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I HANDICAP HORSES WILL WORK TODAY Fine Weather at Washinqton — Littlefield Loses a Two-Year-Old — Ben, unci Gossip. Waaktegton, D. C, March 22. Spring is here with ever. Indication that it has come to stay and that means ■ success! ul meeting at Penning. The track is rapidly drying onl and will l e in llrsl rate con ditioii by Mondaj if the g.HMl weather coniinues. This was ■ slow day a I the course, but tomorrow ■orates the handicap starters will got their final trials and one will be able to get a line on Mon days race. Among the arrivals were it. J. Waiuen ami i red Littlefield from the farm in Maryland. Wnlden brought nine head and Littlefield three. Mr. Littlefield lost one of his twoyearolds when Higgle stumbled and fell at the home track Wednesday and sustained injuries which brought her death. Giggle was by Compute — Merriuess and was a half sister to the good winners Punny Side and Tickle. She had been highly tried and her loss is keenly felt. Although no fast work was done, many of the turf stars stabled here were on the track this morning. Dandelion and Salvidere led the Hitchcock Madden set to slow gailopinsi. Salvidere has developed into a striking looking and handsome three rear-old and it looks very much as if he is destined to prove the exception to the rule that geldings do not develop as colts an I fillies do from their twoyearold to their three year old form. Jockey Kadlke has reported for duly to Billy Garth. Badtke seems ky his talk ami demeanor to have profited by his trouble of last fall. Cuder the management of the good naturcd but firm trainer of the ffatecj establishment Kadtke is almost sure to behave belter than he did teat season. He will nave plenty of enconragenttent to do so and take a high place in the honor list of the riders. He can do II HI or 107 now, and will be busy from the beginning of the meeting. Sir Wilfred is looked npon as a sure starter in the opening race of the meeting, and Kadtke Avill try to win tile silver cup that oes to the owner and rider of the winner of the first race of the year. With the big string ol horses at hfc command here in so Many different ownerships. Garth will l»e able to keep both Kadtke and Miller pretty busy without bothering much about outside mounts. liadike was highly pleased wilh the appearance of the horses in I lie stable, which he knew last year. "My. but he is a hear, aint lieV" he said when he looked al De Mund. "I know just how fast this fellow is, and with Hie improvement he shows he will set ;i pace that will be hud to follow or 1 miss my guess."
