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TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPEN WINTER. Horsemen in the East Are Galloping Their Charges Oxford in Splendid Condition. The open winter is proving agreeable to horsemen, except for the wholesome fear entertained that they will have to pay for it later on, when good weather would be more desirable than now. At Gravesend each morning representatives from nearly all the stables are to be seen on, the course. The snow makes . cushion for the horses to canter over. Newton Bennington was at the track in a closed carriage Wednesday morning. It was his first venture out since lie had Iieen sick, and lie was well Jileased with the appearance of his horses. Joe Kelly,, who has charge of the Bennington stable, bad the four late arrivals from the farm Green Room, Waterbearer, Marius Cains and Cinna out for a gallop. James McLaughlin, who Is now at Gravesend, being one of the last to desert Morris Park as a win-, tcrlng place, has a good looking band of youngsters in his barn, while the gray horse Oxford Is in splendid winter condition. Already the horsemen are making plans for the early spring racing. Wally Fessenden-wlll ship ills stable to-Washington early in March. His old stand-, by, lass Book, is in rare good condition, and may be the means of another typical Fessenden coup the coming season. Lady Valentine has grown arid spread considerably, and should be heard from In the three-year-old division. Last summer Fessenden and Billy Silieck bought a yearling In partnership, and afterward tossed a coin to see who would become the sole owner of the colt. Fessenden won, and the youngster, which is by Bassetiaw Cloister, has grown Into a fine looking two-year-old. Jack .Toyners big string is divided between the road and shed work, as the track at the Bay is not in first-rate condition. Charles Littlefield has sixteen head in the Haggln brick barn. Shed work has been their ortion so far.
