Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-26
RACING, BASE BALL
AND OTHER SPORTS

and IL he does as well as his father did be-
fore him with Balankee1 and Glenmore,
more than quarter Of q century ago, he
will not have any kick coming. He reports
his widely known and greatly respected
parent doing as well as any man all Grip
pied up with rheumatism can be expected
to do.
Just thirty years ago Jennings, ST., won
the Louisville, Westchester and Monmouth
cups in succession with his we'll named
horse Balankeei by the unbeaten As
teroid- Schottische. That season gave
him a big lift on the wave of pros
perfty, and Eve years later his turf
successes reached their elimination at
Sheepshead Bay, where, with Glenmore,
by Glenathol-Lotta. he captured the Coney
Island Cup, two and a quarter miles. from
the great horses Luke Blackburn. Parole.
Monitor, Uncas and Irish King.
The history Of that famous race. by which
Glenmore's owner won enough to more than
purchase his present Glengar homestead, Is
one of the romances of racing that the old
guard OF the turf never tire of going over
again. The winner Glenmore. was one OF
the most honest, consistent horses Of that
day. a winner at all distances from a mile
up to four-mile heats
The most formidable stable quartered at
Benning, that Of Henry T. Oxnard, Ii
progressing well in condition. Since the
cold snap a couple of weeks ago, that for
some days confined the horses to shed
work. Trainer Brooks has been enabled to
keep his charges moving pretty steadily
nearly every day. And as consequence
they show the good effects Of their work.
Infexible's Progress.
1t begins to look as If Hamburg's son
InfleXible may get to the races again after
an absence Of nearly three years. The horse
showed no signs of lameness yesterday In
the slow routine work given him, and both
DR.. Robinson and Trainer Brooks have great
hopes that he will stand the preparation
he is getting. A speed marvel as two
year-old. Inflexfble is good deal of horse
now, fine Individual that shows quality in
every line. The outcome OF the experiment
in his case Will be noted with interest.
The two Santa Catalinas.'' as the track
colony calls Kiamesha's conQueror and
her two-year- half-sister look sturdy
and rugged as a couple of pine knots The
older mare showed in her gallop yesterday
that she Is doing all that her trainer ex-
poets of her right now. But whether she
will be started at this meeting or not is
miss bids fair to be larger mare than
her famous half-sister. whom she greatly
resembles. Top ears and all
If the young Santa Catalina" doesn't
turn out to be first-class turf performer
then there is nothing in breeding and rela-
tionship Her brother-in-b blood Sysonby
was the greatest horse of the decade. and
her half-sister the best mare of last year.
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to make up the first-clasS race horse.
Ben Crockett the public idol of last fall,
unfortunately pulled up lame on Thursday
after six-furlong breather. The trouble
was forward and the horse will be carefully
nursed from now on. Every one wishes
Trainer Patsy" Gallagher the best of luck
with this horse, who is credit to his sire.
A new asprant for jumping honors devel-
oped yesterday in S. T. Davidson Hast
ings' four-year-old Ninespot. a half-5rother
to Oarsrnan. In his schooling he went over
the stiff Liverpool like bird.
Trainer AL Weston arrived at Benning
day before yesterday from Bryn Mawr,
Pa, with eighteen horses belonging to T.
G. Clyde's Goughacres stable. Most of the
bunch are two-years-olds by the dead sire
Atheling, and they are good-lookers in
every respect Some of them have been
wintering at Cape Charles, Va, and the
entire lot are in rugged and healthy
condition. Spring and Preen head the
older brigade.
The Chelsea stable also got in from their
Pennsylvania home yesterday. John Allen
has charge of the twelve horses that in
clude Fancy Bird, last falls double-wnner
al Renning and Flinders. winner of the
Ladies' Stake al New York last season. The
bunch looks to he more than useful one