The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-18
RING, TRACK AND PADDOCK.

That Willie Martin is in trouble at In
gleside will cause no surprise to followers
of the turf. Martin has ridden longer and
with more ups and downs than any jockey
of the present day. Belanded ElkwoOd win :
ner of the Suburban, and was at that time
thought to be the coming jockey. After
awhile he joined hands with Eugene Leigh
and was with the king OF the outlaws at
Gutenberg. Then he went West, and last
season rode for G.. II. Smith. This winter
he went to California. When with Leigh
he had the mount on Clifford in the Brook
lyn and was left at the post. For this act
he came in for plenty of criticism. But
the singular part of the Ingleside charges is
that Martin intentionally fouIed Collins last
Friday. In the past Martin has not been
called a dare-deyil. and has taken excel
lent care OF his neck and bones, seldom tax :
ing any chances. Martin is one of the Oldest
Jockeys riding. Sam Bryant once said of
him: Martin is mechanic In the saddle
and can outride most Of our boys"
1t is not only true that horses are partly
conditioned by an ocean voyage. but trotters
that have gone stale on this side and were
sent across The ocean have been found In
thorough condition when the voya ge wasfin
ished. says the American Sportsman. A
marked case was that OF Shadeland Delmo-
nia. In 1894 the Young Jim mare was
given very hard race OF five heats at
Windsor. She won. defeating Dandy jim,
but coming SO early in the season II COM
pletely cooked her. In her two other races
she was entirely unfit TO trot. and her
owner shipped her TO Europe. The trip
worked wonders on the mare. for imme-
diately upon her arrival at Havre She was
shipped to Berlin. Arriving in the morn
ing. she was started in race in the after
noon and defeated very strong field.
She had not been harnessed from tee time
she left Buffalo until her arrival at the
Berlin track. 1t Will now be in line for
some up-to-date horseman. who finds on
his hands a stale horse OF the Robert j.
variety. to quietly make an ocean voyage
and return ripe for killing
So much has been written about the sulk
ing disposition OF George wilkes that the fol-
lowing opinion of Budd Doble is interest
ing: "Inever handled wilkes, he said, but
j always thought him game. ! know there
aIe stories that he was spoiled by the whip.
hut that is theory. 1t must be remembered
that in his day we had no bandages and his
early races over hard tracks had much to
do with his arterlife. Inever thought Wilkes
a sulkcr or a gutter. Game horses VIII some
times sulk. This may be due To pain or in
jury. Quite often think 1t is the case
pTV-
pairing the programs Tor next sea son, and
endeayoring to render them more and more
attractive. such as changing one-haf or
more OF the saddle races in the selling races
TO harness events, increasing the number OF
mixed running and trotting meetings from
five to ten. and finally opening a new era OF
heat races. mile and a quarter at first, to be
reduced by and by to one mile. The rules
and regula tons a re also to be altered for the
better on several points.
The Philadelphia trotting men intend to
keep their races up 10 the old standard, not
withstanding the strict laws in Pennsyiva-
MIA regarding pool selling.
Domino will not start in the spring handi-
cap. though he is entered. The Messrs. j. K.
& +. 7. K eene have decided TO send him to
their stud farm a Castleton.
Dave" Gideon starts for California today.
to look at the races. and or has health.