Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-21
HORSES FROM
SOUTH REACH BENNING

What will probably be the last shipment
of horses from New Orleans reached Ben
ming Yesterday afternoon. The car came by
fast mail train. and had a fairly fast trip
up, about forty hours from the crescent
city Naturally. the unlooked-for cold spell
here was a great change for the horses
coming from the milder climate they had
left but all will be carefully housed for
day or two until the weather moderates.
Some good horses were In the lot, horses
that will add materially toward balancing
up fields at the coming meeting. T. e. Man
nix brought Disobedent, Gallant Sonoma
Belle, Jerry c., Orflamme. st. Roma and
Cherokee.
The black colt Disobedient a first-class
performer last year, has developed into a
fine-looking three-y ear-old. He was not
drummed to death this winter, and his three
races at New Orleans, while reverses, are
no criterion as to what he will do later. Dis
obedient Is the mainstay of the stable and
Owner Mannix has the best wishes of all
hands for his good colts success this sea-
The others In this stable all shipped we'll.
Sonoma Belle and Gallant were winners at
New Orleans. and. like Disobedient, were
not raced too much at the crescent city.
Oritiamme. WHO raced here last fall. has
Also developed into notwithstanding three
year-old.
Paul Clifford and Mrs. Frank Foster con-
stitutc John w Pangle's stable. The black
horse Clifford never looked better than he
does now. and as this Whitney cast-off won
six races at New Orleans on all kinds of
tracks and up to all kinds of weights he
will have to be reckoned with, no matter
who he hooks up against.
Disobedient and Paul Clifford.
John Panglc had Clifford bid up after a
selling race that he won at New Orleans.
and getting what looked like fair price
no 10 i'm pn- he
But fortunately for Pangle the buyer could
not produce the cash during the twenty
minutes given him by the rules and he
Pangie) got his horse back again After
that Clifford won four more races. empha-
sizing his owners luck In not losing him.
Mrs. Frank Foster. one of the champion
long shot" winners. seems to have re-
newed her youth The old mare is In fine
condition, hard as nails and looks as II she
could give some of the younger division a
hard tussie yet.
W Midgeley bought Phoebus. also win
ner at New Orleans, while colored en-
ploye of the Shields stable has Lieber, Alex.
Shields $4,000 colt that won number of
races al New Orleans, more than enough to
win out his purchase money. Since then
Lieber has been taking matters easily and
looks like a more than useful colt.
Supt. Strahan yesterday received a mes
sage from John Shields, at New York, that
he would send down dozen horses the lat
ter part of this week. just where they can
be accommodated is the problem up to the
Woodworking superintendent
j. A. Warner also got in yesterday with
Valley Forge, Plympton, Flexion, Long
Brook, Docile and Grayfieid and an un-
named youngster. The lot In good
condition.
Horses From Los Angeles.
From far-off California a carload got in
that have been racing all winter at Ascot
Park, Los Angeles. The bunch comprises
twelve horses, the property of 7. ID. Sulli-
van w. Langdon and r. Angaroia, In
charge of j. Fitzsmmons. the weil-known
young trainer.
The horses include Banker. Ingieside.
D'Arkie. Adams. Workman. Worthwhile.
James Lane. Queen of Night, Van Loon Sir
Brinkley and King OF Spades. Jarvis Lane,
Queen OF Night and Van Loon are the
stables two-year-old candidates for the
Washington Nursery stakes
Among visitors at the track this morning
were Thomas Hitchcock. jr., G. A. Saportas,
J. Kaufman. A. Daniels and others equally
we'll known In racing circles. Mr.. Hitch