The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
m TIE SPORTING WORLD.
TRAINERS BUSY AT GRAVESEND
AND SHEEPSHEAD BAY.

MANY turfmen watched the horses at work
hoth at Gravesend and Sheepshoad Bay
yesterday. At the Bay, over the Futurity
,,urse, James Rowe had a number OF James
p, Keene's thoroughbreds out for light work,
the great Sysonby indulglng In a gallop that
showed him to advantage. Jack Joyner
brought more than q dozen two-year-olds
over to Gravesend from the Bay. and all OF
them displayed speed. In fact they carried
"a the honors OF the day In this respect.
A watercress flly of splendid appearance
turned O quarter In OPS. while q fhly and q
relding, both unknown to the track aharps.
covered this distance in 0:25h. 7. j. Gaynor
showed his good mare Whimsical 10 a gallop
under double wraps. with several Of her stable
mates In attendance. James Mclaughlin,
whose horses are In fine condition for Wash
nston. sent Blue Coat. Jack MCKeon and The
Poet over a six furlong jaunt, while his two
y.ar-olds Solly NJ, Mode and Sun Up went
shout three furlongs. Matt Allen gave the
noted Oiseau a good gallop, and Trainer
Tom Welsh sent lnqulsitor, Merry Lark and
puennA along at a smart gait. but restricted
Ormondale, last years Futurity winner, to
Jogging exercise. Father Bill DAILY had
veronese. Best Boy. Caronal, Tom Cod.
Priority and Others out early, Neronese
stepping six furlon rs in 1 90, hard held, New
ton Bennington was on hand 10 see his two
year-olds in the care of Fred Burlew, and
after some sharp breeEinR he expressed
much satisfaction with them. Frank Weir
ht Roseben have a gallop, and also put
lacquin to o mild test. at the same time work
ruZ a bunch OF two-year-olds. 1t was a busy
day all around and gave further evidence
that the horses training on the local tracks
will be At and ready when the Eastern turf
,jmpaign opens in two weeks.
II is repo rted that the keene stable has
,"lred the services of Jockey Wishard, who
rrSaDflv cot into trOIIbla at New 0rlnane |
The boys father was ruled of the turf by
he city Park officials several weeks ago.
Nishard rode here as a novice last year, but
luade rapid progress during the winter and
l. regarded by competent judges as one Of
The most promising boys in the South. II
i Is true that James Rowe has secured this
vounRster. it probably means that MCDANIEL
iii not be reengaged. Nicol. II Is said. has
honn again secured to ride Sysonby in all
"i the Melton colts engagements.
No sooner did Eugene hi ldebrand learn
- he had been reinstate d by the Jockey
,l"6 than he began accepting mounts at the
r"tlaHn track. Hot Springs, where he has
hNen in training for several weeks. He
rode bs first winner of the year on Friday
snS Showed that he had lost nothing of his
;ormer skill. Hildebrand will ride in several
Iac's at New Orleans before he comes to
Washington.
The two-year-olds in the stable owned
lr the late s. S.. Brown are said to be more
PROMISING than ever before. They are the
get Of such stations as Sir Dixon, Trouba-
dorr. Pirate of Pcnzance. Garry Herr
mann, kinley Mack, King Hanover, Bowling
Lrook and others and have been named as
iv.lows: Ace High, charles j.. Stone, Esti-
lGate, Elfnll. Frank Gill. Forepiece. Floaway,
i, P. Laughrey. J. &. Coro. Karamac. lie
Roi, Lorinr. Mamie Frown, Phil Igoe. Pen
harris. Prolific. Rebs Stone and Salvidere.
The stable will race at Lexington before
coming East.
Jack tTwin) Sullivan OF Boston fought a
twenty round draw with Hugo Kelly at Los
Angeles Friday night. Kelly had an adj
vantage in the first fifteen rounds, knocking
sullivan down twice with right handlers
On the jaw. After that Kelly seemed tired
fnd the Boston man had him on the run.
In fact, Sullivan did enough work in the
ronghest kind OF style to make the battle
Il standoff at the end. At that Sullivan was
lucky to get a draw, in the opinion OF the
ling sharps. Kelly fought a draw. with
Tommy Burns some time ago.
The acknowledgement mill next Wednes-
day night will be governed by straight Queens
berry rules. The men must break out OF
cliuches at the order of the referee. But
they can hit in the clinches and must protect
themselves in the breakaways. This means
hat, II the fighters mean business and decline
80 waste time in fddling. the battle Will be
'7onderfully fast from the first sound Of the
gong. Nelson has trained hard and will
enter the ring in tip top trim. He says he
Knows that McGovern means to put UP q
hurricane fight and that such a plan will
suit hin down TO the ground. Experts all
over the country are making predictions
rs 10 the outcome of the battle, and there Is q
vide 1iharanpa Of pniniOn Ehdia HanloD
The California boxer, who knows both men,
tays he believes McGovern will win by the
Knockout route, as, in his opinion. Terry Is a
Heavier hitter than the Battler. Hanlon
declares that when he met Nelson on the
coast he had the Dane beaten all the way
for sixteen rounds, but that his strength
gave ont afterward, although he was on his
feet Al The end. He also says that when
lie tackled McGovern he found that Terry
vas much more dangerous. For six rounds
NcGovern will prove the faster. declares
iTsnlon. Abe Attei, who stood Nelson of
'or siy rounds In Philadelphia last year,
believes that Nelson will prove too rugged
md strong for McGovern. He says Nelson
an hit as hard as McGovern, and that he
rtll wear the latter down with his aggressive
ness ard smuggling.
The first major league baseball owner TO
~ claim to a pennant is Charles A. Comiskey
~ the Chica go Americana. Just before his
White SoX left for the South the other day
'ommy said: Il believe the Sox will win
he American League pennant this year.
providing no accidents happen to Jones.
isbell or Davis. We were just nosed out Of it
last season and An ished away from home. at
hat. This year we W i'll wind up our schedule
~ home and that will make a great differ
'nce, believe the Sox W Ill make a winning
Start and that, barring misfortune, they can
not be stopped" This will be interesting
matter for the perusal Of Clark Grifith, Ma
poleon Lajoie, Connie Mack, James Collins
and other American League team mana gers
who think well Of their prospects.
A Columbus man Ia the first in the field
with what he terms real baseball dope" 1t
consists OF q sizing up OF the battery, fielding
md base running averages Of last years
American League teams. with the result that
The coming pennant race Is figured out to