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WITH THE TRAINERS AT BENNING. Gossip of the Horses That Are Beinq Prepared for the Sprinq Meetinq. Washington, D. • .. March 1".- The heavy snowstorm of Sunday has since confined nearly all hands at Banning to shed work, but the prospects are for better weather and i: is safe to conclude, in light of the fact that there were many days of good weather and track for training o| erations. with full advantage taken, that the majority here will ln read] when the meeting o|mmis one week from Monday Aaseag the two year olds here. Dinner Stake and Nursery Slake youngsters are the busiest, .uid one of Bill] Garths colts worked a half mile i:i .",!_. seconds. This N the best work yet. although • atler Halls Giles and Bnrgoo stepped a half mile in T._ after being interfered with by some of the bene* coating between tneaa and the rails, causing tin in to swerve, nuking theirs a very good move Indeed. Of otker Dinner Stake candidates. Ed Hannas Lady babel and George Howards Billie Hibbs leased from William Garth, hare shown remakably well. The last named, brother to Pater, does not lash much like the latter, as be is a brown witli a decided sway back. Mack on the same order as was the greal borne Tennj in that respect but lie moves jns| lik. Pater, with the same tip headed. Slashing way of going. The Ililchcck pair, the gelding Woodcraft and the filly Polaris, trained in John Maddens stable, also look well advanced in condition and have shown well in their work. Roth ate finely developed, impressive lookers thai are likely to justify their royal breeding. .1. V. Dolts ti 11 v Casual is also doing all that trainer Mike Daly is asking of her. The stables other Hinnei candidate. Sir Relvidere, was sent home to Ocncsce last week. A. I . Parrs mare Fickle worked three quarters in 1:10. the Inst shown here vet. The Reverwyck Stables Malacca and Berkeley stepped live furlongs in l:ol haiadily. and one of the pair is a certain Starter for the Benning Spring Handicap on the opening day. The two.veai olds in the stalde. Matches Mary and Tenancy, by Courtesy, are also going along in good style for their engagement in the Nursery Stake the second week of the meeting. of the topnolc hers. SaHidore. Dandelion. Tangle. De Mund. Horace E. and Oxford have all shown milch improvement since the* reached here, their daily gallops being all that haw been asked of them. Ie Mund and Horace K. are perhaps the furthest advanced of all. and they worked live furlongs in l:iil wilh the I tench mare Glaette two days ago. GraslaDo and Lady Vera Worked in 1:04. and one or both of the pair will start in the handicap. Oxford and .lack McKcon worked five furlongs in 1 :03. and Campaigner in half a second slower time. The gray horse litis wintered splendidly and promises to be better than ever this year. All of tile two year olds in the McLaughlin stable are useful looking, especially those that ran at New Orleans -Jiieen Melha and Success. More useful schooling by the jumpers has shown Comssodore Fontaine. DArkle, Hyperion, Pioneer. Hub-inn and Gas Straus to advantage. T. S. Martin. at his last essay refused the Liverpool, but at a eCOUd trial goi over it. Rut Nortbvttle is an enigma, a« lie will alternately refuse and take jumps, but if Garth can get him to take more kindly to his business, this horse will win between the Hags, for he can jump well enough when be wants to and has speed cm the fiat, as well as weight- any ing capacity. Others of Garths big bunch that have w iked fast in the last lew days are Sir Wilfred. 1:4; Pater. 1:18: Orphan Lad. LIT; Anna Smith. 1:17, and Heas-lip, 1:0.".. The younger Garth attends to the division of- the stable that is quartered outside of the track, and as it is nearly a mile away from the main body, bis pedometers slow considerable footwork every twenty four boars. Jockey Rid. aids was thrown here on Friday and had bis arm broken while working a mare Theodore Cole is training for Dr. Talbert, Patrick Gallagher, the capable steeplechase ridel1, is back from Canada Bad is schooling Hyperion, Round Rrook and Coles other .lumpers. Trainer Sam Holinan received on Saturday the two-je.ii old North Rritain. which his employer, Wilson ChaasbCi Iain, has leased from Edward R. Balrd for 1MB and MSB. Jockey Wisliard is here and will ride for the Chamberlain stable this season. William Shield- lw o year old tilly 1-idv Plllell, by Toddington. seeins like the liest of bis Nursery candidates from the way she is doing her work. Of the older horses in the Shields stable. Quadrille is moving like a bird, and if he doesnt win some of the sprints at the meeting, all signs will come to naught. Holscher is going along slowly and seems perfectly sound. The Malik of Heuderaoa and Allnult. from Maryland, readied lure Monday morning and managed lo find quarters outside the track. It includes the well known horse lrcckiniin. Tom Raws, en and four others. Thomas Clydes stable is en route from Salisbury, Md. The book program of the meeting, just issued, has been received with favor by the horsemen at the track. It calls for eighteen days racing, the MB races carded including conditions for all classes of horses. As usual, the owner, trainer and jockey of the horse that wins the first race will each re elve as a trophy a handsome silver mug. A letter received at Banning from Charleston says that the South Carolina Jockey Club has been organized and that a new mile track will lie built for a meeting this fall. The fatuous old Washington race-c oiirse, opened in 17S0, lias long since been cut up into building lots.
