The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-23
MEMPHIS A MECCA
FOR HORSEMEN
ALL TRYING FOR A LINE.
WILLIAM MURRAY WILL oFFICJ-
ATE As STARTER.

He VIII Exhibit "Cassidy's system"
of starting for the First Time at
Montgomery Park-CIaude looked
on as Sure Starter in the IIansit-
cap a. OWNER Daily Is Anxious tor
His Great Derby winner to Meet
WitfuI Again - Memphis Meet
Opens Monday.
Turfmen and race followers from the
Crescent City have already begun to
make Memphis their Mecca, and be-
fore the middle OF the week nearly
all the contingent that annually make
Memphis their objective point win be
on hand trying TO get some line on
horses that have wintered there.
Starter VIM. NJ. Murray Saturday
morning wired Secretary Macfarlan
that he would put in an appearance
TO remain until the meeting closes.
When Mr.. Murray steps into the
starters stand. Memphians will prob
ably see "Cassldys system" tried for
the first time there. At Latonia last
fall, when Murray started, he made
the horses walk up TO the barrier and
he has expressed himself as being
satisfied with this style of Dispatch
ing the fields, there is every reason
to believe that he VIII employ it at
Montgomery Park.
For years Murray has had the bee
in his bonnet. On several occasions
he filled in vacancies of a day or two
and managed well enough to satisfy
the people who employed him. Last
fall he was called on as a second string
for three days of the Pimlico meet
ing, and the critics spoke commenda-
bly, on his work. At Kinloch Park,
st. Louis, he started at the spring
meeting, returning to New York to fill
his engagement as first assistant to
Mr. Fitzgerald on metropolitan race
tracks.
He filled in a vacancy at the IAtonia
fall meeting, when Mr.. Hoffman had
to go to California for the meeting in
that section. and while Western Turf
men think Hoffman is a great starter,
IL was the general opinion that Muir
ray did quite creditably with the tail
end of the work. Murray's assistants
in Memphis will be ex-Jockey Edw.
Tribe and w Snyder, Mr.. Dade's as
sistant at ST. Louis.
Claude to Race at Memphis.
NJ. ]. Daily will ship twelve of the
D6st horses IN has stable now located
at San Francisco to Memphis, and it
is more than probable that they will
arrive in Memphis after their long
overland trip about the middle of this
week. Such was the purport of a tel
egram received Saturday by Secretary
Macfarlan. of the new Memphis Jockey
Club, and the announcement created
much talk among Memphis turf fol-
lowers. The premier of the DAILY sta
bic Is the great Derby winner, Claude
and his appearance upon the Mont
gomery Park track will be an important
feature of the meeting.
In the event that Claude is started
in the Montgomery handicap, for which
he is eligible, he will be regarded rs
one of the most dangerous contenders.
All along he has been quoted in the
future books on the race at the small
odds of 10 to l. and it is generally be-
lieved his presence at the track will
mean that he will be a starter in the
/ feature event on the opening day.
A reason which is believed by many
to be a certain indication that the
game son of Lssak will sport silk on
that day is that Sam Hildreth's great
mare, Wtful. is regarded as a sure
starter, and Owner DAILY is anxious to
| once more try conclusions with his
horse. Last year at Montgomery Park
the pair met in an especially arranged
match race, which was won by Witful.