The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-23
GUARDS The TRYOUTS
John Z. Madden Framing
COupS for TwO-year-Olds.
SECRET WORK OF HIS STRING
Famous Hamburg Trial I'm 1897 In
the MoOnIight-PubIic Thrown on
by Taking n cool Out" on Bar
Iesque-saIvidere VIII Exercise at
Clinton Park, Little Rock.

Memphis. Tenn. Dec. 22.-John f. Mad
den is preparing for a feast of good
things which he hopes viii be launched
on unsuspecting boOkmakers next season.
This information has leaked out through
the visits of horsemen to Clinton Park,
Little Rock. where an even score Of arts
tocratic sons and daughters of Mr. Mad
den's best Kentucky sires and matrons
are being broken for the preliminary
trials for 1907 racing.
Special care is being taken by Charles
T. Patterson. who has charge Of Mad
denis interests. to protect Madden's Sc
crets and no one has been able to dis
cover the identity of any juvenile colt or
hlly Patterson admits TO all that he has
received instructions not TO disclose the
breeding or any information whatever
of any member of his household.
Madden has leased The entire race
track for his own use and for any friends
that might care To train there. Charley
Patterson has taken up his residence in
the clubhouse. where the flower and chiv-
airy Of Little Rock once assembled when
attending the races under the Old Arkan-
Boundless, Lookout. Calhoun, and others
were attractions on the track. and an
effort Will be made to prep the young
sters in a manner so that the railbirds
and checkers" viii be puzzled when the
Madden colors are sent TO the post.
Hamburg Comp IA Daisy.
Horsemen remembering past successes
hereabouts Of Madden and Patterson say
g.
mighty Hamburg that prompted him 10
send his baby brigade back TO Clinton
Park. rather than attempt TO train them
in Kentucky. Before the master Of Ham
burg achieved such renown he resOrted
90 the most mysterious methods I'm prep
ping his horses. X was here in 1897 that
Hamburg WAS given his famous moonlight
trial i'm which ne stepped up the famous
hin in faster time than a tw0-year-Old had
ever stepped before. The great colt was
started by the flash Of lantern from the
Half-mile pole and the timer. who was
stationed at the finish, caught the time
at the Judges stand in something less
than 0:l3, which is better than record
time for this track.
H0rsemen heard OF "a moonlight trial.
having taken place. and when they be
gan to inquire around the Madden-Pat-
terson stable they saw the three-year-
old colt Burlesque being cooled out"
The wet blanket from Hamburg. how
ever. had been transferred. and "a double
coup was thereby accomplished. as sub
sequcut events proved. for the fast time
attributed I'd BuriesQUe prevented John
". SChOrT from shipping bis then good
horse Macy 90 Little Rock for the Derby.
while "a few months later Hamburg was
uuCOrlled at Graveseud track and Mad
den and Patterson winnings We're esti-
mated in the thousands.
SaInidere at Clinton Park.
At Clinton Park Salvidere. the crack
two-year-old. viii receive his first gaIlops
as a threr-year-oId. He Will celebrate
his birthday on January 1.-The national
birthday of the thorouglDred-and from
then on until the string is shipped 10
Lexington the turf viii watch for de
velopments from Madden's mysterious
little band Of horses.
Many hoTsemen here remembering the
failure that followed the efforts of the
local turfman. John ". Schorr. To de-
prive checkers of information concerning
horses that have never started express
opinion that the same results will fol-
low Madden when he reaches Eastern
tracks. SchOrr numbered his band dur
ing the spring of 1900, and each colt was
known as No. j, -, 3, &c. When they
reached the races almost everything that
carried his colOrs was made a short
priced choice
Trainer "Bub" May, for one. does not
believe In the mysterious system. and,
furthermore, says that the dreaded clock
ers have never beaten him out Of any
good bet that he had made Up his mind
TO cash One exception was on Prospero
in 1893. The Mays and a following at
tempted a coup but the checkers caught
the private time Prospero made. and a
short price was accepted about the colt.
May developed Highball, Pulsus, and 9TH
ers, and won many races. including the
American Derby with Highball