The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17
VERNON PARKS STABLES.
HORSES IN TRAINING FOR THE
MERCHANTS WEEK RACES.

leAO-oOme OF the Flyers w llcn
VIII Enter for the Purses-The Ar
engagements at the Fark-The Trans
portation to the Spring Meeting.
Vernon park now presents q lively ap-
pearance. Nearly all the horses that will
race over the course during Merchants week
are stabbed on the grounds and are in daily
practice for the coming events. The trainers,
riders, rubbers~down aud other attaches
have taken up their residence at the park,
and the place has the appearance Of a
bustliug little village.
Many people drive out in the mornings
and afternoons to look at the practice, and
on Sundays the crowd is unusually large.
From the appearance Of the horses and the
! way they get around the course on practice
some interesting and exciting events will
take place during the three days meeting,
! April p, % and %. Nearly ali are thor
oughbred stock.
1t was expected that the railroad to the
park would have been built in time to ae-
commodate the people, but, as the scheme
has fallen through, Manager John z.
| Bowling has made ample arrangements
to take the lovers of the turf to
| the race course free of charge. He
| has engaged nearly fifty buses, cabs,
stages and other vehicles, and expects to
| to have a two-minute schedule. One batch
| OF buses and cabs will start from BroughtOn
| and Drayton streets. Stages will also be
run from Second and Bull street, connecting
with the City and Suburban railroad, and
| from Twelfth and Bull streets, connecting
with the Belt Line. The buses and cabs
will be used for ladies and their escorts,
and the stages and other vehicles
! for unaocompanied males. A special por-
! ton of the grand stand will be set apart for
the use OF the ladies, and Manager Bowling
will see that such good order will be had
that not even the finest and most extraordi-
nary ssnsibillties can take exception. It is
his desire TO give the ladies an opportunity
of cultivating taste fer the events Of the
| turf.
THE PARKS ATTRACTIONS.
| The restaurant at the grounds is being
| fixed up in tirsU-class STYLE and good meals
will be furnished all those who do not care
to return to the city between the morning
and afternoon races. The bar will be opened
| next week
The entries for the races will close at
Dowling's stable tomorrow night at 6
o'clock. The purses for the races amount
to over 81 200.
J. A. Bland of Nashville, Tenn, who is
an old anG experienced turfman, has the
| largest stable at the park. His horses are
all thoroughbred, and present handsome
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of Hambletonian blood, and, although he is
what is called ''green" horse. his practices
| show him to be a runner of no ordinary
| speed. He was sired by son of McCurdy,
from the thoroughbred dam, Miss Odom.
Jesse r. is a magnificent shiny ink black
stallion, who steps with hauteur which is
very attractive. He looks in his every
movement as if he was aware of his hand
some appearance and feels himself prince
among horses. He was sired by Brigadier,
| an imported stallion, and his dam, Roena,
came from the famous Albion. Mr.. Bland
remarked that he felt satisfied in saying,
without fear of contradiction, that Jesse r.
| is as fine a horse as trods the earth. He is
| a runner, ana will make his maiden race
| over the Vernon course. Mr.. Bland ex-
| poets that the black stallion will soon be-
come one of the most famous racers in
| America.
! B. g. is another fine animal. He is of
Lexington blood by Charley Howard, and
| has twenty-five courses of Thoroughbred
blood coursing through bis veins. He is a
runner, and has won several races in the
| south.
Hardware is a big bay stallion, and son
of the great Hindoo by the dam Brides
mare. Mr.. Bland claims him to be as fine
| bred runner as there is in America. He
is young horse. but, like Jesse R., shows
his blood in his step.
The brown 3-year-old colt Morphit is also
| IA promising animal, showing good trotting
speed. His sire is Crown Prince, and his
| dam Withers' Aimont
| A COMING RECORD BREAKER.
One horse that will draw forth the ap-
| plause of the people during the meeting, if
| they have any love for fine horsefiesh is
| Roanoke, who made pacing record of 2 :35
| last fall. Roanoke is a half-brother of Hal
| Pointer, who made a record of 2:0914. His
Irt- I,1 - h. h.,
the American turf. Mr.. Bland expects
| Roanoke to lower his record in the coming
| races.
Mr.. Bland is also training, in connection
with his own stable several local racers
Among them are w. H. Rays roam geding
PAGER, Sandy Stevenson's bay gelding
PAGER, Lawrence Kelly's running Mare
Emma Rhodes, James Mulligan's trotting
stallion George Washington. Charles z.
| Stults Wilkes blooded trotter Postmaster
| r. J. Davant's green trotting mare and
| a sorrel belonging to man named Brown.
J. T. Hambrick has two horses in train
ing. Barney W., the trotter, who made a
favorable impression by his display Of speed
at the Thunderbolt course Christmas and
| New Years, is in fine condition, and his
| owner expects him to win some of the
purses. Mr.. Hambrlck's other horse is Jor-
dan B., of Danville, Va, who was sired by
a son of Gilfreth Knox from the dam
| Ethan Allen. he mas me blood, and gives
promise of good speed.
j. d. McCurdy of Winnsboro, s. c., ar
rived day before yesterday, with two run
ming horses. Marksman and Crown Prince.
Marksman is fine stallion and runs we'll.
He is only years old. His sire is Mark
Twain, and the dam w. L.
Crown Prince is a son of Persian, and is a
speedy horse.
sAvANNAH's sREEDERS.
w. T. Burch has a stable of four good
horses. He is training Pat Fallon, the
great local PAGER, and thinks this
horse will open the eyes of turfmsn
week after next. On Tuesday Fallon
went mile in 2:39, carrying
23S pounds, and driven with only one hand.
1t was the fastest mile ever paced or trotted
in Savannah, but Mr.. Burch expects the
stallion to lower that record during Mer-
chants week. The horse is years old and
a thoroughbred, having the famous Wilkes
blood flowing in bis veins.
Georgia Belle, Oppenheimer's runner, is
showing up well. He will be ridden in the
race by J. j. Stotter, a well-known jockey,
who formerly travelled with the Pierce
combination as a Roman standing rider.
| Burch's other horses consist Of Young
loves PAGER, Gleason's Susong and fast
running colt. The latter badly injured his
| foot Tuesday Init the trainar hoDes tn hava