Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
Please WelIeS a Star.

Unsettled as the division i'll which they
belong appears to be, in SO far as the I'M
covering of horse OF commanding class
j. concerned. the racing of the past week
served again TO demonstrate that in the
two-year-old division Please Welles still
retains her supremacy. In her last defeat,
after she had taken about everything
into camp that has shown up we'll in the
Hounsster division, she didn't like the 60
ing and her trainer. G.. Moore Johnson,
thought that she could not go route.
Nevertheless Please Welles had tired on
that occasion. and was the sufferer from
bad racing luck, having been carried
wide and drawing an outside position.
Wednesday she won the Juvenile stakes,
the first two-year-old race of the year
hook up. She was meeting Gordon again
the crack colt from j. l. Holland
barnard Miss Charcot, the only good
two-year-old. which she had not met.
She defeated them both impressively.
Leaving the barrier like the Kentuckians
have seen Hawthorn break. she led for
the entire trip and when she was chal-
lenged by San Jon, a likely looking first
starter. on which a betting coup WAS at
tempted. she showed abnormal stamina
and gamencss, drawing away from the
fresher horse under punishment In a way
to stamp her with the mark of high
superiority.
In two instances here so far the fact
that horsefiesh in the yeariuS division
has been held too cheaply at the 1>exing-
ton spring sales was demonstrated in
striking manner Frances NJ. flly
owned by j. W. May of Lexington, Ky,
and Harwood, owned by l.. II. Parsons,
Young Florida turfman, provide the IL
lustrations OF how good horse may be
acquired cheaply. Harwood. a colt by
Frontenac- Poetic, was bought from j. ).
Mccullough by Parsons for only $40.
Francis NJ, which Won her first two
starts here, is considered by Mr. May TO
lie the best two-year-old lilly in his
stable. She is by F1iigrane-CoraZa, and
was purchased by May from James For
sythe. the we'll known Kentucky breeder.
Tor 500. 1nasmuch as Frances NJ. looks
like "a stake possibility OF good caliber.
the purchase was Il highly profitable one.
Selling War Continues.
Those horsemen who expected that a
cessation of selling race activities would
ensue with the appeasinS of the wrath of
Amos Turney OF Kentucky, against the
Adair. Hedrick and Redwell stables were
only beholdinG the calm before the storm.
Since Turney has ceased to appear at the
bidding stand the members of last years
-, halter brigade have been particularly
active.
When. on Washington's birthday. Amer
icjis won the first race. the California
performer was boosted hy Sam Louis
Louis was one of the principals in the
selling war last winter. The Baird CON
uecuons doubtless believing that Mr.
Louis and the powers that he i'm the as
ISOLATION might have interests i'll COM
mon, the victory Of Judge Schultes Ar
-mor on the same day brought about Il
.neW- angle in the bidding activities
Uwser y. r.. Baird of Americas and
Trainer Andy BIakely of the Thomas +
Sheedy stable are close friends and after
the victory of Arinor Mr.. Blakcly, act
ing for Mr.. Sheedy, bid up and acquired
tie Louisville mans colt for $500.
II was considered by all observant
turfmen as a mark of defiance against
the halter brigade which quickly was
pressed in "A fashion characteristic of
the, ,tenacity of the Shecdy family. w.
y. Elirttschcll had Lawton Virgins i'll
The last race Wednesday afternoon. and
the victory was expected both by the
owner and the obscrvant Messrs. Blake
IL and Shecdy. They won a big wager on
the Burttschell horse, and as Burttschcll
was another participant In last year $
Selling race war Che Sheedy stable
Q gathered iii Lawton Virgins. Whether
has obtained for Mr.. Sheedy further i'm
Inunity from interference is a matter
OF question.
When. I'm the summer OF 1904. Edward
torrlgan, then master of the Hawthorne
race track in Chicago. engaged In {, war
with the outside poolroom interests. he
acted quickly and characteristically.
With his own hands he cut the telegraph
and telephone wires leading from the
track and isolated ii from the outside
world. similar controversies have arisen
since but none reached such an acute
stage as the one waged at Palmetto