Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-06
Turf and Track Notes.

"eshtS Ior the Bennfng spring handicap
Will be published on Thursday next The
amended rules concerning the highest
weight in handicap do, not affect the Ben
ming handicap. because the added money
exceeds the 5000 clause
Odds against the respective candidates
Tor the Montgomery handicap have been
made public. The race Is to be run on the
opening day of the Memphis meeting
Rams Horn was one Of the fayorites at 6
to before he won the Speed handicap at
New Orleans, but that victory will I'M
doubtedly lower his odds. The colts weight
is 104 pounds.
According to a report current among
turfmen. Arthur Redfern will not ride for
any particular owner this year but will
free lance" it. Redfern was under con-
tract to E. X. Thomas last year, but the
engagement was not renewed. Mr.. Thomas
1t is said, has practically secured the sery-
Ices of Jockey Nicol, and will retain Tray
erS.
The Maryland Jockey Club announces the
conditions for three stakes to be run at
P1mlico next month. They are the Pim-
leo handicap for three-year-ods and up
ward, $500 added. one mile; the Clabaugh
memorial cup, for two-year-olds bred in
Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the
District of Columbia, $1,000 added. and the
Easter Monday steeplechase, $3.50 added.
Entries close on March p.
Recently there has arisen decidedly
bullish feeling for membership in the Me-
tropolitan Turf Association. Seats quoted
few months ago at $1,000 are now held at
AGO. The feeling among professional lay
ers Is that because of the enforcement OF
| the laws against city betting, there will be
any number of new bank rolls ready for
expert bookmakers to do business with this
year.
David Gideon will have practically a new
stable this year. as he sold off all his horses
last fall except Highborn and Her Majesty,
flly that has never started, and is by His
Highness-Butterf1es Gideon has twenty
twoyear-olds, who will be trained as usual
by former Jockey Tommy Murphy under
the supervision of their owner. The horses
are still at Holmdel stud, which has been
leased by E. r. Thomas. but they will be
shipped to the bay the latter part of this
month.
There is rumor to the effect that Broom
stick, winner of the Brighton handicap last
year and holder of the worlds record for
mile and quarter, may not race again be-
cause of some trouble with his wind. He
was taken i'll shortly after he reached Lex
ington last fall, and it Is said that he has
been in poor health all winter. In recent
exercise gallops Broomstick Is said to have
developed slight cough, which denotes
lung trouble but Trainer Bob Tucker in
sists that the ailment is in no way serious.
and that the great colt will come around
all right when the warm weather sets in.
Acting for E. E. Smathers. S. C. Hildreth
has made an offer of $3.50 for the three
yeAr-old colt, Rams Horn. but 1t was
turned down by Owner Jim Williams.
Rams Horn is hot favorite for the cres-
cent city derby. He was bred at James B.
Haggins' Eimendorf stud. His sire. imp.
Butte, was bought by Haggin at the dis
| persal sale of the late Marcus Days horses,
and Is by the great English sire, Hampton.
Captain Williams bought the colt at the
Lexington yearling sales for $3.50. He re-
| fused an offer of $4,000 for him some time
ago.
If Attorney General Stead of Illinois
means what he says, all OF the Chicago
race tracks will be closed this summer.
Stead made move last Saturday by which
he successfully closed up Jim O'Learys
pool room in Dupage county, incidentally
declaring that no more betting on horse
races would be allowed in the state. He
also stated that II any person would file
complaint with him he would stop betting
at all of the race tracks In Chicago. The
attorney generals assistant who closed
license for gambling at race tracks than in
pool rooms. The statutes provide that bet
ting may be conducted within race-track
Enclosures at certain times. but this has
been knocked out by the supreme court"
This construction of the law is taken to
mean that the tracks will be treated like
the pool rooms within the confines of the
state
Winnie O'Connor and Carl Mitchell. the
Jockeys, sailed for Europe yesterday on the
steamship Philadelphia. Both will ride In
France this year. O'Connor rode for Baron
Rothschild the last two years, but this sea-
son will be under contract to M Portelas.
OConnor was accompanied by his mother
and sister. who will occupy cottage at
! Chantiliy until fall Mitchell, who was the
leading rider in Russia, VIII not return to
the czars empire, because he believes that
the war and internal discussions will prac-
tcally kill the interest in the turf Mitchell
will seek engagement on the French
tracks, where his reputation has preceded
him.