Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-01
Turf and Track Notes.

1t is probable that there will be no steeple-
chase races at the Aqueduct spring meet
ing. inasmuch there are no announce
ments of any cross-country stake to be run
there.
The stewards of the English Jockey Club
having reinstated Jockey Rickaby. who for
merly rode for Lord Durham, "Augur," in
the Sporting Life. says that Lester Relf
and Tod Sloan should be treated with
the same clemency.
st. Amant Derby winner, has been de-
clared out of the Lincolnshire handicap, IN
which his weight was 40 pounds Owing
to outbreak of typhoid fever in the town
of Lincoln. England, the success of the race
meeting which begins there on March p
is threatened, many Newmarket trainers
having expressed a determination not to
race there.
Frank r Clarke is somewhat skeptical of
the report that there are no good two-year-
olds in Jack Joyner's string. and has al
ready wagered the North Carolinian suit
of clothes that he will win more two-year-
old races this year than any named stable
Mr.. Clarke thinks that Africander has
royal good chance to win the Suburban
The horse is now under Joyners care.
The report that Edward Corrigan and his
friends have received overtures from the
Western Jockey Club is denied. Corrigan
still insists that he Is well satisfied with
the prospects Of the American Turf Asso-
alton. A rumor is current that 8. S.
Brown. who Is one of Corrigan's allies. will
sell all of his horses that usually race in
the west and will confine his turf opera
lions to the eastern circuit this year.
The stewards of the New California
Jockey Club have suspended Mike Daily,
Father Bills brother, and his son Willie for
thirty days. because of some alleged
funny work" attempted with a three-year-
old named Gallopof recently. The horse
started on February Is at 100 to 1, and was
last Later he finished second to Whoa
Bill, bleeder. who did not happen to bleed.
Days platter had been backed down from
80 to 1 to Is to /. and with a better ride
from Willie he would probably have won.
DAILY will leave for the east in few days
TOD" Sloan rode Garnish to victory in
the fourth race at the New City Park track,
CHEW Orleans, Monday. He got the colt
Off In 'front.' and was never headed winning
by a length and half from Bellindian. with
J. Hennessy up. There was serious acct
dent In the last race. Four horses fell In
the stretch, and r. Johnson. who had the
mount on Triumvir. had his Skull fractured.
None of the other boys was seriously hurt.
David Gideon will arrive in New York
from New Orleans today. The veteran
horseman has enjoyed prosperity at the
Crescent City track all winter. which is In
line with the series of successes scored py
him on the Jockey Club tracks last season.
Gideon is a close student OF form, a wise
man in every sense OF the word ana a rear
less speculator. He has amassed fortune
on the turf, and his play Is generally fol-
lowed at all of the race tracks. 1t Is doubt
full If Gideon ever made guess as to
the result of a horse race In his nfe-that
ia to saw he never made a bet on a horse
unless he had some sort of information that
convinced him of a reasonable amount or
success He has suffered his losses, like
the other plungers, but he has pulled OH
tricks at times that have made his rivals
turn green with envy. 1t is often said that
a plunger's luck does not stick to him for
ever, and for that reason Gideon's opera
lions In the east this year will be watched
with unusual interest