The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
HORSE OWNERS PREPARE FOR RACING New York Horse Buyers
 Make Record HEALY RETURNS EAST English Handicappers Honor Ameri- can Race Horses-Noted Horse
 man Celebrates His 92d
 Birthday
HEALY RETURNS EAST
By JAMES poCKERALL

| Fly JAMES DOChEHALL
 New York, February 26.-(Special.)-F
 reasons not easily explainable, horse own
 CTS and men interested in turf affairs
 gre going ahead as if assured that there will be no restriction on racing. | The managers of Belmont park are busy
 these days restoring the big racing plant. I The track was almost dismantled last au- l tumn to prepare it for the aviation meet. The infield was cleared of the timers stand, apparatus for displaying 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 on this ground at their pleasure. The training l track has good safe bottom and even cushion, and the nature of the soil is such that it dries out quickly after rainfall. In the number at the Garden sale of the highest priced horses purchased horse men of this city far excelled all others of the entire country. Of the total of 475 horses sold. 34 brought $100O and over, their total sale price being $67, 300, or an average of s2OO0 per head. S. H. Knox of Buffalo paid $22o0 for the 2-year-old Moko-Emma T.. Ally Emma.
 Miss Sub Rosa, at 5000, and the year ling Ally Sweet Spirits, by Walnut Hall dam, Great Spirits, by Prodigal. at s100O were bought by a Richmond, Va, horse man.
 From this number, however, two must be deducted, although the bidders were from this city. namely Eva Cord, at $33OO and Ilice at s1200. the former having been already shipped to Memphis and the lat ter goes to Europe.
 By actual count 211 horses out of 475 sold were purchased by Empire State horsemen, of which not quite 30 went out side of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
 The recent sale of Capt E. B. Cas- satts Sallie Day, Toe Dancer, The Bailiff's Daughter and Sleepland, at Oak land, was preliminary step to the re- turn east of the Pennsylvania turfman's
 
 mia legislature had not passed new an- ti-racing bill, making it necessary for Thomas Williams to decide to close the gates of Oakland. Healy would have re- mained there until the 1st of March.
 Healy must be east early next month, because there is bunch of horses intend cd for campaigning on the metropolitan track next spring and summer at Chester brook Farm. which he must take up soon or pass up the Maryland Jockey clubs spring meeting at Pimlico.
 Captain Gassatt is going in for racing on a bigger scale than ever. He has made nominations for all the stakes the Westchester association and the Coney Island Jockey club have closed so far, and he will go further when the other metro politan associations declare their inten- tions.
 The best of the older horses Captain Gassatt is wintering at Chesterbrook Farm is Heatherbroom. strapping daughter of Disguise and Biturica, for which he paid James R. Keene s65O0 at Saratoga in August. Heatherbroom is a half sister to Maskette. winner of the Futurity of 1908, and good locker. The handicappers of England have con- ferred high distinction on the American race horses. Sir Martin and Dalmatian, Louis Winans' nominations for the com
 
 Park Great Jubilee ha1dicap. Sir Mar tin. a 5-year-old, is top weight over all | In each of those races, and Dalmatian is top weight among the 4-year-olds. Sir Martin. son of Ogden and Lady Sterling, was bred and developed by John F.. Madden, who got $75.000 for him and his stable companion, Edward, a son of Plaudit and Passan in 190S MT. Winans, wealthy American resident in Great Britain, bought Sir Martin.
 The story of Sir Martins fall at Tat tenham m corner, when he appeared to have | the Derby of 1909 in hand, and of the subsequent victory of the late King Ed wards Minorn. Is too fresh in mind to require reteling. but since the Derby he has beaten most of the colts that finish ed in front of him on that occasion. Dalmatian. son of Ethelbert and Ionis,
 was developed by Samuel C. Hildreth, and although he did not as a 2-year-old | make any such reputation as Sir Martin | took 10 England. 1t was conceded on all sides that he was very shifty colt, and he became cracking good 3-year-old. He | won the Brooklyn Derby, the Coney | Island Jockey club and Travers Stakes and the Empire City handicap last sum- mer.
 Mir winans paid Mir Hildreth s45ooo | for Dalmatian. l Sir Martins weight in the City and sub- urban. Q s10,000 race for 3-year-olds and over at one mile and a quarter, and 132 | pounds. and Dalmatian's. is 121. In the l Kempton Park Great Jubilee $15.000 race at one mile and a quarter, Sir Martin Is | to take up 12S pounds and Dalmatian IF. | Frank Work. New Yorks oldest horse-
 man, and perhaps the oldest road driver and owner of fast trotters in this coun- | try, celebrated his ninety-second birth day recently. For the first time in over | 60 years he does not own stable with
 noted harness horses in it.
 l Recently the veteran sold his stable and pensoned for life the two trotters he has
 owned for many years, while last year he presented his worlds champion 3-year-old | trotting gelding, Peter Sterling, to a | friend with the understanding that the horse will have comfortable home the | balance of his life, although only 13 years | old
 The two horses which he pensioned are | Pilot Boy. 2:09A, and Merle Moore, 2:25s4,
 which gained her record over 20 years ago, when driven by Mir. Work. l Of the many noted horses the veteran
 has owned. the best and his most favor | te were Dick Swiveller, 2:1S, and Ed ward 2:19, by Masterlode.
 | MT. Work drove these singlysfor many | years, and as team gained the world s team trottng record of 2:16N in 1884, a lrecord which was euualled six years later | by Aubine and Lady Wellington, and low cred in 1891 to 2:16 by Belle Hamlin and
 Globe from the famous Village Farm. l Ex-City Comptroller Theodore w. My CTS has engaged Jockey Stanley Davis for
 two years to ride for him in Belguim and | France. Davis will leave soon for Europe l nd oft fn Mr tro ;,,o,