The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-29
AMONG THE HORSES.

AMONG THE HORSES
CaywOod leads the jockeys in the South.
Prince Karl, Maid Marion and Tilsey are
wrecks.
There are over thirty entries !or the Cum
berland prize.
Memphis will soon be the Mecca of the
running horsemen.
G. W. Poole leads the New Orleans win
ming owners by over 81 900.
Pat Dunno has 500 on his colt Captive,
for the Kentucky Derby.
Ed COrrigan is ahead in his fight against
the San Francisco pool rooms.
Squire G. has been backed down from
100 to 10 80 to for the Kentucky Derby.
Cliff Porter has among his horses a two
year-old sister to The Butterflies.
There are one hundred horses now quar-
tered at the Louisville Ky, track.
Earl Cochran was recently fined 500 for
careless riding at Inglcside, Cal.
Ed. and Frank Leigh, brothers to Eugene
Leigh, have 4 small stable of runDe-,
Queen CITY Jockey Cub has secured II e
services of Graft Henley, formerly OF the
Kentucky Association.
Florence p. who won thirty races last
year, has already started on a winning
streak this season.
Utopia will be heavily backed by the Char
ter Oak stable to win the Cumberland prize.
p. NJ. West has bought Emin Bey from
Billy Harrick. The horse has won twice
in heavy going recently.
Jockey Blake, who has been held up by
the Turf Congress for some time, has been
granted his license.
Experienced horsemcn say that the pres
ent winters racing in California is the best
they ever had there.
Among the entries to the Cumberland
prize are Forget. 10y Exile, dam Forever.
and Donation, by Sir Dixon, dam Cmbria
Pat Dunno recently purchased from Cliff
Porter the two-year-old colt. Green Jacket,
by Whistler jacket. dam Zuhlan.
eugene Leigh will devote more time to
breeding than to racing this season. He
viii only race Il few Of his best horses.
II. I. Griffin has number of promising
colts in training. of which a brown filly,
by fremont out of Miriamme, is the pick
Billy Landeman has sent his horses from
Lexington to Memphis, where h. will open
the campaign. Ramirro. the three-year-
Old, is the pick of the lot.
Among the good ones entered for the
Kentucky Derby are Captive. Loki, Beau,
Ideal. Lady Inez, Ben Elder, Sir Play, and
Rewarder.
A. B. Spreckles has purchased of Starter
James Caldwell chestnut horse Eolo, foaled
1885, by Eolus, dam War Song. by War
Dance, out of Eliza Davis, by imported
knight of st. GeOge. Eolo is full brother
TO Eolo, St. Saviour, and Eon.
Among the bread-winners who have devel-
oped during the present meeting at the
Crescent City are Bowling Green. Nick, Do
mingo, Florence P, Van, and Brunt.
Ben Bush. in the future book on the
Oakley Derby, is the favorite at to L:
Prince Lief, 10 to / Ramiro, by Fonso, 10
to /. The others range from 20 to 200 to l.
Col Jack Chinn has been engaged as
starter at the spring meeting of the Ken
lucky Association at Lexington.
Jockey Tuberville. who has been doing
such good work ut New Orleans. will prob
ably sign to ride for David Gideon.
1t is reported that Gen. W. II. Jackson
has made a deal to buy out the interest
of Richard Croker in Belle Meade.
Ida Pickwick is said to look fit for
training, but one of her legs is not to be
trusted. Charles Hughes is training Ida
Pickwick. Image, and eight of Mr.. Gard
ner's two-year Odds at Nashville.
The running meeting at Milwaukee, Wis,
will open on June 81, and 1t will continue
for twenty-five days and perhaps longer.
The Milwaukee Derby will he run on the
opening day. and on July the Independent
stake. a new and equally valuable handi-
cap event, will be decided.
DR.. Rice's entry has been refused by all
the leading tracks. IL will be remembered
that last autumn Fred Foster started
merry-goround track in st. Louis close
to the fair grounds and contrary to the
rules of the turf congress, continued racing
into December and up to the present time.
He retired from the mana cement ostensibly
by selling the property TO one of his brothers,
and later transferred his horses TO two more
Of his brothers. Matt and George, the entry
of Rice being made in their name. 1t is
thought, however, that the horse still he
longs to Fred Foster. and on this SUPPOSE
ton the entry was refused.
Ben Brush Is FavOrite.
Cincinnati, Jan. 29.-The Cincinnati Jock
ey Club announces eighty-three entries
for the Derby at the first day OF the spring