New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
Late Spring Delays Train
ing of Horses at Sleeps
head Bay Track.
ODOM'S STRING TO
BE READY SOON
a. /. Aste's Ten Point Will be
Brought Along Slowly for
Big Events.

one hundred and hfty or more horses
ore preparing for the coming seasons rae
ing AZ the old sheepshead Bay track. but
few Of them will be ready for the hrs' Oh
the Eastern meetings-the spring session
Of the Hartford Fair and Agricultural AS
ISOLATION at Havre de Grace.
uovr,. de Grace will have 10 depend
mon Washington and the tracks iurtner
South for Us horses this spring ne
rough weather IL responsible Tor the oac~
ysrduess OF the Sheepshead Bay colony
Recausc Of snow and ice and SOIL nNe
inches deep IN frost II was impossible 10
mt the harrows on the Coney Island
Jockey Clubs course until fortnlght
ago. and il Is only within the last ten DAYS
that there has been anything approach
ing work. Not horse at TIE bay mas
ralloped half a mile in so seconds since
last fall.
The stables that will so South are those
Of. George VI. Odom. James ManniA anu
Max Hirsch. and the only horses OF these
outfits with whose form tho racing PUBIC
is in any way familiar are the three
,.oa--o,d Superirtendent and Orotund'
u
olaters Margaret Meise' Bunch OF News
and koosta
Superintendent Is an ogden colt oil
stockv build and high speed. when IN
proyed steadily under racing last season.
lie + . heightened some over winter ana
~ the steady grind TO which he was SUD
,ectod last season has not robbed MN OF
some Of his vitality he should make a
useful campaisncr
Mannix is pointing superintendent LOT
tho Preakness Handicap. at ?imlico' ana
il he acquits himself with credit III ,i''
race he will start in the Metropou.fn
uandicap. the prospective feature OF Tue
NcstcL.ster associations card Tor thr
opening day At Belmont Park
SUPERINTENDENT stable mate Orotund -
q sn,artIv made fliy by Hippodrome out
NJ Olevia. which won II Belmont farA
last spring and then fell sick. she mas ue'
ve,oped into nice locker, and MahhiN
helieves abe will show some speed the
nrst time n gets fair chance 10 race
, her
Cdom.s string this season is the biggest
he has handled i'm five years, and 1t ~
most NJ them sons of the late James H.
Keene's famous Commando horse Ce'''
Collins two, .ar-old helper IN 1871 anu
the BROOKLYN Handicap winner OF l"s'
Odom is training now for a wealthy rear
estate man OF Brooklyn. who will race
this wear under the assumed title Brook
side Stable.
Last wear Odom's new boss bought
thirteen yearlings by Celt from Arthur
r. Hancock. the Nirginian breeder VINO
had Celt under lease for three seasons at
EIlerslie Farm f. Albemarle County. lie
maid $4,000 for the lot ana besides the
Celt purchased a Peep o Day colt N
Kentucky for s., 200. This Peep o Day colt
is n smart locker. with much the builo
OF that accomplished Peep o Day three
vear.cld Of last season, Cock o the
Walk. but he is bay In color. lie
showed a quarter in fraction better
than "a seconds last fall. when Odom
broke him, and gives every promise OF
coming TO hand early.
AS marking tine prepotency OF Celt. ten
of the thirteen are cnestnuts, and there
is not one {; them which does not sug-
sest his sire in conformation and gait.
They are heavy topped and short
legged, with lots OF length below, plenty
of breathing room and short. muscular
backs Best OF all. they are sound and
good tempered Not one has shown a
suspicion of weakness about the ankles
and they train like veterans.
The most famous horse at Sheepshead
Bay Is Anthony l.. Astes four-year-
colt Ten Point, hero OF the Walden at
Plmlico a year ago last fall and win
ner at Havre de Grace and Saratoga last
season. Always horse OF goody pro-
portions. Ten Point has furnished over
winter into giant.
Last season, II will he remembered. he
was ready for the Havre de Grace spring