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THOROUGHBREDS FOR ARMY OFFICERS. Captain E. B. Cassatt Has Plan for Disposing of His Oakland String-. San Francisco, Cal.. February Captain E. B. Cassatt, the Pennsylvania horseman and railroad magnate, has launched a plait of interesting the army in racing thoroughbred horses. With this in view tlie captain lias instructed J. Simon Healey, his trainer at Oakland, to present all the horses that he fails to sell at a reasonable reserved price to the army otlicers of tjie Presidio. Next Tuesday trainer Healey will offer the Cassatt string at auction in tlie paddock at Oakland and a moderate reservation will lie placed on each liorse. If they fail to bring the price which Captain Cassatt has set upon them; trainer Healey will then take the racers to tlie Presidio and present them to the otlicers witli Captain Cassatts compliments and the hope that they will take- an interest in tlie thoroughbred. The horses which some lucky army otlicers m.iv fall heir to are Tlie Bailiffs Daughter. Sallie ODay, Toe Dancer and live two-year-olds as follows: Sleep-land. Minstrn. Change of Air, Patent .Stopper and Uncle Henry Harrison. The youngsters were raised and bred on Captain Cassatts famous Chesterbrook farm near Philadelphia, ami have shown speed at the local track. "Captain Cassatt wants to interest the army officers of the west in tiie thoroughbred," said Healey, "and for this reason -lias instructed me to make a present of any or all of the horses I have at the track if they do not realize tlie moderate figure which lie has placed on them. Last summer tlie captain had a party of otlicers at Chesterbrook farm and after explaining to them the breeding of thoroughbreds and the different stages of their development and training, the officers expressed keen interest and went back to Washington with a much dif-. ferent opinion of race horses than they had been entertaining. "Although Captain Cassatt lias vast business interests which require his attention, hi; tinils time to devote to his breeding establishment and most of the string at Oakland was bred at Chesterbrook Farm." After disposing of the entire string witli the exception of Cintrella. trainer Healey will proceed to Pennsylvania and take up the eastern division of the Cassatt stable, which - comprises about fifteen head. He will take T. Davies, tlie lightweight rider, witli him. but will secure a heavier boy to do most oj the filling -for. the stable in the east. Fulletta proved -an. easy- winner of "the; feature race at Oakland today. Jim. Ca.fferata rnled favorite, but after leading to the stretch quit badly and Fulletta drew away to victory. Tlie followers of favorites again suffered defeat when Silver Knight made a poor showing in the fifth race. Allness was plunged on in the closing race and under a liowerful ride by Archibald closed fast to win from Hal and Pete. Showers again fell. J. B. Dyer, who trained Elkwood when he won the Suburban and who later trained for Edward Qorrigan and also in Austria, died today at San Jose from dropsy. Early Wright plans to campaign a stable at Pim-lico and on the New York tracks the coming season. Arasee will be the star of the string. Mr. Wright will rest the son of Blues at his farm near Los Angeles before shipping east. E. G. Moyne will ship Chester Kruin and other horses to Jamestown after the close of the Oakland meeting. Tlie Oakwood Stock Ranch sold the three-year-old Prestolite to J. Weaver yesterday. Jockey Willie Knapp will leave here next week for New York on his way to Germany, where lie will ride for the stable trained by James McCormiek. . Al Koenigsberger, who was suspended by the judges some weeks ago for using discourteous language to George Rose, has been restored to good standing by President Thomas IL Williams.
