Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-06
TALK OF THE TURF.
Noted Horses and HOrsemen at the IN
City Track.


City Track.
STABLES THAT WILL. BE REPRESENTED AT THE
MAY MEErING-wHAT OWNERS EXPECT
BAD WEATHER FOR "woRKING."
Nothing of consequence in the matter of
'work" has been done at Ivy City during the
past week. The weather has been as bad for
the past ten days as it has been possible to be.
The cold northeaster that set in two weeks ago
has continued on and off ever since. 1t was ex-
pected that the weather had settled" when
the sun came out on Friday last and broke
open the soft and swollen buds, when grass,
willow and shrub took on their spring attire,
and when the early jassamine in Capitol Park
once more came into bloom. But here again is
weather most hostile TO training.
The only arrival during the week was the Rich
mond (Va-) stable of Mr.. j. X. Branch. who is,
for a beginner, certainly branching out extern
sively. He has fourteen in the string, and all
are I'm good health and have wintered well.
There Is no secondhand clOthier that has q
greater variety in "slzes" The two-year-olds
are all small, and the peculiar thing about
them is that each seems to be smaller than the
other. Mcdaniel, the colored man that for
Inerly trained La Gloria and n few others for
Mr.. Charles ). Loohey, is in charge, but Mr..
Branch is himself experimenting. Huron
Chickahominy and Nilus are looking well. The
latter two are three-year-olds Stiletto, Semi
mole and Aurora are the best looking of the
twO-yearOlds. Mr.. Branch is a young man of
means, and it is to be hoped. as he is an enthus-
he will meet with that measure of success due
enterprise and well-directed engergy.
Mr.. George III. Kernaghan's horses are not
here. and they are not being trained by w. p.
Burch, as was stated in q New York sporting
journal: They are still at Augusta, Ga, and
are in charge of James MARI. The horse Burch
is said to be doing especially we'll, and it is ex-
pected that he will be the 'bread-winner' of the
stable: Mr.. Kernaghan will ship for Washing
ton about the 10th inst, and he will probably
rest up one day while en- route.
Gov. Bowie has eighteen in training at his
well appointed farm in Prince George county
Md, about IL miles from here. He will not
however, travel that many. The dead wood
VIII be weeded out and lett at the farm, and
only those that show speed will ''take the
road" Last year Cassatt, the handsome full
brother to Crickmore, gave great promise of
being useful colt, but this year it is whis-
pered about that the popular sporting governor
has IA real clinker in Cato by Catesby out OF
Mary Watson. All the governors friends are
more, and if he should eventually turn out to
be as good a race-horse the speedy son of
Catcsby and Belle Meade, the ''red and white
OF old Marylands leading representative will
De seen at the fore many a time during the
pending campaign.
Green Morris will come up from Memphis
by the Sth of May. He will bring eight, and Is
yet undecided whether to leave Con Cregan in
Kentucky or to bring him along. In fact, Mr..
Morris has not yet laid out his racing cam
paign in detail. 1t was at first stated that he
would snip from here back to Louisville, and
thence to Chicago and now it is given out that
he will go from here to Jerome Park.
w. b. Jennings shipped his horses to Clifton :,
n. j., to-day. He thinks he can, i'm the ensuing
few weeks, pick up there a few of Uncle Sans
promises 10 pay. If his horses should turn out
TO be good enough he will return here. If not,
he will go TO Brighton Beach as soon as the sea
company here next month will be trifie too
hot for the Cardinal, Ten Stone and Miller,
hence his flight To the Jersey hills. His two
yearolds are racy looking and should turn out
well.
The Messrs. Loud, it is said, have refused an
offer of $4,000 for their two 2-year-Old Morte-
ngIf of pI.,ir ria Il L.
other out OF Sallie by Lexington. They We're
wanted by the new Fairfax stable. Mr. Bla-
looked these fillies over. Even in these days
of high prices this looks, to an outsider like a
lair equivalent for the pair. 1t indicates that
the hliies are not only good but that money is
not quite SO scarce as the statesmen in and out
OF congress would have the public believe.
Col Loud, however, expects TO win both the
Youthful and brentwood stakes with the pair
and u he succeeds in doing that it will supply
proof positive that he was wise in declining
, ,.1 tempting offer OF $4,000 That he thinks
highly OF them Is evidenced by the tact that a
lew days ago he offered to match either OF the
par against any 2-year-old i'll training at Ivy
city, and, as no one has accepted the banter it
Is only fair TO suppose that trainers thereah0ut
also think we'll OF them.
Mike Danaher is doing good work with Ava
lon ana expects much of him here and else
where. He is a horse OF great bone and sub
stance ana requires a man to pilot him. BrOphy
is with the stable as jockey. Spanish King
was out yesterday for walking exercise and his
near hind leg was done up in Lydia Thompson
hose. The outfit made him look as gay as a
peacock. MIR. Danaher expects Young Duke
and few others to join his string before the
races begin.
Little Higgs, the jockey, arrived at Ivy City
this morning with the colt Duke OF WestmOre-
land He came all the way from Central New
1ork, ana was three nights on the cars. HiggS
purchased the Duke from Mr.. Bernard last tail.
Hugs Is the youngest owner and trainer of race
horses III the world. He was only 16 years old
in December last.
Abe Carson will be here on the 9th with the
steeplecnaSerS Disturbance and Araham He
will also bring Pat Dennis and three others for
fiat-racing.
The weights assigned in the National hotel
handicap VIII be made public on Thursday. The
distance Is II mile and eighth, and there will
be about a dozen STARTERS