The evening times., 1896-04-08
BENNING MEETING.

The meeting a Benning will be peculiarly
Interesting for two reasons. The first, that
IL Will establish once and for all whether
racing conducted under auspices that should
! appeal to Washington can be made a sue
cess, and next that the races will be. for all
purposes. public preparations of the horses
that will do battle for the stakes i'll this
State.
All will hope that the venture will he Il
financial success. If it is. it will mean an
extension OF the season, and, managed con-
servatively and Judiciously, as ii Will De-.
il may be 4 great object lesson To the ma
tional Legislature. 1t viii! afford Congress
an opportunity of becoming intimately ac
quantei with the sport, and OF its being
able to value at its true merit any attack
that may in the future bc directed AT il.
Racing has always Won out whercit was
best known when ii was conducted with "a
due regard To the protection OF the public.
Billy Lakeland has his numerous charges
going along slowly. Col. Ruppert's divi-
sion is not being hurried any. but all look
in grand shape. Counter Tcuor has put on
a lot Of good. bard-lOoking flesh and barring.
accidents. he will be heard from in the best
vf company. Pequoid. a baIrbrothcr to
among the two year -nlds in the stable Lake
land has one OF his own that is believed! to
De the star of his charges.
HUGHEY HAS A FINE COLT.
Hugbey MCCarren' s stable shelters a colt
and filly that have ConIein for considerable
admiration. They have the makeup OF high
class performers and their trials last fall
We're in every case satisfactory. The colt
IS called John Carr. He is by Sir Modrcd
uut of Treilis, and tie fiiiy, Kate W, is by
Himyar-Favoress. All that can be said OF
he horses III training Is that they are high
IN flesh. none having done better work than
a 2-nIinutc clip.
Ihc sullivan starting machine. in which
Mr. Frank Clark and others are said TO
he interested, was TO have been given a
formal trial at Shecpshcad Bay yester-
day AFTERNOON, but on account OF the
weather 1t was postponed. The inventor
nodestly claims that IT is not a start
ing machine, but an "aliguing'' ma chine
10 assist the starter in properly and prompt
~ gathering his horses before he gives
them The flag. This makes the sixth ap-
partus or It's kind for which patent rights
have been secured. That tested at Bright
on some years ago and invented by the late
Mr.. Forbes was the first
THE GRAY AND OTHER MACHINES.
This year came the Gray. or Australian
machine. which WAS successfully tried at
San Francisco. and Starters Caldwell and
Ferguson no doubt realizing that the DAYS
of cNtravagant pay for their services were
over, took a financial interest in IL.
Next Curlcy Bum. an cX-starter. In
vented a machine, and Mr.. Fitzgerald who
dropped the flag at New Orleans during
the winter, associated himself with him.
The management at New orleans gave
them every chance. and toward the end
some fair starts were made.
Not TO let the professional starters have
things all their own way, Eugene Leigh.
the wcll-knuwD breeder ami owner. III
conjunction with Young Mr.. McDanicIS.
the trainer, invented another apparatus on
a somewhat different plan. Mr.. +. NJ.
Ware, well known in hunt circles. and who
has met with fair successes as n starter
at minor meetings, has also invented an
other machine, and now comes the Sulli-
van machine. 1t is. perhaps. appropriate
that all these machines are operated by
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