Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-27

Ormonde's Right and Bad News. Instead
of that he was giving each Jumps OF weight
at respective difference of twenty and
twelve pounds only. Who shall say how
much further he would have gone had he
but ninety-one pounds. his scale weight.
and they theirs. Log each. II a special race
could be arranged for late in the week at
seven furlongs for Disobedient. FLIP Flap.
The Clown and the best OF the older horses
here 1t would prove a drawing card
Track Notes.
Henry T. Oxnard looked over his horses
at Benning yesterday. and had the pleas
ure Of seeing his great little mare Santa
Catalina take her daily exercise gallop.
Mr.. Oxnard Is gradually concentrating
more brood mares at his Virginia farm.
From California that good more Wealth has
been brought on, and others win follow in
course Of time. His Hamburg stallion. In
flexible. will be mated to some OF these.
although IL the horse stands training he
will be raced ID the OXnard colors next
year.
The news of the success OF August Bel
mont's Ferment on Saturday on the other
Side OF the ocean was the subject of much
pleasant comment among owners and train
ers The president OF the parent jockey
club has not experienced many favors from
Dame Fortune with his horses that have
raced In England and France. But Fer
ment's success looks as If he may have
one now that will make amends for many
previous disappointments.
Talking of the few delays at the post
since the barrier came into use, promi-
nent trainer said at Benning yesterday:
Why, before the starting gate was instf-
tuted | have seen horses kept at the post
for one race long enough to run four races
on nowadays. AT Saratoga IN the middle
eighties our mutual friend, w. P. Burch.
uyn ha ANN cto 1yoc fxr-r,-
old flly of his after delay at the post OF
two hours and a quarter! Strange to say
this FLY threw a colt, think it was Martl-
mas. the Canadian horse that won race
during his career where an hour and half
was wasted at the post" All which Is turf
history.
Another trainer also grew reminiscent.
Said he: Yes, the starting of today Is
cut my horses tails shorter nowadays.
Why? Because 1 don't want them to get
away from the post with an assistant
starters whip hanging to their tails, as 1
have seen on no less than three occasions
in my time. But none of these three was
under this handicap. The great horse Tom
Bowling, now, could have probably won
with the whips to his tail. At Saratoga, In
fiend at the post. had ''twitch'' on his
lip with wooden handle attached. At the
start the assistant could not get this loose,
and Bowling ran and won with the wooden
handle dangling from his lip
The veteran Missouri trainer John H.
Davis is a striking figure at Benning He
Is one Of the Oldest of his profession now
living and his life has been a virtual his
tory of the American turf for the last fifty
years.
Echodale's owner would have been in his
winter oats and more. too. had the hand
some brown on Saturday been able to beat
out The Cure AS it was, Echodale's lib
eral place and show odds landed his back
ers a fair stake.
Among those who got in from New York
Saturday was the veteran court attache
Billy Ricketts,. Mr.. Ricketts, has wit
messed about every race Of note for the
last quarter of a century, and is a close
judge of form. He had a couple of mod
est wagers yesterday on the Asbury stable
winners.
Just how close handcappers at the track
figure out the chances of the horses will
be under stpd when they compare the con-
dttion of the two courses-old and new
in each calculation. Horses that are
tabled as partial to heavy going are
given an especial preference when they go
over the old course, which Is quite
bit deeper than the new.
FIammula was left at the post Saturday
for the first race and lot of money burnt
I'D on her Sunray, after an unlucky be
ginning closed a tremendous gap and
might have won with an even break
Monte Carlo was also virtually LETT. pull
ing up quite lame.
Ex-Jockey Snapper Garrison, IN ms
day a great rider. is at Benning. He was
one of Father Bill Days pupils In ms
younger DAYS and rapidly rose to promi-
hence of late years Garrison has trained
a few horses with Indifferent success.