The Forrest City times., 1902-03-14
RACE WEEK AT LITTLE ROCK.
Spring Meeting Opens March 24 and Good
 Sport in Assured.

Racing on the western circuit will be formally inaugurated at Little Rock March 24 The Little Rock meeting only lasts a week, but during that period three stake events are scheduled to be decided and the daily Altogether over $15,000 will be dis tributed among horse owners during the six days racing at Clinton park. This extreme literally on the part of the Arkansas jockey club has made a big hit with horsemen, and the entries to the stakes indicate that the meeting is going to be the most successful in the history of the sport at Little Rock.
 The Arkansas jockey club is com posed of the leading citizens of Little Rock and the residents of the state capital invariably turn out in great shape for the spring races. The Clin. ton park track is one of the great training courses of the western cir cult.
 Umbrella Bill' McGuigan, one of the cleverest trainers ever seen in the West, Is d turf mechanic who swears by Little Rock as a training track. He developed all his cracks including Ben Eder, Lady Inez, Arlington. Boan- erges and Moncreth, at the Clinton park track.
 The general impression in turf cir cles is that this years Little Rock meeting will be productive of several sensational juvenile performers. Dick Williams is on hand with Barney Schreibers big string of 2-year-olds.
 Capt. R. R. Rice's great horse Wax Taper is also scheduled to make his 1902 debut at Little Rock, Wax Taper was easily the best horse in training on the American turf last season.
 Nose Goldblatt, who has those two useful performers. Josie Jarboe and Dr. Hart, will ship to Little Rock from New Orleans as soon as the Crescent City Derby is run.
 Ed Trotler expects to win the derby with Gingo. Sir Christopher and Sem. icolon will be among the number car rYing the eolors of Daniel & Co. W. II. Lacia will be on hand with The Bronze Demon. Governor Boyd and other well known sprinters. Of course, Schorr, the Tennessee brewer, George Bennett and Sam Hildreth will be there with their best material
 Bennett will start Blennonworth and Aladdin in the derby. Blennon- worth is a fine, big specimen of the thoroughbred and Trainer Harry Me. Daniels has been rushing him along
 Hildreth will probably start Me Chesney for the first time. McChes- ney is the s10,000 colt that Hildreth expects to win several big western g. year-old classics with. Schorrs repre- sentative in the derby will be Larry Young.
 The Little Rock track is getting faster every year. The soil is mixed with a fine sand. and rain packs it down and makes it all the better for horses to run over There is a lot of sentiment attached to racing. The best people in the state invariably at tend the races. and on derby day all the prominent state officials, grace the occasion with their presence. The people go to the races at Little Rock in royal style Everybody who has rig turns out in it and the ladies SC. lect derby day as the ocasion for the lect derby day as the occasion for the
 MT George R. Brown, secretary of the Jockey Club, announces that all railroads leading into Little Rock will sell tickets at greatly reduced rates during race week The great Arkansas Derby will be run Monday, March 24.