The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
Meet Begins Tol: ~ . n \
and Promises to Be Be,
BeStiY Yet. 8IS5.
GOOD SH OWING OF VI
VIRGINIA. HORSES
HMaupin's Pater@ Stands Good
Chance Of Winning Opening
Handicap y. ad 4 4 Il Has As
Notable String at
Washington
Track. AZ.

69s5Ft Kill sI5
(From our Regular Scorrcspond tc'n1lt.) $
,y4AsflINn,roN.Io G., March 24 q = The
\ spring meet at Benningx truck promises
to be highly successful In limited tl
SO use iii which that word As app y bio to
u race meet. The meet begins Mondny,
and thcra8nre illrendyi nssuratlces I! that
the attendance, four foot cd 4 ana - Fl plpcd
wI8be even larger than " was las tsyc llt.
The horses have been ming II seye'ty
@ la tIiis week, aud tile stables out Y Y
Tic tracts are pre- vol here ere
9bc few X nys4vncant stalls Spys l ile
niddlesofst lic5cominS week. Sieve RI Y cars
S&fillc,l With horses were lln OAd ed In y l1e
driving ss,iow3 this week, lsut lie SWcA tfcf
slgdld mo- put Il dampera or Tie spi TITS ot
IMAM or beast though the languag &c ~ the
and hos tiers as hey III & the
rslcnrs down the chutes' from tho cars
,,ot indicative ot careful SUNDAY sunday
chopla aiming. III Es ssa i
Opening Handicap.
Tic first race of tile week Will DO Inc
hnndicap, on Monday. siIpcrin tendcnrtbi
8$I'lomas Strallnn SAYS y that barring BAD
weather. the crowd Will be US ttlrge rs rs
.any5tlia .1,ns ever helped give a. Jennings
promise fine sport. s 2$ lE.s.
ss5S els fcareu5tlint&tlie recon- bad wealth 4
88ffg would %h,tyc lie effect of; calsis i,a,.y
horses to enter. In bad forlrl,. oVing to
5sjnabilitySof trainers 4 to get thcir animals
"a Iii shape. j ut 1T WIS found on ~ vest Is
lion hat nj &or sl',sic lsali OF the
horses = hat will run lave been In IN
81 south, Where tho weather WAS good and
shat during February and Nm rctls hey
we're shared Up for I he fight 4 OF, 4 he.
ia nttkcs. Sjs SIS az III b
# 8ghe I,rosent5 inl lcations are that l,a3
Ecnnlng lIAnsllcap ri Held vii includ AUG
ust Bcimoflts q ord 'of tlic Yale ~
IL A1arIprain. and Bohemia; lie IN
5s ards Race King O. NV NJ DeIpele e ne
Cure; Maurice r. q Hay nlan's ellsnf cker;S
q Fill DAILY. N'cr0rcse and ID arning !;
Nlaupl's Patcr: Geo rye 1sroR1l' ne
# Clown; ! D II. q iHSnaa y Brush I, p. and,
Il q re her likely lies who have been
y, doing good work Il tile Sont h his win
81 or and spring. I'M 45s3 II
Virginia II orses.
az & IS III horse which, III * pcctcd 10
chow his heels 4 to many II field at this
A&ronlifg meet. Billy; Garth ono Of the
M best known ~ Irginia liorscll1ell. believes
i.I,ater IL The best Horse illil his barn. Ia st
Senr@lc thought ~. 81 Martin. named
Il {ror5tlle junior Senator from AZ irgnia, was
n his Jcstghurse, hut n Pate rS has CONC
36to the front ana l,ea ~ Ills y stable. mat %
most decidedly II oW Garth say tina "
sS T,atcr had shown mp as well as Ring
as 3fle does now he p0tla have borne
tic name of n. II s. II Martin, and tho one
that has that cogi,onicn would be- boa ring
ii some OF her one. NJ nrtlnisis g Wned
III. 5AiaupIn, Of Xlbemurle, WHO'S also the:
owner or Phtcr.@ Garth, Whose fame
ns& GtralnerSis so vel ablisllcd, y has
the faculty Of getting out fSsa ES horse
everything &in1it, that there Is no doubt
of Ills having developed Thomas +; IA &
i lle.8wonld so. !. .sB3
41 q very ploba Die tn t'nt VIII VIII 81,
the handicap. though this lis no 81 7 O. be-
taken Isl a;stip.S Certainly lie Is Garth,s9
/; most n Formidable candidate. Pater has de-S
iycloped wonderfully during the winter
I'D Il is fifteen hands three and q half
inches high, and llick and broad IN Pros
Il portion. And $he is quick, a "A title over
+ two weeks ago r T. worked three qua RI
H ers iiiY LIS, after having made the first
half iii 5l. a Look h ollt for PA or, says
I3iIlE Garth and lie has II mighty fin luc;l
generally Of what the ponies Will do lie
n Is not slire Patcr IS good enough for the
neld which will show up in3the han-
agdicap. but Is hoplng. 4 hi s ~.
i Garth has not made UP Ills mind as to.
whether Martin vii Il start 10 believes
Martin will do bet Ter in a distance ra ce
than in a5three-auarterg hurly-burly. q
" d r)onnld boswell, Of tho celebrated Bull
Y acld stock farln.S IN Hanover scou ty IS
A expected TO be here with his Eusual good
string. but he has not yet shown up, # NJ
e Kentucky has already sent to Isennitlgt
& one Or the finest strings that las left the
Z bluegrass In years. John u. Mud dem one
Il Of the most noted race horse NOS rs the
x State has sent twenty-eight& horses, and
\ while theygsare not Z IN ne best Is form!
a possible, owing to the bad weather In Ken,
& lucky. which prevented close tralnlllg,l
they, have been working hard every day
v since teir arrival, and Will be III fair
& Shapo when tho bell rings Monday. I'D
Crowds at Track, as'
Two of tho best horses III l3ennlng nov
4 Are Vendor winner OF. the Eclipse and
Waldorf stakes last year, and Dandelion,B
winner OF The Gralltl C,onsolat ion at Ben
Il ming year hefore last, and OF the fTravnrsi
4 stakes n Saratoga last sumner. Both
4 IRE owned ny ]. r. Iitchcocl, and will
q Ne instllcS Bcnning Handicap Dandellon
\ At 51aF pounds. and Vendor, at ll2, /,
'WhlteWash, paint, now BOARD walk,
Y new fencing, ana other improvements
q Saye boon made at the tracks since tlie
4 .DllS meet, Tho green of spring Is lle-p
Z ginning TO show on tho paldoclss, and
she busy nr OF atta 81 getting eyary-
B The foret ssto Of the thrill that comes WITH
The rap Of the gong, calling the canfii-s
oates to tile post, Every good day his
week has seen tho track moro or less
crowded With sprinters and trottefs, be-
N Ing nut through their PAGES, and shuped
asups for the contests that will be pulled
oft daily for two weeks from MoAday,
B5 ----------- n NJ tS{3
Still in the Game. Il
1fIANNE5SBu IsCii, March D 2 p Some
weeks ago It vas am plllceI that tho IA
nous South Australian crlcketor, Glen