Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-19
SPRING RACING AT BENNING.
Flyers In Training in Many Of the Easter
Stables.

Flyers in Training in Many Of the Eastern
Stables.
The spring meeting at Benning will begin
about April Is and continue for twelve days
ID. c. Ditmas will have the betting privileges az
heretofore. Should racing begin on April 1
almost every one of the leading stables will
have representatives at the meeting, with per-
haps the star two-year-olds of the year to take
part in the races. The coming meeting will
very likely be the best ever held at Washing
ton.
At the tracks controlled by the rules Of the
board of control division in almost every
stable is being trained for the spring meeting.
M. +. Dryer has given Hardy Campbell in
structions to have all horses which look like
racing early ready for the NEE ting and several
OF the horses are receiving regular work, and
II necessary could be ready by the middle of
March. The followers of Guttenburg who were
ready to bet that NJ. F. Dwyer would race at
that track should be willing to acknowledge
that this news does not look much like it.
BEST MEETING EVER HELD HERE.
Longford Is at Gravesend and is a grand
looking horse. He is likely to come to WASH
ington. Orlando Jones is likely to bring Leon
awell and three others to fit them for races
later. Should there be no bill passed by the
New Jersey legislature the meeting at WASH
lngtou promises to be the best one ever held
here, AZ the horses owned by J. A. 4 A. IL.
Morris and trained by Wiudham Walden are
booked to make their first appearance at BEN
ming. and with the horses which will come
from Monmouth Park and the other tracks in
that neighborhood the best horses in training
would make their first appearance at Washing
ton.
Report from Lexington says that Byron Nc
Clelland will begin his eastern campaipn here
as will many smaller stables from Kentucky.
W. p. Burch has sixteen horses stabbed at
Benning. W. B. Jennings has fourteen in his
lot, many Of them good Ones and there are
about fifty horses in training in Virginia which
will take part in the meeting, 80 that the regu-
lar season, where racing will be conducted
under the rules Of the board, of control is not
SO far oil.
Geo. Covington and little "Major" Coving-
ton are to report to Green b. Morris when lie
wants them. He may come to the Washington
meeting, but has not fully decided.
The Lambleys, John and James, and John
Donovan are with VIM. C. DAILY who keeps
them where he can teach them the shortest
way around the track. II. F. Dryer will have
the benefit Of their services when necessary.
Unclc William will have an extensive stable to
take part in the Washington meeting.
JAS Rowe, who will be the starter, is sure to
make u salary OF $40, 900. if the figures of one
Of his friends are correct, as he figures that he
Will start horses 200 days this season, and that
he will be busy ON every day after the WASH
ington meeting begins until some time in De.
cember, SO Mr.. Rowe is well off in regard to
salary as the Guttenburg starter. not counting
the difference in social standing.
Ed McGarry is culling out division to
race at Washington which will number about
eight or ten horses.
J. De Long has six which look as il they
would be ready early.