Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
BUSY DAYS AT THE BENNING TRACK

price on him. he was comparatively
! new horse to the Maryland LAYERS.
| Ore horse that is quite we'll known in
| these parts is Merryman very good
three-year-old. belonging to John Far
/ rel. VINO also brought down an un-
/ known three-year-old named Darby. j.
/ l.. Gladdish. who is training MIR. Far
rellS horses. says Darky has all the
/ lines of stake horse. and will be one
| they will have to beat later on. as he
! recently stepped three-quarters in 1.19.
with the snow up to his ankles.
The Two Daily Stables.
/ In the stable number twelve are the
+ horses of that picturesque owner. Father
/ Bill DAILY. who will arrive this week
with eight more. making in all sixteen
/ horses, which will race under the far
| famed red and green but the Irish green
/ is above the English red in this case.
Sailor Boy. perhaps the best horse MI
/ DAILY has raced i'll several years. has
/ been retired. his place being filled by
/ I\illiecrankie. formerly owned by Mr..
/ Harry p. Whitney. Tennis. which. as a
/ two ycar-old, did not do very much, is
developing into fair jumper and Frank
Trash. the young trainer for Father
Bill. says: IF he continues TO improve
there is no doubt that he will become
second Ballarat
! But while Father Bill Daily is repre-
scented by greater number of horses
NJ. J. DAILY has more class in the two
! which he owns. One OF them named
Shoot. is the best-looking animal at the
track; the other is a coming twO-year
Old unnamed as Yet. a full sister of Peep
In. Michael DAILY. by the way. is trainer
for j. W. Colt. who is spending the win
ter months in Florida. where a meeting
is now going on at Tampa. During Mr..
Days absence OH account OF illness the
Colt string is in charge of Assistant
Trainer Farrell. who has under his care
the great Ironsides. for whom Mr.. Colt
paid Mr.. II. P. Whitney $1,000 with the
intention of making a jumper out of
him. Besides this high-priced fencer
the string includes Thistledale consid-
cred by many the greatest two-miler over
the sticks in the country. The rest of
the string is made up of Gus Stratus,
Percentage. Economy. Kara and Czador.
Development of Beldemo.
While the above-named horses are some
of the best jumpers here Billy Shields
has in Beldemo one that will give a good
account of himself later on. as he is de-
veloping into a crack four-yearold.
The public will be glad to learn of the
recovery by Holscher of his old-time form.
He broke down last fall at PimlicO, and
il was feared for while he would have
to be sent to the stud. But under the
care of the young Canadian he has been
brought back SO TO speak. and looks
like the Holscher of few years ago.
Near Mr.. Shields stable room is being
reserved for Mr.. w. c. Hayes. who eX-
poets the arrival of his horses within
the next few days. Although Mr.. Hayes
has not ridden in several years, he was
considered by many at one time the best
gentleman rider on the American turf.
a trainer new to Benning, and the
country at large for that matter. Is John
McNaughton, who has charge of Patrick
which won fourteen races last year out of
nineteen starts; AndalusiOn, Croydon.
Scarecrow and Tarconia.
Mr.. McNaughton. like most successful
trainers. comes from Ireland, where he
trained for Lord Carnavon. at one time
lord lieutenant of Ireland Mr.. Nc
NaughtOn has been here but little over
year. but he says as soon as the law
lean citizen. He remarked that one of
the reasons that Anne rican jockeys are
so successful across the water is because
of their seat, which throws the upper
part of the body far forward. and in
thai manner distributing the weight. while
the English seat is upright. which he
thinks retards the speed of the horse.
Superintendent Strahan has a very we'll
bred two-year-old which he is training.
by Rustic out of Silver Sue. He has also
I L
Clinic. which is owned by DR.. Tyree of
this city
Repairs to the Track.
Mr.. Strahan said yesterday that there
was no truth in the report that the
steeple chase course would be changed.
Tho commission sent to Pimlco few
weeks ago by the stewards of the Jockey
Club visited Benning also, but they found
the course through the field came up to
the requirements of the National Hunt
ana Steeplechase Association.
Mr. Strahan further stated that no
change would be made to the track prop
err. except in the way of getting it into
few places in the field the track is in
good condition. and visitors yesterday
were treated to an impromptu race over
the jumps for mile. A couple of own
ers were watching the workouts of a
couple of horses being sent over the sticks
when dispute arose as to the speedier
horse of the two for mile. The result
of the argument was race which proved
good one from start to finish, Mr..
| Shields horse. owned by David Johnson
| winning easily by ten lengths from Ja-
| maica Girl. owned by Samuel Tut. For
seven-eighths Of the journey it was a very
close race and was enjoyed by al. who
saw it, especially by Mr.. Shields.
Ready for the Bell.
| Many amusing scenes take place at the
track every day. One Of them occurs
when the big dinner bell at John Cramp-
toms boarding house announces the fact
that dinner is ready. Then the boys, who
have been working since early morning
drop all work and make a run in the di-
, rection from whicbl the sound of the bell
| comes. And the truth of that old saying
| ITO get an appetite ride a horse is
proven over and over daily by Mr.. Cramp-
| tons guests. T.
He said yesterday that the boys We're
good deal like Oliver Twist in that
they never failed to call for more. Dur
ing the hours the lads are off duty they
amuse themselves in various ways, such
as reading indoor base ball, boxing and
cards.