Evening star., 1904-03-18
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Fast Horses Coming to Ben
ming From New Orleans.
LOOK LIKE WINNERS
LAST YEARS POOR SLOWING TO
BE REVERSED THIS SPRING.
Interesting Bowling Battles Last Night
Hart Defeated Ferguson
Sporting Notes.
LOOK LIKE WINNERS

says:
In the last two preceding seasons New
| Orleans horses failed to cut quite the swath
at the Benning meeting that was expected
of them. and were repeatedly beaten by
| home-trained ones. On account Of the con-
| tinued cold weather, however, and delayed
| training operations on eastern tracks this
spring, the lot that will be shipped from
| New Orleans may merit careful considera-
| ton Another fact that will have bearing
| On the matter is that a far greater number
OF eastern horses raced this winter than
ever before, and consequently a much larger
number will make the return journey home
| within the next few days.
| Some Of the eastern ones that on form
| and present condition ought to do well at
Bennfng are q. X. Wheeler's Inquisitive
Girl, 6. L. Richards Ostrich. H T. Grif-
fms Conkling and Sweet Pepper. w. r.
Midgeley's Tribes Hill, Burning Glass and
Milad Love, w. F. Matthews & Co.'S
Scotch Thistle, F. Kelly's Athlana, J. Phil
lips Morning Star, r. E. Mannix's Meister-
singer and McWilliams, c. Fox's Ascension,
A. c. McCafferty's Arachue, A. L. Aste' 8
Modredlaw, Typhonic and Col. Tyler, the
Messrs. Morris Viperine. M. L. Hayman' 8
De Reszke, ]. F. Ullman's Foxy Kane and
Clear the Arena. Others might be named,
| but these comprise, present condition taken
into account, the cream of the lot.
Horses Looking Good.
| Inquisitive Girl Is In the Benning handi-
cap. and Mr.. Wheeler thinks that she has
| more than an outside chance to win the
event. 1t Is likely that Jockey Walter Rob-
bins will get away from Memphis long
enough to go on and ride her The Derby
running of Ostrich here will give him pres
| tige at Benning should he happen to be
starter In any Of the events Of the meeting
| II Griffin Is permitted to start at Benning
to NJ l<1sv d.
be heard from. Conkling's race in the Derby
was brilliant one, and with moderate
| weight up he will take not little beating
| In good company. while Sweet Peppers last
| performance here in the Premier stakes at
| five furlongs, when she ran out at the head
of the stretch and then finished second to
Vtperfne, makes her pretty nearly as good
as the Morris filly.
are all In excellent condition. Tribes Hill
has improved in training, and in spite Of
his severe campaign he ought to be fit and
ready to give smart account of himself at
Benn1ng Burning Glass is also in good
form and Miadi Love will do in her class.
Scotch Thistle Is an improving sort, proba-
bly not yet within a month Of his best
iorm.~ he Is bound to improve with racing,
Judging by what he has shown at New Or
leans Kelly won a good race with Ath-
lana recently, backing the filly heavily. and
she may reach Washington in form: but
she came here last fall run down and ont
of sorts and does not yet seem to have fully
recovered. Phillips Morning Star NAV he
kept over for the Memphis Oaks before
Shipment east She is speedy, and should at
all events win in selling g-plate COMPANY on
eastern tracks.
Viperine to Win Stakes.
II that wiry, game little dlly Viperine
reaches Benning in condition she is more
than likely to add to her string of stake
victories and because she is mere mite of
a tixy ryi1I,, Il
not take up weight run fast and finish with
as much courage as the best of them Mod
redlaw, Lady Greenwood and Pinkie. with
tne training they have had here ought
also 10 De ebie to hold their own with the
Bennlng youngsters. Astes Col. Tyler and
Iyphonlc each spread a forefoot RECENTLY
but Trainer Diebold thinks he will ba ve
them ready for Benning. They were built
10 be hiSh-class horses and have shown tn
netter advantage here than they did at any
tme last season. If fit and ready to start
at BenninS they can win.
Meistersinger Improved.
Mannix's Meistersinger is greatly i'm
proved morse. He Is weight carrier can
go route and is game. He is much DIFF
ferent animal from what he was last sea-
son, and, barring mishap, he should keen
right along campaigning successfully. With
weight up and a strong rider to pilot him
IL Will take very fair sort of horse to heat
MIN Just now over, say, a mile and a fur
long route
McWfliiams has not shown much here
peyond recent indication that he may be
getting into shape again. He is rnreIts HE
ascension appears to have gone back else
trainer FRANK Brown would scarcely have
announced that she would be a starter in
tne Benhlng handicap. McCafferty's recent
purchase Arachue is just now the best Of
MS lot that have run at the meeting. This
mare was rested up most of the winter a nd
rs IN good condition. She is fair selling
pia'er' especially fond of heavy going.