The Washington herald., 1912-06-05

| The card offered by the Southern Mary
land Fair and Agriculture Association for
the opening OF the spring meeting at
Marlboro track this afternoon is made
up Of seven well balanced races. one Of
them for jumpers. This meeting. the
first to be attempted in springtime by
the Southern Maryland folk. will go ten
days under the management Of Dr.
Richard s. Hill, president Or the ass0Cia-
tIon. and the stewards will be Edward
Cole, OF New York, and George :.
Nicholas and J. Nick. Merryman. Of
Baltimore.
Better horses than are generally seen
away from Jockey club tracks will MI
the races from day 10 day, the arrange
mCnt Of a series or half-miIe track meet
inEs o. carry them through the summer
in MARYLAND having made Il worth the
while of hoTscmen Of consequence To re-
main tn these parts instead Of going TO
Canada as they did last summer
The track is in excellent condition The
st'cUleohase has attracted the veteran
jumpers EnnIskillcn. Garternan. and
RacoweU with Virginia Creeper. new
four-ysar-old belonging to the stable OF
Thomas Rodrock. the owner and trainer
NJ NiIhulIa
Slas Nettch. who after Bob Rites will
have the strongest stable Of fsnCers in
Prince George County. has nothing in
the leaping race this afternoon. hut he
will be represented In others to bo run
latter on Noitrh has however. the Id
rim colt. Red Jacket. who ran creditahly
at Pimi,rp on Saturday In the mile and a
sixteenth with MolIe :. Harvey F.
Grauia. Warner GriswrU. Henotic. Gift,
and Golden Castle.
Red Jacket is at his hest and ho likes
a distance of ground and the same may
be said OF Golden Castle. who made
Patsy Brannigan's redouhtabIe campaign
er DuuCragEin do his best to win the
last event Of the Maryland United Hunts
meeting.
Gift. a member Of the stable Of Mr..
Earle" Of New Jersey. has done no
racing since last winter The son of
Gonr Coon. who was raised AZ Graycsond
race track. % distinction enjoyed by Few
race horses. has benefited hv a long rest.
and Con Leighton. his handl'r, believes
that he is ready.
Dr. J. Tyroe. one of the most popular
turfmen of Washington, expects to make
a big showing at Marlboro with hts
stable which was shipped down from
BsnninE the day before yesterday Dr.
Tyree was the most liberal buyer Of
yearlings in Kentucky last season and
sons and daughters Of Edward Corri-
Ean.s imported stallion, M~Gee, at Mari
horo.
These youngsters are fresh They were
not hurried To the races because Or. TvS
re- and hls trainer. the veteran Billy
Oliver. wanted 10 give them a fair chance
to develop
Dr. Tyree expects to make a showing
with --year-olds aga next summer. He
has in Kentucky a bunch Of comeIy
y"arltngs hv various stations. and one
Of them, colt by Hastings out Of Josie
l.. is IN the British Derby OF 1914 This
younCster s half brother to Amos
Turney's McGre colt Heron. a winner
over Spring Maid at Piml!co during tleI
spring session 0f the Maryland Jockey
Clur
Charles r. Patterson. who is in Ken.
tuCky. buying vearltnEs for Robert Da-'
vies. the wealthy brewer and track
owner Of Canada. has offered $50 for.
the Hast nEs-Joste l. colt. hut Dr. Ty-
rec will not sell. Oliver is respons bic for.
the purchase bv Tyree OF the Hastings
colt. and he advises the Washington
turfman to cling to HIM.
Special arrangements have been made /
with the railroads TO get to the track !
The Chesapeake Beach road will run
two specials. the first leaving at II % a |
m. and 1 p. m. besides the regular (
trains.
Among the hOrscmen who shipped from
PimlicO to Wash ngtOn yesterday and 1
the day before were Bob Rites. William .
kCatiug, Snapper Garrison. W. T An /
dersOn, Walter COnCdon. Frederick T /
Miller Frank Frisbie. William Cahin, !
Eugene Lutz. Clarence H. Davids. Jo- |
seph Mccarthy. y X Beal, e. c. |
Thomas. and John w PangIe:
With his own good mare. Fond Heart. |
a bear cat at the haIf-mile tracks, Fred |
Miller took over his brothers Broom /
stick geldinE. Aviator. Bob Miller. the
owner OF this horse. is a popular Wash I
inEton attorney. and Fred Miller has
prepared Aviator for distance running
at Marlboro. Bob promises to put him
over for his Washington friends.