Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-15
PROGRESS IN RAGING
BIG STEEPLECHASE STAKES
ARE PROVIDED THIS SEASON
United Hunts Double Event May or
fer Purses of SiO.Oa0-I0i0 t'u-
tDrity VIII NnSc Large Entry.

we're made AT The annual meeting at
The organization for stccpi.riiaS. ,
test which would eclipse IN the shape
a.! " money award to the winner any
race Of the type ever held in America.
The new fixture tx Ia he called III.
united hunts double event Stccnlc"haSr
aud VIII be "a handicap for four-ycar-
oidS ana upward. to be run in two 500
''iis' spring ana autumn. AT two mites
anh three miles. respectively 4 sub
%riiption II sl.r0p viii cniitlc sub
"tlbcrH 70 HAY" Il starter in each event
one. half az the Subscription money l.,
h. z" I" tlir winner az each event,
van assurances that AT least III
'o"r nominations viii be made for he
"d"uh"" end tho prospec. aha: hr
nHGb"r Of sportsntcn who Win take
~ ,hi" really hirh-,lasS sporting
rr"poSi,ipn will be raised To ~ least
twenty. it can readily he seen thai
~, value Of each Of the races will
,1noIut TO 10000
Ia order 10 insure tn. succcss g: the
meetings. from financial staudpoin,
guarantee fund OF $1,000 has p..r
Stabilized This is made necessary
because Of tho ralu" Of tho other
stakes and purses which viii he ran
IN conjunction. "a, the spring meetin:
i" particular. with the FIRST RUNNING
% IN" double event, chief OF wh,r',
ar" tho Timber Toppcrs' Champion
'h"sc and tho Great United Hunty
Ftccpicchasc. which carries with il .d-
dod money Of $4,000. in tho las; run.
champion OF tho year. Wcldship
The conditions Of the double even,
arc tina, tho spring race shall be at
NO miles and tho autumn test a,
three miles For the frs, named sub.
srrptions close Thursday. E'cbruar,
-. and for the last on Wednesday,
August 10. tho other provisions being
as follows:
Five hundred dollars of each sub
scrir,t"n. ali 10 the winner. The
United Hunts Racing Association to
add - pcc" II plate" value. $500 Each
subscriber 10 have Tho privilege rr
nhlnnr two horses (Which may h..
owned or leased for each Subscription.
tho same TO be named TO In. clerk
81 The course nf,oou days before the
day set fOc tn" running Of Tho r..o
ard ono OF tn" two to II" named a. :,
starter - minutes before post time
on tho u,y of tho race. Ne.Shts To
he announced ten DAYS bcfor. the day
SGT Tor tho running %: tho race. Win
ncrS after Tho publication -. Tho
Weights IL carr: tive pounds Hddi-
'lonal That J"hu /. Madden. Amer
ica's foremost breeder. docs not intend
10 allow tho produce OF foreign stall
lions and mares to ov,Tshadow hos
- his stud at hamburg place is in.
dicutcd b. his Intended cntrv az 700
iu tho Fu'urity OF 1918" which MONT
nations WIN serve 10 bring tho total
number "f entries Ia well Over the
1000 narN, figure which has not
lrcn approached since $500 wren ro-
tonac was returned 'uc winner. With
his share o. tho stalk. being s6..s75,
Whom Ecluior.j.rau "uo-,wo. Ma her bc /
ma. second.
Purse WIN nenrh old >inndnrds.
That tho winners share wiIi reach
thosc heights which obtained ia the
running OF this two-ycar- old reatur.
event 81 tho late "Os and TO 1905. ia
'I,iI 4 IN.
WHO keep tn close touch with turf
driugS
Ia addition 20 the s3o entries al
rc"dy received by ~ MoI. l.arlo"ker.
.ccrc,ary Of the Westchester Racing
Association. under whose auspices tee
fnturity l. held. lac has received word
that Madden VIII nominate the pro-
ducc OF %" mares :arlockcr also an
ticipaics tho recent pf 100 from \. y. +.
Hancock ;hiriy-nvc from Hal Price /
Gftcon from r. e. Mcdowell. and ten
from y. T. C;allaher.
Down the line in alphabetical order
the principal nominations include If
irom ny James hutler principally by
mis- stallion UUt of Reach: thirtY-sevcn
by August belmont. with the sircs
Tracery, Hastings. Traa Rock and
Eulcain standing out prom,ncntly. In
this lot two which will probably stand
on, prominently arc b; BroomsticH-
glass
Edward Il; l:radlcy dominates four
teen, Richard r. Carmen. nine: by Asri- .
dian Captain T.: u. c'ass"it. eight
seven arc hN a"ronaut: 4. Il. cassett. |
TWO. by thu same sire. ,;hord H.
cochran, ten. seven OF which arc by
llis Maicsty. while the others are sired /
10y 'rraceTN. l;dyardo and Ogden. re- ]
spccttvely William Il. Coo. twenty !
two, twelve pf which arc b. All Gold /
several years ago TO have been the
fastest horses in England.
Robert |. Gerry has named TWENTY 1
three tho Grccntree stable 'Nrrs /
'a!uc Whitney,. three, b. WhisEhroom /
H.: j. Temple Gwathmcy. ten. by Sea-
shore H.: Ilaras du Frcsnay fClarence |
u. Mackay), twcnty-eigh; by Macdon-
aid H.. !'itz Herbert. Rire AUX I.armcs, /
Iorg"ri,". fabelais. Sundridrc. Ram |
rod aud others: f'redcrck johnson
seven; Willis Sharpe kilmcr seven
teen; j. O. kccnc. tWenty-scvcn. eiGh- |
teen of which Ar" rs Luke McLuke;
Oscar l.e"isohn. one. by Greenback:
Miss Livingston. five: Edward u. Nc /
Lean. ono: Andrew Miller. three by /
Textile: Henry y. OXnard. forty four
some Of which arc by Orby Dorante |
ard Iiadiun
oak Ridge Farm CThomas Fortune
Ryan. i've by Sea King: Schuyler l..
Parsons ono. Ivy Observation-Disclosures:
John sanford, nine. two by Rayardo
three by ilancihby aud one each by /
Tho 'urraSh. Prince TalaIinc. Tracery |
and Radi,im.
y. :. Thompson. one by EroomsticL-
Lcdyonara; Henry Payne Whitney. 50,
one OF which is by Broomstick--JcrSey 4
lightning. IL prospective fun brother
or sister to the great mare Regret
Others arc by Peter Pan. Rroomstick
MI Gold and Whiskbrcom II. George
Is Widcncr names sixteen. by Garry
hermann, brby, William the Third
Sunstar anu Prince palatinc
WirkiiHc stable Corriean & McKin-
ncH), hftE-scvcn, with Delhi HiDuo-
Iromc. Iltimus, Disguise. Colin and
Mc''cc the sircs: ]. T.. Widcnrr TWEEN
tN-two, all imported, and Richard r
w ilsnn. .Ir.. twenty seven. fifteen oc
Which are by olambala. with ono by
that sire out Of Nightfall. the sire and
dam of lie cha mninn