The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-17
THE WORLD OF SPORTING.
Latest and Most Interesting Gossip Of The
Turf.
MEETING OF ST. LOUIS JOCKEY CLUB

ESPECIAL Correspondence

NEW YORK, May 16.-The programme for
the spring meeting Of the st. LOUIS Jockey
Club has Just been issued. II shows great
Improvement over last yeariin stakes and en-
tries The meeting begins June 9Th and con-
tinues TO June 10Th. During that time there
will be an important stake event decided each
dav. besides four regular purse and selling
races There is total of III entries for the
various stakes. including many OF the sensa-
tional two-year-old and three-year-old per-
formers.
,t;ohaal the three-year-old colt by Glen
AtbnI who ran a mile in 1:41 at Lexington
last week. was since that race mace the suO,
iect If an offer iof SIS, 900 by Holloway, and
Nrrnhv the owners Of Tartar 1he colt Il
well engaged East, and so far II. A. owisert
refuses 10 sell. ,.., -.
,rseL bent her in the stable on Ashland Oaks
Gsv and as w. r. Letcher. who owns Semper
Eidele thourht her mouth too. sore, I'd. Cor.
r;can,s bav FLY Ethel. by Longfellow, had
everything her own way IN the race =, Inc
winner, Lv Longfellow, Sisterly, IS well-en-
Among the latest foals at the Palo Alto
st0ck-farm are the following splendldly-bred
b. C. by imp. Cyrus, dam Bessie Hooker by
Joe Hooker CHI. G. by imp. Cheylot. dam mp.
Mutiny by Adventurer: b. t. 10y Shannon. dam
Fanny Lewis by imp. Buckden CHI. G. by, imp.
CheylOt. dam Phube Anderson by Monday.
Race-ooers of the Atlantic seaboard as
sembled in force at Grayesend on Friday tor
the opening strides OF the Brooklyn Jockey
Climbs spring meeting, and racing Will be held
on every week day up u ana lncludlhS oatuI-
day. MAY 2Jth, when the meeting VIII cl0 Ie.
During this period fifteen stake races VII Do
fr.af rrrta 70
run, ranging IN value ron t doo a.
worth something under $1,000 70 thblorooK-
lvn Jockey Club handicap and Great Amer,
can Stakes. each worth go 600, guaranteed
vaiue. Durinr the fourteen days no purse
will be less than 81 900 in value.
The Western handicap horse Riley Is poor
traveller 1t takes him several days 10 recover
from A trip on the cars. The lateral motioh
makes him "seasick" This was the case when
he arrived at Memphis from Mobile. anu IL
was the case when he arrived NJ Lexington
from Memphis. He was shipped from Meih-
uhis with ScOggan's horse occupying car
with the latter, but before Ihe Joui Ia Ia
been completed he was ailing SO Dadly that ne
had TO be side-tracked and sent on SUISSE
nuentlv Inv himself He arrived at Lexington
too late TO recuperate, hence his deleat III the
Distillers stakes. r:,.
Record breaking day at San Franeisco'ss
close of the blood horse meeting showed
come wonderful speed RintaXs l:204 Tor
"a
carly in the burst The two horses Klnia1
and Geraldine. ran neck and neck for nearly
six furlougs. where Geraldine weakened.
Fractional time. "a, ~, Az, 1909 ,.El3'4,
1:2OlL In the mile and three-quarters, won
by Hotspur, five years. 11S pounds, Terry
t5ree-year-old son of Alta led for the first
mile and a quarter in 1908, when Hotspur
headed him. leading at the mile and nan III
"a and mile aud three-quarters IN 3tO'4 -,
The weu-known Canadian trainer. DICK
OIeary. died in Toronto last week. lie was
fftv-two years old Dick had been trainer al
different times for james Mhlte, P IvS
Sheriff Powell Ottawa John Forbes, Wood
stock. J. d. Matheson, Duggan and Maize
son Toronto and others. He had great knoWl-
edoe of the Canadian turf and had many
"reminiscences of racing in days gone ny ne
had ridden in Canada. the United States ana
his death will be regretted by many o'd
timers His charges and mounts won the
Oueen's Plate. the blue ribbon of the Cana
diap tut ne. ls9ss than five tines et t1at'ia
i'm 1872 he won on Fearnaught, at LONDON ia
i'm 1919 on Moss Rose. al Ottawa again III 1871
ON Bonnie Bird, at Toronto IN 1888 with BURY
Cooper and in 1889 on Colonst.
The late Breeders Convention at Chicago
included many notnDiiiues rom Az or. .no
country. From Virginia. the old home OF the
thoroughbred. when the boswell coiors were
ON the turf, and even before they appeared III
the thirties the trOttlng- horse breeders sent
Foxhall A. Dangerfeld and Henry. Clay
Chan,blin The names are familiar TO the all
ruirers of the trotterand galloper, as he former
cave his name 10 James Il. keen's race race
horse Foxhall. the champion of two conu-
neuts and the latter now owns the farm on
winch imported Diomed the first English
DERBY winner died. Both gentlemen are
now. however. imbued with the love tor the
harness horse Mr. Dangerfeld owning among
others the old California champion sam
Purdv. whose get from common mares has
done very well of late.
The ScOoran Brothers. who started of the
season so well at Memphis. being the largest
winners at that point, are beginning 10 eA-
perence little bad luck. Harry I'LL, the
promising young sire of Chaperone' MISS
Knott and other clever Youngsters IN the
Sc0cgan stable. died last week. Scoggan
trainer had Just sent word 10 the stocA
farm in Kentucky to breed all the
mares possible 10 Harry Hill; that
his get. especially Chaperone,. were
disclosing moro speed than any or the two
vear-olds in the stables. Another piece OF
bad luck is the sickness of Lady Washington.
the reliance of the stable for the Kentucky
Oaks and other three-y ear-old events Upon
leaving Memphis she developed lung-fever
and will have TO be retired for the season at
least Ben Chief. another of the Scoggan horses;
has also let down Just as he had been nursed
No for a bruising race. Eli kendlg, III the
same stable. has also thrown out couple OF
curbs and has been blstered. Other horses
in the stable are ailing more or less.
We CHALLENGE