Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-26
THE EVENING STAR MONDAY. JANUARY &c, PAGES

the proposed Los Angeles meeting, which
Is to commence on January 81. II w. T..
(CaesaD Young, who in few years has
amassed fortune In bookmaking on the
California turf. Young was well known TO
New Workers. a decade or more ago as an
athlete, having under the well-known Man
haitian Athletic Club colors won the two
mile steeplechase championship in 1880.
Gus Rubin VIII. In all probability. be the
principal In an important bout in the near
future. The International Athletic Club
has advanced three propositions. and RUN
lin figures in every one of them. They are:
Jeffries and Rubin. for q $4,000 purse !;
Fitzsimmons and Rubin. for q purse OF
$4,000. and Mccoy and Rubin. for purse
OF 5000.
English trainers and critics are not In the
slightest degree afraid that Herman B.
Duryea will carry or the Derby with Ace
full. They say that he does not possess
'the scope and quality Of a classic winner"
John e. Madden will be disappointed to
learn that q wel1-known authority on breed
ing of British thoroughbreds recently de-
clared: II cannot bring myself to believe
in Mirthful. the sire Of Acefull. for he traces
to Chanoinesse, whose family have done no
good"
Danny Dougherty, formerly bantam
champion, went on for twenty rounds with
Ike Cohen of England before the Savannah
Athletic Club Thursday night. In the be-
Dougherty down. After eight was counted
Dougherty came up like a steel spring and
went at Cohen. landing right and left al
most simultaneously on the Jaw. The left
sent Cohen full length on the mat, where ne
was counted out.
After Barbara Frietchie had won at New
Orleans some days ago. and incidentally
showed great Improvement over her pre-
vious race. the father of Redfern. the jock
ey who had ridden the filly in her preced-
ing race, when she was badly beaten. said
1.-The Barbara Frietchie people begged me
to let Arthur ride their mare, saying that
oh yn,r1d min 0v1ra W
how she ran that time and her startling I'M
provement yesterday. Arthur will accept
no more mounts from the stable of Mrs. M.
Cone"
John Hertz, who went to San Francisco to
look after the interests of Harry Forbes.
where the latter was to have fougnt
frankie Neil. tells why Forbes did not
meet the Californian. Hertz claims that
Forbes had trouble getting down to weight
and was in poor physical shape. He also
says that reports of barney were cir
culated. and that the betting had taken q
suspicious turn previous to the mill, which
made the bout look crooked"
Nash Turner, who will ride for w. K.
Vanderbilt In France this year, arrived In
New York from Texas last Saturday ana
has sailed for Europe. Turner says he
weighs less than 12O pounds now and can
take off five pounds more in day II nee
essary. Turner has often been pronounced
the best jockey in America Because OF his
increasing weight he was unable to get
many mounts last season, and consequently
was not in his best form. When he received
an offer from Mr. Vanderbilt, therefore, to
ride in France Turner concluded to accept,
as his contract with w. C. Whitney expired
in the fall.
The latest acquisitions of the English turf
are the two multi-millionaires, Lord Dali
meny, eldest son of Lord Rosebery, and D.
McCalmont, heir Of the late Colonel Mccall
mont. The former reached his majority
two weeks ago; the latter Is fifteen years
old and is attending school at Elton Hall.
Lord Dalmeny is heir to one Of the richest
estates in England. Among the places he
will inherit from his father Is the famous
Durdans the ten-acre paddock which
stands at the head of the derby course at
EPSON. He will at once take charge of his
fathers stud and stable. Young Mccall
mont owns one Of the greatest racing sta
bles in the world.