The Washington times., 1909-04-01
Horses in Splendid Condi-
ton to Begin Workouts
AT Once.
STABLE
LEAVES BENNING
Live Wire Is Doped Out By Rail
Birds" For An Early
Killing.

BALTIMORE. Md. April Cant
Fred Presgrave's string of eighteen eot
in yesterday afternoon from Salisbury
and are snugly quartered in the COM
Portable stables occupied by the CLYDE
contingent last season at PimIico. The
captain believes in the best that money
can buy for man and beast. and his
stables are quite the show place of the
track.
The big bunch of horses that Captain
Presgrave brought up from Salisbury
are all in splendid health and condition
and ready for the course Of sprouts to
which they will be subjected under the
vigorous hand of Al Weston, who viii
begin on them at once. The horses
have been worked only on a straight
away course at the farm and are not
as far advanced as the strings which
have wintered at Benning and Pimlico.
They have had no workouts yet: II
fact, Captain Presgrave said yesterday
ne had not pulled his watch out of his
pocket this season.
In the bunch are Silk Hose, the prop
cry OF Sir Thomas Shaugnessy, of
Canada; Ontario, Tasley PocOmoke.
Quantico, Rockawalllin, Hurlock, Bal
let Girl. and Transition, a five-year-old
maiden by AtheIing- filgrimage, thus a
full sister to many fast ones which
have carried the Gougharce colors to
victory. This one ble1 as a two-year-
old and was not raced. These make up
the older contingent
Seven classy -year-Oids were
brought along with them. The pick of
the bunch, in Captain Presgrave'S cpin-
ion, is the colt by Star Ruby-Virginia
Moore. which re has named Pimlico.
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For riding talent, Captain Presgrave
has engaged Goldstein, who has Just
arrived from California, and little
EIinchclifTe.
This afternoon Johnnie Bartlett will
ship his string from Benning. At me
head OF the Bartlett contingent is Inc
good colt Live Wire. and II reports are
TRUE NE IS live wire indeed this sea-
son. The rail birds at Benning have
this one down for early action.
The track at PimlicO ~Sas in excellent
condition yesterday and some very re-
spectacle moves were made over II.
George Sherman gave his stable an air
ing. Dele Strome breeZed fve-eighths
in 1:o6, the best workout at the track
pany with Dele StTOme and they fin
ished together. Oscar 7. was given
five-eighJhs in 1906, and did II very
handily. lie KOSu and Teddington
bTeezed three-eighths in OBS Tedding-
ton mad Dangman up ChaI'Var1. the
good Disguise maiden, got slow work
Bobby Boyle gave Smoker and Maxim
Gun a slow three-quarters. FGppen
had three of his jumpers out Just for
a little limberinE-uD exercise Harry
Rites and Beale did slow work only
Tillinghast and HiackO got three
eiShths ga 0:4e.
Harry Rites good Star Shoot colt has
been under the weather the past few
DAYS and is looking tucked up. Rites
is very sweet on mis- two-year-old colt
Water Gap, by Imp. BrtdgewateT-
ChaptRr. and believes that ne may turn
out TO be the best Of his youngsters
Another good one in the Rites bunch IS
the two-year-old FLY Jessica. Caesar
ion MohOlaSka. This one Is rather
small. bat she has a fine turn of speed.
The thrce-yeaT-Old Tim Pippin. which
came so near TO pulling off a big coup
vat Benning last spring at 30 TO !, has
all his wonderful speed this season ara
looks like an awfully shifty mSioen.
Jockeys Fair brother and Grand CO ne
ia yesterday.