The Washington herald., 1909-03-09
RACE TRACKS BUSY
ThOrOughbredS in Training
for the Coming Season.
HORSEMEN ARE OPTIMISTIC
Keene stable Attracts Attention ut
SheepShend Bhy-ketcheH Hopes 10
Score KnOekoas over Philadelphia
Jack O'BrIen-Gans Is FavOrite
over White-EIberfeId for Captain.

New York. March 9. - The bracing
weather OF to-day acted as a tonic among
the race horses that have been spending
the winter at the local tracks The train
srs Jumped out OF bed early and had
their charges on track or road. trotting
snd cantering as II the annual turf cam
palgn was only week on.
These horsemen, by the way, have never
lost faith in the future of the turf in
New York State. They have insisted
since the enactment OF the Agnew-Hart
law that racing would be revived in time
under more favorable and satisfactory
conditions than formerly
Because OF this confidence. therefore
these handlers of thoroughbreds are max
.ug the usual preparations for the local
racing season, in spite OF the fact that no
stakes have been announced and the
Jockey Club has not yet disclosed the
schedule of dates for 1909.
Some well-knOwn horses are enjoying
daily joys at Belmont Park. Down at
Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay there is
even greater activity than at Belmont
Park
At the bay the Keene stable is attract
ing much attention because Of the splen-
did condition of the four-year-old Celt,
winner Of last years Futurity and a
choice lot Of tWo-year-Olds from the Cas-
Teton stud, all under the watchful eye OF
James Rowe.
The star Of John f Madden's string AT
the bay is the three-year-old Fayette,
which is expected to be one OF the best
colts Of his age this year.
AS soon as the season in California ends
there viii be a general shipment OF thor
oughbreds TO the local tracks, and In the
consignment Will be such cracks as Rose
ben. King James. Dandelion. Jack Atkin.
Fitzherbert, Restigouche, and Firestone.
Boxing enthusiasts who enjoy hard hit
ting. and plenty of II. VIII be in their ele-
ment at the Fairmount Athletic Club to-
morrow night. when frankie Madden and
Jack Dorman meet in a ten-round bout.
Madden is one Of those fighters who can
take all kinds Of punishment.
Stanley Ketchell. the middle-weight
champion. is seeing the sights Of the me-
tropolis just now. but ne Will begin train
ing on Wednesday for his ten-round bout
with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien at the Ma
tional Athletic Club on March 26. KetcheH
says that while he knows how clever
first moment Of the mill with the idea or
scoring a knockout.
Joe Cans VIII be the favorite when he
meets Jabez White at the National Ath-
letic Club on Friday night. Word comes
from Baltimore that Cans has been work
ing with unusual vigor. and that he win
come here in even better trim than when
he lost 10 Nelson last fall
The report from Macon that Manager
Stallings may appoint Elberfeld captain
Of the Highlanders served as a surprise
TO ball fans to-day. EIberfeld became
so unpopular here last fall that many
rooters clamored for his release. But
6tailings knows Elberfeld so well. and
has always been on such friendy terms
with him, that he possibly feels that this
Crouch in the young man viii turn over
a new leaf II he Played at the helm.