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HORSES FUOM BENNINGS. Just one week from yesterday racing begins at New Orloans. It will, be seen by the following taken from the Picayune of November 20 that things are rounding into pretty fair shape: "All the stables but those reserved for tho Now Yorkers who are racing at Bennings are now occupisd at the Fair Grounds. The last consignment from the west got in yesterday, when the special from Cincinnati arrived. In this lot were fourteen carloads. They came over the Louisville and Nashville Bailroad and pulled into the local yards at 7:30 oclock in the-morning. With tho excoption of ono of W. L. Hazslips horses, all made the journey in good Bhape. Just after the train pulled out of Latonia the mare Miss Soak took a car fit. She waB a wild animal for a few minutes, and, in her roarings and plunging, she turned a complete somersault. Whan help reached her she was lying on her back in her stall, with her feet toward tho ceiling of the car. She was cnt up and brniBed eomt, and the train was stopped at Louisville, where she was unloaded. With the exception of this incident, nothing marred the trip. The horses all looked good when they were taken off the cars. Secretary Clark and his assistants were awaiting their arrival at the track, and they were all housed in short ordor. Altogether there are now some 800 horses at the track. When the Benniogs special gets in there will be some 1,100 horses here. The association cannot accommodate near this number on the track proper, and the overflow are compelled to Beak quarters on the outside. All the vacant barns in the vicinity of tho Fair Grounds have been rented by these horsemen, and thoroughbreds are quartered as far as a mile from the track. "A partial list of the stables coming from Washington was received by Secretary Clark yesterday. Among the number are a majority of the best horses taking part in the present meeting at Bennings. In all. some 500 head are expected to arrive from that point. Among them will be tho stables of Frank Beagan, who will have eight, including the two-year-olds OHagen and Katnerine C, the three-year-olds Gray Dally and Sir Florian; A. H. and D. H. Morris, with eighteen; H. T. Griffin, with twenty-eight; J. W. Pangle, with 6; J. H. Carr, with six; J. J. MacKessey, with 6; B. Reynolds, with six; W. C. Daly, with fifteen; S. S.Tracey, with twelve; F. M. Taylor, with six; E. Snapper Garrison, with six; Albert Simons, with fourteen; A. C. McCafferty, with six; Lew Elmore, with four; Robert Hutchinson, with six of John Dalys; Senator Tim Sullivans stable of five in charge of Archie Zimmer; John Tabor, the ex-jockey, with four; LewTully, with three; H. C. Bchulz, with six; W. Karrick, with five; C. E. Mahone, with eix; H. B. Skilos, with six; Vic Hollar, with three ; J. A. McAuley, with two; 8. N. Holman, with three; Buckley and Bailey, with six; J. E. Madden, with five, and steeplechase jockey Brazil, with a stable of four jumpers. "Sixteen of H. T. Griffins string are already here. They were shipped from New York by the Cromwell Line of steamers and arrived in good shape. "Charley Yandusen, a popular jockey with local race goers, looking aand bright and chipper as ever, waB out at the track yesterday looking over the horses that arrived on the Cincinnati special. Vandusen has not ridden much since the Washington park meeting. He was taken down with a spell of sickness about that time and went from Chicago to St. Louis, where ho rested up. For the past three or four years Van found it difficult to ride at less than, 115 pounds. CONTINUED ON BKOOND TA.QM, HORSES FROM BENNINGS. Continued from first page. He contemplates doing 105 this winter, and will be eeen in the saddle more frequently, "Tony Wallace, who raced that good colt Sharon here a few years ago, came in with the Cincinnati lot. He has four in his stable this year. Mobo Goldblatt was also among the new arrivals. Monk Wayman, which was Gold-blatts principal bread winner last season, is not with the stable this year. The old horse was taken down with lung fever while at Windsor. Canada, last summer, and his owner disposed of him. He still has Jessie Jarboe, however, besides several other good ones, among them Callear and Dr. Hart, the latter a two-year-old which he purchased at Latonia a few weeks ago. McCann and CogBwell are the stables jockeys."
