Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-08
SPLENDID PROSPECTS
CATCHER KITTREDGE LATEST
LOCAL PLAYER TO REPORT.
Marshall Chess Champion-Raoxng at
New Orleans-Golfers at
Palm Beach.

ing meeting being an Improvement on the
meetings of the seasons before, this spring
promises a Phenomenal one here There are
already over three hundred horses at the
track; four hundred more have engaged
stables and there are two hundred apDl-
cations yet untitled. 1t can be truly said
that there is more class represented In the
races here this spring than ever before
known; horses from all points, New Or
leans, Hot Springs, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and all the eastern points, includ-
ing Canada. will be here, and from present
Indications Washingtonians will see con-
tests long to be remembered.
As an evidence of the class coming to
Washington this season. q look at the en-
tries of the Benning spring handicaps Will
give an idea of the many good racers which
are to be here. Prominent among those
are the Albemarle stables Santa Catalina
and Bohemia both very high-class FLIES
tSanta Catalina having beaten some of the
best horses in training last fall on the
eastern tracks,; Asterisk twinner of the
Vapor City Derby at Hot Springs this sea-
son and many other races; Preen Zone OF
the fastest horses in trainng); Delphie and
Incense. both splendid horses; Duke OF
Kendall Ga stake winner of many races;
Bill Curtis (winner of the Kansas City Der
by and many other races: Critical tWho
was practically unbeatable at Hot Springs
this season.; Roseben and Liberia. two of
Inc DtSl SpTlnteTS III aInetiCd,
(winner of ten races; Trapper Zone of the
high-claSs horses that Hastings has sent
to the races; Sir Brillar (Which brought
SS.CO0 last fall, particularly fast horse),
Sais. Tramator and Tim Hurst zone OF the
California cracks, and many others
Two-Year-Old Division.
Ii. the two-year-old division there will
probably be more good ones than seen here
for many years. Mr. August Belmont.
Il, lrr oiphf
from Aiken, s. c., which are believed to be
the pick of his great lot of yearlings of
las year. Three are entered in the Wash
irston nursery stake at four and one-half
furlongs, including Sun Glow. by Hast
Tiptoe, by Hastings-Tarpela
and st. Estephe, by Octagon-St Eudora
From the stable of Wyndham Walden
comes Porteus Ia frequent winner at New
Orleans this season., Nerdant "a stake win
ner at New Orleans) and four others, the
property of r: c. Hall, the Barbarity
cock, one of the stewards of the jockey
club, has entered five in this stake, all his
own breeding, which are a particularly
good looking lot, and are said to be some
thing out of the ordinary. w. H. Snyder
has Anodyne (by Henry of Navarro; a fire.
quent winner at New Orleans; VIM. Shields
has beautiful chestnut colt, Oaklawn Ia
winner at Hot Springs) whom pretty nearly
every trainer at the track thinks is the
best two-year-old seen here for many a
year. w l.. Maupin has entered four, in
Guiding his two crack fatherleSs geldings,
T. S. Martin and Pater. This stake has
thirtyeight entries in all, which is a splen-
did showing for its inaugural.
The Jessie Brown cup also promises to be
a successful innovation. This stake. it will
be remembered. is by horses bred in Vir-
ginia, Maryland and the District of Column
bia There are a total of eighteen, among
which is Proteus. Frank Fosters Little
REESE and Mamie Foster (both winners at
~ 60,
others, which insures capital contest, as
no less than ten different subscribers have
made entries. 1t looks a banner meeting
for steeplechasing at Benning. The Spring
Handicap steeplechase has no less than
twenty-nine entries with great deal of
class represented in the lot. ]. w. Colts
Layator "a champion of 1903, Black Death
and Sandhurst 7: Hitchcock, jr., has
Charlie Moore, Geo. A. Sapporta's Mackey
Dwyer and Choate are some of the promi-
nent entries in this stake.
Splendid Lot of Hunters
The Spring Hunter Steepechase has TWEEN
ty-two and it can be safely said that it is
the best lot of hunters seen in race of
this character in this country.
Among the late arrivals to reach Ben
ming are the Kirkfield stables, owned by
the street railway magnate of Toronto,
Mr.. Mckenzie. Included in this lot is Wire
In (said to be the best horse ever bred i'll
Canada, War Whoop "a stake winner,
Sandy Andy Zone OF the crack two-year
olds of the Canadian circuit last season..
Burdette "a fast and game filly), Chas. Ei-
wood Cwinner of the Brooklyn Derby IN
1880. First Born (Which WaShingtonianS
will remember as having won at his first
effort as "A two year-Old here last season.
and three well-bred two-year- olds-Pardner
(by the Commoner, Kameron (by Huron
and a chestnut FLY by Observation-Disclosures
IrrerraSsfbla Jimmie Mara in last
Friday with the steeplechase horses of Mr..
j. w. Colt. which includes Lavator, Black
Death Sandhurst Castalia and one other.
Leo. Evans, from WarTenton, sent down
five To be trained by Jimmy Johnson Red
Hawk, Warner, Lescher, Topaz and Man
of-War make up the complement OF TINS
stable. Johnson, it will be remembered,
has several of Mr. z. Lorillard's horses,
among which are Emigrant and Czardas.
Hayman's Good String.
Among the many hlgh-class stables that
have been assigned stable room at Benning
were those OF NJ. l.. Hayman, which in
cludes a great many of the cracks of the
winter meeting at New Orleans; among
these are Song and Wine Thought to be the
best two year-old of last season in the east
at one time: winner of nearly thirty thou
sand dollars; Right Royal, also wonder
fully fast horse: De Reske one of the most
consistent horses in America. winner of at
least fifteen races: Garnish, one of the
best ong-distance horses at New Orleans
this winter: Janeta, a crack three-year- old
FLY; Orthodox. very fast horse and win
ner of many stakes; Waterlght and six
others including the two-year-old Leonard;
Joe Hayman. a stake winner at New Or
leans this winter, ard NJ. l.. Hayman, also
a winner. and several Others. The Cough
acre stables will be on hand with seventeen,
headed by the redoubtahle Bryn Mawr, one
OF the champion three-year- odds of last
year; Shorthose. grand stake winner;
Spring, one of the fastest horses in train
ing: DeIphie. Incense, Preen, Woman and
nine two-year- olds, said 10 be the best look
ing lot seen from this great breeding estab-
lishment for many years. Pa" Bradley
will be up from Virginia with twenty, head
ed by that remarkably fast horse, Peter
Paul There are many reports of this
strings excellent condition, and, as usual, II
VIII be found that they will annex more
than their share Of the plums of the meet
ing. II. L. Griffin viii be here in a few
days from Little Rock, with the best lot of
horses that he has ever had in his racing
career, which includes these sterling per-
formers, Gettysburg, Critical. Bill Curtis,
Conkling, Payne and eight or nine two
year-olds six of which have already won
their spurs in both stakes and purses at
Hot Springs this winter. Chelsea stables