The Washington herald., 1915-03-21
J. A. Murphy to Be Presiding
Judge at Southern Mary
land Agricultural Associa-
ton Races.
HORSES ARE IN TRAINING

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Bowie. Md. March 2o.-With the Open
ing Of the racing season in the East but
little more than a week away trainers
are getting very busy. and dozens of
horses are on the track every morning
with C!oCkcrs ON the rails keeping tab
on the workouts. The track is in excel
lent condition, the light rains Of the past
day or two having done world of good.
The complete list of officials has been
announced. as follows:
j. A. Murphy. presiding judge: J. RI.
Anderson and George T. Miller. asso. late
judges: Carter c. Hall. W. P. Spr ,eor.
and f. c. Smith, stewards; Jose Ne,
Lehman. clerk of the scales: Mr.. Dade.
starter; G. f. Hall. paddock iudGc; Will
lam Jennings. timer; SeIhy Burch. patrol
Judge. and Joseph McLennan. clerk of
tho course.
Horses of all ages and of various abil-
tiles, representing half a dozen owners,
constitute the stable Of James FitZsim-
mons. preparing at Gravesend, one of
the most famous of New Works old race
tracks. and will be shipped here this week
In time for the opening on April l.
The horses James Fitzsimmons will race
here are twenty-one in number and they
are well advanced in their training. FitZ-
simmons has taken full advantage of the
llTSI rate Ntdl ltT HORSES
New York has known since the 1st OF
February. and besides having a At lot
of racers for the opening meeting the
veteran New York trainer will have
two excellent jockeys in the veteran Nc
Cahey and the apprentice Mckeever. Nc
Cahey. who has been with FitZsmmons
FOR years. is under contract this season
TO the Quincy stable. his retainer being
sSGO. NcKeever has a long way to go
before he becomes as good as McCahey.
but he showed promise at Bowie last
fall and has worked himself into condi-
ton galloping horses this winter.
Thirteen or fourteen horses OF the
Quincy stables. which sent Trojan out
to win the Futurity last August at Sara
toga are in Fitzsimmons' stable.
Headmast. a product of Henry T. Ok
nard's Blue Ridge stud in Fauquier Coun-
ty. Va, is the best known of the Quincy
horses Fitzsimmons is training for the
Bowie meeting. He won all the distances
2-year-olds We're asked to travel last sea-
son and Fftzsimmons is confident that
he will hold his own In better than SELL
ing platter company over distance OF
ground this year. Headmast has broad
ened and thickened over winter into one
of the most prepossessins lockers of the
Eastern 3-year-old brigade. He is a big
horse on short legs with reach and scope
and he will surely manage weight clever
ly. Most of all he is perfectly sound and
ne Is going to help make a name for
Sir Wilfred his sire. Headmast will bear
the silks of the Quincy stable in the
best races run in Maryland for the next
seven or eight weeks and then return to
New York and tackle the cracks.
Wooden Shoes. another veteran Of
the Quincy string, and the runner-up at
Syracuse in the race in which Richard
T. Wilson's old campaigner. Amalfi.
established the new American record
of Is is for a mile. has wintered IA
mously and is one of the most forward
Of the Fitzsimmons lot. The six inches
OF snow that covered Gravesend track
for a week or ten days earlier in the
month, proved a great help to Wooden
Shoes, whose legs are bad. He will
be ready to run as soon as he gets here.
and should prove dangerous in races of
one mile and further. Fitzsimmons
thinks well also of Last Condus, 5-year
old and half brother Of Andrew "a son
Of Disguise). which was not at his
best last season. Andrew was laid up
through the summer and fall with bad
ankle, which however seems to be all
right just now. Andrew will not. per-
haps. go farther than seven furlongs.
but he has a quick turn of speed. and
II he runs to his work. will take care
of himself with clever sprinters. Be-
sides these veterans there are q couple
of promising 2-year-old maidens in the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. a son OF Ogden and
Fair Catherine. and Viceroy. son of
Golden Maxim and Lady Min-with which
Fitzsimmons and his Quincy stable boss
expect to win a purse or two.
The 2-year-olds Of the stable are
mainly Star Shoots. Ogdens. Migration.
and waterboys recruited from the
breeding establishment OF John e.