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WINTERING AT AYASHINGTON MANY HORSES QUARTERED AT A TRACK THAT IS LOST TO RACING. John E. Madden. J. W. Colt and Chelsea Stable Among Those Patronizing tho Course at the National Capital. Washington, D. C, November 24. The old Ben-niug track represents a scene of activity despite the fact that no racing was held here this fall and with little prospect of a meeting next spring. In late years many horsemen have found the course of the Washington Jockey Club a particularly favorable one for exercising horses during the cold winter months and it is always possible to give youngsters an early training start here. The track is sandy and of a character not easily affected by frost, so that many horses are daily exercised over it through the cold weather. John E. Madden wintered a string of his horses here several years ago as an experiment and the results were so satisfactory that each winter since has found a majority of his horses stabled here. This year .Madden has thirty yearlings in training over the track, besides eight horses from his older division. J. W. Colt has ids string of jumpers quartered here for the winter under charge of Mike Daly. In the string are Thistledale. Prince of Pilsen. Charles G. Gates. Peep In. Reginald. Octopus. Ironsides and the tlat runner. Sal Volatile. Others that will join them shortly are Kara. Prince Hampton, Commodore Fontaine, Percentage and two other green jumpers. The last-named ones are on Mr. Colts farm, but will be turned over to Daly. It was at Benuiug that Daly fitted the horses of Mr. Colt for the 190S season, in which they acquitted themselves so creditably. The cross-country course of the Washington Jockey Club offers every opportunity for schooling and it is possible to send the horses along moderately ail through the cold months. The Chelsea. Stable always winters at Washington, and this season the string is made up of Aster dOr, Taboo, Spanish Prince, Cartwheel. Connaught Ranger, The Wrestler and ten yearlings. Preston M. Burch, who handled the stable with such success during the season, has.. taken a vacation, which he is spending in California. He-will le back the latter part of December to take up the yearlings and begin the process of molding them into race winners. J. A. Sykos has; charge of the horses of Patrick Gallagher that are quartered here. Sykes was the man to develop that good little jumper. Tip Gallant. Those In his care at this time are Croydon. Andalusia and three yearlings that will be fitted for an early start next spring. The yearlings have all been going along exceedingly well, considering the season, and over the deep going here have shown quarters in !etter than 20. J. S. Hoys horses are another addition to the winter colony here. In the string which trainer Purcell is handling ar Ragman. Lady Karma and a carload of yearlings purchased at the Sheepshead Bay stiles. M. C. Kelly has charge of the stables of W. P. Burch and W. A. Chanler. In his care are ten yearlings, some of which have already attracted attention. Probably the best one in the stable is a half sister to S. C. Hlldreths Dandelion. She has shown plenty of speed in her trials and gives promise of future usefulness. Col. W. II. Mosbys horses are reported as doin; exceedingly well. In this stable are Balbek, Brown Tony and a dozen yearlings. Colonel Mosby himself has gone to California with Dalton McCarthy, the jockey on whotn he holds a contract, and he will look after the interests of the boy on the coast. The horses of Roy A. Raiuey and some of those that raced in the colors of his brother, Paul J. Raiuey, were at Washington after the close of the meeting at Pinillco, but some of them have been shipped to Tippah Farm in Mississippi and others will soon leave for the same place. In the shipment to go will be the jumpers. T. S. Martin. Sanctus and King Castle, with De Mund, Horace E. and a dozen others. It is the intention of Ed Peters, who handles the Raiuey horses, to make up a string of seven to be campaigned at Santa Anita during the winter.
