Evening star., 1897-03-15
Coming Inaugurationeof the Season Of
1897.
A SUCCESSFUL MEETING ASSURED
Many WeII-Known Horses Now at
the Track.
SOME FAST WORK DONE

The gates Of the Benning race track will
be thrown open four weeks from Saturday
for the second spring meeting of the Wash
ington Jockey Club. The meeting will be
one of seven days, closing Saturday, April
24 and 1t promises to be one of the most
successful in every way ever nell at the
Benning course. The stake events have filed
well, the hcrses entered are of high class,
and the racing will be of an unusually in
terestirg character. The meeting will in
augurate the eastern racing season of 1897.
Superintendent James Lee reports the
track to be in the best condition, the open
weather and constant work on the course
making it possible to exercise horses on it
for the past month or so. The track has
always been regarded one of the safest
in the country, ard it is now considered to
be one of the fastest. The work of the hum
dred horses which have wintered al the
course gives the best evidence of its fast
condition. quarters being rolled off during
the last week or two in 2412 and %, three
furiongs in IS and 40, and halves in - and
o3 Few lonS moves have 50 far been
made, and they have been slow, the best
miles being in 1.a0 and 81 From now on
however, the horses win be moved along
faster al distance.
At the Track.
There are about hundred horses at The
track, and all of them are reported to be
in excellent shape, again proving that the
course is one of the most suitable for win
tering in the country.
Among those at the track are number
of two-year-olds animals which will face
the starter here for the first time Some Cf
them are claimed to be crack-a-jacks, all
of them being magniticently bred ones. }.
o. Gray of Boston has eight horses at the
track. his two-year-ol1 Mascanomi. by i'm
ported Medder, being most highly reg lTd
ed, having reeled off quarter recently in
24l2, and three furlongs in 80. Among his
other horses are Alice Farley and Old San
gus. Jimmie Frayling also has eight, Mas
cerene. Flames. Loeb Glen, Sonnet and
Naughty Girl being the most prominent
He has two fine tWo-year-olds. John
Hynes has eight Brisk, Passover and De-
clare being his best and they are in fine
shape. His 1iNe two-year-oids are good
or es. Frank Marc0tt has Hellas, the jump
er; imported Tenderness and lambert and
Pequod. They look very fit. julius Slack
has two jumpers. Flushing ard Tom Moore,
ard two splendid two-year-olds.
VIM. Jennin%.' String.
One of the largest stables at the track is
that of William Jennings. who has 10 less
than seven finely bred tno-year-oids.
also has Dutch Skater, VINO is entered in
the Washington and Brooklyn handicaps.
He is as fit as fiddle. HiaWassee and Ha-
wardin also in his stable. w. b. Jen-
mir gs has another large able mostly two
and three-year-o -olds, and his horses are re-
ported to be in superb condition. He has
eleven good horses. Tom CampheIls maid
en- three-year-old imported Chief Coniin is
regarded as one of the best horses at tie
track. He has done a quarter in 24lh three
furlongs in 80, and half in - recently
doing the halt pulled up Tim Gaynor has
Charge of five belonging to Adam Beck
W Wadsworth and Distant Shot being The
most thought Of c. NJ. Ward has AL
phonse and three good o-year-olds. j. j.
Okeefe has two; one.a st. Blaise two-year-
Old hlly, is expected to develop great speed
During the week from nifty to ole hun
dred horses are expected to arrive at the
track. r. Bradley will probably get
here today with eighteen, Frank Rcsan
with seven and Organ & Crawford will,
four. Jimmy McLaughlins stable is ex-
rected tomorrow. He will oring on twelve
good ores. He will be followed later in the
week by several more stables from the
rcrth, including Jimmy Canavan with two
ana H. Boyle with four When the opening
DAY arrives ii IS certain tnat there will be
not less than three hundred horses at the
track, and every stable of prominence In
the south and east will be represe nted, in
cluding those of August Belmont Phil
Dwyer, VIM. Lakeland, Mike Dwyer, Pitts
burg Phil w. c. Daily. Morris and other
"eii-kEoWn racing owners. The meeting
WILL of course, be conducted under the
rules and auspices of the eastern turf or
ganzatfon. the Jockey Club, and President
S. s. Howland and Secretary Ben HELEN
predict that it will be the finest ever held
here