The Washington times., 1906-12-09

anything. but the pupil Of Enoch Wis
tard has managed 10 win five races.
two Of his winning mounts being on
| horses OF Big Tim" Sullivan. trained
by Archie thinner. Garner won the
Crescent City Stakes on Glamor last
I Saturday
Jockey From Bushes Makes Good.
a. Martin. a boy who has ridden with
/ considerable success in Canada and
/ TeXss- was close or Gamers heels
! with four wins. Martin was responsible
/ Tor the suspension during the latter
/ part of the meeting of Jockey Disgins.
/ Resenting some raillery on the part Of
! DiEgins and other boys that he was a
1 rider from "the bushes. Martin out
/ Diggias nearly over the rail in a race
| and Digsins rctaIiat4d by beating Mar
/ tin in the jockeys room.
Mcdaniel Still Riding.
c. Morris. who rides for James Arthur.
who has a big string al city Park. has
won three races. and 'Puddin" Nc
Daniel. Truman and others have been
on winners The plaiut OF X. f. Car
men sent from Los Angeles through
Colonel Hamilton. presiding Judge ut
Ascot Park. against the Crescent City
Jockey Club allowing Mcdaniel to ride
on the ground that the jockey had
broken an engagement 10 ride for him.
IS not likely 20 receive much attention.
Both Mcdaniel and his father assert
that il was made conditional on the
Jockeys going to Los Angeles.
The work of A. p. Dade improved as
that starter went along, and there was
little fault to find with any OF the send
offs last Saturday. Mr. Dade pleads
very justihably. in extenuatlon of some
bad starts effected. the impossibilf,, -
dispatchiuE fields Of fifteen horses from
the six-furIons pole. where the width
or the track IS simply Inadequate to al
low Of that number OF horses being
lined up. This is undoubtedly true the
track az that point not being fifty feet
wide.
Bad Starts Due to Track.
In circumscribed space such as that
1t is absolutely impossible for any one
10 start the big fields which in too many
instances have been sent to the post.
While on the subject Of the track. too
much credit cannot Eg given 10 Super
intendent Myers for the Improvement he
has effected at the Fair Grounds. The
bad spots. which were once plentiful all
over il, have been entirely removed.
and when the present top dressing gets
thoroughly worked in, as it will when
the first rain comes. the track will be
in magnificent condition. The track at
the Fair Grounds was for years a heart
breaking subject with the management.
but Myers has successfully overcome all
the difficulties presented by the pecu-
liar nature Of the soil, generally known
as 'gumbo."
Improvements at City Park.
At the City Park. whore the meeting
opens next Monday. tne cleaners and
renovators are hard a work. The street
Railways Company has effected con-
siderable Improvement by laying the
rails almost into the grand stand and I
laying down an extra line To allow OF
quick dispatch Of cars after the races
Francis Trevelyon and Mars Cassidy. |
who will act as presiding steward ana 4
starter, respectively. are expected here /
In a few days. The modern nature OF /
the plant at City Park. and the fact 4
that shares in the New Orleans Jockey /
Club are largely held locally. tends to /
make IL the more popular of the two
tracks The City Park Jockey Club IS
Ihe operating comTany which was or
Sanized last year TO lease the track from
the New orleans Jockey Club. This /
was done 10 offset the action contem-
plated uy II. ID. C'Curly'D Brown. who .
Threatened to apply for a receivership.
after having row with Ed Corrigan.
Under the law in Louisiana the holder Z.
of one share Of stock in "a company can.
Il he chooses, in the case where d cor
poration is not paying "a dividend. Apply
10 have II puJ IN the hands of a receiver.
and. of course, while the war was being
carried on there Was daily loss
Stockholders Guaranteed.
The city Park Club cuara,.tees to pay
the stockholders in the New Orleans
Jockey Club per cent per annum Par
va!ue Sl00 shares in the \. O. J. c.
have recently changed hands al as high
a figure as s22a. the real estate being
considered a good investment.
The Initial Handicap for all ages at
a mile, with SI5Co agded, will be the fea-
tuTe on the opening day. December 10.
The next stake win be run on Decem-
Der 10. for all ages al sir furlongs. with
81, 900 added The Planters. al seven fur
longs, for two-ye ar-Olds. is set down foe
December IS, and the Cypress Handicap !
for three-year-olds and upward. at one
ana One-eighth miles. with 81. 500 added I
closes the meeting.
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