The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-05-29
RACING IN BERLIN
DESPITE THE WAR

BERLIN, May 10. = Devotees of
horse racing and breeders who have
been all but ruined have finally sue
ceeded in assuring a resumption OF
some flat racing this season, after
canvassing all who are interested in
tie sport. Plans have been com
pleted for a series of six races at
Hoppegarten, near Berlin, beginning
Sunday, May 16. and continuing
each Sunday thereafter.
No effort has been made as yet to
secure a resumption of steeple chas-
ing or trotting races. The former
is regarded as practically impossi-
BILE because almost every gentleman
rider in Germany is now in the
field.
A large part of the opposition that
has been voiced against racing has
been from persons who oppose any
thing like ~frivolity in wartime. The
racing proponents argue that If nee
essary the words sport and pleasure
shall be erased, and that racing
shall be conducted purely for the
sake of keeping the breed of race
horses at a high standard, and for
the benefit of stables that otherwise
would have to go u of existence.
They do not go beyond July in their
present plans. The sporting clubs
that must arrange the races un-
doubtedly will make up cards for
August, September, October and
early November if the public sup
ports the races now arranged.
Nevertheless, the biggest races of
the season, in point of usual inter
est and purses, are all scheduled,
and have about the normal lumber
CT entries. These events include the
Berlin Grand Prix with a purse OF
100, 900 marks, and the Hamburg
derby, purse $4,000 marks, both
planned for July.
The entries for both these races
were made for 1913, and have
dropped in size, of course, but not
below normal. Thus there remain
ed, after the last forfeit day toward
the middle of April, thirty entries
for the Grand Prix and forty for
the Derby.
Racing enthusiasts, breeders, es-
pecially, are sure that the season
will seq events at Berlin, Hamburg,
Cologne, Dresden and Leipsic, and
perhaps at Stuttgart and Munich.
Both the king of Wurtemburg n
the king of Bavaria are owners or
stables and may help the general
movement.
number of tracks will be clos
ca. That at Ruhleben, near Berlin,
is now the site of the big detention
camp for British civilians. at Grune-
valid there is a hospital used Tor
those wounded in the war, and II
of the tracks at Cologne is used for
herding cattle.
Another factor which has added
to the difficulties is the shortage OF
trainers and jockeys. Various
sporting and jockey clubs of Ger
many for years past have favored
American and English trainers, and
those lust at present are scarce.
Soon after the war began some p
English trainers and a dozen jock
eys, the leaders of their profession
in Germany. were interned at RUN
leben. When racing became a prac-
tical certainty again it's hackers be-
gan quietly getting the men out, and
succeeded in having eleven trainers
released. The move got to be
known, however, and the anti-Eng-
lish sentiment proved to be so ire
mendously strong that the others are
still in confinement, with small
chance of getting out to help out the
situation.
There are three trainers and two
Jockeys from America who, it is be
lieved, will be here when racing gets
under a They include Trainer
McCreery, under contract to Baron
Oppenheim; rainier Fred Taral, at
tached t the stable of Messrs. Won
Weinberg. and Trainer Campbell, i'll
charge of Herr O Venningsens
stable. Jockey Willy Shaw is ex-
pected to ride for the o Weinbergs,
and George Archibald for Baron OPP
penheim. 1t is hoped that these last
two will bring over with them at
least one other jockey apiece.
ENORMOUS PROFITS MADE
BY GERMAN MANUFACTURERS