The Washington times., 1912-04-03
F|RESTONE WILL Be
: SEEN OVER JUMPS
At NORFO ok TRACK
Crack Steeplechaser Has
Been Schooling All VIM
ter for Meet.
BELMONT ORDERING
TWELVE MORE STALLS
Will Have Large String of Speed
Merchants in
Events.

and Joseph McLennan, respectively
general manager and secretary of the
jamestown Jockey Club, returned from
Charleston yesterday with the informa-
tion that two horse specials will leave
Palmetto Park this week, one on Fri
day and the other Saturday. Each will
\ consist of eleven cars, and, all told, they
will bring about three hundred horses
for the jamestown Jockey Clubs spring
meeting, which begins Easter Monday
to continue until the 9th of the month.
McLennan returned TO the South Car
olina city today, but Levy will remain
here to prepare for the opening day,
which will be ladies day." Levy is
= song to get up something unique and
handsome in the line of souvenir pro-
grams for Easter Monday. which prom
ises to be a banner day in Norfolk
racing.
Levy and McLennan bring word from
= the South that Firestone, Joseph <. Da-
Wis promising jumper, will come this
way Friday with the stable young Jake
Byer Is training for p. s. p. Randolph.
Davis sent Firestone to Aiken last fall
and the fast son of Royal Flush. whose
Topping at Pimlico last fall left much
TO be desired, schooled through the win
ter under the practiced eyes OF RAN
dolph and Thomas Hitchcock. capital
horsemen both, and pleased them.
They send word that the chestnut
Will do. 1t would be we'll TO bear this
in mind. Hitchcock. especially. is a
good man WITH jumpers: He has bred
and developed the best the country has
seen in many wears. Firestone is q
horse of unusual class. He cost $4,000
as n two 'year-old and quickly demon-
stra.ed that he was worth the money
by winning a $4,000 race at Sleeps
head.
Find Good Course.
Byer will find beautiful st"eple-
chase course over which to school Fire
stone when he arrives from Carolina.
Superintendent George Miller has com
pletcd the reconstr uctiou Of his jumps
sooner than he anticipated. and the
mild weather Of the vast couple of weeks
has put beautiful green carpet over
the infield. Thanks to a liberal appi-
cation of top dressing, the sod q the
Better this year than heretofore.
There should be no trouble about the
handicapping here this spring. Levy
and they are men OF integrity and skill
Bryan, who Is secretary of the United
Hunts Association, handicaps the lep-
pers at the amateur steeplechase me ct
ings in the Ncfth and East
Wants More Stalls.
August Belmont sends word from New
York that he will want twelve or more
stalls, which means that he will ship
to Norfolk this week all of his three
vear-olds and most Of his two-year-ods.
II is not likely, however, that Belmont
will be represented here by the older
members OF his string. Wetervule
Priscillian, RAYMOND. and Practical
wintered at Belmont Park and the
weather up that way has not been cor
duciye to early spring training.
The two and three years nlds OF the
string will need all the training ard
racing thev can get down here, for
they have many Cngag ements to fill at
Pimlico and in Canada after leaving
these parts.
Belmont's three-year-olds are Bella
nour. chestnut colt by Rock Sand Bel
dame; Tipsand, bay colt by Rock Sand
ings-Merry Token, and Mission. bay
or brown filly by Rock Sand Misgivlngs
Tactics and Misgivings raced here last
spring with Dragnet and one or two
chairman of the Jockey Club at his
Nursey Stud in Kentucky. And Tactics
made somethin" Of a reputation as a
mud runner in the North and East
after going away from this place.
The Belmont two-year olds are BIscl;
Pine, black colt by Rock Sand Black
Poplar; Rock View, bay colt by Rock
sand-Goldcn View: Dandy Rock. bay
OI NOll DN tNOCh Sd nd Donna
Mia: Belray. chestnut colt by Hast
ings-Beldame; Farrier. bay colt by
Hastings Fairy Gold; Lounger. bay or
brown gelding by, Iiastings-Teas Over;
Chinkara; Sand Valc, bay illy BY Rock
Sand-Lady Violet; Mahubar. bay hlly
by Rock Sand-Merry Token; Tapestrr,
chestnut filly by Rock Sand-Tarpeia,
and Top Hat. bay colt by Hastings
ToDiary.
Many OF these youngsters worked
swiftly last fall when Louts Fues.eI
broke them, and all are well connected
Farrier Is a full brother to the bril-
liant Fair Play, the best horse Hasting
has sent TO the American races: Black
Pine is q half brother TO Black Oak,
I.oungcr is a half brother to Ort Wells
and Dick Welles. famous racers a decade
lack; Sand Vale Is half sister Ia
Lord of the Vale and WaterVale, Tape s.
try is half sister to Tiptoe and Trap
per, and Dandy Rock is hall brother
to MiZZen.