Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-11
WORK At BEhn|NG
BEFORE THE SNOW
Weights for the Benning sprinn
Handicap Show Dandelion
at Top Weight.

away, trainers at Benning are sending their
charges along. and useful work by q ma
jority of the six hundred horses at and in
the vicinity of the track has been reported
daily with the exception Of yesterday, when
the unexpectedly heavy snow storm con-
fined nearly all hands to shed work.
But the previous days. with fine track.
were ideal for the many candidates for
fame and dollars, and many youngster
and Older horse got trials -rder their belts
which are bound to prove useful in the near
future. and. as old-timetratners put 1t, GER
tain to tue them good and plenty.
Among the two-year-olds here Dinner
Party and Nursery Stake youngsters are
the busiest. and one of BILLY" Garth's colts
worked half mile in 5Os seconds. This is
the best work yet. although Carter Hall s
Giles and Burgoo stepped half a mile in 50
after being interfered with by some other
horses coming between them and the rais'
causing them to swerVe, making tneifs
very good move indeed.
or other Dinner Party candidates Ed
Hanna's Lady Isabel and George Howard
Billie Hibbs deased from William Garrh)
have shown up remarkably well. The last
named. brother to Pater. does not look
much like the latter, as he is a brown with
a decided sway" back; much on the same
order as was the great horse Tenny In tnat
respect but he moves just ike fater' win
the same up-headed. siashing way of going
The Hitchcock pair. the gelding Wood
craft and the filiy Poiaris. trained in John
Madden's stable. also look we'll advanced IN
condition and have shown wen IN tneir
work. Both are finely developed, impress
sive lockers, that are likely to justify their
royal breeding while J. W. Colts fily
Casual is also doing all that Trainer Mike
Daily is asking of her. The stables other
Dinner Party candidate. Sir Bedivere, was
sent home to Geneseo last week:
A. d. PARIS mare Tickle worked three
quarters in Lie. the best shown here yet
The Benerywyck stables Malacca ana Bef-
kelley stepped Ave furlongs in l.Oi handiy.
and one OF the pair is certain starter for
the Benning Spring Handicap on the open
ing day The two-year-olds in this stable,
Matches. Mary and Tenancy, by courtesy,
are also going along In good styie tor tnear
engagement in the Nursery stake the SET
ond week of the meeting.
Fast Work by Horace E. and DeMund
OF the ..topnotchers'' Salvidere, Dandel on.
Tangle. DeMund, Horace E. and Oxford
have all shown much improvement since
they reached here, their daily gallops being
all that have been asked Of them DeMund
and Horace F. are perhaps the furthest ad-
vanced of all, and they worked five fur
longs in 1Oi cleverly with the French mare
Ginette two days ago. Graziallo and Lady
Vera worked in 1.O41a and one OF both of
the pair will start in the handicap.
longs in 1.O5 and Campaigner in half a sec
end slower time. The gray horse has
wintered finely and promises to be better
than ever this year. All of the two-year-
Odds in the Mclaughlin stable are useful
looking, especially those that ran at New
Orleans. Queen Melba and Success.
More useful schooling by the 'leppers'
has shown Commodore Fontaine u Ankle,
Hyperion, Pioneer Dulcian and Gus Straus
to advantage. T. s. Martin at his last es-
say refused the Liverpool. but at a second
trial got over it. But Worthwhile Is an en-
igma. as he will alternately refuse. and
negotiate jumps he seems to take
notion.
If Billy" Garth can get Worthwhile to
take more kindly to his business, this horse
will win between flags, for he can jump
well enough-when he wants to-and has
speed on the fiat as well as weight-carrylng
capacity.
Others of Garth's big bunch that have
worked fast in the last few days are Sir
Anna Smith. liz. and Heaslip, LOS. The
younger Garth attends to the division OF
the stable that is quartered outside of the
track, and as it is nearly mile away from
the main body his pedometers show consid-
cradle footwork every twenty-four hours.
Jockey Richardson was thrown here on
Friday and his arm broken while working
a mare. Theodore Cole is training for Doc
tor Ta1bert Patrick Gallagher, the very
capable steeplechase rider, is back from
Canada and is schooling Hyperion. Bound
Brook and Coles other jumpers. Few
cross-country riders have much on Gala
CHER.
Trainer Sam Holman received on Satur-
day the ten-year-old, North BfittOn. which
his employer. Wilson Chamberlain. has
leased from Edward r. Baird for 1907 and
1905 Jockey f. Wishard, who is here. Will
ride for the Chamberlain stable this season.
A Lively Quadrille.
William Shields two-year-old flly Lady
Powell, by Toddington. looks like the best
of his Nursery candidates the way she is
doing her work. The repurchase of Tod
dington by ]. b. Haggin, who formerly
owned him, is great tribute to the sue
cess of the Nectar sire in the stud.
OF the older horses in the Shields stable
Quadrlle is moving like bird. and IL he
don't win some of the sprints at the meet
ing all signs will come to naught. Holscher
is going along slowly. and seems as sound
thus far they make them.
Maryland. reached here this morning. and
managed to find quarters outside the track.
1t includes the well-known horse Freck-
man, Tom Lawson, and four others. Thos
Clyde's stable is expected here from Sails
bury, Md. tomorrow.
The book program of the meeting just is
sued has been received with favor by the
horsemen at the track. 1t calls for eighteen
days racing, the 1O8 events carded includ-
ing conditions for all classes of horses.
AS usual. the owner, trainer and jockey of
the horse that wins the first race will each
receive a trophy a very handsome silver
mug.
The announcement of the weights for the
Benning spring handicap has created much
interest among the horsemen at Benning.
1t was expected that Dandeli0n and Tangle
would be top weights, but Salvidere, a
three-year-old, looks far too well taken