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. PREPARING FOR BENNINGS. The mammoth Morris Park course showed to great advantage last Sunday. The sun had a great inning, the temperature was pleasant and the track, after being harrowed, was in tip-top shape. Every trainer was at his post, there were many racer? 1 own over the track at useful paces and t" training days at the big course seem 3 be far away. The snow has been off the - ind for several days and the effect .has been to bring the trainers and their racers to the track in numbers, and two minute rate of speed has been freely indulged in. At James McLaughlins establishment on the backstretch, the trainer was found busy with his extensive string. He is going to make a pretentious bid for honors at Washington in the spring and his Bennings contingent, which is twenty-one strong, is being sent along at good, useful rates of speed. The older horses were sent five furlongs at a two minute clip, and a number of two-year-olds that included M. Theo, a brown Ally by Lissak Madam Reel; Brightwood, a bay gelding by Lissak Raybelle, anda chestnut colt by Tenny Loyoletta reeled off a half at the same rate of speed. The lot to go to Washington is in prime condition to be sent down the line, and they will most likely be fit before reaching Bennings. The accounts are that the track is not in good condition there, which will cause McLaughlin to try and get ready before leaving Morris Park. Eugenia Burch, which is looking in beautiful shape, is not intended for Bennings, and neither is Unmasked. The lot that will take the trip will consist of five two-year-olds and old horses. Trainer William Brien, who is handling the L. S. Sire string, has his racers quartered at the Tenny "Villa stable, on the back-stretch. The lot are eight in number, and are composed of six two-year-olds and the three-year-olds Ancke and Attorney. The youngsters are a presentable lot, and compare favorably with any half dozen that have passed under inspection during the winter. They are: Great Eastern, br. c, by Handsome Austerity. Clifton Forge, ch. c, by Handsome 111-isee. Dancing Wave, ch. f, by Top Gallant Tarantella. Soson, ch. f, by Handsome La Creole. Seven Oaks, br. f, by Handsome Message. Caviet, b. f, by Handsome Annie G.
