The Washington times., 1906-11-20
B. GARTH, ORACLE,
RECEIVES REWARD
Popular Virginian Deserves
High Position He'll OcCu-
py on Turf Next Year.
IS GOOD TO HIS FRIENDS
Puts EN- Wise to His Horses and
They Cash-Hard Work His
One Best Bet.

To Washington racegoers Billy Garth
IS an oracle.
He has made more local horse players
happy during the last few seasons than
any other professional racing man who
visits here. New York may have its
Madden. but Washington adheres To
Garth. The latter has put over the pan
al least dozen good things in the last
five years. hut perhaps the most cffec-
tive coup, from the amount OF money
cleaned up and the large number of
Washingtonians who We're in On the
trick, occurred last spring when the
three-year-old Pater won with as good
as 10 10 i about him at the opening and
J. To . at the close.
The bookmakors Thought II. S Mar
tin. who had shown better form as g.
two-year-old the season previous was
the colt in Garths barn. which was
being saved up for a killing" But
Pater had grown and developed better
through the winter. aud here on the
day Of the race. ne stood fifteen pounds
better than II. s Martin. his stable
mate Boys" advised Garth. in his
characteristic drswl. this here Patcr
horse has il on Martin so You all better
bet to him today" And bet they did
Iater just breezed home and there was
much mazuma i'm the pockets OF thc
sports along Peuns ylvania avenue that
night. Garth has always been feature
Of Benning racing. and it is no exagger-
alton 20 say that the Washington Jockey
Clubs attendance figures would expert
euce somewhat of falling of were
Garth and his horses 20 be abseEtees.
RaJfavac IN Hard Work
Billy Garth is a man of about
forty-eighJ years of age. He is fat
Jolly. and speaks In slow. soft Nir-
gina drawI 4 few years ago Garth
had "a hard time 10 make ends meet.
This season ne has made close to
900 on the Northern circuits, where
he won upward of eighty races He
lives i'm Albermarlc county. Virginia.
where ne is known as the hardest work
ing man iu the county Yes. downright
hard work is at the bottom of Garth's
success. He doesn't believe I'm betting.
lie would rather win as many races as
possible with his horses. and campaign
them 10 best advantage. with some sure
money iu prospect. ghau take a chance
in the way of a gamble. Still, he
likes To see his friends come out TO the
track and win a bet. and with this end
I'm view he is always ready 10 put any
one wise
Il never train my horses from a soft
backed chair i'm "a downtown hotel par
lor. / try 20 look after every detail
myself l am out at the stable every
morning at . o'clock 10 gallop my horses
in the summer. ! am never satisfied
until know for rnyseIf just how things
are going once explained Garth con-
CeTniuE his system, and that means
hard. hard work
Receives Reward.
But this "hard, hard work mas its
reward. Next spring Garth viii be
power. He won't need to race about Buff
falo, y. y, and Toronto Ont. for he
viii be handling some of the best horses
in training about the New York tracks.
Moreover. he viii have plenty of capital
with which to develop his ideas. This
S made possible through Billy having
just closed a contract with Roy Rainey.
the Cleveland. Ohio. multi millionaire,
10 train twenty head for him in 1907.
Rainey owns Witred j. and Horace L.
for which he paid $1,000 and S25,000, res
pecuvely, last spring. Go ahead and
get some other good ones. too suggest
ed Rainey not long ago as he turned
over his horses 10 Garth.
Meanwhile Dave Dunlop the So
called Tobacco King of Virginia VINO
won the Benning Handicap in the spring
with Duke OF Kendall has arranged with
Garth to buy and train a stable for him
next season about New York. II am
ready 10 spend 100000 for The right sort
OF a stable" declared Dunlop in dis
Cussiug his prospects recently. On Sat
urday Garth sold his prize yearling. a
son of Fatherless, To Dunlop for s., co..
This colt viii be seen under COlors here
at Benning next spring. and is even now
IOutcd as a ClinkeT. So IL is then that
Garth. the favorite Of racegoing Wash
lngtOn, looks forward 90 the best season
of his long career as a trainer next
year. a circumstance thoroughly pleas
ing 10 his hundreds and hundreds OF
followers.
Belmont Wins Wad.