The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
GOOD STRING
now TRAINING
Johnny Shields Rounding
Out DR.. Tyree's S Classy
Thoroughbreds.

Or. j. s. Tyrse. the local chemist.
will train a formidable string Of thor
oughbreds this season. The stable.
which Is under the care Of Johnny
Shields. Is stabling at the Benning
track. These horses were sent TO
New Orleans. but Start Right. one OF
this trio. broke his leg and was de-
stroyed Miss Sweep has earned
brackets at the Fair Grounds and
the other horse IS \ 3-year-old maiden
named Miss Gorilla
OF the horses at Benning. King
Neptune. who looks as though he has
improved 100 per cent. Is expected to
carry a big burden during the COM
ing campaign. He ran two very good
races during the fall season. When ne
defeated Ticket and Hendrie In the
Morton Handicap at Laurel. and when
he defeated John Sanford's imported
Gex at Pimlico.
The nearest rival to King Neptune
Is sweep Up md, bay colt by Sweep.
out OF White Plume md. and the
stables candidate for the Preakness-
This colt went wrong during the early
racing season last year, but under
careful handling earned brackets at
the flag end OF the season. He has
wintered well and many shrewd
horsemen think his chances In the
Preakness well nigh perfect. no mat
ter what the track conditions are He
has run well on a fast track, but has
= liking for the mud
Celtic, a black mare. out OF Toots,
by Celt, won several races last year.
and Il able to go with the best OF
them for a mile. Sea Gull. full
brother to King Neptune. was turned
out last summer. He Is by far the
largest horse in the stable.
A chestnut flly by Celt, out OF
Amaranth, the dam Of Solid Rock, Is
attracting much attention and ap-
pears to have a high fight OF speed.
A chestnut flly that Is q full sister
to Lady Eileen and a FLY by Celt out
OF Eostrie complete the flly branch
cf the stable and are being prepared
Z for an early start.
Two two-year-old colts In the stable
are a bay colt that is a full brother
to Sweep Up ii and a bay by Celt
out Of Toots. The last named Is the
pride Of Doctor Tyree. as he expects
to have a useful horse in him
Jack of Spades. a three-year-old
maiden and a full brother to King
Neptune. suffered from poor legs in
the fall. but they were fired and he
is training soundly. Brig A Dee. an
other maiden. and Miss Burgomaster.
who earned brackets at Havre de
Grace, complete the stable.
Everett Pickett, the clever appren-
tice, is under contract to the stable.
He is able to make 95 pounds and will
be a great aid to the stable in selling
races and the overnight handicaps.
Brooks, winner of the Manly Memo
rial. injured his right hind leg while
being galloped yesterday morning and
will be thrown out OF training for a
short time. Matt Brady does not con-
slider the wound dangerous. but does
not want to take any chances with
such a high-class jumper.
Pete Gilbert, the weIl-known steeple-
chase rider. has enlisted in the army
and expects to school horses over
there-cavalry horses and not thor
oughbreds.
A Washington boy. Johnny Clark,
was the leading rider in Canada last
season There were twenty-five races
through the field and he had twenty
one mounts and caught the eye of the
udges nine times.
Jack Richardson, the trainer of the
Lumsden stable, is schooling Between
Us and Candle, two useful fiat racers
of last season.
The good horse King Neptune is
going to be schooled by Trainer
Shields and il he shows well, will be
raced through the field. II any jump
ers are made in the Tyree stable,
Landry will do the riding for the sta
BILE.
The $4,000 colt by Broomstick out of
Polly Finders. has been shipped from
Bennings to Bowie and is in charge
of Danny Bosely who will have charge
of him until E. r. Bryson returns
from Cuba. Mr.. Bryson will train the
horses of Owner Zimmerman, a local
owner
The horses Of Edward B. Mclean
are to be shipped to Kentucky around
the first of March.
Billie Garth is to have charge of the
Folly Farms jumpers, superseding
Louis Garth.
Red" Mackenzie, who hibernated In
st. Louis. is looking for a contract,
as is Nick HUI. who has spent the
winter with Willie Allen at Laurel
and Is in the best of condition.
The Lumsden stable Is going to start
a breeding farm aroung Washington
II a suitable site can be found.