Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-13
Turf and Track Notes.

Fred Burlew has taken hold of a colt
named Pharamond. by GoIdfnch-Lucania.
who did not race last year and for whom
Pierre Lorillard paid 800 as a yearling.
Lucien Lyme, who rode in England year
before last for James R. Keene and was
under contract to Sydney Paget a part of
last season, has signed contract with
Middleton & Jungbluth, owners of the
Picket. who will campaign large stable
trained by Carroll Reid, in the east this
year. Lyme will ride as a free lance at
the Memphis meeting and VIII then come
east to begin his new engagement.
The repeal of the breeders law by the
Missouri legislature means that there will
be no racing this year at the w. J. C.'s
tracks located at the fair grounds, Del
mar and kinlock, st. Louis and the A. 7.
A. tracks at Union Park, st. Louis and
Kansas City. This will be hard blow to
both rival turf organizations, and with the
Chicago tracks closed, too there will be
not much left OF the struggle for suprem-
acy.
The racing stable of John E. Madden will
leave Hamburg place next Wednesday for
Benning. Allen Steel will have charge Of
the string until June when Madden will
come east himself. In the consignment are
Pulsus, Adbell. Dandelion, Siglight, Mi
graine and twenty-five two-year-olds, the
best Madden has ever trained at Lexington
he says Among them is a youngster by
imp. Ogden. which has been named Bel
mere, and is said to be a phenomenal colt.
Trainer Charlie Hughes, who will have
charge of H. NJ. Ziegler's horses as usual
this year, has arrived at Sheepshead Bay
Before leaving Lexington Hughes made
arrangements to breed Mr. Ziegler's mares
to Ethelbert and imp. Miltonian. Though
Hermis passed out of Hughes hands sew
eral years ago, he still takes an interest
in the famous Hermence horse and says
that he will be trained this year by Aleck
Shields, who will also have charge Of Stall
wart. All Of the other horses belonging
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E. r. Thomas evidently believes that
Hermis will show all of his wonderful rae
ing qualities this year in spite of the fact
that he went lame just after his victory
over Beldame in the Test handicap at
Brighton last summer. Hermis has been
named for the Excelsior, Metropolitan,
Brooklyn. Suburban, Brighton and Sara
toga handicaps. He has already received
top weight in the Brooklyn, Suburban and
Brighton, and will probably be similarly
treated in the other events. HermiS is
six-year-old now and has wintered well at
Aleck Shields farm at Bound Brook, N. J.
H G. Crickmore, secretary of the West
chester Racing Association, which will
operate Belmont Park, says that the COM
pleted list of entries for the Metropolitan
handicap will not be made public until Cali
fornia and the south have been heard from.
These entries have been refused for the
reason that the owners were on the forfeit
list, but of the forty nominations already
received Dy secretary Cf1ChuOTe, Il. n.
Thomas Hermis and stalwart, August Bel
mont's Beldame and Lord of the Vale, H.
P Whitney's Irish Lad. Artful and Tanya;
James r. Keenes Sysonby and Delhi, John
A. brakes Ort Wells, c. E. Rowe's Colonial
Girl, Andrew Miller's Coy Maid and others
have been named. The Metropolitan will
be run on May 5, and the distance, one
mile, is suitable for many crack horses at
such an early date.
The act of an owner with a large stable
of thOroughbredS in demOliSh1ng a camera
of an amateur photographer who tried to
snap the star of the string, has proved an
effective remedy. which has put stop to
the visits of kodak men to the Memphis
track From all indications horsemen are
just as superstitious now as they have been
in regard to photography, many of them
pointing to occurrences which would In
dictate that the likeness of their horse
transferred to paper was instrumental in a
breakdown, death or accident that followed
the taking of the: photograph. Efforts to
photograph Colonial Girl, the winner Of
the $4,000 Worlds Fair handicap, who be-
longs to C. E. Rowe, were unsuccessful,
at St. Louis several years ago after allow
ing his picture to be taken. John Lowe, in
charge of the big Smathers stable. has re-
ceived orders from Sam Hildreth to pitch
fork all kodak men who may be caught
lettering in the vicinity of the barn. Hill
dreth has always been. superstitious as to
picture taking as well cracked mirrors
and black cats. Andy Blakely, John w.
Schorr's new trainer, will not look at
camera under any circumstances, for
Schorr says that Lady Schorr. Silverdale
and Sam Phillips. who broke down at
Washington Park on several occasions.
were the victims of hOodoO snap shots.