Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

Of the sport the horde of Washington and
Baltimore turf lovers who have been in
daily attendance have had no cause to
complain.
1t can be set down as a fact indisput-
able that the attendance at Marlboro has
been better day by day than that at Pal
metto Park last winter on the occasion
when the mythical palmetto was at its
ptalmiest.
Also. the speculation has been more
spontaneous, for which the players have
to thank loosening of the price scale.
which the syndicate ringsters in the
southern land of grain, alcohol and grits
would not have dared display.
All told, neither the management nor
the patrons at Marlboro have any cause
for other than qualification at the way
the game has turned OFT. There is
plenty of room for both Marlboro and
Norfolk on the racing map, and despite
| this years conflict in dates-which Is an
exception and not a rule-the turf world
at present, which Is conferred hereabouts,
may not view this concurrence of meet
ings with anything but equanimity. Mari
boro's purses are equal in value to Nor
horses sufficiently plentiful for both
courses.
That a repetition of conflict in dates
Is undesired by either association, and
| that there is no bad feeling between the
rival arrangements, save the natural re-
grets that the dates could not have been
adjusted earlier, goes without saying.
Down in Norfolk the confidence of the
management of the jamestown Jockey
Club. that its course by the sea was the
legitimate successor to historic Benning
for the Inauguration Of the summer mile
track racing season in the east seems not
to have been misplaced. The present
Norfolk meeting, which began last Tues
day afternoon with the calling Of the
two-year-olds to the post for the trial
purse, and which will extend for fifteen
days, Is the most suspicious in point of
attendance volume of speculation, class
of contention and spirited sport which
the Old Dominion has ever seen. Coupled
with the presence there of many stake
and handicap performers which dIstin-
guished themselves at Charleston, Is the
appearance, in almost every event, of
fresh performers which have wintered
either there. at Benning, or up in Vir-
ginia, and so far 1t must be confessed
the balance Of class is disputable fac
tor.
Two-year-olds, royalty bred, highly
tried and on performances the peers of
any shown at Palmetto Park. there are
a-plenty. In the baby division the sta
bles Of August Belmont, Harry Payne
Whitney, the Quincy stable. William
Garth and other fasteners outclass
Charleston's best.
Among the older horses the touch of
4
ed performers from their best efforts,
and whether such horses as Shackleton,
DR.. Duenner, Republican despite his VIC
tory here Wednesday,, Lochiel and John
Furlong can hold their own with the
stars of the east is a matter of grave
doubt.
Nevertheless, one thing is certain-the
future of racing in Virginia is assured
for more than the immediate future; and
with such support as has been Norfolk 8
/ - 10 l.
when racing commission act, through
the passive friendlines of Gov. Mann and
other state officials. will be certainty.
OF the two-year-olds at Norfolk much
can be said in praise. Racegoers who
withstood the long grind at Palmetto
Park knew all along that mediocrity
among these colts and fillies was omni-
present.
But with the ship up the line class has
been uncovered almost daily. The Whit
ney pair. Delft and Trumps. has shown
have most Of the others. Delft, by Ham
burg Blue Girl, Brookdale-bred one.
was the winner of the Trial purse, but
her stable mate was the better. Trumps
is out of Queen of Hearts. full sister
to the redoubtable Artful, and Is a half
sister of Tarts, a consistent winner at
Norfolk and at Charleston.
Trainer Albert Simons has more than
these smashing ones on which to rely,
however. Other Whitney youngsters
and win brackets. too. are Broomstick
gelding called Holiday. which has shad-
ed "a in quarter works. He is out Of
Leisure. Enver Bey is another young
ster which the sharps like. He is by
-allyhoo Bey-Leanora, and therefore
half-brother to. the Kentucky Derby can
didate Leochares. Sanctuary is a bay
f1lly which has outworked Delft, and she
is by Broomstick out of Vespers, there
fore being a half-sister Of Angelus, which
Herman Brandt raced so successfully in
Juarez.
Among the Belmont youngsters which
Trainer Louis Feustel has at Norfolk are
the Benning wintered ones Of which men
ton has already been made in this cor
respondence. They will be accountable
for many purses and their share OF
stakes In condition there is not sick
or backward one on the list, and seasoned
horsemen write that they delight to
dwell on them as they work or are cooled
out around the Belmont barn.
Fathom. by Ethelbert-Ferment. was the
first of these to start, and in his trial
purse performance he ran trif1e green.
Others which will sport the historic Bel
mont colors are these by Rock Sand: Ha'
Penny (Half Sovereignty. Sandbar (Ve-
locity). Defendum tDelusion) and won
derfully well set-up filly, which is named
F'lftaway. by Fair Play out OF Filter
mouse, dam OF f1eid mouse ana Oh
Flamma.
Col. Israel Crab PARIS Baltimore
owned string is no less praiseworthy.
though it will be at Pimlico later on
where they will show at their best.
When, under William Garth's tutelage,
he decided to go in strongly for racing,
he acquired the bulk Of the young produce
of the late Capt. r. J. Hancock's Ellers-
lie stud in Virginia. these youngsters be-
ing the get of Fatherless and Glorifier,
both useful strains. but which had lacked
their best opportunity to show.
Mr.. Garth has more than a dozen of
these, and Just how good they are nobody
knows. They will be ridden by Butwell
at Norfolk and up the line and with
Garth's training ability this combination
ought to get success later on. In fact.
victories Of some of these viii be occur
rences here ere the Norfolk meeting s
end. A bay fllly, full sister to Fatherola.
is one OF their best; Paddy OLoane. a
full brother to Fiel. Is another: a full
brother to Lace, and a chestnut f1lly, out
Of Watita, are others so far tried out
While the absence from Norfolk of
some of those stables which have been
at Benning has in no wise affected the
class of the events there, it has a Won
derfully stimulating effect on the game