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HILDRETH HORSES BEGIN GALLOPING. Training: Operations in East Somewhat Backward Because of Unfavorable Climatic Conditions. New York, March 14. This has been a vexatiously backward spring for the training of race horses. The Long Island tracks, in fact, got their spring weather in January and February, when galloping racers would have been the height of folly, and the cold snaps of the last two or three weeks with their accompanying snow storms and freezes made it impossible for them to begin work when they should have. Hut. thanks to warm weather during the past few days, the frost is very nearly out of the ground and Shcepshead Day, Gravcseml and Iielniont Park are lieginnir.g to take on a truly business-like bustle of mornings. Thomas Healcv. Silas Veitch and the trainer of the Carman horses are the most active of the morning workers at Delmont Iark. They are preparing the most precocious of their charges for racing at Norfolk in Anrll. The Delmont horses at the Westchester Associations great plant in Nassau County will be saved for Delmont Iark, and it is improbable Hat William I lagan will have anything ready as earlv as the first of April. Hogans most promising jumpers, Agent and Driishbrooin, the former the properlv of Dartlett Mclennan of Canada, ami the latter of It. T. Wilson, are destined for chasing at Delmont Iark. Toronto and Montreal. The big main course at Shcepshead Day is not as good as it will be later on, but the mile course, IKqmlarlv known as the yearling track." is in capital condition and . C. Illldreth has begun the galloping of his horses over.it. Air. Hildreths stable is the onlv racing establishment of consequence at the D.iv just now. His horses have wintered extremely well, and it is highly likely that lie will have three or four or them fit enough to race at Norfolk the last week of the Jamestown Jockey Clubs spring meeting. James .McLaughlin is the busiest man at the old Oravesend course, which, is as popular us ever with the trainers. He is sending his two and three-year-olds quarters in 20 and 27. Air. AIcLaughlin has always been an early man and when he lauds at Norfolk he will have two or three horses ready for the races.
