The Washington times., 1906-04-12
MAY QUIT BENN|pG
AND JOIN P|hL|CO
Belmont Worried by Fear
of Legal Interference.
BIG PLANT AT HALETHORPE
Proposition to Have Washington and
Maryland Jockey Clubs Combine
on Same Track.

Despite the fact that rain fell on no
fewer than five days of the current
term at BenninS- the sPrppg m@eur s
Just drawing 10 a close VIII so 6cwn
IN the records OF the turf as one Of
the most successful ia "A financial way
ever held by the Washington Jockey
Club.
That race track promoting /; a profit
able thing is surely attested by tie fact
that something over $500 net IS re-
ported on the right side o. the ledger
for fifteen days of the sport IN other
! words. Washington Is coming ahead as
a racing center. As n matter of fact,
there are twice as many persons inter
ested in the turf today in this city than
was the case year ago, and at last
TINS point Is now regarded as che OF
the paying circuit cente-s OF the ST.. Ga
600 Belmont race track circle. There
Is one marked e1ect LEFT by every race
meeting at Benning, and that is the
propensity of large proportion OF the
people who patronize the track when
the sport is being actively conducted
hereabouts 20 take up a line OF letting
in the hand books after the close at
Benning and the scene Of racing has
shifted TO New York.
Between the closedown next Saturday
night and the opening Of the autumn
meeting next November the future
home of the Washington Jockey Club
VIII have come pretty well into racing
vision August Belmont has found him.
self in hornets nest here in the Dis
trict, and rather than live On thin ice
all the time, the management has de-
clded to link forces with the MARYLAND
Jockey Club in a proposition to erect
one grand mutual home at Halethorpe,
Nd. This village is almost midway be-
tween Washington and Baltimore The
run by the special race trains from this
city 10 the new course VIII ne IN less
than twenty-five minutes. and the round
trip fare about half a dollar One Of
the contemplated features Of the new
course will be the erection OF a mag
nincent 'held," where the man with q
quarter of dollar may gain adlnis-
sion- There Will be bookmakers for his
convenience and a splendid grand stand,
too, the same as one may sac at Bel
mont Park at the present time. In the
/ old days Baltimore was a premier
racing city. and from every indication
great revival is at hand. The track
VIII be finished in two years time, and.
as aforementioned, II Will cost upward
Of sl,000.000.
The future OF BeDning is interesting.
II the Washington Jockey Club manag-
es 10 sQuirm through two more seasons.
II VIII be satisfied 10 quit the District.
Inen splendid property, including a
steel Ltrdered grandstand. which cost
originally over $4,000. will be on the
Junk market Perhaps the Chevy Chase
Hunt Club might ind il a useful an
-icA ~ liN- At any .dLcs the w dSulIlS-
ton Jockey Club can retire from the
field without losing a dollar on the
original Investment OF a quarter OF a
million However. the moving dSy IS
still long way distant
Billy Garth has decided in his own
quiet way to eschew Aqueduct and try
the game at Baltimore this spring. In
stead The hustle preparatory TO max
ing the jump 10 Baltimore Is discernible
about his stable already. According to
Garth, he expects to score a big sue
cess at Pimhco. He believes Pater TO
be just as good q colt as The Clown
or the best three-year-old going down
20 the Monumental City AS usual
Washington race players will be IN the
train of the popular Virginian's luck
and fortune.