The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07

Icy, ana his assistant, G. %. Lawless.
the going is in such condition today
that horse OF ordinary speed could
easily get mile in l:i0 over 1t. and,
1T is highly improbable that IL will
ever become as much as three seconds
In the mile slower.
Under tho direction OF experienced
officials appointed by the Jockey Club
the snort Will he clcanlys conducted
and the interests OF horscmon and
patrons alike VIII be protected. Mars
Cassidy Will do tho starting, Frank J.
Bryan ana Joseph Murphy Will act as
stewards and do tho handicapping,
Edward Cole and Joseph McI.ennan
viii place them at the finish. and
Herman Conkling will preside at the
scales
Approved by Belmont.
August Belmont, chairman of the
Jockey Club. and president OF tho
National Stccplcchase and Hunt AS
ISOLATION. sets the seal of his APP
proval on the effort OF the jamestown
Jockey Club TO establish VlrMnian
racing on permanent basis by send
Ing down from New York his best
threc-year olds and his smartest two
year olds.
Richard T. Wilson president OF the
Saratoga Association: p. s. p. Ran
dolph, OF Lakewood; Harry Payne
whitney of New York; Thomas
Hitchcock. of Aiken: Samuel Ross. of
Washington, n member of the Metro
politan Club and of the Washington
Jockey Club; Colonel Israel Miltiades
Parr and w. s. Dinenderfer, OF Balti-
more; Joseph L. Davis and A. D.
Parr. OF West Virginia; L. NJ. stack
house and Ivan Fox. OF Philadelphia:
Robert Davies and W. G. King Dodds
of Toronto: and Charles S. Campbell
of Montreal. will be represented BY
their stoutest campaigners. and they
will do their best.
Before April % patrons of Norfolk
sport will have seen Mr.. pavies's great
youngster Liberty Hall. the star Of
the Palmetto Parl, winter season
Rosturtium, his most formidable rival
In the South. and the cleverest colts
of the Wilson. Whitney and Belmont
strings. They VIII have had a look nj
Electioneer. winner OF the Futurity
OF 1905. who has been brought back
from the stud to the track and who
has won. They will have seen Joe
Madden, greatest American money
winner of the season OF 1903, now n
jumper in the stable OF William Garth,
Of Albemarle county, and Mrs. Davis's
Firestone. winner of stakes and
handicaps all over the United States
and In Canada. and Jozens of other
noted campatGners. Wncn such horses
as these meet under colors thew race
for blood. There is nothing Of a cuI
and dried character about their work.
Virginia Horses.
Prominent among the yirginians
Who Will show their best are Thoma q
F.. Ryan. VINO has recently established
at oakridge in Nelson county. a first
class stud: William L. Maupln, clerk
OF the court of Albemarle; Arthur j.
Hancock, master OF Ellcrslie, best
known OF Virginia's thoroupbbrcd
nurseries because 1t was the birth-
place of those celebrated flyers, Morcl-
H. bon, Gurus. Elkwood, Russell. II. S.
Martin and Puggins; Captain p. NJ.
walker, U. S. A.. II veteran of tho
FhlIinptne wars. who halls from Win
chester; David Dunlop, of Petersburg:
william Garth, of Inglcside and Hun
ter e. Breckenridge. OF Botetourt.
Mr.. Ryan will uncover three prccoci-
Gus two-yearolds raised Mt Oakridre.
winch We're brought to Norfolk Friday
By James THitzsimmons. There aro
fourteen or fifteen horses oil told in
tho Ryan string. but most of them
remained at Bennings, because thoy
were not ready for hard racing. The
severity of the winter In Nelson coun-
~ precluded effective early training.
Mr. Hancock will show two sma ri
colts by Fatherless and Ross n young
ster by the young Hastings stallion,
Giorlher, Metropolitan and Carter
handicap winner at Now York. who
has succeeded Fatherless at Ellcrsic.
Captain Walker will race MadrigaIlian,
Aspirin. 1sidora. Bard OF Hope and
Oakhurst; Mr. Dunlop Busy and Touch
Me; Mr.. Maupin. Old Superstition, ono
of the toughest cafnpaisnera the Old
Dominion has Produced since the Civil