The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-22
JAMESTOWN STARTS
+ A S i ERIN SEASON
IN RACING CIRCLES
One Week From Tuesday Cry of They're Off p Will
Be Sounded at Norfolk-More Than 500
Thoroughbreds Entered

president of the Saratoga L,ssociation
Ia another
sim others are Thomas Clyde the
head Of tho Maryland Jockey Club.
which races at Pimlico spring and fall:
captain William Frederick Presgrave.
AIR. Slydes guide, counsellor and friend:
Captain Philip Walker. u. S. A.:
Thcmas Fortune Ryan. the traction
maEnate of New York, who maintains
q superb breeding establishment I'm his
native county of Nelson; William
Garth, the veteran of Albemarle. David
Dunlop. OF Petersburg: Franois J. pom.
the genius of Charleston racing. Hun
te" G. Breckinridge, owner of Catawba
Farni In Botetourt County; Mrs Ill
liam Alleyn Livingston. proprietrcss OF
Rancocas. the oldest and most famous
thoroughbred nursery in New Jersey:
Harry Payne Whitney, proprietor Of
B-ookdalc Farm whose Eaton blue
jacket and brown cap are familiar
ID patrons OF the turf on two sides OF
the Atlantic; A. G. Weston. William
Shields the man who handled Her
mig when that celebrated son OF Her
mcncc waa great horse In 1904 and
1905. Theodore Coles, James Fitzrim-
mons. DIR. J. s. Tyree. Hugh Penny,
Johc Burtschell Max Hirsoh. Richard
Pending, Lewis Garth, Ernest Utter
beck and Edward Phelan.
All told. the meeting will have the
them ready. The supply will be more
than ample. and every event should hll
we'll. AS already related, the program
book for the first seven days OF the
meeting Is out, and in 1t provision is
made for two steeplechases Cross
country racing is popular hereabou
and II the result of the first two races
justifies Improvement, more jumping
events will be provided later
The Norfoft selling race. dash OF
I h, rfa 1f
three years old and over. will be the
feature of tho opening days sport, and
the Juvenile, a dash OF four furlonss
| for youngsters of both sexes, will be
! run Saturday. April 3. The jamestown
selling handicap and the Monticello
Hotel Handicap will be run later. Three
OF these specials Will pay 81 900 70 the
winner. and the Monticello will PAY
$500.
| Three and four hundred dollars will
be the average for purses. with occa
sional handicaps of $500 and 5000. It
Is likely that the size of the average
| purse will be increased after the FIRST
week IL the expectations OF the man
aEemcnt are realized. And Mr.. Levy
/ looks for the best attendance he has
known in spring.
! Colonel Charles Consolvo. president
I OF the Monticello Hotel Company. which
1 is called upon TO ascertain most OF the
visitors that come here for the races.
I
/ perity than it has over known in a
/ fortnights time. He bases his forecast
on the advance demand for rooms at
the Monticello.
Tho stables hero already belong 10
Richard T. Wilson. Mr.. Breckenridge.
Mr.. Fitzsimmons, Mr.. Penny, Mr.. Whit
ncy. Mr.. Martin, Mr.. McCiraw. William
| Redmond. Mr.. Clyde, Captain Pres
| grave Mr.. Weston and Mr.. Shields
| The Washington specials Will be in
next week The Garth and Belmont
stables are scheduled to arrive on the
| S5th. Three express cars will he re-
! quired to bring them down.
Joseph McLennan. secretary OF the
course. wired from Charleston yestcr-
! day that he would be up on Monday.
and that Martin Foley, who is AT
Juarez, will be here by the end of the
week. The stables of George Odom.
s. n. Hexter and Philip Hyams will
come with the Foley horses.
! Harvey Boyle got in this afternoon
with his license from the National
| Steeplechase and Hunt Association
| properly signed and scaled, and began
salloping leppers for Dick Pending.
Boyle will operate a free lance
/ this spring. but he will have the hest
mounts OF the Pending establishment.
| He is in tip-top condition.