The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-21
IN 7HB SPORTING WORLD.
JOCKEY CLUB STEWARDS MAY
REINSTATE HARRY BAIRD.
founs Rider Has signed \ Provisional Con-
tract Wtth W.. II. Snyder-Set Town at
saratoga Last YeAr-Dade Second
Starter,- Many Horses ut BenninBs.

Startern-Man Horses at BenninBS.
IL ia rumored among horsemen that Harry
Baird, the Jockey who was ruled OIL at Sara
toga last year. will be reinstated by the stew
AIDS Of the Jockey Club. Baird was left at
he post on A heavily backed favorite one day.
and after an investigation of the race the
boy was set down. He tried to get a hearing
seyeral times last fall. but was unsuccessful,
ihe word being passed that his case was per-
nanently closed. Baird has been working
for a reinstatement ever since, however, and
il is now said that with the consent Of the
Jockey Club. he has signed a contract with
". II. Snyder, with the provision that the boy
shall be kept away from his uncle and his
mother. and that Snyder shall designate
where the ockey shall live. Under these
terms. II is said that the steward will rein
state Baird, who was considered last year one
of the most promising lightweights in the
East. In to the time OF his suspension,
Baird rode many winners. He was very
quick in getting away from the post, and
allowed remarkable finishing powers. The
boy, IL appears. got into the company OF per-
sons who were not in favor with the turf au-
fhoritles, and when he had ridden several
qneer hooking races, he was marked for a pen
al-v. Snyder. formerly a trotting horseman,
has been racing at New Orleans this winter
with a fairly good stable. and will begin
operations at Bennings. Baird is reinstated
by that time he will take. his first mounts since
the trouble at the Spa.
As outlined in The Sun some time ago.
4 y. Dade, who has been starting at the
Fair Grounds all winter. Will handle the bar
rIer AZ the Baltimore meeting. instead OF Phil
McG innis. who did satisfactory work there
last year. This appointment means that
Dade will doIhe starting at the Jockey Clubs
second circuit" which includes Buff alo.
Providence, New Salem and Montreal. Last
year Jake Hoffman and Dick Dwyer were
used on these tracks. but Dade's work has
been 40 clever at the Crescent City that the
Jockey Club officials evidently feel that he
is entitled 10 a cha nee to demonstrate his
skill in the East. With Dade always at hand.
the work Of Mars Cassidy on the big tracks
here will have to come up TO a high standard
Of excellence. even with the fiatfooted break.
Nearly 400 horses are stabbed at Bennlngs
ready for the opening OF that track next
Monday. The track is in fair shape for work.
outs and there are busy times these mornings.
Virginia Bradley has a big string on the
ground, including Henry Zitt, AL Casey,
Max Aron, Henry Warning. Elton Weaver.
Lady Stewart, Away, Nonsense. Waddell H.,
Baby Willie. W. W. Pierce. Gardner Tyler,
Dixie Andrews, Annie Scholier, and the two
year-olds Private Stewart, Hanoway. Emf
nola, West. Sam Anderson, Westover, Green
ways Best and Bush Hill. The Albemarle
stable IL expected to win some races with
Marjoram. Bohemia, Santa Catalina and
several two-year-olds. but In1exible will not
be continued In training. as he has developed
unsoundness. other horses at work are
Preen. Hyperion. Pater, Frills. T, S. Martin.
The Clown. Tickle. Euripides, Australina.
The Britlsher, Mettle. The Bouncer, Melting,
Pompons. Ben Crockett. Dowie. Goldfeur.
Caruy, The Cure. HoCus Focus. Belle Strome.
Ivanhoe. Sailor Boy, Listless. Gentlan. Ala
Russell. scarfel. Light Brigade. Copper.
Tom Cogan. Gregorlan. Widows Mite and
Andy Williams. AS Los Angeles closed on
Jennings. while the stables that have been
raining at the local tracks will be shipped
70 Washington between now and Saturday.
Father Bill Daily left here yesterday with a
dozen horses. including Veronese. Warning.
Priority and Radical. Roger Mutton, who
will have the Hayman stable at Bennings.
has secured Jack Martin to ride for him at
that track. also Aqueduct and Jamaica.
r. F. Watkins. who formerly trained for
Hayman. will probably handle the McCarren
and Thomas racers this year.
It seems to be a dihicult matte r for Thomas
0'Rourke to secure a big match for his Tux
edo 4. C., in spite OF the fact that he is Offer
ing all kinds OF money. Following the propo-
sition to hang up a So. 900 purse for a go be-
tween Nelson and Cans, which the Battler
turned down. o'Rourke now expresses a will
~linGness to put mp 81 900 for a mill between
Nelson and Aurelia Herrera, the Mexican.
TO take place in April. Nolan says Nelson
can fight II the purse is increased to s2o. 600.
though he has refused 5000 moro than that
amount for a struggle with Cans. O'Rourke
is after a fight between Gus Rubin and Tommy
Burns. but there is not much chance that he
Will secure II. as Burns does not care TO put up
his hands with anybody just now.
4 we'll known boxing referee, who saw the
McGovern-Nelson mill. said yesterday: III
| did not know McGovprn intimately | would
have said that the go was a fake. pure and
simple. | cannot understand how McGovern's
mana ger ever stood for the rules. He should
have known that there was something doing
in the Nelson camp and should have refused
10 let Terry fight. except with the referee
parting the men in clinches. That is the only
fair way to conduct a glove battle, for the
fighters then have a chance to show what
they can do In the hitting line, while the spec
tatOrs, who pay big money for seats, can see
what they deslre-a fair, standup fight as
stipulated in the Queensberry rules. Nelson
took unfair advantage of McGovern. There
IL no doubt about II, and III l had been in the
ring | would have insisted on breaking the
men. rules or no rules. should like to see
the men meet again under different clrcum-
stances"
What has become of tn e proposed mill be-
tween Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Tommy
Ryan? At last accounts they were squabbling
over tho weight question, Ryan waited TO
weigh ijS pounds ringside. while O'Brien in
: stei on scaling at 3 o'clock. Ryan has
never taken chances with the middleweight
tito, as he has picked his marks and has
avoided real championship timber. If o'Brien
SioulG agree 20 i5s pounds ringside it would
not be at all surprising ii Ryan placed
some other obstacle in the way of a meeting
with the Quaker pugilist. As a matter of
fact, ring experts say that Ryan, who has
been in pugilism for nearly fifteen years. Is
q Iproaching the back number class and that
h. will not engage in a mill with a first class
man so long a. he can pick up easy money
meeting second raters. As a taIker and
blufer Ryan appears to have the honors all
10 himself.
An Iowa man has invented a new game Of
football in which 100 players can take part
and scoring can he accomplished by sixteen
diI erent methods. One of the features pro-
vides that when the man with the ball is
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