'The American Thoroughbred 



EDDIE JONES 



Winner of the Winter Handicap at Tanforan, the McLaughlin Stakes at Inglcsidc and 

 twenty other races. Property of Burns & Waterhouse. 



At two years old, this fine young horse started five times, but never won, being 

 twice second and three times third. At three he was about as hard a horse to beat as 

 there was in the state, winning 9 races in 20 starts and only two times outside the money. 

 He won his first four races at that age. Among his victories of that year, were the 

 Cadmus Stakes at Ingleside, the California Maiden Stakes and the bhell Mound Handi- 

 cap, all of which he won in fast time. His total earnings for that year were $5,155, 

 and he seemed equally good in the mud or on a fast track. 



At four he was lame in nearly all of his races, but won II out of 19 starts, aggre- 

 gating a total of $4,100, which brought his earnings for three seasons up to $9,730. 

 He started 12 times at Oakland and 7 times at St. Louis, in which he beat all the 

 best horses in the country. At Oakland, his last event was the McLaughlin Stakes, 

 in which he gave three years and three pounds to Satsuma, and seven pounds and one 

 year to Rosinante, Joe Ullman and Hugh Penny being unplaced. The track was very 

 heavy from recent rains, but for all that he covered the first seven furlongs in 1 127 

 and the mile in i -.46. 



At five years he did not start, but at six he was a great horse, though a cripple. 

 He won a handicap of $500 at Tanforan, nine furlongs in i : 59^/21, in a sea of mud, 

 beating The Lady, Bathos and Autumn. Three days later he won the Winter Handi- 

 cap with 118, beating The Lady, Advance Guard and six others in 2:04^4 at a mile 

 and a quarter. Value, $3,927. Ran 2nd to Terminus at Washington Park and was 

 then withdrawn permanently, his total earnings being $14,257. Only a few of his get 

 have as yet started but each of them has won more than one race. 



Morello, sire of Eddie Jones, was as good a horse as any from the male line of 

 Leamington. He was sold for $100 as a yearling, but won the Futurity Stakes at two 

 years old, worth $40,450, with Lady Violet and the Bella Donna colt second and third. 

 At three he won the rich Wheeler Handicap at Washington Park, a mile and a quarter 

 in 2:06, with as fine a field behind him as ever started for that event. He died near 

 Mount Diablo, a very young horse, and his death was a severe loss to the breeders of 

 this State, as he left several good performers behind him, Eddie Jones being the best 

 of the lot. 



