Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
NEWSY TURF LETTER
Racing at Charleston Track
Winds Up Next Saturday.
FINANCIALLY A SUCCESS
Palmetto Derby Will Be Feature
Event for the Clos
ing Day.
By JOE KNIGHT.

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CHARLESTON, S. c.. March 22-One
week from this afternoon the bugle will
call the field for the Palmetto derby to
the barrier and thus will be signalized
the conclusion Of a winter race meeting
which has presented as many variations
in its sport and speculation as the turf
men have been participants in or wit
nesses to for number Of years.
Financially, the meeting has been far
from failure; as to the quality of con-
tention, in the main 1t has been good,
though cheap horses at short distances
have had the call; speculatively. the syn
Dictated ring has been a deterrent factor
in the welfare of the meeting, and, should
a resumption Of the sport occur late in
the present year. as at present planned,
it is certainty that continuation OF
the closed ring would be fatal to the
sport in South Carolina for all time.
Horsemen and the track management
are united in believing that IL future
meetings here are to be successful they
must be inaugurated as soon as Norfolk
closes SO as to provide them an oppor-
tunity Of making their feed money!
instead Of withstanding long siege in
Speculation on the Palmetto derby con-
tinues to be the main topic of converse
ton. Talecarrier has yet to show under
colors, yet there is nc question that he
the Talbot pair, have, both been to the
races during the present week. as has
Early Light, II. G. Bedwell's candidate.
Judge Wright has still been on the of
side in his training, while Nash Cash.
the dark horse" in the ante-post specu-
lation, is training soundly.
Nash. Cash Good Mudder.
n. B. Davis OF. Latonia. the veteran
colt of his will win beyond a doubt IL the
track be slow Horsemen have been
fooled by the kentuckian. who has yet
to show his colt on the track for a work
out. Nash Cash, who is a son of Mas
turtiLm and Scattercash, has been taking
regular work. however. in a manner to
display the astuteness Of his owner and
trainer A big truck farm adjoins Pal
metto Park on the back side of the sta
bling quarters, and Owner Davis has
leased three-quarters Of a mile of ground
from the owner OF the farm. The strip
is straight course. and has been mar
rowed. worked and rolled until 1t IS In
its going just as good as the course at
the track Over this stretch Nash Cash
has been worked regularly.
Chiffon King is the derby dependence
of WAYNE Joplin, another kentuckian, in
the big race, and his recent starts show
that he's ready in SO far as condition
goes. Caliber Is the unsettled question
with this entrant Chiffon King was
bought for a cheap price by Joplin. yet
he has shown himself to be as useful
racing proposition as any horse on the
track. He was not thought to be able
to negotiate a route by the wiseacres.
yet his stable has made him go mile.
which is farther than any OF the other
candidates for the derby have been
asked to traverse with any weight up.
When, one day recently. morse named
Alderman Chicco, by Senator McCarren-
Katherine W., won at the lucrative price
of 6 to /, an episode which will go down
in turf annals as one of the most anus
ing on a race track occurred. The horse,
when started, was a four-year-old a
maiden. that had never previously been
sent to the post until this winter He had
been q buggy horse for distant rela-
i've of big Tim Sullivan. to whom the
rammany politician had given him when
he broke down as a yeariing. Word
reached Archie thinner that this maiden.
hen unnamed, had gone good again, and
he obtained the unknown to race this
winter.
Good in Workouts.
From time to time astounding reports
came from the checkers and work-watc..-
srs Of a mysterious equine in Zimmer's
harm. This trick had ,utworked the
great Caugh Hill at three-quarters OF
nile, and inasmuch as the records showed
no performer in the thinner establish
,,ept that could approach this except
Ancon, the latter was given credit for
he performances.
On the occasion Of his first start Ancon
vas nearly backed off the boards, on the |
,trength Of the work-watchers' tip that |
,e was the better horse when hooked up /
n the morning with Caugh Hill. Ancon |
vas beaten off and the mystery remained |
IS much of a mystery as ever. The re- |
thinner, who never has been |
,nown to be second-best when the dol |
ar lis concerned, decided at last to chris
en- the horse, and under the Jockey i
Tubs rules was required to deposit q
orfeit fee Of $50 for naming the animal /
lfter he was two years old