Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-04
SOUTHERN TURTLES
COMING TO BENNING


ming is the slogan of many horse owners
quartered here.
With the opening of the eastern racing
season only three weeks away many of the
turfmen who have participated in the race
meetings at the City Park and Fair Grounds
tracks during the winter are preparing to
migrate to the north. Horse cars are be-
ing engaged for the trip. and in few
days hundreds of the thoroughbreds will
be on their way to Washington.
The horsemen who have candidates for
the Crescent City and the City Park der
bies. the two richest stake fixtures of the
winter meetings. will remain here until
held here. with few exceptions. will soon
ship to Washington in order to rest up
their horses and prepare them for the OPEN
ing on March -.
Burlew ONeill. who head the lis. o.
winning owners. will stay here JUS long
enough to start their horses for the tig
events. Part of their stable. consisting OF
large number of two-ycar-olds that did
not race here. but We're reserved that their
bone and sinew might deve.op, were shipped
some time ago to Benning. When the
young owners determine to go home they
will have only small stable to forward
James H. Mccormick will stay here until
the end of racing no matter how long it
may last. He will not take part in the
Benning meeting, but will ship direct to
New York.
Many owners complain that the book pro-
gram arranged by the clerk of the course
for the forthcoming meeting will exclude
their best horses. With little or no chance
to nominate the best ones. owners will
trundle on to New York, where the pro-
grams at the -Aqueduct and Jamaica tracks
are made up to afford contests between
good horses.
Miller Coming to New Orleans.
The report that Walter Miller, the fore
most jockey in America. will ride here for
a few days has served to arouse increased
interest in the sport. 1t is authoritatively
stated that re will have the mount on
Boots Durnell's Temaceo in the City Park
Derby. When he arrives racegoers will eX-
tend to him hearty welcome, for his work
in the saddle on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts has won him many admirers on the
Mexican gulf.
Temaceos fine victory in the California
Derby assures Miller an excellent mount in
the Derby.
While local racegoers will extend a hearty
greeting to Miller. they will not fail to &C
cord loyal support to Garner. This jockey
has ridden his way into the affections of
all classes of trufites. His admirers are
legion. Some of them stoutly maintain that
they will back him against Miller. One
regular follower of the sport. who comes
here each winter and goes north in the
summer, said:
I'm a Garnerite first. last and always.
I did not admire him jockey last sum-
mer. but this winters work has convinced
me that he is first-class rider. 1 saw both
boys ride last summer. Garner was not as
clever in the saddle then as he is now. but
at that he could ride rings around Miller
in finish. At the starting post. however,
Miller was far superior. In this respect
Miller eXceiled every other Jockey in this
country. Garner has improved during the
last few months in his work at the barrier.
and when he goes back to Gotham he'll
show turfmen that he is a vastly improved
rider.
Mccormick in Charge.
Apropos of Garner. it is stated here that
Jimmy Mccormick, who has had charge of
his mount engagements. will act in a SINH
lar capacity in New York. The boy is
under contract to John A. Drake and Enoch
Wishard. neither OF whom at the present
time has any race horses.
Drake is very fond of Garner. He is so
well pleased with his success here and the
way Mccormick handled him that he has
asked the latter to look after the boys
bookings this summer.
1t is quite probable that +. M. Fry and
Molly Montrose, the best two-year-old colt
and FLY, respectively. in the south, will
meet in a race before the conclusion OF
racing in this city.
The former has repeatedly shown that he
is the fastest yOungster of his sex over all
kinds of routes up to four and one-half
furongs He has beaten his opponents on
both heavy and fast tracks and at a differ
ence of many pounds In their favor. Molly
Montrose has shown even better form than
the son of Sain. for she has an unbroken
string of five victories to her credit. while
he has met defeat on one or two occasions