The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-15
WH|PPANY CLUB
PREPARING FOR
IT'S RACE meet
Contests Near MorristOwn Will
Take Place Next Saturday
Afternoon.

Extensive preparations are being
made by the fashionable Whippans
River Club. whose membership includes
many m~illionaires, for its race meet
to be held at its course. near Morris
town. Saturday afternoon, May %. The
entry list is almost completely filled.
The flat course is unchanged from
previous years, but the steeplechase
course has been heightened. the horses
now starting and finishing on the pole
field Immediately in front of the grand
stand, n in addition there are two
jumps on the polo field right in plain
view Of the parking spaces n club
enclosure. This makes the start and
finish of all races plainly visible from
the parking spaces club enclosure and
grandstand, affords a beautiful
view Of the greater part of the cross
country races. The fences, rails and
jumps are all being renewed this year
with new timbers.
Proper police precautions have been
taken for enforcing the law. Patrol
judges will be distributed around the
course in charge of Frank Outerbridge.
of Morristown, to insure racing horses
rounding the proper marks.
There are to be six races, three on
the fat and three acros country.
Among those to whom parking spaces
have been assigned are: r, A. Nc
Curdy, r.. A. Grannias, d, Wagstaf,
Dean Sage, John Y. q. Walker, Otto
H. Kahn, ]. o. H. Pitney, j. 3. Tai
mage. w. p. Bliss. r. H. Williams. @
B. eohley, sr-, G. B. 6chley, jr., ,. Cor
d6n Douglas, p. H. B. Frelinghuysen,
ogden Hammond, George Dadmun, r.
ii. Thomas G.i q. Frelinghuysen,
Charles Scribner, D. RAFT Richardson,
A.. n. Tiers. e. Wilder, jr.. H. NICK.
TwombIy, w. p. Hardenberg. Charles
D. Leonard, Charles Bradley. Max
Behr. Arthur Whitney, A. r. Whitney,
w. D.. vanderpool, A. De Barry. p. W.
van vIeck, c.. o. Winston, Seymour
Cromwell C. M. Fleischman.
A large public attendance is expected
and a luncheon has been arranged for
several hundred people; Buses VIII
meet trains before the race meet TO
transport passengers to the Whippany
River Club, and at h end of the meet,
will take them to the station. The
clubs officers are as follows: Benjamin
Nicoll. president; Leslie d. Ward, vice
president; George E, Dadmun, secre-
tary; Francis H. Kinnicutt, treasurer
Prominent Members.
Among the prominent members OF
the club may be mentioned: George b.
Baker. IT., c.. Ledyard Blair, John
Claim, George J. Gould, Robert "A.
Granniss. Otto H. Kahn, W. Delaney
Kountze, DR.. David Hunter McAlpin,
Emory McClintock, Richard A. Nc
Curdy. Robert H. McCurdy, Charles
Moore, Ex-Governor Franklin
Murphy, Charles Pfzer, Mahlon Pit
ney. Douglas Robinson, George d. r.
schieffeIin, Charles Scribner, Louis a.
Thebaud. II. NICK. Twombly, Alfred g.
vanderbilt. John e. Waterbury, Jacob
e.. Ward, DR.. Leslie D. Ward.
This meet Is expected to be the larg-
est aver held by the Whippany River
Club.
Events and Prizes.
First Race (farmers' race)--Horses regu-
iarly worked on farms In Morris or
S Se'1sa se. cq fSir9 pr Tasst So prlS cats siD' sfSEna
Po~st-entries, Distance, about one-naif
Second Race for half-bred bona-fde
hunters)-Purse or plate of 800. OF. which
SEQ goes to second. and $40 to third. En-
trance fee, SIS. To carry 165 pounds. Dis
about three miles. over a fair hunt
=" third Race tfor Galloways, fifteen hands
or nnder)-Purse or plate of 500, of which
$50 goes to second, third horse to save
pounds. Distance. about two-thirds OF .
Fourth Race (whippany cup. Tor bona
fde hunters, regularly hunted with the
Essex bounds)-To b. won three times by
same owner, not necessarily with same
horse. Sweepstake of SIS to be divided, go
per cent. to winner, 30 per cent. to sec
10 per cent. to third. To carry 165
Thoroughbreds ten pounds extra.
Distance. about three miles, over q fair
nq Fifth Race hacks and hunters, 4-year-
Which $50 goes. to second. third horse saves
stake. Entrance fee, $40. To carry 165
pounds. Distance. ABOUT q mile. on the
ns Sixth Race uor thoroughbred bona-nde
hunters)-Purse or pate Of $500, Of which
s0 goes to Second, 800 to third. Entrance
fee, SIS. To carry 165 pounds. Distance,
about three miles. over q fair hunting
The committee in charge consists q Dr..
schiey, courtlandt Nicoll and r. H. WILL
A car for horses Will be run free of
from Hoboken over the Lacka-
wanna railroad on Thursday. May 20, re-
turning on sunday.