The times., 1898-01-12
THOR0UGHBREDS In 1898
MANY Entries Made for This Year S
Big Stakes.
Turfman HaGgin Has Nominated
1875 -keene Will Not Talk ON
His Horse Ben Brush.

New York, Jan. 11.-Every signal is
sons racing in 1898. What with the
improvements in the tracks, the pros
pective two-year- olds, the well-tried
three year-olds and the high class of
all aged handicap horses, there cannot
possibly be a dull season. Every stake
that has closed has filed we'll up TO
date, and the events scheduled for
1900. like the Futurity and Matron, are
exceptionally well loaded.
Up to date 923 nominations have been
made for the Futurity of 1900, and two
/ Western stables have yet 10 be heard
from, those of w. NJ. & c. f. Boots of
the Elmwood Farm, California, and E.
j. Baldwin, also of California. The
clerk of the course Of the Coney Island
Club expects nearly twenty more from
these two establishments. The list is
not quite as long as it was in 1895, when
there were over LEGO nominations.
Among the nominators are j. b. Hag-
gin, Marcus DAILY, Milton Young, An
gust Belmont, Perry Belmont, Q. II. p.
Belmont, ]. L. & +. p. Keene. Clay &
Woodford, b. G. Thomas, F. Gebhard,
s. Sanford & Sons, estate of Byron Nc
Clelland, j. Z. Madden, S. s. Brown, \.
II. & y. II. Norris l.. O. Appleby,
James Galway, w. OBJ. Macdonough.
{. Fleischmann Sons, Gideon & DAILY.
w. a. Chanier, Goughacres Stud EaS-
tin & Larabie. Edward Kelly, Belle
Meade Stud. II. w Walden & Sons. Il.
j. Hancock, W. Charles Hardy, Halle
wood Sta BILE. August Clason. S. S. How.
land, j. VIII Forsyth. w. p. Norton. j.
ID. Meet, Duke & Wishard. Turney
Brothers, and Williams & Radford
j. Is. Haggin not only maintains his
prestige as the most liberal nominator
but breaks all individual records with
a list of 196. Milton Young comes next
with 81, the Belle Meade Stud noml-
mates AZ. August Belmont is responsible
for $S. Marcus Daily names 81. ]. r. &
T. p. Keene %. \. II. & d. II. Morris
12. Gideon & DAILY s, and Fleischmanns y
Sons 6.
Sam Doggett, who has been ill for
some time suffering from tonsilitis is
about again. Sam caught cold while
attending a bicycle race in Madison
Square Garden, and it was feared his
trouble would prove fatal, but he is now
sufficiently recovered to get out and do
q little exercise. Doggett is one of the
few good jockeys on the American turf.
AS expected. when interviewed Mr..
]. r, -Keene said very little to report
ers when questioned concerning his re-
cent purchase of Ben Brush. II don't
know whether he will go to England
or not was all he said concerning the
horses destination. When asked about
the price paid for Ben Brush, Mr.
keene was non-committal.
Mr.. keene is very reserved concern
ing his race horses, and endeavors to
conduct his affairs with as much Sc
crecy as though it were national busi-
ness. Mr.. Keene is right in his ideas
in a certain sense, but there is patri-
otic pride among race-goers which has
to be considered in thoroughbred af-
fairs and it is for this reason that the
press wishes TO publish as much news
as possible TO appease the appetites of
men who would throw up their hats in
their excitement if ''old Ben" went over
to Europe and trimmed down some of
those stake horses we hear so much
about.