Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22
TURF AND TRACK NOTES,

Joseph E Seagram is having schooIed for
cross country races his two horses, Pan
Lougin and Cosey Corner.
With total of more than s21 900. Barney
Schneider Is about 10000 ahead of his next
nearest competitor. Walter Jennings, at the
Oakland and Ingieside meetings.
one OF the few men of color in California
VINO owns stable Of racers Is Jasper Mad
iSon, who rode the famous Morello as
three-year-old in the west.
Peter WINNER said yesterday thar tbere
mad been few cases of sickness In the
stables at Sheepshead Bay. but they were
not serious enough to alarm the owners or
trainers OF the horses affected.
In an effort to ascertain who benefited by
the fraudulent steepiechase at City Park
last week. the stewards, who ruled off the
Jockey. ); carter, are now carefully ex-
aiming the bookmakers' sheets
Oldtime southern racegoers recall when
there were at least two tracks in or near
the city of New Orleans, though they were
not run In opposition. One was the old
Metoirie, another was at Algiers 1t was
at one of these tracks that Col. R. w
simmons raced the horse Virgil over bur
dies Virgil lived to become the sire of
Hindoo. he the sire OF Hanover, who begat
Hamburg. the leading stallion of 1905.
AS Illustration of George NJ Hendrie's
endorsement of military steeplechases as a
good thing for racing, it is a fact that at
Windsor, Canada, which is now under con-
troll OF the turfman named, such a race
Will be given. competition being limited to
holders or commissions In Canada and the
United States
Conditions for the Kings plate the oldest
event run continuously on this continent
according to the officials have been an
nounced To the fifty guineas contributed
by the king the Ontario Jockey Club of
Toronto adds $425o, and II is expected the
race will be worth nearly 5000. It win
be run on Saturday. May 10.
ridden the largest number of winners this
winter. The first named is the particular
star or the pigskin at Ascot Park, SeweII
Is the leader at the Fair Grounds and NfcoI
Is without a rival worthy of name at City
his bank account.
Among the daily visitors to the Ascot
Park track. Log Angeles. is George whee-
lock. the former president of the Metro
politan Turf Association--the bookmak-
ers association. He Is not making
the ground like the meekest OF ''ptkers"
He has condescended to look pleasant for
several days and to smile occasionally This
change from his cold. CLASSY stare and
frozen expression has Saused so much
talk that the bookmakers are now making
book on the probability that Wheeiock in
the near future will actually laugh.
Boots" Darnell, the western trainer who
Is credited with being the racing partner of
John W. Gates. the Chicago planger, Is not
popular among California race-goers or the
officials of the various race tracks His
horses have knack OF racing In and out
so frequertly-of winning at long odds and
meeting with defeat when they are favor
ites-that every lover of the hlooded horse on
the Pacific coast will sing Speed the part
ing guest" when he packs up his belong
ings. His fast Ally Locust, which cost him
$4,000 last fall. was badly beaten by a
selling platter last week. Locust was a
2 to favorite.