New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
Owners Getting Ready for
Opening of Racing Sea-
son in This State.
BELMONT COLORS TO
BE SEEN IN CHASE
Hildreth Schooling Jumpers for
Jockey Club Head-Ryan
Has Likely String.

The two most promising four-year-olds
in the United States are among the TWO
hundred horses being trained at the old
Benning racetrack, just outside OF WASH
ington. for the coming seasons racing
They are Horror. son of MCGEE, in the
stable William Martin is training for
Amos Turney. of Kentucky. and Rock
view best of the sons Of Rock Sand in
the United States. who belongs TO the
stable Sam Hldreth is preparing for Au-
gust Belmont
Rockview certainly will race on East
ern tracks this coming summer and Hor-
ron may. Mr.. Turney has for the last
three or four years gone to Canada for
the meetings at Toronto. Montreal, Ham
ilton and Fort Erie. but In view of the
excellence OF the programme offered by
the Jockey Club tracks for the coming
season he is thinking OF remaining on
this side Of the border.
Both Horror and Rockview went into
have come through the cold months nice
ly and their trainers are sure they VIII
race with distinction. Horror, after
winning the Preakness Handicap last
spring at Plmlico, and taking the meas
ure Of Cock o. the Walk, once suffered an
attack of catarrhal fever at Fort Erie
which came near putting him out of
business.
II was with difficulty that his life was
saved and both Mr.. Turney and Mr.. Mar
tin were afraid his sickness would leave
him windbroken. Happily, their fears
were not realized. Horror has had sew
eral stiff gallops over the Benning track.
which has been in excellent condition for
work these three weeks. and his wind APP
pears TO be as sound as ever.
Rockview was slightly lame at Sara
toga. last summer after his defeat in the
race won by Ten Point. In fact, when
/ Sam Hildreth took charge Of the Belmont
/ stable he thought he detected the be-
\ ginning OF a bow I'm the tendon OF the
near leg i'm front. and that was the real
reason of the failure of the match pro-
i posed between Rockview and Cock O the
Walk. the Saratoga handicap winner. TO
DECIDE the three-y ear-old championship
OF the East
Hildreth let up on the horse lmmedi-
ately. and there is not a sounder gal
loper at Benning. Rockview is the hand
soonest Rock Sand seen I'm this country
so far. Standing 1s hands on his plates.
he is big boped. close ribbed and heavily
quartered lie has furnished consider
ably since last season, and weighs all of
100 pounds. He will not lose more than
/ twenty-five or thirty pounds after the
hot weather sets in. Hildreth thinks, be-
cause he is nearly ready for race now.
II IN the intention OF Hidreth to start
/ Rockview two or three times at Havre
de Grace and Baltimore. and then bring
him TO New York for the Metropolitan
| Handicap at Belmont Park. Rockvew
will be Mr. Bemont's handicap candi-
date next season. Although an uncom-
monty fast horse, he can carry mis- speed
over a distance OF ground, as he proved
last spring in the Belmont Stakes.
Rockview is the only horse OF mature
age Mr. Belmont will have this season
for fat racing, unless Nulcain, one OF
the campaigners he brought back from
France last fall, develops class Vul-
cain, who was said 20 have been one OF
the smartest racers Mr.. Belmont had IN
France. Is "A superb locker. but he Is
carrying a lot OF flesh. and Hldroth does
not know anything OF his capacity for
racing.
Mr.. Belmont has given W trying 10
make a good fat racer Of Mission, the
mare which won the Bowie Stakes a
year ago last fall. and ordered Hildreth
10 put her 10 jumping she II schooling
every other day. and Hildreth believes she
will make good In the field.
Another VI the eterans OF the stable