The evening times., 1896-03-18
TRACK AND PADDOCK.

TRACK AND PADDOCK.
Domingo won the st. Patrick Handicap at
New Orleans yesterday. Little Tom was
third at 40 TO /.
Riley Grammar left San Francisco for the
East last night in order to rest before the reg
ular meetings begin. He won a little over
$50, 900 the past few days, but goes away
so, 900 worse off than the day he arrived.
A number OF bets have been made by
trainers and horsemen during the past week
between Handspring aud RcQuj;aI, to be de-
cided the first time they meet. All Grave
send is backing Handspring while New
Jersey is lined up behind up RequitaI.
The best two-year-old at Little Rock Is
said to be a colt by Pirate Of Penzancc, dam
Miss Lexington, which his owner, W.
Michigan, paid SAG for as ycarling.
The Baltimore bookma kers who are MAX
ing a failure to book on the spring haudi-
caps announce that as Dutch Skater is not
starter in the Brooklyn they will refund all
money bet on him.
II is reported around the turf resorts that
Clifford will not be a s,arterin the Brooklyn
Handicap. ,rau.
Up to the present time there have been no
declarations received by the Coney Island
Jockey Club In the Great TrialStakes.
Jockey Joe Hill leads the list Of winning
jockeys at New Orleans. Hill has 81. Thorpe
SO, and LOEnie Clayton is next with 81.
Philip ]. Dwyer has two OF the best wo-
year-olds at Gravesend, according To the
local trainers. One is Kincaid aud the other
is the Hanover colt.
J.J. Neutrality-suspicious. sweresilpped from
the Guttenburg track yesterday for Wash
ington.
About twenty booknakers will try their
luck at the Memphis meeting.
Marcus Daily has secured the services of
Jockeys Turbeville and Duffy.
Nat Goodwin, the actor. has been Tempt
ing fortune at the Crescent City course.
There are TWENTY-FIVE eligible to start
in the Tennessee Derby to he run April ..
There are more horses in training in
California this year than ever before.
The bookmakers at New Orleans are
reported to have about $50. 900 the best
of it in the argument with David Gideon.
The feature of the Derby betting at Lon
don has been the appearance in the lists of
the hackers of Mr.. Richard Croker's Mon
tauk yesterday. He was backed to win
$50, 900 at odds of 90 TO l.
Jockey Eddie Jones has signed a contract
10 ride this season for Hankins & John
ston. Jones is now at San Francisco.
The management of the Ingleside, Cal,
course have put up starting machine on
the inside track, SO that trainers may school
their horses to It,
Oakley, Latonia, and ST. Louis clubs are
trying 10 arrange the dates of their big
stake events to avoid conflict If possible.
Jockey Willie Martin, who. is riding in
California, is engagedsto ride for p.
Dunno this season, andsfah be in Mem
phis, Tenn, where MrDnnne's horses
are located. on April II
F. NJ. Ware is havinsa starting gate
made, which, in his opinion, will be an
improvement on the AusaEasan, and will
be in use at the Bro9knns Hunt Club
meeting.
The old Monmouth tisek IS in a very
bad condition. the fence heinf down at the
bottom turn and the traekswn shed out.
The will of the late JbekaE Isaac Muir
ply was probated in ths FAgette county
court at Lexington, KY, IN March Q.
The estate, including prUherrS in Chicago,
amounts to about $4,000, all OF which,
after payment of debts innd funeral ex-
penses, is left 10 his wife.
Jockey scherer has heen doing sensa-
tional riding at New Orleans. he is
white, young, about seventeen years old,
who can ride ut ninety-two pounds, and
is by many Southern horscmen thought
to be the best lightweight Jockey in the
country.
A batch or Jockeys, incinding Tuner,
stoval, Viguis. n. F. Henpessy. Foncan
and Lew were recently refused licenses
by the turfeongress.
Some time ago John Rogers announced
that he intended to save Clifford for the
Brooklyn, and woaij give him special prepa-
ration for that event. Clifford. it is said,
has grown stronger and bigger than ever,
and is called the hest-seasoned horse train