Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-07

Mr.. Drake has notified the boy to come at
cree to New York ana rejoin Enoch Wish
ard at Sheepshead Bay and to prepare to
ride at Benning.
One of the features of the City Park.
New Orleans. races has been the uniformly
good starting of "Curley' Brown. Brown
uses the so-called Cassidy method. He IN
sists on the horses being walked up to
him, and IL they are in fairly close order
he sends them away
Turfmen heard with, much concern yes
terday report emanating from Chicago 20
the effect that Attorney General Stead OF
Illinois had declaredIhis intention of ar
resting bookmakers who might attempt to
do business on the Chicago race courses
this year. With racing threatened in llii-
nois, Missouri and California, the future
OF the western turf Is far from bright.
Because Of the threatened interference
with racing In Missouri and Illinois. Y IS
likely that racing may be extended at HOT
Springs to May next. It is already decided
that the Little Rock six days meeting Will
be decided at the Oaklawn track, Hot
Springs, instead of the Little Rock. Some
of the big bettors at Hot Springs are COM
planning about form reversals diminished
and fragrant foul riding unchecked.
The French Jockey Club has enacted
that horses which run In selling races VIII
not be eligible to handicaps OF high Craze
and the ruling has aroused much crltlcism'
some Of the shrewdest men In England de-
claring that it Is not good racing law.
More than $500 600 has been set ASIDE oy
various French racing associations 10 ne
competed for by steeplechases ana nuruie
races this year.
w. M. ShefteI owner of the lamented
derby winner of last year, Highball has
six two-year-olds, including full brotners
to Bensonhurst and Sheriff Bell, In training
at Memphis They are Blair Attal, D. Co.
by Ben Strome-Rose Leaf: Prospero, CHI. c.,
by Ben Strome-Irvana; Masquerader, b. ca
by Ornament-Louise; Ontario. D. c., oy
Sempronius-Royal Approval; st. Alary, u;
c., by Henry Young-Emma Primrose. anu
Monitor, b. f., by Hamburg-Eye Sweet.
At a meeting of the stewards OF ths
jockey club in New York yesterday, there
were present Messrs. James r. Keene. j. H.
Bradford, H. K. Knapp and Andrew Miller.
Mr.. Keene presided The following officials
were approved for the Maryland Jockey
Club meeting: Joseph A. Murphy, stew
ard and handicapped; Frank ]. Bryan ana
William P. Riggs, judges; John Boden.
clerk of the scales Phil McGinnis, starter.
w. ?. Burch, timer. Licenses were granted
to 113 trainers and 20 jockeys
]. M. Murphy & Co. of Memphis have
announced the first quotation in future
book on the Montgomery handicap. Ram
Horn, Phil Finch, Moharib, Tokalon and
Kings Trophy are quoted equal favorites
at to l. Dalvay is at 10 to l. with Bond
age. Au Revoir, Janeta, Luralighter, Spence
rian, Canteen and Gregor K. all at II to 1.
McChesney, Witfull, Leonidas, Councilman.
Loretta NJ, Cigarlighter Lucky Charm and
Dan Mckenna are quoted at 10 to 1, and 50
on down.
E. E. Smathers has forty two-year odds
to be- raced this year, part in the east and
part in the west. He has named the $500
colt, who is a half brother to Ort Wells and
Dick Welles, Security, while the name of
half brother to Mike Days Claude Is
Warning. Others that have been named
are Sir Brinkley, b. c., by Pessara-Faust
Rose: Babel, be, by Buck Massie-Urbana;
Conversion, b. c., by ST. George-Stapel,a;
High Chance, b. c., by Odd Fellow-Leon-
atus mare; Savonarola b. c., by St. George
-Firenze; Notre Knip, b. c., by Scorpion
Linderlate; Euripides. br. c.. by Sorcerer-
Alcestsi; Swimming Girl, b. f., by Gotham -
Brighton Beach; Old Ella, b. f., by Odd
Fellow-Ella Duke: Hattie Kingston, CHI. f.,
by kingston-Hattie Trowbridge. and Hen
pecked, b. f., by Margrave-Donna Hen
rietta.