The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-23


head. The second division WILL be made
up Of some fifteen or twenty horses
which will be shipped direct to Belmont
Park.
This shipment Is one OF the best that
has LEFT Kentucky In several years. all
of the horses being In perfect condition
and well advanced In their preparatiph
for the years campaign. Two Of the
best horses in thu party now auartered
Eclipse and, waldorf stakes OF last yea-,
and Dandelion, winner OF the Grand
Consolation at Bennlng last fall a year
ago. and Of the Trayers Stakes at Sara
toga last summer Both are owned by
Mr.. j. r. Hitchcock and are In the Ben
ming Handicap. Dandelion at 125 pounds
and vender at III pounds.
On account Of the rather severe
weather In kentucky for a week or two
st is doubtful whether MADDEN has one
Of his horses ready for the first running
that he will be represented In the second
section Sf the stake. which will be run
on the last day OF the meeting.
The First Handicap.
supt. Thomas strahan predicts that the
field which starts in the first Handicap
Monday will be first class, and he looks
for as big a, crowd as ever helped to
usher in the racing season here. The
bad weather recently probably did not
hurt any OF the Handicap horses which
were surely counted upon to accept the
issue. Trainers took ample advantage OF
opportunities for successful training Of
fered .iby the uueommoniy mild weather
ofrFebruary and early March. All horses
of these parts and OF Virginia, Maryland.
and the. States farther South were in
y Hy11a he H,oA IN oh,
spell set in.
From present Indications. the BEN
ming Handicap field will include August
5Belmont's Lord ofithe Vale, top weight
1913 pounds, and Mount Henry. Henry
IT. oxnard's Mar3oram and Bohemia,
Orvillc H. Richards Race King. o. w.
Deppelers The Cure. Maurice =. Hay
mans Bellsnicker, Bill Days Yeronese
and Warning, w. = Alaupin's Pater,
Hayman' s. Brush Up, and James Me-
Laughlin.s The Poet. Is.
/ There are many other likely eligibles,
some of them .horses that have raced
pretty much all winter in the South
and West, and the field may be en-
Slarged. 81,
Virginia Horses.
Last spring. when he got to Benning.
Billy Garth regarded Z. 8. Martin the
best two-year-old in his barn. Martin Is
owned by W. L. Maupin, of the coun-.
sty OF Albemarle. i Mr.. Garth's home
county In Virginia, z and he was named
for the junior Senator OF the Old Do
ninion. II the horse known to fame
as Pater3 had shown better as q yearl-
ing than this horse he would have borne
tha name Of T. S. Martin. Garth carried
away from Bennins last Spring a
higher regard for IT, s. Martin than
he did for Pater, but he entertains it
no longer. Pater clearly OUTRAGED his
stable mate last summer and fall.
Pater. therefore, may properly be
called Garth's most formidable candi-
date for the First Benning Handicap
He has improved considerably over
winter. He is now fifteen hands, three
and a. half Inches high. and he Is deep!
and broad in proportion. He has "a
quick turn Of speed. too. Two weeks
back he worked three-quarters In LIS.
after stepping the first half In BIZ The
other day he repeated In Ut. Pater'
VIII be fit next Monday. The question
rs whether he has sumcient class to
hold his own In the best First Bennipg
Hand mp ever run. Garth Is not sure
sPater is good enough. The u popular
syirginian will not, therefore, be ut-i
iterIyS cast down II he falls to win. Garth
has mot made up his mind rs TO whether
Martin should start. This Fatherless
reldinE. Is in under ninety-six pounds.
ana he has grown into a sslxteen-hnnd3
sthree.year-old. But his astute trainer
IS rather inclined to think he will take
more kindly to racing over a distance
OF ground than to the hurly-burly Of
three-quarteri spirits. 3iiss