The evening times., 1896-02-01
RACE NEWS ANDC0MMENT
Applications for Stables at Ben
ming Coming in Rapidly.
THERE WILL BE NO CLASH
Outlaw Tracks Across the River VIII
Close When Benning gOpens-Murray
Not Yet Reinstated-Stnrting In Aus
tralia-Rita's Good RecOrd-Weil-
Named Two-Y eur-Olds.

tralia-Rita's Good RecOrd-W ell
Named TwO-Y eurOMs.
According TO Mr.. Ben HELEN, the secre-
tary of the Washington Jockey Club, there
will be more than enough horses at the Ben
ming race track when the spring meeting
opens TO guarantee successful racing. APP
plications for stable room are coming in
rapidly, and by the time the new stables
are completed they viii all be taken.
Indeed. il looks as if there would be SO
many horses here that they will have to
draw on Ivy City for siabiing room.
Word comes from New York that the
stakes are rapidly filling, and as FAR as
can be seen the only thing now lacking Is
the guarantee that the Washington public
will turn out en maSSe TO see the sport.
The fact that the admission price Will not
DE raised will give everyone Il chance 10
see the sport. The management OF the
club are particularly anxious 10 eradicate
any impression that the meeting is inten0ed
for the Four Hundred. On the other hand,
IL is as much for the shopkeeper us the
society element.
If the two tracks across the river are run
ming when the Benning meeting opens, they
will suspend operations during those TWO
weeks. MI JOHtS sdhi ppSi'iN'is N'''''
day that there would be no clash "a Far as
ne is concerned, and he was Of the opinion
that the 81. ASaph track would also be IN
favor of closing down for the Time MI
III i'll said la st summer that lie would not race
in opposition TO Benning, and IL is not
probable that he has changed his mlnd since
then.
Az vet no decision has been reached by the
exe,IItiye committee of the Old Dominion
Jockey Club in the case OF Wil!iam Murray
the poisoned apple and the''skaie aruiuci'
Murray is patiently Il waiting judgment from
the officials Of the club.
The chances are that he VIII pe Nitol-
Gated. MIR Ike Jones seems To think mat
tb, hest way to wind the matter up Is 10
exonerate him auS have done with IL.
Er,d Girth the owner of the horse, having
com, down from New York to testlfy IN
Nurray's behalf, il looks very much as II
tho assistant starter had received some
vhat the worst of the deal.
The starting difficulty was experienced
I'm Australia as wen as III TINS 'ouiitrE,
and for "A long time IL w;s ihe Fi"'.i'. "
Sayote the money raised 10y fines inflicted
ON iocIcys for disGhedlence at l!e Ios'' ~
the maintenance of oid ana cisapl'u i''N'S
From this source an eNccl!ch' revenue " 80
derived and the recipients ol ihe 'ouh''
uurst have looked on 0ppF FoNlhSis "S
they saw or read of foys trylhs W l'",n
a start, and horses with their heau> "I'SIe
tails ought to te at tie critical i!"iilth',
An mis- meant cash for the fund, ana dpIoEea
an easy mode or raising old age pen
sions for q certain class 4 lew !''i> -
there were thirty-slN starters loi '"'
CaulficId Gun, ard on that mefiiofah' p'''
sion thirty-fiyc of the Jockeys Mere il"'"
O. aniece the rider or Inc Whit "i'"'
mi NItn \
,raIia. however. they take up improvements
or snnrnsrd improvements, quicker utah
,,,c 40 and The result has been curious
The adontion of the starting iiaciiiits
there, has been found To answer eAtecu-
inrlv well. and in great measure .'''!
nave done away with the Gls'afpdn''s
al the most. hut have not altogether wofked
to the advantage of The Old. dlsifesSeu UT
disabIcd Jockeys. In South Ausfaild
mo rnckey Cub was recently applleh 10
for assistance toward the fund for the SUI
rrrers. the reason being that Inc SlarlinS
machine had worked such change III inc
behavior of the jockeys that no fines were
inflicted, so tie Jockey club was aSheu ioF
donations from their chest.
rr,a ,ustraIian bred mare Rita by Childe
Harold has earned the dist inCtiun of being
the very best performer yet seen on IN"
trot,iug tracks of New Zealand. very
hard muller il was currently believed tlat
she. was more cpntr0llabe IN harness. h''
her recent performance leaves no u"t't
that she was equally good under either
condition She won the saddle race ior
TWO miles at the Lancaster PARK ~ l. I.
meeting in 5:O3 IL. Referring 10 her de-
fear of th,. famous Dunedin horse. the
weekly Press SAWS: THE little mare went
from ,ud To- end without slip or break. and
was handled with great Judgment py L.
Ray. who rode patient and splchaid f"c''
Rita has now fairly established her claim
tu the title Of colonial queen OF the turt.
The time she pu; up. 4:os IL, is a record
and one that is likely to stand for a con-
siIcrab BILE time As the American record Tor
two miles in race is 1:"o L.. ana y
now held by Nightingale. il looks as II II
ought to be good goods 10 take troiter
to Australia ana have try AT Gownlhg
our cornstalk cousins. 1t should pay bet
ter and have more honor III IL luah seiiils
ringers to unwary Europeans.
With a matter of probably eight or ten
thousand names III use, owners are Dtsih
ming to ind it difficult to select apneliatlohS
for their ycarlingS that snail not cohilct
with those already claimed, and which wiil
al the same time give some indication OF the
breeding Sometimes desperate eXpedientS
are reSortcd too, as was the case WIN
Nr. C. Littlcficld. ST., recently.
When the naming of colt by MaZetto,
ont of The Cat, was under discussion some
one asked if the yomgSter had not been bred
hy Major b. q. Thomas. Mr.. Littlefleld
replied that il ha d, and then said: by the
way, that gives me an idea. j guess we
will call him Thomas Cat and, odd as
il NAV seem, the colt IS SO registered at the
Jockey Club.
Among the names for two-year-olds
claimed by the Brookdale Stable the fol-
lowing are cleverly selected
Damper, ch. C. by ventiiator-Mai iestic.
Destiny. b. C, by Observation-Disclosures
Tempestuous, ch. g, by Macaroon-Cp-
roar.
Distinction. b. f., by Stonehenge-Stately.
Fireside, blk. f., by Favcrdale-Sweet
Home.
vaIorous. br. f., by Stalwart-Minority.
Quaver, ch. f., by Kinglike-Trill.
Old Saying, d. G., by Stonehenge-Adage ge
Hostile, b. C, by Macaroon-War Paint.
Lineage, b. f., by Stonehenge-High Caste.
The St Louis Fair Association docs not
spproye of the recent changes in the rules
of the Western Turf Congress, and unless
some of them are modified the st. Louis
race track will withdraw from the Con-
gress. This statement is issued on the au-
thority of President Maffit. THAT new
rule, which provides for the appointment of
a hoard of appeals, is especially disagree
able to us. - said Mr.. Maffit, land we have
no intention OF abiding by it. The decision
of our stewards and judges must be final
We can get along without the Turf Con-
gress, and l, for one, am in favor of getting