The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
HORSES To RACE
AT OLD COURSE
SEEM AFRAID OF NEW TRACK.
TURFMEN SHIP FROM CHICAGO
AND ST. LOUIS TO SOUTH.

Retirement of II. Nj. ZiegIer From
the Turf Causes Considerable Sur
prise-Yery Few Horses Going
West-HOt Springs Track Will
Draw Most of the Horses which
Were Formerly shipped to the
COast-Live News of the HOrsemen.
Nearly all the owners now leaving
st. Louis have expressed themselves
as intending to go to the old course
at New Orleans or to Hot Springs
This will leave the new track out Of
the game, unless the Western Jockey
Club grants it's dates, which is not at
all likely.
Of course, the new track, in case it
is refused dates, will receive some
support from Eastern stables, and
the horsemen outlawed for their con-
nection with the Union and Newport
meetings will be only too glad to see
the Western Jockey Club refuse the
new concern dates and a turf war fol-
low. For, in this event, they will have
place where they can race their
horses, as in the past, they have been
barred from all the Western tracks.
The proposed Hot Springs meeting
will cause a tremendous loss of good
horses to the coast tracks. The ex-
pense of shipment and the stringent
conditions imposed by railroads on
transportation of racers has helped
the situation from the Hot Springs
standpoint. The management of the
Western tracks have stated that they
have been able to secure plenty of
horses, but that they are not of the
right caliber, stakes entries being
practically scarce. Barney Schneider
is one of the former Frisco stand-bys
who will transfer his patronage to
Hot Springs and New Orleans.
Loaded in fourteen cars of an Illi-
nois Central train and bound for the
Crescent City Clubs stables at New
Orleans, 1870 race horses left Worth
race track yesterday in the annual
migration, says the Chicago Chronicle.
This is the final scene in the closing
of the local racing season. Promptly
at 2:45 o'clock the special pulled out,
and it's departure was marked by a
tinge here and there of humor and
pathos.
The shipment of the various stables
was in charge of the Worth officials,
who were assisted by Harry White,
who represented the Crescent City
Jockey Club. Some of the horses that
had been racing here went away i'm
mediately after the last race at the
track and others went Tuesday night.
These, however. are scattered about,
some of them going to Texas, Califor-
to -
that went to New Orleans on the spe-
cial yesterday were: Davis & McDer-
mott, II; w. Walker, II; Al. Mannion,
II; ]. Arthur II; T. Licalzi, 10: But
Ter e. Street,, 70: r. f. Arthur, IA,
and S. e. Palmer, 10.
On the same train were fourteen
horses from Horizons stable. but that
car will be switched so that it may
reach Hot Springs. Other stables that
moved from Worth after the New Or
leans train had left were PA" Brad
iey's horses. c. f. Waters string will
go to winter quarters at San Antonio,
Tex. w. w. Tracey shipped three
horses to Baltimore and three to Cal
ifornia, and John L. Slaughter shipped
his string of twelve to Kentucky. The
Poole stable has been scattered. the
horses being shipped to different tracks
where winter meets will open. The
remainder or DurnelFS horses and
those of Hildreths also have been
shipped, and the Chicago Ridge race
course is deserted save for a few ne
gro helpers.
The news that H. NJ. Ziegler would
sell out his stable was a bit of sur
prise to turfmen. Mr.. Ziegler, while
he has not had the best of success in
his turf endeavors, has always been
an enthusiastic turfman, and had
formed rather pretentious plans fol
next season. He has of late, however
got so deeply interested in theatrica
affairs that he finds that he has prac-
tically no time to devote to the sport.
His retirement will be only temporary
and as soon as his private business af-
fairs will permit it he undoubtedly viii
be in the field again.
Some of his horses will be sold dur
ing the Aqueduct meeting, while a
number now in Kentucky will be offer
ed at the FasigTipton Company's De-
cember sale at Lexington. Charlie
! Hughes will keep a few in reserve fol-
next season, and will winter at Sleeps
! head.
| Mr.. Ziegler introduced Hermis L
I the East, but sold the horse just wher
| he was approaching the hight of his
/ form and reputation. A very short
time after he had sold the horse to L
! V. Bell Hermis won the Travers
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