Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-16
Turf and Track Notes.

AS a result of dissensions in the ranks of
the Western Jockey Club, the special meet
ing called for today at Hot Springs mas
been declared off. 1t is said that the m
tention of the Crescent City Jockey Ciup
to continue racing at New Orleans after
Saturday has caused &. peck of trouble. ana
that the Memphis track will soon openly
declare itself in favor of the American Turf
Association.
1t was said yesterday that James K.
Keene carried insurance amounting to 500
OOG on Commando. This is a pretty stiH
sum for a horse as yet untried as a sire
except that his get show unmistakabIe EVIL
dences of quality, but it remains to be seen
if this represents the true worth of the
horse from purely commercial standpoint.
Hard luck seems to cling to the family
of the steepIechaS,a jockey Jimmy Mara
Last year Mara had his collarbone broken
several times but after a quiet winter he
recently announced that he was ready for
another campaign Mara has son, Wine.
who is an apprentice in the stable Of
Father Bill DAILY. Yesterday little Mara
while exercising DAILY horse on the Coney
Island boulevard was thrown heavily and
had a leg broken in two places. He was
dragged for some distance.
DR.. Lego, winner of two derbys in Cal
ifornia, has been entered for the Saratoga
handicap and the Saratoga cup. James
Mclaughlin has nominated Oxford for the
cup also. Other entries from the far west
are Cigarlghter and Gold Enamel for the
handicap. Walter Jennings entered both
Dainty and Proper for some of the Sara
toga events, but not for the star numbers.
The entry list for the handicap foots up
Seventy-one, one more than last year. For
the cup there are thirtyfour entries.
Charley Dwyer. who owned Africander
two years ago. has arrived in New Orleans
from California Young Dwyer attended
the Los Angeles meeting the greater part of
the winter, but for the past few weeks he
has been visiting the Catalina Islands.
When he left New York last fall he had
disposed of all his interests in his former
| racing stable and in spite of the fact that
his uncle. Philip J. Dwyer. has taken him
into partnership in stable this year the
young man has received no authentic in
formation to this effect except what he has
| read in the newspapers. He will come east
in few days 10 make preparations for
the coming season.
A man who is In touch with the affairs of
the Jockey Club expressed the opinion some
time ago that there is no provision in the
Percy-Gray law for the allotment of dates
by the stewards to any race track; that the
law simply provides for the granting of
licenses by the state racing commission
Phil Greusil, the American trainer who
died in Switzerland yesterday, was well
known here. He went to England about six
years ago with William Duke and Enoch
Wishard, when those two noted trainers
created sensation on the British turf.
Greusil for the last two years trained with
| great success for Lord Carnarvon. Previous
| to that time he handled for short period
| the thoroughbreds owned by Richard Croker.
While there are a number of stables at the
Long Island tracks which contain some fine
| looking two-year-old colts, there is not one
which holds as many grand-looking fllies
as the one owned by James r. Keene He
has not only the largest number of FLIES in
| training, but he has among the lot six of
| the finest looking that ever peeped through
a bride. Some clever turf critics predict
| that the turf honors OF the season will be
won by his FLIES, and not the colts.
]. H. Greener, who sold Oiseau to 'Dia-
mond jim Brady for $27 500 last fall, has
| six two-y ear-olds, all FLIES, that will carry
sisters to Oiseau and defiant, the former
called Oeanya and the latter Ousel. Like
| their distinguished relatives, these two are
| little small but in other respects they APP
pear to have the quality of stake winners.
Diamond jim Brady, by the way, has
added couple of promising two-year-olds
| to his stable in Mackie Witt, by Farandole-
Custance. hence a full brother to Suzanne,
Rocamora and Red Flag, by LOcohatchee,
| out of an Ill Used mare.
The spectacular side of the fight between
the race tracks at New Orleans has become
an unusual feature. From street corners
| and balconies, both morning and evening,
| men armed with megaphones tell of the bril-
| liant features offered at each track. Auto
mobiles carrying bands OF music specially
uniformed and bearing banners announcing
unsurpassed attractions, race about the
streets to invite public attention. The old
system of advertising by means of street
| cars carrying bands also goes on, while the
newspapers carry unparalleled advertise
ments The management of City Park has
been contented with one band at the track,
but the Crescent City track has two work.
ing overtime between races AS a climax
there are fifteen races each day, eight at the
Crescent City track and seven at City Park,
money.