The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-28


call on Jockey Simins' services next season
The Louisville Driving and Fair Associa
ton have announced September % to DC
tober 3 inclusive as the days OF their 1896
trolting meeting. This association will give
about $40 COO III stakes and purses.
There is no truth for the published state
ment that the insurance companies are GO
ing TO erect Il new grand stand for Brighton
Beach Racing Association on the old site.
II. f. Linde's brown horse, The Jew, five
years old, by Favo, so impressed the Eng
lishmen by his brilliant performances at
the recent Manchester meeting that they
already speak highly OF his chances OF win.
ming the Liverpool Grand National of 1896.
In France and Belgium the government
practically controls or rather regulates
racing. In Belgium a bill has just been SUBJ
nHtted for the kings approval which will
entirely abolish pool selling, and only permit
betting on race ira cks while races n re going
on. Thcbiil alsostipulatest hatnot lessthan
81 300 a day must be put up in the shape
OF purses by the racing associations.
In California the rule that n trainer
cannot ride is not enforced. George Miller
who is now training for Millionaire Hobart,
is his heavyweight Jockey. William Hay
ward, who was training in the East, did not
ride. II believe he would" said Matthe W
Byrnes, the trainer for Marcus Daily; That
is, il he could get good mount in a good
race. one over a distance Of ground, for Mr..
Hayward does not like the sprint races.
He is a man who likes to ride, ard he is
pretty apt to get all OF the good out of his
horse"
Notwithstanding the many strings of
horses shipped to England, one must not
suppose there will be nothing of consequence
left in this country to provide amusement
for lovers of the turf. There will be plenty
of sport. and too man Y horses in some races
for some folks. Those owners who have
shipped horses to England have done so al
most as much for notoriety as for what they
believe there is In the game. Mr.. Belmont.
Mr.. Lorillard, Mr.. Keene and Mr.. Croker are
men of wealth. and can afford to race for
amusement, There is also a woultln' t.it-bc-
nice feeling to win the English Derby in
every owners heart, and IL is with this in
tent that they are willing to spend their
money. 1t is quite an honor to he mixed up
with English racing records. and though it
may cost twenty times the amount won to
capture the blue ribbon of the English turf.
there is a great deal of satisfaction and
credit attached to the achievement. 1t is to
DC nOpeu tllat VIII so many AHlerlClnS rep.
resented next season in England, they will
not he sent back empt y-handed.
Mike Dwyer has almost decided to race
exclusively in the West next season, after
the Brooklyn meeting is over. His bread
winner, Ben Brush, is entered exclusively
in stake races in Chicago, st. Louis. Gin
cinnau and neighbOring cities and Mr..
Dwyer believes that 1t will pay him much
better 60 visit the wild and woolly" than
to remain East, Notwithstanding his colt
is entered in some very rich stakes in this
section. He and his brother. Phil. have
had a talk and come to the conclusion that
Pbirs horse, Handspring, will take care
of the three-year-old events here, and
that. with Ben Brush in the West. they can
clean up the country in the three-year-
old class. Both are first-class colts and
they belong to diplomatic gentlemen, who
though lovers of the sport proper, are al.
ways on the lookout for best markets for
their wares. Another ma tier, which prob
ably has little influence, is the style Of
betting in the East which is not as accepta-
bic to Mike as the Western old-style meth
DDS. Mike bets very heavily at times, and
he is not the style of man to peep over
mans shoulders to get the figures; he
likes to see the quotations in bold figures
on a blackboard where be can use todg-
ment as to the market and which way the
cat is Jumping.