The Washington times., 1903-03-21
GLOOM AND MUD REIGN
SUPREKEAT BENNING
Track Work Gives Way to
Light Shed'Exercise.
DALY'S STRING DUE TODAY
Himself and Daily, Handicap Candi-
dates, Among Them-Nsmtor's In
juTies Not as Serious as Thought

Early risers az Benning this morning
were greeted with a downVour Of rain.
and in consequences the spirits of he
track officers. owners. trainers. jockeys.
and stable boys are at the lowest ebb.
All chances OF ourr1oor work for the day
are prsciuded ana only shed work was
INDUCED in.
Anxious glancesz were turned upon the
horizon and hopes are conferred in an
early clearing. that track work may be
resumed and the finishing touches added
to the handicap candidates. which are,
as rule. prettydht and will need but
little keying mp.
Fortunately. the track has been In
such excellent condition that II shed
the. water in goovf shape this morning
and unless a delz &C. ensues II will be
little damaged by ioday's rain II clear
tomorrow and tbessun shines bright ard
warm the going vill be good on Mon
day and the mud larks will not have it
all their own wax
Father Bill Dify and his string of ff-
teen horses left Sheepshead Bay yester-
day afternoon for Bennlng Among
them are Himself and Daily, both enter
ed in the BemiTag Handicap. The Daily
shipment is hosirly expected at the
track. and al isi in readiness for their
reception. IN the Daily string are 81.
Andrews. eoionsay Annie DAILY, Ben
Howard. Fobbinrt. Hist. vartray. Or
Ion. Chiroi. and she following two-year-
oIds: Farmer wts-eler. Josephine Louise.
Hartford. and 10 rillard.
Nlmtor Mot Badly Hurt.
Namtor. BeImont's entry for the Ben
ming Hmdicap. received a kick on the
right houlder yesterday from Alice
Farley At frE IL was thought that
the chestnut foET-year -old was badly
hurt and his chances for appearing at
the cost in Mondays big event were
dimaed. but a ilater and more careful
examination by Trainer John Whalen
shoked the wound TO be nothing more
thh a slight abrasion. Namtor was
rien shed work. this morning and show
edDo stiffness whatever.
New Orleans shorses due at the track
t,day are those OF Liger & Brown.
DanieIs BrOthens and VI. T. Danaher.
Jimmy Dumas. - J. Mackessy and J. W
Pangle. In the last three stables the
shipment inelIsies about twenty head
Among the Pansgle lot is Mrs. Frank
Foster. a speedy youngster owned by
Frank Foster This mare has a record
of twenty-three. starts at New Orleans
since December. 13. and has run I'M
placed but six times. Albert Sinons
string Of ELEVEN. including Marshall
Neil. Par Excellence King Dove ana
Cionmell hiS greatest OF handicap en-
tries. arrived yesterday and were IN
loaded at the. track late yesterday az
,ernoon. Simo ms did not accompany his
horses. remaining over in New Orleans
10 witness the New Louisiana stake
race to be run today. in which his
Major Mansir is entered and carries
the top weight OF 112 pounds. The
regulars" Will leave New Orleans this
afternoon and. Will reach here some time
tomorrow.
President y 5. Rowland is In town and
was shown the many improvements made
about the truck by Assistant Secretary
Daingerheld yesterday afternoon.
The stewa 7ls OF the Jockey Club held
q meeting at the Windsor Arcade. New
York. yesterday afternoon. These Of
hcials appointed by the Washington
Jockey Club were approved: Judge.
Clarence Mcdowell; starter. Mars Cas-
sfdy. Handicapped. W. ) Nosburgn; pad
dock and pazrol fudge. J. l. Hail. timer.
w n. Barretto; clerk OF the scales. II.
c. CrickmoDe :. s. Rowland was APP
pointed steward TO represent the Jockey
CIab 81 this meeting. For the spring
meeting at .Aqueduct the same officials
were appro<ed with the exception that
c. Cornehlssen Will act as clerk OF the
scales and Il e. Homsn Will be starting
Judge The stewards appropriated S75
toward the-burial expenses Of Jockey
Andrew Godfrey. They also licensed the
following Jockeys:
Booker. 3allman, Blake. Burns, Brun-
ner. BTenrusn. Cantwell. Dorsey, Daley.
Dart. De souza. Doyle. Eagan. Farley.
Fisher. Fresh. Hurley. NJ. Henderson, r.
Henderson,. King. KIenck. Kennedy. Ian
try. Lelas6. Miller. McNichOl. McCios-
key. Miller. doom. Pollak, Robertson.
Redeem. Robbins. Richardson. Rhein
boimer. Redaington. sullivan. Shaw. VIII
son. Waterbury. Welhorn. Williams.
Wilkerson. Younger.
BENNINS ENTRIES FOR