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PALMETTO PARK RACING IS CLEAN. Otfiiials Active in Keeping Meeting from Seandnl — I Derby Eligiblts ami Other Gossip. Charieatoa. S. .. Febraary 17. - Whatever other drawbacks the Ialiaetto l*ark meetiag m -i have, one cannot lad faali with the racing. Keen contests have been the order ever since Ihe meetiag opened and a majoiii. of the races have furnished spirited finishes. iiie-i 1 has i.een clean ami particularl.v vr-- 1 1 .-in se.in.lil. Ii is no nncoaimon sjm.i 1.. tjn.l Ibrei or foni bim*aea ngtitlng ii nai all through the ihe h e-iiei.h. ami in thirty-eight of the 1.-st eighty -four races run driving inlnhen were n-.-onleil. In tweutj live of them apses, beads or mn-ks sepai aleil tin- lirs; two ami in ■ il was haul to M0 which hail won until the official placing was di-play.il. Bnrlng ihis peri «l Ihirty-six favorites came down in front ami a!-., several si.,-..mi rholcea. Tl lli.iais have been exi-eeclnglj active. Ihe atea arris Issing a!i.- to ih«dr duties and the starter par tlcularli sii,.es-n; m semliaa Ihe aelds away well. 111 1 he two-yea olds sliown. nothing almve the oiiliuir has |M. 11 .l.-velop. ,1. .1. I.. Holland piie.ahh has the i.esi l..i. Cue heiim esperiallv f: led by some good judges. Ilease Welles is apeedj Imi small, she lacks -i/e aad il doubt fnl ii sin- will amount lo mach when Ihe yisaagatera are asked to go longer distances. She is ■ wiry little thing. Imv. imi. ami a imiek breaker, frank Brown is trainins his Ill iin us . ;e|iping Stone e«dt. lie has named 1 liis fellow I.iow nsiuie. „ l....|:s. I.iow iisioiie aver shadows ever-. 1 wo ear old al Palmetto Park Ili-has size. .|ii.ilii ami eon formation and If be Is nm a liisi 1 la--- rare horse man.i shrewd trainers will he disappointed Wiih the hcavj rains of ihe bud fen rtajs has come an improvement In the goiag ami when Ii dries mil il rtgiily the footing idtoold he linn aud sfH-ingy. There i- no reanm vii Ihe iract at Ialmeiio Iark shoiiiii not la f ihe fastest in ihe rmmtry. Ii is iiuiii on im-.eeiw land and i- itpriag.t like that . Brighton Beach. Few horses have gone wrong here this winter ami ml a single awe has nulled up lame in a ra.-e run so far during the meet ing. The colors of John 1.. .lad.lei. were s,-..M ,„, ■ winter track Im ihe Brat lime in man years when It. 1 1 11i.1i ie ran here on Moml.i.v last. In the old Mew Orleaaa tlays Mr. Madden used lo ran an im puiiani Ktriag at ihe Fair Irounds track ami noe of iin- la-i horse4 t" rarrj his rotors there wan iin-pfaeatnni horse Bohert Koaaer. Mi. Madden has half a dozen horses ben this winter in charge nl Charlie l*atteraon. Five of hem are two-year-olds and Ihe other is Hie I li;oc-i eai old I.e uaihu I ,-. |||.. bitter, a line wok ing Individual bj Coajtesloi Ileal ity. has only two siaUe engagements here, the si. Patricks Hay Slakes and the Palmetto Derby. Ii hxks as if Patterson is point toff him for ihe lasi named event. a hi« preparation has been of the -low sort. One thing is certain. If Bernadottc run-to his looks, lie will he in impi.ilani factor 111 !lu Derby. He maal rertalBly have nhawa his breeder or trainer something to warraal his he tog eatereil in lhis stake. The Madden two year elds are: Chestattl eolt. h. Star SI1001 — Nish.it. Brown rolt, by Cesartoa- Al Lane. Cbesrant gelding, bj Ueeliek. I.aeriuiac. thesiniii illy, by siat Shoot Breakwater. Bay tiliy. by Taakee Mamie Worth. When jarfcey Jimmy Bntwell tied himaelf up wiih l!.i| Parr far Ihe coming season, it lefl the Harry Payae yviiiincv stable without a rider, flood lads ,iie none loo plentiful In these times ami Albert Simons anl .lames Bowe 1 id to look ahom for soim-one ta take BatweiFs place. The landed on Boscop Trosler and the latter will ride in the Whitney colors in America and Canada this year. Ii is pre. -nmed that Mr. Simons will - hack In Canada. .