New-York tribune., 1900-04-16
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RACING.
OPENING OF THE AoUEDUCT MEETING
W. C. wHITNEY's NEW STABLES.


william c. Whitney purchased last year the land
on which stands the old mill on the Garrison prop
,srtv az Avenue L and Neck Road Brooklyn This
former parcel Of the Garrison estate is near the
beginning OF the Futurity course at the Sheepshead
Ray track and IL will be erected one of the
most modern racing stables in this country which
will shelter many Of Mr.. whitney's thoroughbreds
curing the racing season at the local tracks It
= said that plans for this proposed stable have AL
ready been drawn and that the person who has
undertaken the contract TO erect the building has
received word TO begin the work soon as pos
sibe Tribune reporter learned from q trust
worthy source yesterday that the work on the
@oundation walls Of the stable will begin this week
According TO report, the building will be about
80 feet long and will contain about forty sta bes
A large force Of men viii be engaged in building
the stable and the presence of these Workuaeu near
the track viii add TO the scenes OF activity daily
witnessed there since the weather became favora-
be for outdoor labor.
Superintendent Clark of the sheepshead Fav
course and his assistant. Norton Inge are nor on
toying q period of rest now but have plenty of
things needing their attention at the track N xee,
7hen busy. The repairing OF the big grandstand
there is nearly finished, and some other improve
-nents nearing completion One OF the most i'm
portant changes which they are supervising is the
building Of the new seven-furlong track II runs
almost parallel with the Futurity course 1t is
already marked out and partly laid. and the work
Of building q fence on either side OF 1t is under
way Sa d9V
that he did not know whether or not any contests
would De run the new track this year
Jumpers are schooled at the track on Mondays
and Fridays. They are az present sent over
hurdles placed the main track as the regular
steepiechase course has not been opened 10 them
yet Many thoro olgh oreds that are being pre-
pared for hurdle and steeplechae races are schoed
over some barriers that have been erected on
small strip Of land near voorhees, Lane and Ocean
ave. which is opposite the southeast gate leading
10 the track This plot of ground has been quickly
transformed into miniature hurdle course by a
vel known company OF horse-nen. and il is only
useful for schooling purposes, and nothing more
This same company of hOrsemen are having built
on their grounds stables 10 accommodate between
four hundred and five hundred horses. These
stables viii be near the main entrance 10 the
track
The principal attraction 10 visitors at the Sleeps
head Bay track is the string OF thoroughbreds
uader the care Of Peter WINNER. He is training
Jean Bersud Rush, killashandra and three other
horses belonging 10 ". c. Whitney and some fleet
footed horses owned by Easton & Larabie and
Jehn z. Madden. Jean Beraud. Rush and KIla-
shandra and the other horses IN charge OF VIM
Her were exercised the main track early yes
terday. None of them asked do anything
more than canter. They looked in fine fettle. The
visitors delighted with the appearance Of Jean
Beraud and the way he moved He acted as
though he wanted 10 do some fast work. Colonel
Roosevelt Greyield Frank Erne, two-year-old
and the other horses in the stable Of Smith &
Midgley were also the course, and they
TOO only did light work. No remarkable trials for
this season 0f the year we're Witnessed yesterday
a. the track
Jack Odom. brother Of doom. the jockey was
the eny person who transferred any horses yesuer-
cay from SheepsheaG Bay cOur-e the AQueduct
track has horses ready race. and they
Aqueduct- At present there are about
165 thoroughbreds stabbed the Sheepshead Bay
COURSE and this number wil probably be consid-
erably augmented to-day, as ". p. Jennings, with
his string. is expected TO arrive there from New
Orleans He left New-Orleans three or four days
ago. and before he started northwarc he sent word
Superintendent Clark 70 reserve eighteen stalls
for him. Other arrivals are expected at the
Ihis week
There was little work done yesterday Graves
rate Of speed but the other horses exercised the
trainers with horses at the course At AQueduct
where they were busy preparing for the opening of
the local racing season. which viii occur to-day
Sos+ - +e borses hat will srrlIggla for rbe money
at the Aqueduet meeting given their trials at
GraVesend Morris Park tracks in the South
and therefore many stalls recently occupied at
Graveserd and Morris Park now empty. But
these stalls not likely 10 be unoccupied many
GAYS Cor large number Of thorough bTeds is eZ-
pected 70 arrive those tracks from the South be-
fore the end OF this week. Tom Welsh was the
most conspicuous figure At C-Tavesend yesterday
afternoon. He is training there string OF twenty
nine rhoroaghbreds. fifteen OF which are the prop
er-y Of v. c. Whitney. and the remainder are
owned By c. Fleisc hmann's Sons He spent consid-