The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-17
Ostrich, Tuscan and 0arSman in R. |.
Handicap Today at Park.
Jack Johnson and Ferguson Furnish
Feature Bout Of Week.

Everything is in readiness for the open
ing OF the meeting at Management Park
today The gentlemen who have sent here
10 get the session i'm working order found
q great amount OF detail calling for at
tention, but the right sort of work rightly
directed has worktd wonders and every
thing Is now ready for the hosting OF the
nags The stables at the track are filed
% overiowing with a grade Of horses tnaI
assure contest OF sterling merit. What Is
more they have been brought here 10 be
raced and they will be seen day after day
measuring strides for purses liberal
enough 10 Justify the support that the
horsemen are giving the meeting This sup
port is the be>t feature OF the venture II
shows that the attempt TO give the turt's
devotees at various points away from the
regular turf centres racing OF high
grade is going TO make friends for gacng
and Of the right sort those that fnd
sentimental pleasure in a race and its re-
suit A glance over the list Of entries for
the opening day shows the names OF many
millionaire owners who have shipped
their stables here solely for the purpose
Of giving the meeting tone that VIII
make the public apreciate tho effort that
Is being made for them.
The field that will go 10 the post Tor
the Rhode Island Handicap guarantees
contest that would be rated high grade
one in any part OF the country az any
time The allotment OF weights adds fur-
ther IN the promises and with anything
like fast track n Is safe 10 predict thar
record for the track will he put up.
Sixteen have been named 10 do hattie for
- ~ fc chaHHa
declining Tho Westerners are pinning
their faith with Au Revoir who is one o.
the two that George Bennett is shipping
here from Buffalo This horse is Just now
AZ top notch and his trainer ann those IN
the stable make no secret ~ their belief
that he will run the hest race NJ his ca
reer His stable mate Little Scout Is NOT
out of N hy any means in fact many look
10 see him earn az least a share of the
purse Boston will he represented by =. T..
Richards Ostrich. a colt that two winters
ago won tho Crescent City Derby In New
Orleans and since has earned many
great race on the Metropolitan circuit.
He races In tho name % the Boston sta
hle and quite party of tho owners
friends will come down 70 see him run He
Is In light and those that recall his third
IN the great Brooklyn Handicap this
spring have every confidence that he will
he able 20 dispose OF the Westerners II he
does not earn the lions share OF the
purse
Finders the winner Of the Ladies' Stake
at Belmont Park will go 20 the post car
rvng the colors OF the Chelsea stable.
This hlly has AZ times shown brilliant
form and should she get 10 the front in
the early stages Of the journey IL Is going
20 take n pretty speedy one 10 out-game
her 10 the finish
--esiaaAA- -uAa-is honored with top weight
Is So well innown that II is enough 10 say
that he will he heard from AZ some stage
of the tourney. This horse who has been
ell over the country time and time again
In the three years that he has been rae
Ing has the reputation Of having Travelled
more miles on trains than any other
horse that ever raced and despite these
trips won more Derhies than any of the
great three year -olds that We have known
In this or any other country He arrived
Yesterday and after a short rest up was
given q lmbering up gallop that delighted
the critics He will he ridden hy Johnny
DAILY. a son Of the man that trains him
and I'm whose name he runs.
r r CLYDE. who races in the name Of
the Goughacres stable will send Spring 10
the post. This is one bred on his own farm
al Bryn Mawr and glance Of the records
OF the last couple Of years shows that he
has been able 70 hold his own in tho very
best or company and at weights and dis
tances very similar to that which will be
eSken or MIN on MONDAY.
The further one goes I'm review ot the
field the more evident II is that the
races will he treat for those who love
q great contest The MANAGEMENT has
every reason 70 feel proud of It's efforts
20 get together representative neld and
everything now indicates that the great
est crowd in the history Of local racing
will be on hand To see the race run
The official entries for -today's racing
are as follows:
First race, furlongs-Shrine 10l: Phoe-
bus. 1922 Diamond Flush. "a Rebo. 100
Bonnie Reg 100: Goldcrott. 90: Flinders
knight OF Weston. s5
Second race ! mile and ~ yards-Meis-
tersinger. los: Supreme Court as. York
shire Lad. 92. Arsenal los; Orfeo. los .
Black Cat 81; Durbsr. as. Ike s. So.
Goldfeur. a5. Elliott. lle; McGrathisna
Prince los. Master OF Craft. % Bronze
Wing ln3. Wccdshade. 9s
Third race, furlongs selling-sunglow,
o.. Pepper Pod. -; Succeed. %. Program
100; Ambitious, lo4. Tsngier lo7; Mr.
Budd. ll2: Penotype. lol.
Fourth race the Rhode Island Hand
cap Ills emiles--Cederstrome ~. Ed Ball.
los. Claude. i2s. Osrsman, ll2 Flinders.
ee; Stroller. 100. Bragg, eS. Toscan. 49,:
Workman. Jos. Jane Holly. 90 Lord
Badge as. Tommy Waddel l02. Ostrich.
loi; Spring. IFS; Little Scout, no. Au
Revoir. lls
Fifth race furlongs-Ba rherloot 20;
Rust. no. Sufficience, l07; Loreno G.. ~;
Miss Glin. lo7: swallow. l07: Hocus Po-
Gus. 1O7. Miss Point lo7. Merlingo, llr.
- Belasco. ITO: Elkdor, 10; Rye. 10. Venus.
iO7. G.. II. Carey. li0.