The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-26
Track Managers Spend Money
in Manner Which Shows They
Expect Something.
VALIDITY OF LAW WILL
BE TESTED IN COURTS
In the Meantime Courses Are
Rehabilitated and Many
Stables Strengthened.
BY JAMES DocKERALL,

BY JAMES DoCKERALL.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-For reasons not
easily explainable horse owners and men
interested In turf affairs are going
ahead as II assured that there Will be
no restriction on racing.
Hearing In the petition OF Reynolds
and thirty Others TO review the present
| apportionmant OF the state into senate
and assembly districts for the purpose
of determining whether the reapportion-
mcnt OF 1907 was constitutional was had
in the supreme court. The case will be
taken to the appellate division
II the court OF appeals decides Tor the
petitioners then every law enacted AT
the extraordinary session OF the legisla-
ture will become invalid and racing Will
| be restored.
The managers OF Belmont park are
busy these days restoring the big racing
plant The track was almost dismantled
| last autumn, to prepare II for the ayia-
tion meet. The iuneld was cleared OF
the timers stand. apparatus for display
ing names OF Jockeys, steeplechase Jumps
and the rails on the tracks proper
Many loads OF brush have been brought
IN from the central part OF Long Island.
This will be used in the construction of
the steeplechase course which is one of
the safest In this country.
The inside and outside fences OF the
mile training track were erected some
time ago, and horsemen quartered at the
course, will be able to train M on this this
track has good safe bottom and even
cushion. and the nature OF the soil is
such that II dries out quickly after a
rainfall.
New Yorkers Buy Good Ones.
In the number. at the Garden sale, OF
the hghest-priced horses purchased,
horsemen of this city far eNcelled all 9th.
ers OF the entire country. OF the total
of AIS horses sold. th.rtyfour brought
$1,000 and over; their total sale price be-
head s. III, Knox OF Buffalo paid $1,000
for the -year-old Moko- Emma T..
filly Emma.
Miss SUB Rosa. at $1,000. and the year
ling fily Sweet Spirits. ny Walnut Hall.
dam Great Spirits by Prodigal. at $1,000.
were bought by Richmond, Va, horse
man.
From this number. however. two must
be deducted. although the bidders were
| from this city. namely Eva Cord, at
$500 and hive. at $1,000, the former hay
The latter goes to Europe.
BY actual count 21l horses out of AS
sold, were purchased by Empire state
horscmcn. of whom not quite thirty went
outside OF Manhattan and Brooklyn
Cassatt's Will Race East.
The recent sale of Captain E. B. Cas-
salts horses. Sallc Day. Toe Dancer,
The Bailiff's Daughter and Sleepland at
Oakland was preliminary step TO the
mans trainer, j Simon Healy. II the
California legislature had not passed a
new anti-raclnG bill; making IL neces-
Sary for Thomas Williams TO decide to
close the gates OF Oakland Healy would
have remained there until the first of
March,
IIealy must he east carly next month
campaigning on the Metropolitan track
next spring and summer at Chestcrhrook
farm, lie mus, take them up soon or
pass up the Maryland Jockey clubs
spring meeting az Pmllco.
Captain Cassatt is going In for racing
on a bigger scale than ever. lie has
made nominations for all the stakes the
Westchcster association and the Conoy
Island Jockey club have closed so far,
and he viii 20 further when the other
metropolitan associations declare their
Intentions.
The best of the older horses Captain
Cassatt Is .wintering at Chcstorbrools
farm is Hcatherhroom. strapping
daughter OF Disguise and BituTica for
which he paid James Il. kccnc $500 At
Saratoga IN August Hcatherbroom Is
Futurty Of 1908, and good locker
Garry Heavy Weights.
The handicappers or England have con-
ferred htsh distinction on The American
race horses. Sir Martin aud Dolmatian.
Louis Winsns nominations for the COM
Ing City and Suburban and kempton
tin. n five ycar-old, is top weight over
all in each Of those races. and Dalma
tian Is top weight among the four year
olds,
Sir Martin. son of Ogden and Lady
Sterling. was bred and developed by John
e, Madden, who got $4,000 for him and
Plandit and Passan, III 1908 MIR, Winaps
a wealthy American resident in Great
Britain. bought Si, Martin,
The story Of Sir Martins fall at Tat
fpnhIm corner. whom he m
have the Derby OF 1909 in hand, and OF
lHe subsequent victory Of The late King
require rotelhnS: but since the Derby
he has beaten most of the colts that
finished in front OF him on that occa-
sion.
Dalma tian. son OF Ethelbert and Ionis.
was developed by Samuel c. HiIdreth.
and although he did not. as 81 two-vear-
old make any such reputation as STR
Martin took To England IT was conceded
on all sides tha, he was very shiftv
colt. and he became cracking good
nnrn 5hrsE yssroo'd onot Flo , Ton the sroolsyp
oud Travers stakes and the Empire City
hnndlcap last summer. MIR. Winans paid
M. Hildrelh. $4,000 for Dalmatian.
Sir Martins weight in The CITY and
Suburban. n $4,000 race for three year
ods and over nj one milo and quar-
ter. Is lSa mounds, and Dalmatan's Is
$4,000 race at ono mile aud quarter
Sir Martin Is to take mp 12s pounds and
Dalmatian III.
Another American in Europe.
Ex city Comptroller Theodore w. NY |
ers has engaged Jockey Stanley Davis for |
two wears Ia ride for him in Belgium |
and France. Davis Will leave for Eu-
rope and after reporting To Mr. Myers's |
trainer, w Ross Adams, at Brussels. |
Will go To Nicr. as there are two or |
three runners there for The nal racing |
In March. Davis Is 81 Years old and can |
ride at los pounds |
Myers bought one or Two horses 1t |
Ostend last summer and won races. He |
made moro purchases and eventually took |
n private trimming establishment at Gro
vcnendacl near Brussels, Viscount Tor |
rlngtop also had horses in the stable |
but Mr.. Myers bought out the English |
peer last fall With the two year -olds |
thcro are about sixteen horses. many
winners. at the training place. Tod