The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-06
GREAT INTEREST IN
1910 TURF Stakes
More Horses Than Ever in
Training for the Coming
Season.
HILDRETH HOPES TO WIN
BIG RACES WITH SHILLING
Brighton Beach viii Be a Busy
Place; California Is
Uncertain.
BY JAMES DOCKERALL.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Nearly 800
horses are being trained for the OPEN
Ing OF the turf season in the east, and
more money Will be given away in stakes
and purses this spring than Tor many
years past. In order to Induce owners
| OF the best racers TO enter freely In the
| Plmlico stake features and overnight
races, the Maryland officials have an
I nounced that no race on the flat will
have less than $500 added to the Sweep
worth 5000 or more. The Preakness
stake, which was the big feature at PIN
leo last year. w!ll be fore three-year-
oids and the distance one mile.
| TWO weeks previous to the opening
OF the eastern turf season last year there
were but l25 horses being trained. AT
the present time there are 125 at Graves
end. 220 at Sheepshead Bay; so at
Belmont park and 100 moro In Maryland
| and Kentucky. This does not include
those thoroughbreds which VIII be
Vile. Tampa and Juarez Verify. the
racing sport is going TO prosper this
year.
Sam C. Hildreth will largely rely this
bert and King James, to keep his colors
70 the fore, while the stable OF James
in Maskette and Sweep. Il is Ger
tainty that the odds will shorten visibly
when these entries are posted in a
bunch. Among the entries tor, the su-
burban are Ballot, Helmet: Maskette.
Grassmere, Dinna Ken and Olambala.
Ballot did miserably in England. but Mr.,
keene has high hopes for the horse in
Nothing kills a jockey as quickly as
drink. II ruins his nerve, spoils his
judgment, makes fat and throws him in
Patsy McCue the phenomenal youngster,
who in the old days. seven or eight
years ago used TO pull five out OF six
mounts TO victory. Patsy is one OF the
are playing shinney Patsy fell for the
grape and died from his eXcesses, In
those days, after good days work, Nc,
worth Of champagne at various Broad
way cafes
Barney Shredder. the California breed
er: was talking the other day about the
evils Of drink
During the last meet at Latonia." said
shreiber Il was standing, against the
weazened @ ned mite mite Of Aen miserable fsaTH humanity
tackled me for, a one spot. l gave II to
him and then he said Guess you don't
recognize me, Mr.. Shredder. used to
ride your horses for you / did recognize
him then. but he was completely changed.
He was secdy and sodden from drink and
l recalled that l knew the time when he
had S125,000 in currency in his own pos
session which he had Won by riding. The
kid for he Is scarcely more than twenty
three now, may get back on his feet
again. but doubt IL, Therefore 1 won't
reveal his name"
Tod Sloan went the wine and actress
route till he got in bad repute.
although English ale and London cham
pagne arc causing him to gain fat so
fast that 1910 will see the end OF his rid
ing days; George Odom one of the clev-
crest Jockeys ever seen on the American
track was also one of the wisest He
saved his money and now IS the owner OF
a stable. Walter Miller quit with $780,
riding on account OF his weight, saved
we'll into the thousands.
In retaining Jockey G, II. Shilling at
Sam Hildreth is now In position to cope
with August Belmont and James r
Keene for the big prizes of the turf. Un-
ment me- g shins Ys is to rid ride for MidTeth from
April 1 TO November 30. This is further
fuel to the big turf war, for Belmont has
already engaged Eddie Dugan and Keene
has Butweil under contract, This trinity
OF Jockeys constitute the cream OF the
class, although Juarez may turn out
star before the meet. there IS over
1t VIII be remembered that Shilling |
jumped into notoricty last fall by stab
bing his employer. r. L. Thomas. the
Kentucky turfman. Thomas recovered. |
and the case against Shilling was prac-
tically dropped.
r. T. Wilson. Jr. the moving spirit in
the Saratoga Springs Racing association,
v.
handspring In the liberal policy movement
for Saratoga
II want 10 make the meeting at Sara
toga the most notable in America" said
he today, while we sat In a Broadway \
hotel discussing racing In general.
II am willing to spend money without
end to do this because I believe the re;
for racing In California. OF course. |
Juarez and Florida are good for winter |
meets. but I hope to eclipse them all at
. -. to W. g.,
the meet. obtained by voluntary sub
scription, is more than 100000 already"
Every section OF the United States so
far as breeding farms and trainers are
Brighton Beach this summer. The total |
number of nominations for the Brighton |
OF the Brighton Beach association. is
pleased beyond expression at the outlook
Among the nominators.. with the number |
Of horses they Snn nsye entered hnn Are the lo
Inns, 4, Barney Shredder. II; r. l., Thorn
as. s. Sam IiIldreth.- 81; j. e. Madden, l. |
Edgar Madden, 4 James r. Keene. g;
Mrs. II, II. selby. 6: James Gafrney, o. |
w, II: Fizer, 2i; F: 4. Forsythe: 49,
WOSdf9ra Clay H.; T; t,,SL 6; MepewelI
Bradley ls. The above constitute only |
few OF the most important.
We note that our old, time friend e e
Smathers has apparently dropped racing
for good. In the old days Smathers and |
Drake. were two of the mainstays,
The first foal OF the year at Clarence |
Mackay's Kingston stud, near Lexington.
Ky, Is a bay Ally by Meddler out OF |
FioearIine, dam Of Master Robert
Jockey Harry Spencer who has been |
riding In Germany for two or three years
will ride In America this year, He can |
make lis pounds.
With the turf season drawing nearer |
every day. there has been Il steady string |
of horses arriving at the track stables |
from Kentucky, Tennessee. Virginia. |
Canada and New Jersey. The odd thing |
is that they all look good. tom" Welch |
has barn full OF two-year-olds, and |
lie can point 10 at least half dozen |
that look like stake colts. Joe Le-
maire. who owns the horse Spooner.
which won at Juarez the other day. and |
received boost for so doing. claims that |
couple OF youngsters that he bought |
from Green Morris last fall will cut |
some figure in racing circles II they live |
UP 70 their looks and early reputatlons