The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-01
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
TRAINERS REALIZE THAT BENNINGs
WILL OPEN EExT MONTH.

Send Their Charges Along Mt Grnvesend-W
smith and ;. ,. McCanerty the Mcs'
Active or the Morris Park Contingent.
Little more than a month remains bcfor,
the curtain for The Eastern car paiRp will bs
hauled up. Und.r the banner of the jockey
Club. operations will begin at Bennings April
II. nor will they cease until the second meet.
ing at the-same track:has been concluded. the
last weeks In November. Aqueduct il down
to set the ball rolling within hail Of this city
on April as. and on May 8 It is succeeded by
Morris Park. Since the sport first became pop
ulsr In this section its adherents have never
had such n long session In view. and the only
cause tor the slightest disauietude Is WHETHER
enough horses will be unearthed TO go the
rounds.
That real business is so near st hand is
bcsinninR to dawn on trainers who have en-
Raecments to fulfil at tho Washington track.
This WAS very much In evidence last week ut
Morris Park and the Long Island courses.
At Gratesend, where IL has been as still as a
church mouse for nearly three months, Sims
Of stir and hustle indicate how near Is the end
OF the inactive winter spell. w. c. DAILY,
whose horses are always the fret Tn commence
preparations for winning their feed bills and
tho last 10 indulge IN a necessary rest. | ~ be-
gun to send his string OF twenty-five along at
Z" sfOa ohAo'k heANs Nfbk'Afh - hSN'' Wv
older division. and the shifty son of wanderer
and Clio will be ex pccted to open the stables
account at Benninus with q victory. or the
youiger brigade In the Hartford
string great deeds arc expected from General
Maceo. a son of the English flyer Meddler,
from . daughter OF Gleneig.
Frank McCabe. WAC does not mean to leave q
stone unturned to have his horses cherry ripe
from the start. Las had them on the track
throughout the week. Handspring. con 'idering
the time Of year, is as hard as nails, a state OF
affairs due to the fact that McCabe has kept
him steadily going under tho shed throughout
rs II drum and II he only stands the Orleal
when the real que ton is asked him. no litter
horse Will be seen at the post tor the Brooklyn.
McIabo ha had IN my a shv nj the big Graves
end struggle, and on tue present occasion he
has set hts heart UPON capturing the priZe. Up
tn the present the two-year. Odds In the stable
have furnished their trainer with no cause for
complaint. and ~ they include some half d. zen
youngsters by Hanover and a sister 70. I am
brothers bid fair to play a prominent role dur
Ing the approaching season. Little Declare
nnG fSssoSe Tb are S MIII e 's .Ssen aho ,a G %nsnin por
ton the first week In April in charge OF John
Hynes Met abe's tried lad.
Other trainers In the neighborhood " Graves
end who do not intend TO miss anv early oppnr-
tunities are W. L. Gilpin. whose Jumpers have
had a lot OF long. steady road work. and Billy
Lakeland. whose horses, including Winged
Foot. hnye been sent rtcadily along on the
AZ Morris Park Jimmy Mclaughlin and J. J.
McCaferty are not letting the grass grow nm
der their feet. McLauuhlin''s present inten.
lions are to ship MS horses TO- B.nninrs In about
rel, principally upon Premier. who has been
In strong. steady work for u week now. and III
contribute something towarl the Jennings
expenses. will have a trial over the sticks. and
the snnFl will he FAftTRH FROM fnf FaaNnE A.
for his two-vear-olds. Mclaughlin has great
hopes OF PraIninas, a JounR-ter. by Hanover.
from Reina Victoria. dam OF the good nut
somewhat unfortunate Two Bits. Another
y"rngs'er In the string who. ~ II y%earling,
sh9Tsd he was pretty shitty. Is a son Of Torso
blancc TO his somewhat sluck-backcd sire.
McCaierty,s lot are all two-year-oids., II ono
The apple OF Nc afYerty's eyes is Winged
Fairy. a CHESTNUT sister to. ApDlegate and
s Ml@Ted I, F SiscaT Tn!. v ssy. 'sd foI Is he S,l as en-,
y~earlins ~ be b-tt " than either her brother
or sister. Another who %satistie. the Jockey
fuily.bred Gala Day. an exceedingly handsome
son Of Rayon DO and the stout little DAILY
rramu.e some II tic yonnss,srs viii he asked
TO sport silk at Bennins-. and these will prob-
ABLY be Dtnsmore; a son OF Buchanan Leo;
B.llpunch. by Badge Bellegard-. This trio
shows promise OF coming to hand early.
nj Morri. ParI' consi.ttnS as II does n: Hnf.
bicon. Howard Mann. and Others. The pro-
.ramme for the cav paign Is not decided upon
yet. as the owner Is away In San Francisco.
Brimar's forelegs have however, been under
is as hard and clean as steel. Tho Prea ness
ca-t.otf Is doing long. steady work. presumably
with the object OF sporting silk in the Brook
Jimmy Mccormick. the vel. known trainer,
who has been so seriously Ill IN his Brooelvn
home for the past i've months. has received
marching orders from his doctor. He expects
to be out and About again as soon as the
weather take; a milder turn. md VIII com.
string during the Sheepshead BAY meeting.
sam Doggett has been re.engaged To- ride for
ISOLATED with the stable for Ave years.
Souffie. the more than useful stale com
S s.nl , ,eo of a bnSs N M. .sns. aud Gso s Rose: h Is
Il engaged in the Montgomery Handicap at
the Memphis meeting. which opens en- April
be NJ. F. Dwyer's game little mare Lady lnez.
who is in the hands OF McG tgan at Little
tho effect that she il doins good work. and
fora. Buck Ma.s,s is taSins long rallops
ting as hard as nails.
The crack three-year-old Algol. whose with
drawal from the suburban came as n surprise to
those who know what a smasher he Il. NAV be
purchased by the Chicago confederation conn
posed OF BIomlr,., Fea,hersione. and Hughes;
the reply that nothing less han $50. oOC could
buy him..
Weights for the Washington Handicap To
be run during tho Bennings meeting are as
follows:
peersnyer. 8. iao: Dutch skater. o. i24; P, emier.
=, llvi y .ptour. lis; Voiley, Z. ITO; Arabian. 8,
lOn; III Daddy. 8. iOs; Biliall. .. 100; Buddhs, s..
io3; May!t Prince. 4. ~.
The Broadway Stakes. for three-year.olds.
at one mile aud n sixteenth. IN be run a. the
spring meeting OF the BROOKLYN Jockey Club
IN June, closes to-day. The winner. will receive
$4,000: the second horse 5000. and the third
horse S4UU.
The annual financial meeting II the English
Jockey Club Ia 10 be held Rt the Newmarket
Craven meeting In April. when tho follow
lug notice OF motion by Lord suffolk. seconded
by {. PaRet. will be brought tefOre the board:
RUE 4 10 be altered TO read as follows, No race
shall he run earlier than In the week which iLcIudes
the 25tn OF March tuniess that ue the one next be.
fore Easter sunday. IN which case races may be run
In the week precedinrl. nor later than In the week
terval between the last ana nrst named weeks ;he
Jockey CIuo VIII sanction weight Tor age races for
four years old ana upward. over a distance OF two
miles and upward, win a minimum weight of
y stone 2 pounds. aud OF not Ieas value than
eeUU, such races not To be selling races, and 10 be
upder the authority or the national Hum Commit
tee
II the foregoing is adopted. the following con-
seqnential alteration OF rule llS Will be pro-