The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20
NEWS Of HORSES
AND H0RsEMEN
Tie Washington Jockey Clubs
Fall Race Meeting Is Now
on at Bennings.
oaoi,,A
.STEEPLECHASES POPULAR
Grandma, the Daughter Of Wood.
lands-Jimlny Page and
Ogress Good Ones.

Many improvements have been made
at the Bcnnlngs track, and the fall meet
ing Of the Washington Jockey Club, which
began on Thursday last, the 18th instant,
promises to be the greatest in the history
Of that popular organization. The Wash
ington meeting closes on Saturday, De
cerrtbcr Sd, and from beginning to end
sport OF high order Is likely to char
actcrlze the affair. There arc over 600
stalls at the track, and these are all
engaged while liberal stakes and purses
have attracted a number Of horses OF
real class A vast Improvement has boon
made IN the track, which especially per-
tains to tho home stretch. The sandy
top dressing put on over year ago mas
been worked In SO thoroughly that the
footing LIS now absolutely true and firm,
requiring no unusual GAMMA TO ncgoti-
alto It as formerly. The entire stretch
has been rcmade and built up to conform
! to the new course. This last important
quarter OF the struggle for the judges
stand Is now faster than the Columbia
course itself No horse will stop at the,
bend for home Just for the lack OF mud
running ancestry. IIorscmen arc now
working their charges down this stretch
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about tho best at the last meeting. Then,
too. all OF the pcbbly surface ofSthe new
track has been worked out, and this
course is in perfect condition for the first
time With over three-eighths straight
way to aid slow breakers. the Columbia
course Is unreseryetny pronounced by
those who have sent their hcHes over 1t
as the ideal mile course OF the country.
Where steeplechasing counts such a le-
g!on Of devotees. It seems but natural
that the Jumping route at Bennings
should have como in for renovation. and
in this particular direction, as In others,
the Washington Jockey Club has shown
desire to cater to prevailing taste. The
jumps have been rebuilt. and with their
green brushes and graded approaches pre-
sent a most pleasing appearance. Ajump
OF twcnty-four feet Ia required TO clear
the Liverpool" which Is opposite the
grand stand and across the infeld. The
steeplcchase division at this meeting Is
especially strong and tho fields the larg-
est ever lined UP before a starter at Ben
nings. Tho stables quartered on the
grounds include those Of Thomas Hitch
cock mir. Cotton" mfr. Chamblet
james w. Colt. Ro bert Neville, DR.. James
Kerr. Richard Wallace. II. r. Dulaney
and William Garth. These stables include
the pick OF the steeplechase division. and
among them arc the flower OF cross coun-a
try performers owned In the District Of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia An
event OF far more than ordinary impor-
tance among trainers OF the chasers Is
tho Junior stecpIechase,' for three-year-
olds, to be decided on Tuesday. the ED
instant. For this Mr.. Chamblet's Vest
mcnt will doubtless rule as fnvorite. but.
at that there are Others and the win
ncr may turn UP In q Yirginia-bred horse.
Al 49,
tho Junior" and seeing that the affair
is OF such Importance especially to our
Virginia breeders. 1t Is to be hoped that
the race may become a fixed event.
$3
n Grandma, thoroughbred daughter of imp.
Woodlands, and Pomona, by Ten Brock.
owned by e. s. EngleIting, OF this city,
Is enjoying the freedom OF a paddock
this fall. and appears to be In foal to
Aloha. the sire OF Robert Waddell to
whom she was bred this season. The
good gray daughter OF Woodlands won
% number OF races for her present owner
while In training. and while quick az light
ming to get away, probably a better man
nercd thoroughbred never faced the start
or. Grandma's foal OF 1904, brown Ally.
died las, spring when only four days old.
and the loss was keenly felt The pros
pective foal from the daughter OF Wood
lands will be entered In the Futurlty and
other important stake events. Pomona,
tho dam Of Grandma, also produced the
fast horse, Handpress, by Hanover, who
during tho early part OF the season ran
flvc-elghths OF q milo at Los Angeles in
80 II.
In Jimmy Page, 4. by His Grace son
OF Elous. dam Anna Page, by Hayden
Edwards, second dam The Belle, by imp,
Rayon DOR. Duff Green. Of Frcdercks-
burg, Va, has a big, fine looking horse.
who has been abbo to win on the big
tracks this season. Tho chestnut son OF
I. His Grace stands 1871 and weighs 1.100
pounds. Mattie G., bay mare, g. the half
sister to Jimmy Page. by Trojan. dam
Anna Page. won at tho Fredericksburg
Fair this fall. Anna Page Is still owned
by Mr.. Green. and will be bred next sea-
son to Aloha, sire OF the American Derby
winner, Robert Wadden.
ogrcss, the bay mare. Z by Eon, a
steeplechasc winner at the recent Balti-
y III h1yI rLo