The Washington herald., 1906-11-05

/ The Dixie and Vestal stakes. two old.
/ time specials the Washington Jockey
Club has revived at Benning. are im-
lmeasurably better races this season,
/ closed on September Is. than they were
/ last year and the year before, when they
were closed more than a year ahead Of
their running They viii not be mere
walkovers, but events of interest and
/ Importance, which VIII attract to Ben
ming track crowds from every corner
/ OF the East The contests fOn them
should be worthy to be remembered with
any of the year
The Dixie. q race OF one mile and three
quarters, has attracted Belmere, the win
ner of the Buffalo and Brooklyn derbys;
! Clovercrest. a 3-year-old by Goldcrest.
out of Lucky Glover. and half brother
TO Robert @. Hooper's famous old fencer.
Land of Glover; Vendor. winner of the
Waldorf and Eclipse stakes Of last sea
son. Nealon, winner of the September
stakes, the conquerer of Running Water,
and the holder of the Sheepshead Bay
record for one mile and quarter on the
grass; Timothy - Sullivau's Dr. Gard
Z
ner Of the Brighton Cup: not TO mention
Ldeber Nemesis, GaIlavant Wes. The
Clown. and The Colonel.
VeStaI at a Mile and Half.
The Vestal. a gaIlop Of one mile AID
a half. has attracted Queen Mary. Belle
of Jessamine Single Shot. Yalagal, and
Nemesis. This seasons Vestal VIII not,
OF course. be as good a race as was last
seasons. when Santa Catalina and hid-
5nesha were the contestants 1t rarely
happens that two such 3-yeaT-olds as We're
santa Catalina and kiamesha get to-
gather in a race Of one mile and h0lf
in November. And it must also be re-
membered that if 1t had not been ios
them the Dixie would have failed Ut
terly
The indications are that the Dixie viii
draw a field Of Eve or six, and that there
will be some lively betting. Belmere
winner of the PierrepOnt Handicap, has
regained his spring form, notwithStand-
ing he was geded in the summer He
will do some racing at Aqueduct, but IL IS
the intention of his owner 10 keep him
fresh for the washington races. Belmere
should do well at Benning. He is a mud
horse. and undermining ability is in big
demand there.
DR.. Gardner May Race Here.
Frank Weir has not said what he viii
do with DR.. Gardner after the Aqueduct
fan meeting. but if the colt for which
AIr. Sullivan and Frank Farrell paid $40
Geo. is in good condition. it is a safe bet
he viii come TO Benning. Mr.. Sullivan
and Mr.. Farrell both believe in racing
their horses when they may. and they
Her- Fra D rrrr-fgs
specials Weir invariably brings some
thing so Benning in the fall
Holscher is already at Baltimore. The
winner Of the Brighton Cup has done bet
ter since the windup Of the fan meeting
at the Beach. and he is in excellent con-
dition Holscher hes not great deal OF
speed. and Shields might not care 20 send
him out against horses of the class the
Dixie viii attract in a short race. But
when distances stretch 10 one mile and
three-quarters HOlsCher is ut home. He
had Proper beaten at one mile and
three-quarters in the Brighton Cup, it
will be remembered. and Flip Flap was
doing her level best.
NeaIOn a Distance Runner.
Since NeaIon has found his way into
the stable of Charles z. Durneu it is a
cinch he viii race at Benning. DurneH
is not a man to remain idle longer than
is absolutely necessary under any cir
cumstances. He is burning 10 get deep
into racing again now that he has been
reinStated.
NeaI0n IS n clever distance horse. a
meeting between he and DR.. Gardner in
the Dixie would invest that race with
especial interest. When the Sain and
Bannocknurn colts We're in the stable of
Barney Schreiber, DR.. Gardner was
thought the better three-year-old. But
after Ncalon won the Turf Handicap and
the September Stakes Eastern turf folk
got a notion that Henry Brant. the
trainer of the Schroeder outfit had mis-
judged his colts.
Dr. Gardner is a fast colt. but he has
not been farther than a mile. An acci-
dent at Belmont Park in the first race
he ran under the colors Of Mr.. Sullivan
prevented his starting again against
Running Water ard Hot Teddy in the
RamapO Handicap.
Vendor on the Flat.
Mr. Hitchcock trained Vendor for the
Harbor Hill StepIechase, and the black
gelding started in the brag three-year-old
jumping race Of the Belmont Park ses-
sion. But neither schooling nor racing
through the field took away Vendors
speed, and Mr.. Hitchcock thinks start
| ing him in on the fiat at Bennins well
worth while.
Gallavant probably viii not race at
/ Benning or anywhere else this fall. but
/ Clovercrest will, and 50 may Lancastrian
Lancastrian, by the way, may prove dan
gerous In the Dixie. if Charles Ellison
brings him to Benning. He is a dis
tance-Tunning Kingston of no mean
powers.
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