The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-23

which he will bring here from To.
ronto. while there are already housed
twenty-five head at the HILTON course.
including number of yearlings by
The Commoner. GloriGer aud Lord
asterling. Only one is by Glorifier,
dam Glad Tydings. and is the property
OF Father Bill Scully. who, with the
rest of the old-timers. will be on the
scene when the bugle call sounds over
the historic course saturday. October
d Scully's youngster is chestnut
colt and favors the horse that Jim
Mccormick raced In all of the big
stakes during the days of prosperity
on the metropolitan courses. and in
which he carried off his share of tho
rich plums.
Steeplechase String Strong.
When 1t comes down to steeplechas-
Ing at Pimlico, 1t need not be any
surprise IL Garth wins moro struggles
through the field than any other
trainer. The veteran has been the
leader in this branch of the snort OF
kings on the Northern tracks this
year. and during one OF the recent
meetings sent every winner to the
post in the contests over the brushes.
Garth. however. may not have such
easy going here this fall, Tor the best
fencers In the land will be on the
grounds.
The fields, too will he rger than In
Canada. as quite a few khles did not
go to the Dominion tracE this season,
probably the most prom inent among
them being Silas Veitch, Recognized as
one of the clevcrest tr1 liners in the
cross-country business ar-i formerly a
great rider. Veitch now has at PIN
leo the skilfui leapors ,olonginR to
II. $ Page. OF New York; II. K Vim
nfh
There are a few under Veitchs care
that will have to be recApned with,
among them being Waters. Iced. Gold
Plate. Far West, Enniskillen and
Hylda. Waterspeed. the fast mare by
Watercress. that in the biggest stake
ut the Brookline meet this summer
beat Alsie, Ticket OF Leave, and, in
fact, the cream of lne steeplecha sin
world Later, however. Ticket OF Leave
was shipped to Canada, where tho
grand big son of Russell has not been
beaten and Is considered by experts as
the premier horse over timber this
season.
Also TruiAinE the Welkin.
Ticket OF Leave is now In the able
hands OF Garth, and will be saddled in
all of the coming local stakes, pro-
viding he does got meet with a mis-
hap in his races in Toronto Besides
iichet OF Leave, Garth has the good
black mare The Wel.,in, by Contract.
that Colonel Raj Parr, the owner OF
Ticket OF Leave, purchased at the Hi
dreth sale at Sheepshead Bay recently.
The Welkin was developed by Henry
craven. trainer, and won a stake here
TINS spring. She showed such a great
Improvement for Buster Davidson that
ne was set down by the stewards and
mas been on the ground ever since.
Craven sold the mare to Sam Hildre ill.,
and In her frst start in the interests
OF Colonel Parr at Montreal Saturday
easily disposed OF her rivals In Ticket
of Leave and The welkin, Colonel Parr
probably has two of the best steeple-
chasers in America
Garth Will also bring along ST. Abe.
a. d. PARIS chestnut son OF ST. Leon
ards. and Andy Chisholm. regarded as
the best threo-year-oId shown in Can
ada this season On the fiat, Garth's
string will be just as strong. Among
the other horses are Montgomery. that
since he purchased at the Hildreth
sale for $1,000. has won three races
in his silks: Busy, the Galore four
year-old, consistent performer this
seaSon: Bounder A and Supervisor a
Canadian winner. Some of the young
sters Garth has are: Burly, the Bur
gomaster colt. that Colonel Parr
bought from Hildreth: Rod and Gun.
Cherry Seed, Miss Joe ana Cismont,
ali winners in the two-year old dashes
up North.