The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-25
MIC HOTELS OPENED FOR VISITORS
DURING THE LAST WEEK.
GREAT INTEREST OVER
COMING RACE MEET.
NAVY NOTABLE FIGURES OF THE
SPORTING WORLD ARE ON HAND.

uorses That Have Been Wintering
i'm savannah Will Leave for the
springs Some Time the Latter
part of This MOnth-AmOng the
shining Lights in the Sporting
world Are Tom Sharkey, j. j.
WcGravv, Nash Turner, Alex
Shields, Mike Donlin and a Bunch
Of KnucIxIedusters.
Hot Springs, Ark, Jan. 24.-Since the
massage of the holidays and the sight
ing of 19O4s second month this Won
derful sporting center has begun to
take on life. The granting recognition
to the Hot Springs Jockey Club by the
Western turf body brought certainty
as to prospects with the sports.
Now all the trains pulling into the
local stations bring numbers of visit
ors from all parts of the country. Capt
S. S. Brown, the Pittsburg millionaire;
John w. Schorr, the Memphis brewer;
Barney Schneider, the st. Louis book
maker; John S. Bratton. the st. Louis
horseman, all will ship here.
Indications point to a successful race
meeting this year. And if this is re-
allied Hot Springs will begin to play
a prominent part in the winter game.
This season is merly a tryout; and
with the cooperation of the pool room
proprietors the possibilities seem en-
couraging. This is evidenced by the
local support accorded the club and
by the attempt of John Considine to
purchase the plant. Judge George B.
Sidener and Humphrey Devereux own
the plant, and until it is proven a
failure, will control it.
With the coming of the many Wis
itors has followed the opening of ad-
dtional hotels. The big Eastman push
ed open it's doors Wednesday. This
function always marks the opening of
what is termed the highest, gayest and
sportiest part of the winter at the
springs.
MunrOe Has Departed.
Jack Munroe, the Butte, Mont, pu-
gilist who is to go up against Sharkey,
has been here several weeks getting i'll
something like training shape. He
left suddenly Wednesday, having re-
ceived a telegram matching him in a
wrestling contest with Jenkins at Buff
falO. He talked confidently of his
chances against the sailor. Kid Her
mann. Tommy Gilfeather Pat Early,
Theodore Van Buskirk, George Fields,
Patsy Haley and Amos maynard make
up members of the pugilistic colony.
Andy Sullivan, who has charge of the
Wilmington Park Athletic Associa-
ton, is back again arranging bouts.
He will pull off one between Kid Her
mann and Austin Rice Thursday night.
others are scheduled for the coming
two months.
Red Ehret, formerly a shining slab
artist in the National League and a
one-time Cincinnati Red, but now part
owner of a bowling alley and saloon
in Memphis, is here boiling out. Reds
baseball days are about over. Some
other baseball stars here are John ].
McGraw, manager of the New York
Nationals; and Mike Bonlin of the
Cincinnati Reds. Other lesser lights
are about Also The Pittsburg team
comes in March for season of train
ing.
Fine String Promised.
Billy Shannon, proprietor of the
Kentucky Club, is in receipt of a letter
from Rome Respess, owner of Dick
Welles and a fine string of racers, an
nouncing his intentions of coming
over next week. ReSpeSS is interested
in the club as a silent partner.
Col. Ed Butler, of st. Louis political
fame, is at the Arlington with his wife,
for the season. He is not talking poll
tics, but what he does say gives the in
timation he is still in the game. His
son, Jim, is in Congress from the
Worlds Fair city, and the colonel ex-
poets to keep his eye skinned for the
boy years to come.
Nash Turner, Lee Turner and Henry
Shields are among the weeks arrivals.
Nash has only recently returned from
Paris where he rode with success last
season. The other boys rode in France
and Austria for Eugene Leigh, who has
had phenomenal success across the wa
tiers. The three may accept a few
mounts here during the season, but the
occasions will be rare, in all likelihood.
David Gideon, the New York turf
man, is expected within the next week.
He always comes this way when the
snow and cold makes 1t decidedly I'M
comfortable in New York. He stopped
en- route here at New Orleans to watch
w. Hennessy, a promising young jock
ey, ride.