The Washington times., 1905-09-03
Metropolitan Racing
Season Promises Much
More Horses on the Tracks About New York
han Ever Before Attendance at
Sheepshead Bay Continues Large.
By MANHATTAN.

ing establishment Mr. Madden IS n
contempt of court In New York ard
cannot return 10 this State without ser5-
Gus danger of going to Jail While hfs
string is under the charge of Charles I.
Patterson. there is a report which hza
strong elements of probability that n
soon will dispose of them.
Mr.. Madden has amassed a fortune I'm
his dealings in thoroughbreds. A sev
years ago he was one OF the most for
tunate owners racing hereabouts. bus
in the last season or two his successea
have not been SO great.
Out of the sale of Hamburg to Marcus
DAILY he realized s4l,000 and he received
fabulous price for Yankee. the Futur-
ity winner of 1901. from william c. Whit
ney- He also was the owner OF The
Minute Man. which ran third to Ham
burg Belle In the Futurity of 1903. ana
many other good horses he has brsA
raced. and sold.
". NJ. Scheftel. owner of the late great
colt Highball. Is jubilant over the PROS
poets of his colt Blair AthoI. which
cleveriy captured the Autumn Maiden
Stakes from an excellent field of horses
on Monday A big bay colt by Ben
Strcme-Roseleaf. he will prove a factor
in the remaining two-year-oId events.
and perhaps may round into a grand
youngster.
One of the men that has put steeple-
chasing on a high plane in the last
dozen years has stepped down and OUT
of the sport This gentleman Is none
other than Robert c. Hooper. who used
to race under the name of Mr. Chamblet.
Mr.. Hooper sold his string OF steeple-
chasers last fall but he remained
steward and a member OF the National
Association until the meeting Saturday,
when ne resigned Mr. Hooper's fnal
retirement came as a big surprise. and
is generally regretted
Not since the breedine of thorough
breds became popular out West has
finer looking lot of yearlings than the
bunch Adolph b. SprecI1els brought East
from the Pacific coast State. sold az
Sheepshead Bay on Wednesday. been
seen In these parts Recently. through
Enoch Wishard, the well-known trainer.
Mr.. Spreckels imported the splendid
English stations. Marius II and Soli-
tasre II. and most of the yearlings are
by those weIl-bred and well-knewn
racers. There are. however. a few by
the English stations. St. Symphoriea
and The Judge. and Crighton. the sire
of Billy divers well-znown mare. who
came from Australia Twenty-three
were offered for sale altogether, and
they are all colts Among the Napa
Stud yearlings this season there are
quite number of fiilies. but Mr. Spreck-
els does not care to offer them for sale.
He desires to keep most OF them for
breeding purposes
Belmont Park is in splendid condition
for the fall meeting of the westehester
Racing Association. and presents most
attractive appearance The tracks in
thei. present condition are materially
faster Than they were at the time the
spring meeting was held. and horsemen
no longer offer objections to running
their horses the reverse way of the
track
The entries for the stake events of the
every respect and the outlook is for q
most successful meeting.
Melton. thanks to Sysonby. heads the
list of winning sires- Hamburg through
the efforts of Artful. Burgomaster.
Dandelion. Battle Axe and Hamburg
Belle comes next These two are the
only ones whose get show winnings
in six figures. The sires who GO above
$4,000 include Meddier. with Tanya as
his best money-getter. Sir Dixon, with
Agile as his mainstay. Hastings, with
Blandy showing at the top, Watercress
with Edna Jackson and First Water
in the lead. Ben Storme. with RoSeben
showing four figures. and Octa gon, with
Beidame as the money-getter.
Tommy Smith racing secretary Of the
Coney Island Jockey Club, viii enSi-
neer the three-day steeplechase meet
ing which will be run at Morris Park,
beginning October q. This will be
pleasant news to the owners and train
ers OF jumpers. for Smith has always
framed the conditions at Sheepshead so
as TO insure excellent sport through the
field This meeting will be held under
the auspices of the United Hunt Club.
whose circuit includes New York, Phila-
deiphla- Baltimore. and Washington.