The Washington herald., 1907-04-02
GOSSIP OF THE TRACK.

Ben Cole. winner OF the Dinner Stakes
on Saturday, was bought for Sl00 as
yearling at the Haggin sale. by d. "
Olster Of Washington, who aftcrward solo
him to Samuel Ross for S325.
Fred Littleheld started his first horse
of the meeting and won with him. 1t Wa;
son Of Compute. Jubilee by name, ant
he ran good. game race Jubilee is en-
tered in some stakes at Pimlico.
Lady Powell's burst OF speed in The
second race was so startling that il made
the spectators gasp. She shot ouJ OF tht
bunch on the big turn and took a lead 50
quickly that the rest Of the field looked
as If they were walking.
East Ends performance in this race
was a great Improvement over his last
race. when he Just managed To beat
GrumbliRg SoPh by nose. lie was IN
with good horses yesterday and he made
a creditable showing, closing strong at
the finish.
Anna May was the best horse i'm the
first race despite the fact that Rose of
Dawn was interfered with early in the
running and forced Anna May 10 a drive
at the end. Anna May was on the OUT
side all the way, and ran considerably
farther than any other horse In the field.
Slickaway found the weight too much
i'm the fifth He was giving Tickle ten
pounds more than he was the last time
the two met. and this proved too much
of a handicap. At that, Slickaway did not
appear to possess his usual foot, and he
did not run with the gameness that char
acterized his previous effort.
August Belmont has practically decided
to engage Jockey Mountain for the coming
season. Mountain did excellent work in
the saddle at New Orleans. winning the
City Park Derby. and at Benning he has
shown a continuance Of his good form.
Mr.. Belmont had talk with Mountain
on Saturday and was very well pleased
with him.
Jockey Garner. it is said viii not come
North until the New Orleans season ends
He is stll riding with remarkable success,
and at the conclusion Of Saturdays races
he had a record for the winter OF % vic
tories. IS seconds. and 4s thirds. Nieol
who viii ride for BurIew & O'Neiil this
year. is second TO Garner, with % winners.
Il seconds and 80 thirds.
Many were Of the opinion that had
Betsy BinfoTd got of in the last race she
would have won. but 1t is not At all
flthdHkt AtGe size M0Gtt nave Afnkfl
Reidmore. who was only galloping at the
end. Betsy ran an excellent race but at
that her showing was not any better
than Bulwarks. who was behind her at
the start and finished fourth, head
behind Moncodor
Thomas Hitchcock. jr. sent a si0.@0
colt to the post in the second. He is
brother ia Golf Ball and is called Long
Ball. The colt opened at 70 60 I IN the
betting but before any one knew Il. al
most his odds had fallen to , to !. Long
Bah did not run like a $10,e00 horse, al
though he was somewhat uniucky in the
break He will doubtless improve over
his showing yesterday
Two horses that started in the first
event will bear watching. These are
Cousin Kate and Ossineke. The former
was a very promising flly last year. when
she went wrong. and. though she is a
cripple, Ernest tftterhack, the local train
er, has her I'm good shape, and she will
win "a race before long Ossineke is a
very small. but exceedingly fast horse.
Ossineke was right up in the front flight
to the head Of the stretch, bat dropped
back next to last at the finish.
Judge Frank J. Bryan. who has been
presiding steward AT the Fair Grounds
meeting in New Orleans and at Hot
Springs, arrived IN Washington yester-
day and was AZ the track He reported
that tse meetings at New Orleans were