Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
TRAINING At BELMONT PARK
GOOD WORK BEING DONE BY
THE WILSON HORSES.

NEW YORK. May 2.-The value of Bel
mon. Park a training ground is being
illustrated these days by the extremely
smart work of the horses running in the
colors of Richard T. Wilson. jr. Red
River ran a sparkling second to Jack
Akin in the Carter handicap: Gallavant' S
effort behind Zal the same day was very
creditable considering the interference he
met with and the stable scored brackets
with Alauda in the Union stakes. All
show the good results of training over
the light. fast track at the big plant in
Queens county. According to the trainers
who wintered there. it was fit for fast
work at times this spring when the other
loca, courses could be used only for gal
Looping exercise.
All the horses in the Wilson string win
tered we'll and will he out regularly from
this time on. The string this year is
a big one. 1t numbers thirty head. OF
which sixteen are two-year-olds. well
bred youngsters that have worked well
Some are going along in a manner to
ind cate that they will he heard from,
when the times comes TO try for richer
juveniles are by Mexican. the dam of
one of this lot heing LAlouette. the FLY
with which Mr.. Wilson won the futurity
some years ago. Ornament is represented
by seven of the youngsters. while Water
cresS, Goldcrest and Woolsthorpe have a
single representative apiece.
Samuel Emerys three-year-old colt
Marenso. the closest relative in this coun-
try to Richard Cookers EPSON Derby win
ner of last year Orby broke down hope
lessly at Sheepshead Bay last Thursday
morning and will be retired to the breed
ing paddock. Marengo is by Sempronius-
Marechal Neil, his dam being a full sister
TO Rhoda B., the dam of Orby. Because
o. the latter's easy victory over the best
English three-year-olds in the world S
mos: famous classic last summer much
attention was directed i'm this country to
Marengo He ran once or twice. but dis
played little racing quality. Andy Blake
ley trainer of the Emery string. had
hopes that Marengo would develop into
good three year-old and is greatly dis
appointed at his breakdown. Emery will
probably turn the colt over to some Ken
lucky breeder
Thomas Hitchcock jr who recently re-
turned from a visit to England and
Franc is not greatly impressed with the
English steeplechasers. and is convinced
that any first-class American fencer can
hold his own against them Nor does
he consider that the English sportsmen
ask more of their cross-country horses in
the matter of courses than is required
on this side. Two Of the jumps at Sara
toga, he asserts. are higher than any
thing in England or France. and a ma
jority of the American obstacles are prac-
tiCally on a par with those abroad.
The foreign courses appear sitter than
ours said Mr.. Hitchcock. but they are
deceptive. ! saw lot OF steeplechasing
on various English courses. and in my
opinion their jumps are so constructed
that their horses can get away with
more mistakes without going down than
they could In America. The obstacles in
France are also less formidable than
they appear / had no chance to form
an opinion of French steeplechasers. as
their season had not opened