The evening times., 1899-03-18
THE BENNING SPRING MEET.
Programme of the Washington
Jockey Club.

Programme of the Washington
Jockey Club.
The programme for the Washington
Jockey Clubs spring meeting, TO be held
at the Benning track, beginning April
and concluding April IS, next, is announc-
ed. During the twelve days of the meeting
five races will be run off each day among
the number being eleven stakes. Opening
day has the Arlington, for two year olds,
half a mile. and the Easter Steeplechase,
about two miles; April 5, the Potomac.
for three-year -olds, six furlongs, and the
Maiden Hurdle Race, one mile and a half;
April s, the Congressional, selling,-for
two-year- olds, half mile; April II, the
Mount Vernon, for tillies, two years old,
half mile; April Il, the Federal selling
for three-yea -olds, six and one half fur
longs; April 13, the Maryland Hurdle Han
dicap, one mile and three-quarters April
Is, the Second Washington Nursery, for
two-year- olds, half a mile; the Benning
Steeplechase Handicap, about two miles
and a half, and the Washington Handicap,
for three-year- -olds and upward, at one
mile.
The Nursery, earliest run of the rich
two-year-old prizes, is a $4,000 stake. At
present it has thirty-two eligibes, condi-
tions being colts TO carry 115 pounds. and
fillies and geldings 112 with penalties for
winning, ranking from three to seven
pounds, and with produce allowances Of
from three to five pounds. A. H. & d. H.
Morris have four and R. w. Walden & Son
three engaged in the nursery. The Morris
quartet are Primrose Day, chestnut flly by
st. Florian-Holiday; Specific, brown colt
by st. Florian-Specialty; Prestidigitator
bay colt, by Russell-Active, and Prince of
Verona, bay colt by Cayuga-Verona. The
Walden trio are Caoutchoucine, bay colt,
by Galore-Issaqueena Oleaster, brown fl
ly by Galore-Olivick. and Merrily. brown
flly by Galore-Merry One. C. T. Patterson
is represented by Lamplighter, chestnut
colt by Lsmplighter-Harbelle, regarded as
the speediest youngster in the Southwest:
j. G. Smiths nomination is Be Be S, a
chestnut colt by Ben Strome-Burgonet
that has been put through his PAGES at
New Orleans, and w. c. Eustis boasts a
fleet one in knight of Rhodes, a bay colt
by Knight of Ellerslie-Sister Louise, that
has wintered at the Benning track in the
stable of w. P. Burch Father BIZ Da-
ly will ship three from New Orleans for
this stake, Christmas Carol, bay colt, by
observation-disclosures Tree, and the fillies
Argent and Eileen DAILY. The Morris Wal
den lot are being prepared at Waldens
Maryland winter quarters, and are expect
ed to reach this point well advanced.
Something like a dozen horses of the
twenty-four nominated are regarded as
likely starters in the Washington. They
look to be Thomas Cat, 123 pounds; knight
of the Garter and Nosey, 120 each; Char
entus, 119; Duke of Middleburg, 115; DR..
Parker, ia; Nabob 49, Prestidigitatrice
and General Mart Gary, 112 each; Royster-
er, Ill; Boney Boy, 110, and DR.. Vaughan,
105
OF the above mentioned handicap ma
terial Thomas Cat, knight of the Garter,
Nosey, Charentus, DR.. Parker, General
Mart Gary, and Roysterer are now at the
track, Duke of Mddleburg and Prestidigi-
tatrice are at Wyndham Waldens farm
boney Boy is in Virginia, and Nabob and
DR.. Vaughan are at New Orleans. The
rack is in frst-rate condition, and the
l5O head of horses within it's gates are
beginning to receive strong preparatory
gallops.