Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-21
BILLY. GARTH'S HORSES
IN FINE FETTLE

The horses belonging to Samuel Ross,
Paul Rainey, Roy Rainey, Albert Stokes
and David Dunlop that William Garth has
concentrated in spring training quarters at
Benning race track are not so very far from
racing form. says the New York Telegrap h
None of them has had what might properly
be called regular galloping exercise since
the wind-up Of the season of 1906 but the
current winter is a mild one in Virginia,
and one and all have done a deal of gal
Looping over the red clay meadows of Garth's
place-Ingleside Farm. in Albemarle county,
near the ancient town of Charlottesville.
Sometimes they have had boys on their
backs during these romps and sometimes
not. They have not been babied. Mr.. Garth
has been with horses for upward Of twenty
four years, although he is still young
from treating race horses like delicate hot
house plants. His runners always rough it
through the winter.
In Robust Health.
In consequence Of the rigorous outdoor
life they have been leading the Garth
horses are enjoying robust health. The
distemper which went through the estab-
lishment early last winter has entirely
disappeared. Their eyes are bright and
clear, their coats rich and sappy, and
their movements indicate snap and ginger.
Although at the close Of last season there
were several lame and jaded horses among
not one was left behind at 1ngleside for
fear it might not train. There is not a
bent tendon on one Of the 100 odd legs
that hold up Garth's forty-odd campaign
last fall as to need touching up with the
firing iron none is suffering this spring
from either q splint or an osselet. Their
feet are as hard and as healthy as can be-
NJ Dit,
$4,000 last season. and T. 8. Martin, for
which the young Clevelander paid s., 500
last fall, and Computer, Sir Wilfred and
Horace E., who cost $500, $18.5O0 and
mash, besides the Dunlop and Ross d.
visions of his string, Garth has under his
management this year stable worth about
$225,000. On paper It Is one Of the strongest
racing establishments ever got together,
and the events of the coming year may
prove that it is the best stable on this side
Of the Atlantic.
Has Fine Prospects.
Mr.. Garth, who until last year devoted
himself almost exclusively to second-class
horses and the minor circuits Of Canada
and the west, Is little known to metropoli-
tan turf patrons Eastern turf patrons are
in the habit of seeing such men as James
Rowe, John w. Rogers, Thomas Welsh,
Andrew jackson Joyner and Matt Allen in
charge OF great strings. But horsemen
familiar with Garth's training methods and
intelligence as placer OF horses predict
that he will prove equal to the stiff task
set before him and that he will finish the
season Of 1907 among the first five winning
trainers. Last year Garth won more races
than any other trainer in the world. al
though James Rowe beat him in the matter
Of money won.
Mr. Garth. who is known to his friends
as the Hercules OF Albemarle county. be-
cause Of his prodigious feats Of strength
when younger man, is modest as to his
accomplishments as trainer. He is not
willing to say he will be successful in his
vastly widened sphere of action. but he
promises to strive hard and to deserve
success.
1t is Garth's intention to weed out his
establishment at Benning. He does not
expect to continue to train for Samuel
Ross. He calculates upon turning that
horseman's campaigners over to some other
man before he leaves Washington. Such Of
his own horses as make good he will sell
to his big employers-the Raineys and
David Dunlop. Those he considers unfit
for service on the big tracks will be dis
patched up the minor circuit under the
management of Woods Garth his brother.