbilt is to start n a stable of her own o and try to outdo the tho stables of Europe in the production of steeplechase racers Her lIer mere mero presence at the racetrack beautiful and charmingly gowned as she invariably is lS has been a tremendous asset to the cause of racing in America And when she starts a st stable ble of her own and spends perhaps hundreds of thou thou- thousands thousands sands of dollars on filling it lt with the finest blooded horses it lt may gl give gle e racing here such an impetus that it lt will even eten eventually overshadow ba baseball as the great natIOnal sport port Since fortune favored ored the tho colors color of a ayoung young oung Amen American an Stephen id who v backed the winner sinner of the Gland Giand Na- Na National Na National honal Steeplechase at Liverpool last March there thele has been n a decided in- in interest interest in interest terest in among in this country In the past we wo have havo not made a great feature of the thrilling and difficult difficult difficult cult steeplechase race in the States We Ve have hale bred our fine horses as swift runners on the level and until the tho awakening of interest in I last st spring we have had had few horses that could make the high and difficult lumps Jumps m in the Giand Gland National like Sanfords Sanford's win WIn- WInner winner ner nor Sergeant Mulphy Murphy But the horse race which is not run on a prepared course but across fields hedges hedge ditches and any obstacles that may hap hap- happen pen to be along the route has always been extremely popular in England The rhe most thrilling steeplechase in the tho English season is the Grand National a Liverpool It Itis is attended by great crowds and the royal family is pre present ent It is the tho very danGer dancer of the sport that seems to make it lt mole more and more mono attractive attractive tive live as the years go b by S Serious acci accidents dents are not infrequent and great cour- cour courage cour courage age coolness on and Judgment are requisite on the part of the rider Only the most finely bred horses can can- stand can stand the pace While the horses take the historic fences crowds ds of spectators hold their in 10 tense tene excitement and ami the tha re- re le suits victorious and tragic at once aro read lead to the reigning monarchs in m the tho royal box at every crucial point Sometimes in the these thee e thrilling steeple steeple- i chases a ho hose hors s falls at atthe atthe the very first fint battier head downward dOWD throw throwing ing irig his IllS rider clear The others gain gam their feet the best they can on the other sid s side i d e and andt t thunder h u n d e r on At the thane t next t barrier barner three or four or even more re ie fU fu fuse e and cannot be forced over It is lS at Becher's Brook rook ti tm t 1 a t many a fine horse 11 has s been put out of the therace therace therace race each year ear since the first Grand National of all in 1836 1530 There is lS nothing cor cor- cor- cor correspondIng corresponding corresponding responding to the Liver Liver- Liverpool Liverpool pool course coune in the stee stee- stee- stee steeplechase steeplechase racing of this L n- n nu L countr country The jump at s the test that pets out of the race eary early In is its course cours all 1111 but the pure puro bred am- am ammal ani animal mal nral This is lS a thick thorn thoin thOl n fence four feet ten inches high with Hith a rail nul t two 0 feet high in front of a brook having a depth of four feet Here the horses come up in a thunder thunder- thundering thundering ing group aid ald in m a second the winning few are aie e over and the others left behind Sometimes there is lS a tragedy there tragedy have been many of them them here and here and a valuable animal ammal is lS destroyed immediate immediate- immediately ly and mercifully before the fortunate fortunato ones have gone around the course again Sometimes it lt is the jockey who ho iscar is car car- carried car carried ried need off oft in m a n huddled heap while the bet bet- betting bet betting lIn ting continues and the speed on onto onto onto to the goal Another obstacle In the great English steeplechase course that would test the stoutest heart beart of man or beast is lS Valen Valentine's tines tine's Brook a thorn fence five feet high with a rail tv two 0 feet high in front anda and a on the further side In all the course is lS about four anda and a half miles nules long and there are thirty difficult difficult difficult cult obstacles to negotiate many so o haz haz- that in a recent race one hop horse alone stood up at the finish out of t enty twenty twenty seven se seen en starters In another recent held field record four tour finished d and thirty six thirty L went en t to the post In the race of last March Sergeant Murphy Murph th the winner came canie in with six others and there were ere twenty eight twenty starters Two fell at Becher's Brook be- be before before be before fore the first round was over Twelve went ent over the water jump lump successfully and then five more mora went vent went out before tho end cad There are ar many arguments against racing of this kind on the ground that lt it is extremely cruel to the horses as aswell aswell well ell as endangering the lives of the tho jockeys It is conceded even by racing men that horses literally hate bate to find themselves up against an obstacle liko 1110 Brook Brook and that they are often urged over against their will only to come crashing do down don n on the other side c On n the other other hand some turf men amen con consider sider steeplechase racing not so hardon hard on the hors horse as flat racing since the steeple steeplechase chase l is ms run comparatively slow Furthermore they point out it is no more nomore cruel than any other othel highly thrill ing mg thrilling kind of sport and as in m tho the case caso of 01 4 many of the strenuous sports in which men are put on their mettle it ages tho the development of the finest ble type types Judging from Mrs Vanderbilt's en en at the Belmont w Park t cis race a couple of weeks ago when her carried to victory the colors of the tho rail Stable which is lS the nom de course she has chosen to r race co under she ha has little hUla doubt of n-f n the U J 1 desirability of encouraging iwuc the anCient aging sport of kings 1 Friends and spectators noted on this occasion OCcaSIOn that the tho former Virginia Fair was the most enthused of all the pt at the co coi se and they were ere more visitors VI vinced Iced than ever that her con black salmon cross sashes blackcap black cap will nIl soon be f fa in the tho racing world as liS the colon colo- colo of the queen of the American I turf I |