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BUSY DAYS AT BENNING. Washington, D. c. March SB. — Great preparation is being m. oh lure for the opening at Jamestown. Nearly 200 hois.- are in training at the Benning track. At least one half, sf this numlW I will be tilt..! for tin- meeting at Jamestown, which commences April 8. William Garth is preparing forty-six horses of all ag s: eighteen of the collection will be posited for the Norfolk meeting and it is safe to rctkau the astute Virginian will send them to the post as fir as can lie. Ticket of I oave. St. Alio and The Welkin are looked upon to make things hum in the steeplechase field. Harry Payne Whitneys aggregation of fifteen Castleton and Brookdale-bred colts ami fillies sre training well for Albert Simons. The band will be shipped to Norfolk in ten days. Amos Tumey, the Kentucky breeder, will he rep-l e- uted by at bast a dozen horses, among which are Tbeo Cook. Sic, lPaii hiiton. Clif totiian. King Commoner and My Fellow. William Martin, who is training the Turiiev lot. is impressed with the two-year olds that sre destined to carry the red and bla.k silk. .lerr.v Carroll is busy with Black Chief. Ethel I.e Brume and Outlati. William O. Scully is anxious for action and he will have four good looking racers tightened up for tl peniag day at Norfolk.
