The Washington times., 1902-07-27
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Meet With Bad Luck
at Brighton.
SOME TRACKS BEING IMPROVED
Referee Johnny White Takes Hand in
Racing Game-Ethelbert to Be Used
for Breeding Purposes-Belle of Lex
ington May Be Passed Up.

! luck at Brighton Beach SO far this sea-
son. There has not been a single day
when two or more first choices have
failed to get home in front. This is re-
markahIy good percentage compared to
the general run of winning favorites.
and form players and those who have
systems reaped fortunes, small and
large. -
! Extensive improvements will likely be
made at the Washington Park race
course in Chicago before flags fly there
Iext year The crowds that go to Chi
oago's premier racing ground on holi-
days are the greatest OF any that fire.
Guen: the sport of kings in this country.
not excepting the metropolitan tracks
around New York. and the grandstand
and other buildings have never been
large enough to accommodate the crowds.
The extent of the improvements to be
made will depend somewhat on the pas
sage of turf bill by the Illinois Legis-
lature next winter.
Owenton, the 10000 three year -old
that went wrong Just before the Ameri-
can Derby was run. has been shipped
TO Lexington, KY. where he will rest
for the balance CT the season. Recently
the colt was fired. and he is now said
to be sound. showing no signs OF lame
ress. He will be taken up next spring
and pointed specially for the Brooklyn
and Suburban handicaps.
Applegate, by Buchanan -Longshore. a
horse that won n great deal OF money for
his owner, J. J. McCafferty. has been
sold to a Californian and will be
shipped to the coast State, where he
will do service as a sire. Apple6atc
is one OF the mCst perfect types of the
thoroughbred that lives. and has many
times taken prizes at horse shows. He
won 100000 as a two-year- old. annex
rg the Great American and Hudson
stakes among others.
John A. Drake led the list of winning
owners at Washington Park. with S24.-
GOO to his credit. This amount was won
principally bv Wyeth when he took the
American Derby. The horse cost Drake
$40, ,OCO last fall G. C. Bennett was sec
cnN among the winning owners, with
S1S, 1000 Aladdin being his best bread
winner.
Tom Hayes has shipped his stable OF
horses TO Buffalo and will try to win the
Buffalo Derby, worth $4,000. with one of
his three-yea -olds. Crimean. Buccleuth
or Jordan. He thinks he has a good
chance.
Oueenship, the good steepiechasc
mare, trained by the well known horse
man. Gwynne Tompkins. which had a bad
fall AT Harlem on Monday. had to be
DESTROYED because of her injuries.
Tomokins tried In every way to save
the mare, but found his efforts unavail-
ing, and as an act of mercy he put her
out of her misery. Quecnship won her
first race over the jumps at Bennng
about two-years ago. The less is Sc
rious one to her owner John d. Hooe
The Harlem Jockey Club has adopted
new rule that for no reason whatever
shall time for new book be given after
a field of horses Is In the hands of the
starter
J. ]. White, In whose name Athlana |
won the first race on Thurcday, is none
other than Johnny White. the prize |
fight referee, who. seeing the success of |
Charlie White, the referee, in the racing |
He purchased Athlana from the Cough |
acres Stable and turned her over 10 |
George Hill to train. Hill had her