Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
Trainers at Benning Welcome
Warmer Weather.
HORSES ARRIVE DAILY
FIELD OF STEEPLECHASERS UN
USUALLY LARGE THIS SPRING.
Blue and Grays Meet a Success
Second Prize for Lord and Hardie
-Mackay Racquet Champion.

Although it has been the most severe
winter that this city has known In a dec
ade, the spring meeting of the Washington
Jockey Club which begins March %,
promises at this time to beat all records in
the sense that there will be more horses of
good class than ever before in the spring.
Owing to the fact that there has been
racing this winter at five tracks stimuli
taneously more good horses have been In
training than usual, and from applications
already received for stable room it looks
like large fields and good contests.
Many of the stables wintering in New
York and vicinity have already made prep
aration to ship to Benning in the next few
days. as 1t is almost impossible to give the
racers any needed exercise in those locali-
ties on account of snow and sleet.
The track at Benning, while 1t is frozen a
bit beneath the surface. has a good cush-
ion, and in the past few days has been
alive with horses galloping in preparation
for the opening day. Among those whose
charges are constantly in evidence is E. H.
Hanna. trainer for the locally popular Co
lumbia stable which includes GraZiallo. one
of the favorites of the great spring handi-
caps, such the Brooklyn Suburban and
Brighton This is one of the most i'm
proved horses in training, and many of the
best judges think that he has been very
lenently treated. with 40. 100 and 1Os
pounds. respectively. Almost all of the
local trainers have a thorough belief that
this horse will be "a hard nut to crack in
either one of the races he may go. Lady
Francis. full sister of Grazallo, who won
several races in the spring of last year, and
who Is a prominent contender for the two
Benning handicaps, is also seen daily on the
track. DR.. SwartZ, "a winner, and eight
well-bred two-year-olds make up the COM
pIement of this stable. Several of these
colts. notably one by Hastings. out of Sou
veraine. and one by Glenheim have been
very highly tried. and they are believed to
be something out of the ordinary.
Good Timber Toppers.
Mr.. Cotton's'' crack stables of steeple-
ehasers. in charge of the popular trainer,
Gwyn Tompkins, has also wintered at Ben
ming. with string of twelve. This in
cludes ST. Jude. one of the very best
steaplechasers of last year: st. Thomas. a
full brother of st. Jude, Sunshine After
Rain (wfnner of the Junior SteeplechaSe
last fall at Benning): Blue and Orange.
Jimmy Lane. Coola hatchie, Game Cock,
Gcrtnagallon. Sweet Pepper, Ragged Cava-
lier Ia sterling perforrner), knight of Ell
way, and three others.
Will Shields who for the past two sea-
sons has trained for E. R. Thomas crack
string, which includes the great Hermis.
Stalwart, Lady Amelia, st. Belane and
many Others has arrived from Hot Springs
with six, among which is the fast Tenny
SSluiIS buitoIS, the lWO-yedT-Olu odh
Lawn. stake winner at Hot Springs this
season. and four promising two-year-olds.
Mr.. Shields, returning from Hot Springs.
stopped over at Lexington. Ky, on visit
to John E. Madden. Mr.. Madden informed
him that he would be in Washington by
March Il with thirty Eight horses, which
means practically all the horses that he in
tends racing in the east this season. I'm
like Mr.. Madden'S previous experience of
last year, he will bring his horses to Ben
ming practically fit. Having constructed a
straw track on his own place he has been
galloping constantly since the first of the
year.
Popular Billy Garth reached here on
Thursday with twenty-seyen horses from
Charlottesville. Va. Among these is Boba-
oil. the high-clasS stake winner of the past
two seasons; Race King. one of the crack
two-year-olds of 1903, and winner of the
Columbia handicap last fall at Benning;
WOodshade and Canteloupe, both winners
of five races last season; Little Woods,
Lord Advocate, Only One, Gold Dome, kaS-
sill. Mistiss. frequent winner; Marster, a
full brother of Mistss; Charlie Moore and
Arius, two sterling performers over the
jumps, and ten two-year-olds. principally
by Imported Fatherless, which includes J.
s. Martin. Pater, Judge White. Merry Bell,
Lady Chiswick, Cologne, Palm. NagaZam
and three others. The universal opinion
expressed by all the good judges are that
this IS the best looking and fittest lot of
horses seen this season. Garth, it will be
remembered. was the largest winner in the
number of races won here last spring, and
keeping up his good reputation had the
same good luck at Ontario Hamilton and
Fort Erie Mr. Geo. Saportas string of
jumpers has been here for the past ten
days. and includes nine very promising
horses. amOsg which are Mackey Dwyer. a
frequent stake winner on the fiat; Choate
a very speedy horse: Don John. who
brought $1,000 as yeariing; Gold Van, Mel
bourne Eclipse, STEAMBOAT. Outsider, DaIes-
ford. Palatina Champ Ulysses.
King Carter a Winner
Mr. J. Megargee's string is also on the
grounds, and includes the successful steeple-
chasers King Carter. Judge Fulton. It~Ood.
Woodville. Glen FL and Imperial half
brother to Imperialist.
King Carter. 1t will be remembered, was
a find last fall as steeplechaser, having
won three out of his four starts at Bal
timore and Washington, defeating many Of
the best steepechasers then in training.
William (Baltimore) Jennings is here with
stable of thirteen, headed by the speedy
horse Plantagenet. Malabar, Sailors De-
light. Adona. Stone Brook, a promising
brown colt by Bowling BrookMary Stone:
Or. Spruill. Dutch Frigate. Ollanbrook. Brac-
ing Breeze Dutch Roll. and two two-year-
olds. ane by Imported Fatherless and the
other by Racine.
William Dsston, the wealthy Philadel-
phia manufacturer who has lately gone to
racing, has sent down eight, including
Honest Dick. Barbara Luke, Sweet Flavor,
Valley Green aud four others.
John Baker is here with Asterisk. one o.
the Hot Springs derby. and several others.
Carter Hall is in charge of eight good
looking horses. the property of various
owners. This string is made up of Lord
Aiutree Croxton, Won Rosen. Mineral Boy,
J. b, Rolling Pin, Yo San. Standard Bear
or and three others.
J. c. Waters has Fairbury and Henry
Luerhman, Jr.
One OF the most prominent stabes which
has wiutered here is that of Jules Gar
son. among which is the frequent winner
Golddeur (whom Washingtonians will re-
here last faiD, Silver Dream and Loricate,
both frequent winners. Como. Xxi, Re
ward. Auction, Jades, Billy Mcgowan and
Bluefront.
w b. Powers. one of the prominent local
racing men, has Old Glory. Twister, Cedric,
Cambria and Nellie Forest.
Twilight to Run Again.
N /. Devln is training quite collection
of both steeplechasers and fiat racers,
among the best known are the redoubtable
Twilight winner of last springs Chevy
Chase Hunt steeplechase; Arrahgowan,
Duke of Grasslands, Morrelton Chief, w. B.
Fasig. Monsoon Flower Girl Montabella,
Lady Eyaline. Nine Spot and the high-class
steeplechaser of last fall, Ogress.
Fred Miller is here with The Rogue and
Holm r