The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
PIMLICO IS READY
FOR FALL RACES
Horses Leaving Toronto for
Baltimore Track.
Stables VIII BE Taxed to Utmost to
Handle Large Lot of Racers.
Via Octavia, SandhiII, ROsseauN,
The WeIkIn, and Ticket of
Leave a Few of the Cracks.
Special to The Washington Herald.

! Special to The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Sept 3O.-Sunday will be the
busiest day at Pimlico since the flag fell
on the spring meeting last year. The
Toronto meeting will close to-day, and
there will be an exodus from the Cana
dian track for PimIico. All of the more
important stables will ship directly to
the local course, and Supt John Brennan
will have his hands full assigning quar-
ters for the horses. Next week will see
more than 300 horses stabbed on the
track or in the vicinity of the course,
and there will be much to interest local
admirers of the thoroughbred. Among
the stronge-- stables due to arrive at
Pimlico from Toronto are those of r
T. Wilson, jr., in charge of Trainer Tom
HeaIey; August Belmont, with John
Whalen in charge, and those of Capt.
W. F. Presgrave. James Fitzsimmons,
and William Garth.
Capt Presgraves big string will be
quartered in the Clyde barn, on the back
stretch. The Belmont horses will occupy
their old stable back of the grand stand,
and Tom Healey will be given the same
stable he had last spring, while Jimmy"
Fitzsimmons will stable in the inClOsed
barn at the entrance to the track close by
the clubhouse entrance, which he has oc-
cupied for several years. Fitzsimmons in
tends to rest his Horses until next Satur-
day. He has a strong stable of runners
and the string he brings from Toronto
will be augmented by his own horses that
have been turned out all summer in Della
ware. These are Via Octavia, Sandhill
and RosSeauX. Via Octavia was one of
the best three-year-Olds of the early
spring at jacksonville. and a summers
rest is said to have done him a lot of
good. He has furnished beautifully, and
is now one of the finest looking horses in
training.
Via OctavIa Looks Good.
Fitzsimmons bought Via Octavia from
August Belmont last fall at jamestown,
where he swept everything before him.
At Moncrief Park last winter and in the
early spring there was not three-year-
old that could beat Via Octavia. Sand
hill, by Rocksand, did not show to great
advantage last spring at Pimlico, but he
won several good races at Jacksonville
and with a long rest Is sure to come
back in excellent form. Rosseaux, for
merly owned by Paul Rainey, is a full
brother of Roseben and a handsome
horse. He is a sprinter of great speed
and will hold his own in the short races
had great success this season on the
Canadian circuit, will put his best foot
forward at Pimlico. He likes to win at
the famous old course, where he earned
his first victory on the turf. His main
stays, of course, will be the jumpers
Ticket of Leave and The Welllin. the lat
ter having been purchased from Sam
Hildreth.
Ticket of Leave Great Jumper.
Mr.. Parr likes The we1lsin, but he loves
Ticket of Leave. This horse. which is
by Russell. out of Release II, and,
therefore, aptly named, Mr.. Parr bought
at the sale of the late Robert Neville's
horses in the paddock at Pimlico a year
ago last spring. When Col. Neville first
tried Ticket of Leave he showed very
little Of what was in him. He could not
jump and had little speed, but shortly
after Col. Parr purchased him the horse
was turned over to Woods Garth, brother
of Billy" and Woods made a first-elass
cross-country animal of him. Last winter
Ticket Of Leave was a very sick horse,
but he recovered under careful handling,
and last spring, as all Baltimoreans
know, he was the best jumper at Pim-
lico From Pimlico he went to Canada,
where he swept everything before him.
His most notable victory was at Wind
sor, where, under the crushing weight of
I72 pounds, he won easily.
Ticket of Leave did not start at Mon
treal or Toronto, having shown little
lameness. but he is training nicely now
and surely viii be starter in the Green
Spring Valley Steeplechase Handicap.