The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
HORSES AND
HORS'EMEN.
The Washington Jockey Club
Spring Meeting.
.vlRClNlASTABLE ENTERED
Mr.. Halls Steeplechasers- Sale OF lda
Gray-Mr.Hurkamp Judge at To-
ronto--Lamp Girl Retired to the
Stud-Other Items.

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Monday, March 49, will see the open
Ing Of the racing season IN the East
as on that date begins the spring meet le,t
Ing Of the washington Jockey Clup. y
There will BIO twenty days high'clntlssed
sport, and then the scene shifts 70 the
metropolitan tracks around New York
CITY. Tie spring meeting Of the WASH
ington Jockey Club promises by far TO
be the best ever held in Che District Of
Columbia, as tho size of tho purses aud
stakes have materially INCREASED, thus
insuring higher class Of horses than
ever before. Another thing that serves
to greatly improve the class show mt
washington Is the generally growing
tendency Of the large and important
stable to winter in the South which en-S
ables them to have their horses tHi
roughly TT for the. early meetings Mr.
August Belmont winters his stable at
Garnet S. G., and his horses will be seer
in force at washington. The. Cough
acres stable. the property OF 3. +.
Clyde, OF Philadelphia, has wintered in
great shape at Hollywood Place, Cape
Charles Va, The former stamping
ground Of the late vi. Scott, and
manager Presgraves reports that his
gent, and the horses at the track, the
fields should be large and high-class
sport furnished right through the meet
Ing. Among tho Virginia stables repre-
scented will be those Of William Garth,
who trains for the Lane Brothers.
scottsvlo, with fifteen horses, In
Guiding 1mperialist, Arius: Black Dick,
Neville, Of Melbourne, will DO repre-
sented by stable Of steeplechase
horses, while half dozen or more Vir-
ginlans also have entries in the events
for steeplcchasers and hunters
In q newsy letter to the Sports OF tho
Times, New York, Raphael s. Payne. OF
Narrenton, Va, says: .ss 4
Mr.. James D.. Hail. OF Linden, Warren
county, Va, has entered his stecple-
chasers in all the important stakes that
have already closed, and will start at
Bennings with Ivan, his crack FIVE oar
old, by Terrifyer, winner last fall OF the
Green Spring Valley Hunt Purse at
Plmlco, aud OF tho Chevy Chase Cup at
Washington, in which no beat high
class fields. Ills other entries are Duke
Of Grassland Charles OMalley Rosa
lind and Captain Hayes; the last two by
the famous old hunting sire Monticello
among whose get is Becky Sharpe. the
marvellous little mare who won the
War renton point to point In 1898. Mr..
Halls method OF training steeplechaseg
horses is to give them their first work
with the hounds in order to make them
safe certain jumpers over every kind
OF country. Later on In completing
them he takes great pains in schooling
them fast over regulation steeplechase
jumps, as it Is quite necessary in tho
cross-country game of to-day, that they
be able to jump safely going fast, for
the courses over which the racing Is
done and yet can be notiated at top
speed by thoroughly trained and we'll
seasoned horses. Mr.. Hall says that
there is undoubtedly great material In
Virginia, and expresses himself as con-
ndent that the stables Of the OG Do
mlniop will be wei represented in all the
big events OF the next few years.
The annual meeting Of the officers and
Executive Committee OF the Upperyille
Horse and Colt Club was held recently
at the residence Of the president. Colonel
r. II. Dunlaney, near Uppervlllc, and a
number of important matters discuss
ed and acted upon. The resignation Of
Mr. Joseph Gibson as marshall was &C.
cepted and Mr.. Dulany Butts. Of Dela-
plane, elected to fill the position with
Charles A. Crenshaw as assistant. The
next annual show will be held June 10th
and 18th. Two new classes were added
to the programme which were for green
hunters and special premium Of $50 to
be given by Colonel Dulaney in a class
for Thoroughbred hunters An innovation
likely 60 be well received was the de-
cision to have one more of the jumping
classes decided In the morning instead OF
having all of these events como off In
the afternoon as usual
The stockholders of the Eastern Shore
Agricultural Association held their annual
meeting at Keller, Va, during the past
week and elected the following Offlcers
II. II. Wescott president; =. d. NAPLES
Jr,, vice president; DR.. John Il. Mapp,
treasurer and y. II. Turner, secretary.
This association is said to be one OF
the Oldest OF It's character In the country,
annual fairs and races have been held Tor
more than q quarter Of a century, ITO
twenty-sixth annual fair and race meet
ing will be held on the grounds Of the
association near Kellar on August 25tll-
2Sth when a record breaking attendance
is looked for.
The bay mare Ida Gray, ella, by Bursar,
2:l7 Ia, dam Maud. by Walker NORTH
tho sire Of Lamp Girl. 200, recently pass
cd through the Philadelphia auctions and
was purchased by Il we'll known horse
man there for $3.50, She was bred and
formerly owned by q. Smith Walter. OF
Onancock Va. from whom she passed