-I though he lefl thai eirenli when Ihe Havre de Brace meetiag opened laat aammer. Trosler is ■ good two-year old rider and, as ■ majority, or la fact all. of ihe Whiinev sum will be composed of young a. is. he si,. uihl till he bill. Guy Burns, who rode for Mr. Sim .us for several years, will go from here 10 Louisville with Frank K. Brown. 11 is said that James Bowe has plaaaed to semi Ambrose 10 Jack Joyner to ride for the division ..f the Whitney stable thai is hriaxc raced In Kngiand. Ii is probably jui as well that Ambrose is going abroad, for the latl developed 1 habil of . iling into trouble qnite in-njuently lasi season. With the running of the Palmetto Derby only -i weeks off horsemen and race goers are already be -inning lo took about for the prospective winner of the feature raee of the meetiag. The Palmetto Herb will he the first of the Important three-year old races ■: the year and in Ihe list ol seventeen eligible* there are some of real merit. The nick of »ln se have not as yel been neea in public during the niieiiir.. II has !„-en said ihat C. 1". Rnscbemeyei contemplates: sending Hawthorn here t-. stair in the Palmetto Derby. Hawthorns Palmetto engagement w.ml.l nerve as a try on 1 for the Kentuckj Derby. 11 is doubtful, however, if Hawthorn is shipped here. arcorritttg lo late arivieea. Apart from Hawthorn. the lisi of most promising eligible* is made up ..; Bosttirtinm. Tale.arri.r. Bernadotte. Ilim . Ileimis. Judge Wright and Moaocacy. Talecarrier i~ training nicely; Bernadotte is being given a careful prep aratton bv Charlie Patters»m: .imlg. Wright is sh a lag great speed In his w.uk and Mi icjri ana pictoua leg has reapoaded to the severe treatment nl the tiring, ir. his. Jmlge Wright. Ihe andefeated son of Superman Debacle, has fulli recovered from the picknesa that be rontracted in Canada lasi sum imr and his trainer has osed i-Melieni judgment ha giviug him a gooil. long real before Rtartlng in to Irani him again. The oeanll is thai the coll .1.1-fnlly recovered his rltalitj aad is again sbowlag iini wonderful nirn r»f speed lie so often displayed in Iii-, t rials last spring. Ii is possible thai Mr. Pons ■ 11. iv have a tiis idasa ii.t-r in Judge 1 ig it and he . • -1 1 . 1 i 1 1 1 d.s, i.s 1.,. is In 1 ,,s been a liberal buyer Ol 0i111g horses during Ihe aaal few ..ear-. William f. Imrch received a letter from his -,, , Preston, .1 few days ago which told of the brospcets o. the Ameiiean racer. Mongolian. 1,,, devetopine lain .im- of the heal steeplechasers in Kurope. 11111; I.ur.li also s.-in vv.,1,1 that Sam Hildreth had arrived at Uaisons Laflltte with the eighl horses H1.1: he ;iMik J" i..- r..i- racing ami that si ,,1 ,;,,. Bnn her had broken down. Among them was iae colt, ovelty, H hiehl.i thought of bj his peop and which gave Mieh promise of heing a gland - chaser. Mr. HiWreth, it appears, i- having his share of had luck in-1 imv There :- :, pnsslhility thai Mr. K abler will purchase Archie Ziinmei-greal sprinter. Cangh Hill, and send him "in In Hildreth. Cangh Hill has won all tun one of hi-starts here. He is 1 lug. solid horse and looks eipi.ii to carrving any sort af weight. It is presumed thai if tin deal goes through Cangh Hill will be 1 io tumping and on conformation he looks like an ideal prospect
