Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
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Warm Sunshine Quickens Out
door Work of the Racers.
M0SBY'S STRONG STABLE
Expects to Capture Many of the
Juvenile Events.
GARTH'S HORSES AT TRACK
Four Favorites Win at New Orleans.
Sherman Plays Wonderful Pool.
Base Ball Notes.
MOSBY'S STRONG STABLE
GARTH's HORSES AT TRACK

base Ball Notes.
The bright sunshine of the past two
days enlivened things up great deal out
at the Benning track and the exercise
boys had lots to do working out their
thoroughbreds. The track has been in
splendid condition for the exercise work
and a big majority of the horses quar-
tered inside the grounds are in splendid
shape.
1t is the general impression at the track
among the wise boys, that W. II. Mosby
will clean things up in two-year-old racing
at Benning during the coming meeting OF
the Washington Jockey Club. Mr.. Mosby
reached Benning from Kentucky about
three weeks ago and with a strong stable
of youngsters. all of which have been
working steadily and we'll since his arri-
val.
They are the most forward of Benning
two-year-olds, but the tall kentuckian is
not doing too much with them. Mr. Mosby
was never rough man with horses, ana
he appreciates the danger of doing too
much with two-year-olds at the beginning
of the year
Six of Mr.. Mosby's two-year-olds are by
the Hanover stallion Handsome, who has
the distinction of being a half brother to
both Hastings and Plaudit, and they were
bred in. Kentucky by DR.. ]. D. Meet. the
gentleman who owned the famous brood
mares Tarantella and Cinderella.
1t is said by persons who have looked
Mosby's youngsters over that they are
the smartest Handsomes seen so far, and
II is freely predicted that they Will this
season bring Handsome into the front
rank of American stations 1t is general
" conceded that Handsome has not had a
fair chance in the stud. But at that he
has got some pretty fair horses. Blue
Book, the colt who defeated Fountain
blue and Montgomery at Sheepshead Bay
last fall, was a Handsome and he is win
tering satisfactorily in Frank Frisbie's
barn at the bay.
Some Youngsters Named.
The names of some of Mr.. Mosby's
youngsters are Tremaigo. who is a
brother to Sir Vagrant; Spencer Wells.
brother to Western; Brown Tony, who is
out of the mare Ado; Balbeck, who is
from San Andres. and Princess Pine, a
sister to Fine Cut; Aralia, a half-sister to
Trepan and Don Creole. Several had not
been named the day before yesterday
Names will have to be sent in for them
before the I'd of March, or some one will
be fined.
Mr.. Mosby owns a half interest in the
youngsters he is training for Dr. Meet.
and they Will bear his cOlors next season.
In addition to the horses DR.. Meet is
racing in partnership with Mr.. Mosby,
Carroll Ried. the man who brought Ban
gle this way few seasons back and who
more recent;y developed the Picket and
won the American Derby and the Brook
lyn handicap with him, will train a
youngster called Ashley Cooper for the
Kentucky breeder.
Ashley Cooper is by Don d'Oro, a SUI
perb son of Rayon dor and Bella Donna
and half-brother to Beldame and Don
Enrique, now doing stud duty in New
York state under the dispensation of the
breeding bureau of the Jockey Club. This
youngster is from full-sister to Has
tings, called Glass Slippers, and her first
fcal.
Garth Is at Benning.
yGarth's stable has arrived at Benning,
and the trainers there are loud in their
praise of the condition of De Mund,
The Goldfinch colt has developed quite
as much as Woods Garth said he had.
He weighs close to 1.15O pounds, and he
is the picture of robust health. The
Rainey horses are under the immediate
supervision of Woods Garth.
William Garth. as already related is
recovering from the effects of a serious
operation. and he will not be able to
take up the active management of his
string for some time yet. None of the
Rainey horses will race at Benning or
sportsman has concluded that it is not
good thing to get horses of any age
to the post too early in the season.
De Mund has not been turned loose
on Benning track, but he will gallop
there with the other horses. Benning
trainers are not as much interested in
De Mund, however, as they are in the
jumpers of the Garth string, and Perse-
ye-Gnce especially. Perseve rance is a
horse Rainey bought last season at the
veeding-out sale of the Whitney stable
He has not started since his unexpected
defeat i'm the Dixie stakes by George
schooling at Ingieside. Garth's winter
place. and it is said he is a fine natural
jumper.
Garth has not yet put him through a
serious -chooling stunt. but the curious
Benning folk will not have to wait long
to see the Meddler gelding. who has the
distinction of being a full brother to the
lightfooted Brookdale Nymph. take a
turn through the field Perseverance is
stakes and he will require lot Of work
at Benning. The Benning course is an
excellent one over which to school green
horses, by the way. The jumps are diff
ficult. a horse must know his business
to negotiate them successfully. But once
he learns the Benning course there is
little fear of his failing to get over any
course in the metropolitan circuit.
Sidney Lucas at Antrim.
DR. James Kerr the Washington ply
stefan and surgeon who owns the An
trim stud at Warrenton, Va, has leased.I
from Henry OXnard the famous old
can paigner Sidney Lucas, and that dis
tinguished son of Top Gallant has taken
the place of Roehampton at Antrim.
Since it is the purpose of DR.. Kerr to
breed horses for steeplechasing especially
he could not have got a better stallion
thar Sidney Lucas. Sidney has the size
which little Roehampton. first-class race
horse that he, was, lacked.
He is as big as all out of doors, to
u.s.. popular Virginia phrase. He stands
considerably more than sixteen hands on
his bare feet and he has the proportion
OF a colossus. Sidney Lucas weighs at
least 1.2JO pounds. 1t takes a horse of
his kind to get horses suitable for steeple-
chasing.
DR. Kerr. who has done lot of weed
ing out at Antrim recently, will have
some fine mares to breed to Sidney next
spring and thereafter. The doctor likes
Sidrey quite as much as he did Choris-
ter. u stallion who stood at Antrim for
many seasons. That is saying a great
deal for Chorister has had strong hold
on the affections of the generous and
kindly surgeon to whom the horSemen
of fleming and horseracing in this vicin-
ity owe a great deal.