The Washington times., 1912-02-28
BENN|NG IS SCENE
OF PREPARATION
FOR JAMESTOWN
Unusually Hard Winter Has
Kept Horses Off of
the Track.
BILLY GARTH HAS
MANY IN TRAINING
Has Had His Large String At
Charlottesville During
Winter.

Things are beginning to stir at Ben
ning, and already considerable colony
of horsemen is camped at the old race
course getting in an early Preparation
for jamestown and Pimlico.
An unusually hard winter has kept
the horses off the track and all the
stables are in backward shape, far be.
low the customary Benning form at
this season.
OF the strings now at the track that
OF Billy Garth easily takes the lead both
in numbers and in class.
The Sage of Albemarle," after a
highly successful season, went into
winter quarters at Charlottesville last
fall with about forty head. About ten
days ago he brought the bunch to Ben
ming big and lusty, but very backward.
Mr.. Garth intends to specialize in the
jumping game this season., and he has
the tools to make things interesting.
At the head Of his oss-country bri-
gade are Colonel PARIS cracks, The
Welkin and Ticket of~Leave, which
cut such wide swath last year. Both
horses wlntered finely and are big and
strong. Ticket of Leave closed the sea-
son with n suspicious leg, but he has
come around all right and Is ready for
hard work.
Mutineer Is Jumping.
Mutineer, the good Watercress colt
that won for Mr.. Parr on the fiat, has
been put to jumping, and is showing ex-
cellent form. He is a big, strong fell
low and should carry weight and run
fast through the field.
Mr.. Garth has also A. ID. PARIS jump
ers st. Abe and Trudo, both of whom
showed good form last season.
The Virginlan also has four green
Nrxy 10 toe, fnR. Ia al
Ross. of Washington, which are taking
kindly to the game.
They are Utmost, a four-year-old. by
Garry HERMANN; Thistlemass, by Knight
of the Thistle; Ke5ntuck Colonel and
maiden four-year-old by Graziallo-
Miss Hastings.
Mr.. Garth is also training Day Bell,
the full brother . to Oxford, for Q: l.; l.;
the fiat, but is showing well over the
sticks.
Tasteful Is Promising.
Another promising candidate for cross
country honors IS Tasteful, a Belmont
cast-off, now the property of F. j
Nolan, the Albany brewer, who races
under the name of the Beverwycb
Stable.
Nj. Garth is training a likely string
of fiat horses, among them Colone
PARIS Bpunder, Burley and Armagh
He has also three good ones for c. c
Smithson. They are Judge Walzer,
S-year-old colt by Voter, who wa:
thought to be another Stinger last year
Chryseis, a fast filly by Ildrim, which
Mr.. Smithson bought at Mrs. Living
stones sale last fall and which won al
Pimlico and Norfolk, and Sherwood, q
clever sprinter by Sir Dixon:
David DunloP's Touch Ne ,a,I Is also pn II
tcntate gelding Idle Michael.
Mr.. Garth is also handling three like
ly two-year-olds for Samuel Ross They
are by Hastings, Hermis and Ethelbert
Has Large Stable.
The "sage" has twenty-five likely
nags of his own. Among them are thu
old campaigner, Busy, which has win
tered in grand shape; Reyburn, the four
year-old Star Shoot colt which Mr.
Garth bought of Colonel Scully thi
winter; Supervisor, Ringmaster,
clever jumper; Rod and Gun, Miss oe
Orphanry. Red Squirrel, maiden three
year-old by Hastings, destined for th
Jumps; Ctsmont and the old jumper
High Hat.
The crack jumper of his bunch, Andy
Chisholm, Mr.. Garth sold this winter 4
Mr.. La Montaigne for $4,000.
Nine highly tried two-year-olds which
Mr.. Garth bought in Canada last fal
are going well. They are Little Hugh
one which showed much speed in hi
trials last fall; Boss, b. g., by GlorifieI
Lace, b. f. by Fatherless; Ringing, b.
by Fatherless- Nioue, a full sister t
Ringmaster; Hot Water, ch. +. by Com
moner- Clorita, a highly tried one; Au
rora. th. g. by Lord Esterling- -Argosy
a bay gelding by Fatherlcss-El Rus
sell, full brother to The Monk; Com
mon Court. by The Commonder-Mis
Courtney, and last hut not least, Stock
ton, br. g. by The Commoner- Hawksort
This one Is the pick of the basket, an
last fall made the rest of the youngsteT
lock cheap indeed. Mr.. Garth consider
this one a stake colt
Willie Allen and +. Williams will rid
the jumpers for the stable, while SChul
finger is under contract for the. fiat col
tIngent; Williams and -AllenS are a
ready on the ground galloPing tn
horses.
NIr. Garth expects to have a part {
his string ready FOR the Jamcstow
meeting but the cracks will be EeI
for Pimlico
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