The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-11
JUMPERS IN TRAINING
At MEMPHIS TRACK
Cross-Country Races Have Fur
nished Good Sport-Melbourne
Eclipse Best.


MEMPHIS, April 10.-There is an unusual
~ large number of jumpers here this spring.
Most of them are we'll schooled, and ma
jority of the cross-country races run up to
date have furnished good contests. The
best of the green jumpers appears to be
Melbourne Eclipse This horse won a race
over the long course the second time he
ever went through the field. Since then
several fattering offers have been refused
for him by his owner, ]. c. Ferris. jr. Be
sides Melbourne Eclipse Ferris has other
promising material in Balzac. Volantine
and the highly tried Presgrave, which
ranked with the best of them on the Cana
dian circuit last season. Corrigan had sew
eral "leppers. and the best appear to be
Charawind. Poorlands and Galba. -Bratton
has a dozen steeplechase horses here, but
none OF them has shown anything which
would warrant them being classed as top
uotchers. Theory is the best of his lot
j. Fleming has useful pair In Or. Nowlln
and HandVice. Both are oid-timerS at the
Iatar, Faella, Curate and ltacatiara G.
Hak, the Cincinnati turfman, has about
as strong a stable of jumpers as any owner
in the West. All are we'll schooled. and
they will earn more than their share of the
purses this season. Golden Link has win
tered well, and looks in grand shape j. w:
Connaught, which won the first jumping
race given at the meeting. Most of these
horses will race at Datonia this spring.
Some few will go to Toronto, but the great
er majority Will remain in the South.
Nose Goldblatt will ship his stable early
next week to the Kinioch Park track.
Goldblatt will race exclusively at st. Louis
this summer All his horses have been
given let-up and look we'll. Worthington
has filled out and developed into grand
looking individual. His new purchases,
Arthur and Bounding, have improved since
passing into his hands. In Aubuchon Gold
blatt has very promising lightweight
At the close of the New Orleans meeting
GOldblatt secured first call A buchOn
tor one year The lad showed such good
form at the Memphis meeting that his serv-
ices were in great demand. Finally, after
a lot of dickering, j. w. SchOrr secured
the boy from Goidblatt and Spence. Gold
batt paid 5000 to release Aubuchon
Nose is already dickering for another light
weight and may sign him in a few days.
Highbal has not been taking as kindly
to his work as Trainer Bud May would
like to see him. The colt has been acting
sour when brought out on the track. Final
y blinkers were put on him. but this die
not improve him any. One morning, about
q week ago. Fuller was put up with in
structions to work the colt a fast three
and showed three-eighths in SO. Owner
Sheftel was so pleased that he Immediately
reopened negotiations with Archie thinner
for Jockey Fuller to ride the colt in al
his engagements this year. Sheftel wanted
Fuller on a percentage basis-that Is, he
did not wish to pay any stipulated amount
for the lads services, but instead was will
ing TO give thinner a certain percentage
of Highballs winnings. thinner figured
that this arrangement would prevent hin
from selling first call on Fuller, so he de-
cided not to accept the offer. thinner viii
ship his stable to Jamaica early next week