Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-03-17
NUMBER 10.
MEMPHIS RACES.
Some of the Best Horses in tho Country
VIII Contend for tho Rich Purses.

Some of the Best Horses in tho Country
VIII Contend for tho Rich Purses.
That the greatest racing meeting held
west Of New York city is given at Mont
gomery Park, Memphis, each spring, is
not fully realized by the farmers and
populace of the small towns near Mem
phis. Thousands of natives of the
State of Tennessee and ad joining States
have never witnessed race at this,
one Of the most famous running tracks
in America. 1t was here Hamburg was
first developed and taught to run, and
was afterward sold as a three-year old
for over 100000. Here, too, Ornament,
the great son Of imported Order, was
defeated by Salvable in the Montgom-
cry Handicap. Headley & Norton paid
S25, 900 for Ornament, and he is now in
their stud near Lexington, Ky. The
Montgomery Handicap, for three-year
olds and upward, at a distance of one
mile and sixteenth, is run on the
opening day Of the meeting each spring.
Last spring Dunois was shipped from
San Francisco to Montgomery Park and
won the stake from field of eleven,
beating A. II. & d. II. Morris Manuel,
which few weeks later won the Ken
lucky Derby. The Morrises paid $751;
600 for Manuel as a two-ycar-old. The
Montgomery Handicap is one Of the
richest alleged stakes given this side
of New York city, and last year was
worth So, 400 The Tennessee Derby
will be run on April 1G, and great and
fashionable crowd will witness the rum
ming Of Tennessee's classical three
year-old stake, which is one of the
richest stakes in the country, being
worth over $1,000 last spring, May
Hampstead, the handsome daughter OF
Patron-Lilly Hampstead, won the Ten
nessee Derby and also the Tennessee
Oaks, which is stake for three-year-
old tillies. May Hampstead ran one Of
the fastest miles ever run over the
Sheepshead Bay track, near New York,
about six weeks after leaving Memphis.
Mr. Vim. Lakeland offered Mr.. Norton
S35, 900 for the FLY, but the offer was
refused. The Tennessee Oaks this sea-
son will be run on April ..
Twenty days Of high-class racing
will be given, beginning April ), and
continuing to April ~. No greater
racing can be seen than at Montgomery
Park, and already there are 800 blue
blooded thoroughbreds actively train
ing at the track, and by April fully
1000 will be quartered at or near the
Park and a visit to Memphis during
the racing season will be instructive as
well as enjoyable. The farmers in this
vicinity can breed and raise these blue
blooded flyers just the same as the men
who have made large fortunes out OF
breeding them. The greatness OF the
annual spring meeting of the New
Memphis Jockey Club must be wit
messed to be appreciated. 1t is fash
ionable season for lovers of greatracing
in Memphis to take holiday, and at
tend the track, and is also attended by
people from the largest cities of the
United States, including Chicago, New
York, San Francisco, Louisville, Nash
vile, Cincinnati, New Orleans, and nu-
merous other cities, who visit Memphis
especially to witness the season OF
racing. Few people who live near
Memphis realize the magnitude Of the
racing at Montgomery Park unless they
have witnessed it, and this spring it
promises to be even greater than ever,
and the grandest thoroughbred horses
in America will contest for the rich
stakes and purses hung up by the New
Memphis Jockey Club, an organization
which is composed Of the best business
men Of the city of Memphis, Every
one should make their preparations,
and see the racing Of the great thor.
oughbreds. Six races are given daily.