The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-20
WITH THE HORSEMEN.
LITELk BUNCH OF FLYERS AT
 CHARTER OAK. '@

Season an Excellent One for Training What Kings and Queens of the Turf are Doing in Preparation for the Campaign. .'r
 The horses which have been at Char ter Oak park during the spring and ear ly summer are fast thinning out, only about one hundred being left out of two hundred and twenty-five which were there the latter part of June, but the kings and queens of the turf are there yet and are receiving the finishing touches which will put them on feather edge for the summer campaign soon to open. The season has been an exceptional 1y good one for the development and training of racee horses, and the track. at Charter Oak park has been perfect. All of the horsemen there speak in the highest terms of the lively nature of the track since receiving a special covering of soil i'll which was mixed fifty cart. loads of manure to enliven it. Its su- periority, compared with other we'll known tracks, on which race horses all most invariably go lame after hard. season of training, is we'll recognized
 These advantages have tended to. crowd the facilities of the stables to the utmost, and he early season has been a prosperous tse for he owners.
 STARS SHOW GOOD FORM.
 The manarchs of the turf, with many successful seasons behind them, are; rounding out in fine shape with every prospect of giving as good an account of, themselves as in previous seasons. Lord Derby alone of those in the first class showed a slight lameness caused by a strained tendon and was with drawn from the race for which he was entered at Albany on July 4. He has entirely recovered, however, and the race will be trotted at a later date. Lord Derby is at the zenith of his speed and will meeet all corners in the first. class during the summer and fall cam paign and in the expectation of D. E. ] Smathers, his owner, and Spear, his. trainer, will carry off the honors of the. turf. They will not be won without struggle, however, for nearly every year sees the record lowered and it is only matter oe time when the old stars of the turf must give way before new blood.
 Lord Derby has for stable neighbor the flyer, Prince Alert, with a record of two minutes flat as pacer. This noble horse is owned by James Hanley, of Providence, and is being trained to the hour by Mart Demarest a past mas ter in the art of developing racer.
 UNIQUE CHARACTER.
 One Of the most unique characters at Charter Oak is David Shell, the million aire owner, trainer and driver of Jupe, handsome bay stallion with a record of 2:07 1-2 MT. Shell is nearly eighty years old, and 10 say that he is a lover Of horses is putting it mildly. He has retired from an active business life in which he made million dollars twice over, and finds delight and health and prolonged life in caring for and driving his pets. Besides Jupe he has a couple of colts from old mares he has owned, which he is developing.
 sDaVG3 N& NlCSleaTy lldS SSlllppeu# JUS Pointer, 2:07 3-4, to Detroit, to be on hand for the campaign which will open there in about ten days.
 Joe Pointer is by Star Pointer, the first horse to beat two minutes. Me Cleary also has a promising youngster. in Morning Star. who will try for a rec prod this season.
 Dave Cahill, of Lexington, Ky, a veteran of the circuit, has Charley Herr, 2:07 IA, a bay stallion which can be relied upon to give the best of them all the exercise they need. Fred Noble, another .calnpaigner. has in Georgiana, POS 1-2, a likely mare which looks as if she would give a good account of her self.
 SPEARS BUNCH.
 Besides Lord Derby, which George Spear is training, are Wentworth and Ida Highwood, two reliable racing ma < chimes which may not land first money in many races, but will always push the leaders to their utmost. In Hilgar, too. he has a three-year-old which was