The Washington times., 1894-04-08
CHANCES FOR EARLY RACING
HOrsemen Are Ready with Their
Strings to Begin the Season.
BENNING PEOPLE ARE HOPEFUL
House Expected to Ps.s Pol Bill To-mor-
row-Activity Over tie River in Making
Ready for Fac: Mestings-Some Of the
Stables Already in It's Vicinit-.

Members Of the exe,utiv. committee Of tho
Washington Joc1ey Club are hopeful that the
House will psAc ,ol bill per-. .ting book
making at the Spring and Fall meetings, and
that such action will be taFen tomorrow.
The House District Committee has such bill
readyto report and the jockey club people are
banking on its passage If such Is the case,
the bill will then go to the Senate, wh~e its
fate is problemati: al. As the latter body
placed itself on record recently by killing
similar bill, the ch. nces are that good deal o.
missionary work will have to be done before
any success can be hoped for. Senator Aliens
harsh words while offering his amerdment
striking out the privilege Of bookmak nS at
the local tracks have occasioned considerable
criticism among horsemen and others.
W. B. Jennings, Abe G-rson, q. Nj. Tomp-
kins, and other owners who have their stables
at either Benning or Ivy City take decid-
exception to the allegations mauc by the Ne
braska solon that hardly one race in one hun
dred is run on the square. They pertinently
ask the Senator his foundation for such
charge, point to the acknowledged liberality
OF horsemen to charity, and reier to mer-
chants and business men generally as In
dorsers OF the squareness OF horsemen in the
matter of payment OF bills. They also ad-
vance the argument that racing is an institu-
ton, and pool law"prevails in every state in
the Union save in Connecticut and New Hamp-
shire, while political complications have alone
shut out racing in New jersey.
But perhaps one of the most interesting as
well as ingenious replies to the general charge
that racemen are blacklegs is the invitation
to examine the inmates OF state prisons, where
there will be found many bankers, Sunday
school superintendent, and such other folks,
but nary horseman.
Whether or no Congress permits racing in
the District, it seems pretty well established
there will be plenty OF sport provided for the
people Of Washington just across the river.
The Jones party have already begun work on
the proposed course of the Grange Camp AS
sociation of northern Virginia at the south
end of the Long Bridge, and they expect to
have things in readiness to commence racing
about May l. They state most positively that
no games of any sort will be permitted on or
near the grounds, and the intention is to run
a race meeting pure and simple and provide
clean sport
A steeplechase course is to be built on a
plan similar to the course now being con-
structed at Sheepshead Bay. and horses will
have to be finished chasers to negotiate it.
The regular track will be three-quarters of q
mile, together with three -eghths chute. from
which all races over six furlongs will be
started. Work is also going on at the ST.
Asaph track and the New York lessees will
run a meeting there.
There are It's horses duartered at the Ben
ming track, and most of the flyers are well
forward and about ready to race. ". p.
Burch has twenty-seven horses in his care,
nearly all owned by different parties. Several
OF the two-year-olds owned by o. 4. Jones
have worked halves in 81 Is seconds and three
eighths in S715 seconds. The older horses are
doing well. William Jennings has arrived
ytth VT
Ben Lomond. and some two and three year
olds. The older division have done miles in
1:55.
Doc Street has ten in his string, including
Galilee, who never looked better in his life.
He has four two-year-olds. and one of these,
the eSalvator-Vandalite colt. is easily consid-
cred the best race horse at the track. r.
Virginia Bradley has twenty-six, among the
latter being Bitten and Virgie They are all
fit to race. Walter B. Jennings has eleven of
his own and five belonging to friends. They
are In good health and going miles in two
minutes. The two-year-olds have done halves
in 0:54.
Mort Jordan has Tom Tough. Doolittle Dr.
Garnett. Our Maggie, Billy s., and others.
Billy s. and DR.. Garnett have covered halves
in O:52lS William Hendrie. of Canada. has
Versatile and seven others. all in shape. Car
ter c. Hall has fifteen, including Capt. Brown
and William T., doing five furlongs in 1:04
the same distance in los. Knapp has gone
mile in 1:47. d. Higgins has Bel Demonio in
shape. she doing three-quarters in LIS. There
are many other good ones at the track.
Not in several years have so many or as
good class of horses wintered Mt the Ivy
City course. Mr.. Engeman may not be ac-
ceptable to the local courts, but he has done
everything possible to keep the track in good
condition and make horsemen thoroughly
comfortable. In consequence there has not
been. all told, a week during the entire win
ter when the track was unfit for the horses to
do good work on. The flyers all show this
by their condition, and they are about fit to
race. The most important lot here are those
of J. B. Collins, under the care of Jack Colds
borough. That great little horse Sirocco
never looked better in his life Addie has
done wonderfully well and will be different
mare this Spring than she was last Fall.
Rama, full brother Of Huron and c. W.
johnson, is a vastly improved colt, and the |
trainer is very sweet on his chances this year
In the two-year-old division Prim. by Hidalgo |
and My Love, has gone quarters in 23j4 and |
three-eighths in 3615; Allen by Ber Ali and |
Regret, and Northiord, by Stratford and North |
Anna are also doing well. Abe Carson has |
number of likely animals, hispet being the two
year-old Little jim, by Favor and La Juire On |
Friday he went half with 100 pounds up in |
050L and in looks resembles Morello. Another |
youngster is Knight OF Honor, by Knight Of |
EIlerslie and F-aulein, who is more than mod
crate colt. My Gyp never looked better. |
Craftsman, full brother to Captain Brown. the
sprinter. is being schooled over the sticks.
George Reed has n big string of two-year-
olds, several having gone halves in so Sec
onds. Tommy Hitchcock is expected from
Aiken. S. c., the coming week with Demuth.
who is being tried for steeplechaser and
making good progress The majority of the
horses at the course are ready to race Just as
soon as there is any racing.