Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-22

bell, and Mayor Nolan, of Albany, who
composed the Beverwick stable in
1890. Campbell owned Castaway
and CassiuS. Castaway is the
horse that won the Brooklyn handicap
| last year, and was so uncertain, win
ming race one day and losing the east
est kind OF a race the next. George f.
Taylor, 40 pounds, will bear the colors
Of p. Lorillard. Barnes, l0j pounds,
the little colored jockey, has no especial
engagement for the season. He it was
who rode the winners in the Junior
champion stakes OF 1888 and 1889
Snapper" Garrison, 1l3 pounds, rode
Tenney all last year. He has a small
stable OF his own and will ride his own
horses, besides others of prominent turf
men. Marty" Bergen, l05 pounds, is
under no contract. f. Littlefield, 10j
pounds, is the first Jockey in the employ
OF j. A. and A. II. Morris. Other jock
eys who will have mounts this season
are w. Sims, 100 pounds; John Stoyal.
lO9 pounds; w. Donohue, los pounds:
w. Marlin, 1913 pounds; A. Mccarthy,
Jr., 100 pounds.
Some Of these prOprietOs OF race
horses have fine stables. The largest
probably belongs to j. b. Haggin. 1t is
known as Rancho del PasO, and stretches
for miles and miles over splendid ground
in California. Another big stable be-
longs to j. A. and A. IL. Morris. The
Dwyer Brothers have split, and each
will continue in his own individual in
tereSt. Each possesses Il fine stable ard
a gOodly collection Of race horses. They
were betting against one another at the
Belmont sale. Hearst ~ Co.'S estab
lshment is divided, part being at
Sheepshead and part in Califor-
MIA. The stables next largest and next |
in importance are owned by Hough |
Bros, Walcott & Campbell, Mr.. Pusifer, |
the owner of Tenney, McLewee IL Co.,
f. J. C"Lucky') Baldwin, d. d. With |
ers, A. j Cassatt, David Gideon, Mar
Gus DAILY, Foxhall Keene, Pierre Lorril-
lard. S. ). Brown, j. f. Mcdonald,
John Hunter George Smith, better |
known as "PittSburg Phil, Chas. Reed |
~ Sons. "Mr. Manning" who is John
4. Logan. w L. Scott, the name Of !
whose stable is the Northampton, Ma
than Strauss and w. C'Billy') Lake
land.
The season Of 1891 opens in April.
Racing has been going on more or less
all winter at the tracks at Gutenberg, |
Dundee, Gloucester and Clifton. The |
last place was closed by the authorities
in February, under a section OF the |
"disorderly house" law. There is now
in the New Jersey Legislature a bill |
which will empower the local authori- |
ties in towns or counties to grant IL |
censes TO racing associations, which |
will clear up the present muddle exist
ing in New Jersey. Winter racing goes
on in all kinds OF weather. Rain, snow, |
sleet or mud have no terrors :or the |
owners of the horses. The average |
value OF the stakes offered at these |
tracks in the winter is $500. The high |
est stake is not more than $1,000.
The regular spring season opens about !
April II at Elizabeth. Racing on that |
track goes on to May II. Linden alter
mates with Elizabeth. One track will |
be used one week and the other track |
the next. Each has an equal number |
OF racing days.
The first great race in the country is |
the Kentucky Derby. 1t is what is
known as classical" race, the none
tary value being but s., 900, though it is |
looked forward 10 with the deepest in |
terest. 1t will come off May -, at
Louisville. The race was won by Riley |
last year. Riley is owned by ed" Cor
rigan, and was ridden by Murphy. 1t |
is a three-year-old race. and this year
there are eighty-three entries. Among |
the horses that will run are Balgowan,
Allan Bane. GascOn, Georgetown, Henry |
Ray, Palestine Passara, Tom Mackin, |
Tom Rogers.
Perhaps the most popular races Of |
the year will. as usual, be the Suburban |
and the Brooklyn handicapS. They |
have always created more excitement !
and have drawn out bigger crowds than |
any other races held 10 the country.
The principal races OF the season for
2-year-ods are four in number. First
in order of monetary value comes the
Futurity, which will be worth probably
about $4,000 or 100000 This race
will be run on the COney Island jockey
club at Sheepshead Bay. The number
of entries FOR this race has not yet been
published, but there win probably be
between 500 and 800. The vamn OF the !
stakes last year was 1000.
Next for 2-year-olds comes the great /
Eclipse stakes. This race takes place
under the auspices OF the New York
Jockey club, and will come off in June,
at Westchester, no doubt on the last
day OF the clubs spring meeting. The
number OF entries for this race is 967.
The value Of the stakes is about $50, 600.
As all these 2-year-old races will be
taken part in by untried ones, it is not
possible, OF course, TO predict what
horse or horses VIII show off most IA
vorably.
Next comes the Junior Champion
stakes. This race will be run at Mon
mouth. in the first part OF August. and
will also be worth probably $50, 900. As
the Monmouth Park Association have
not yet published the number Of en-
tries in any Of their races, it is not
known how many horses are entered for
this race.
Next comes the Hyde Park stakes at
the Washington Park race track, Chi
cago. This race will be the most i'm
portant race run in the west. Ii will
be worth about Sl5,OOO Last year the
value Of the stakes was ST., 900. This
race will be run about the first week in