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DERBY MATERIAL IS POOR LITTLE INTEREST BEING SHOWN JN MOST VALUABLE OF PALMETTO PARK STAKES. ■art tit tin Eligible* Will Not Be Numbered Anion [ the Staiteis — Hawthorn Detlaicil Out and Judge Wiifiht on Shelf — Gossip Horn ChatUstou. Charleston, s. «.. March V. With the running oi Hm IiiIuhmio Derby less iii;ui three weeks away, 11 is realty surprising what little Interest to bt ■-taken :n thai •mhi. the richest of the Charleston meeting. There arc several reason i"i ilii-. prlu • il.il of which i- the ordinary caliber ut the cligtbl •-. II. 1 wi iioni has I •■»■ 1 1 . l ■ 1 ;i 1 ■ I out, Rosturtium in in 1 ..11. ula. Judge Wright is reported t.i have Injured himself, ami all 1 nil two or three of the remalnuV. bare shown that 1 1 1« - are merely sprinters. Tina-is no real Derbj timber imnmr. those lefl available. Moaocarj at tin- present wriiing looks li—-t of the bunch, ami even be bi a patched up cripple. Benin i Write, the Madden entry, lias turned out a ilisati ppiutntent and in his several start* here ha- !•«■ -i ismteu bj ordinary bones. K then la ■ fair cull aiming the lot, ii may be Talecarrier. The son of Xiim-atli It. Jitnildj Girl was not drilled by bh people dining 1 1 1 -— two-year-owl form, lie was a growth iili ami was given pli n! ut time ! mature ami develop. !! • was sent to the |m*k! but six Imes I :i -~ t season and liis Brsl start was no uniil Septem-Iter 7, during the tail meeting at 111 in- Boaaets, Mini Ileal. ll« araa indiucd lo be a *ln» beginner ami mushed tii u t It in a held ul" tea. in his Best start at the -.inic track, "ii September 11. he tattahed second i 1 : ■• i i . ■ Brigade, lie started oace al Woodbine. Tomato, ami three times al Plmlico lasl fall. His last effort was in November i . when he allowed « creditable performance, coming from behind in . scveu-furioag race, aud winning from Streauous bj 1 ul. ||i. carried M7 im.iiiuIs ami ran the seven eighths in 1:27%. Talecarrier has been Riven the same kind ul a preparation for the Palmetto Derbj thai Botemta received for the Keatueky Kuiluruu Siukrs last year, and he mil be "lit a~ a Addle" v»iii n he goes I" tin- post, ir i- likely that Butwcii «ill rhie Talecarrier in the Derby. Ike lield will nut uiuiiiicr lun" i : i.mi three or four, and the Cad Ibat Hfej u- all irtoout the saint- class should resuli In a good couiesl ! In- Dei by U wt for March -.». tlic closing day «f tin. meeting.. Only eighteen days of the presold Palmetto Iark . inccllagj remain t- be run aud horsemen are aireadj planning tor their ik-parture. The majority will go ■ • ■.•in here in Norfolk, where the Jamestown Jocke Clubs meeting will he inaugurated immediately fol lowing the close of racing here. The h eatnck: contingent will transfer their horses by sp«*cial train? and will arrive a Lexington irni; before time for th . i ■«■ ii inji i lure. Some « those shipping lo Norfolk i will return lo Kcutncky later in the imuith I lie lin. -einiti who have raced here thii winter bare not nut with phenomenal success, but the iiiom v Ivea bj tin a" Hiai ion has been well dis-iiiliuieil. The eanditenaes have been eaornHms am! lone ciit ileeply iutti many a hank mil. The n».i liaiuii. while ii"! operating al a ln. has n"l 1 much or.tii t" show for the meeting. Adverse condition* al the outset resulted in slim pan hii.i .. ami llii- aeasoua esiierieme will be taken into a-i tm ii t when arrangements are mad- fiar the opening "i the ini meeting. It S llkeli thai ibe nesl Mteetlug will follow immediately the close of fall J racing at Norfolk, so as to inur the starting of the season with a rash. Nick Dandaloa. the plunger nrho Igared in an ! imtuiry bj the stewards the i a--i week, itepartcil i"i- hi bottle in Chicago yesterday, Iullt rouvinced as a result .f having lost S3U.U0U here, thai playing Ibe races "i- a haul waj to make mtome easily." The fpatare races during the coming week a Ialnicttn Park will be the South Carolina Belling : Stakes, a dasli of si furlongs for three-year-olds .iml upward; ami Ihe .albonn Stakes, for two-yejt ; old* at four and a half furloaga. All of the Is -i 1 id their age at tin* Charleston track are among "i : -i .. eligjbles I., ihe latter event. I |i lo date tin youngsters have not becu asked to t" so far. sev-eral of ihem have shown a disposition in o on ami i ne running ol tin ilhouu will go a kwg waj I i wind settllag iln coutrovewy a~ to which i~ Ihe Iseml two-year-old racing b«Te 1 1 1 »-- winter. There are ! IhlrtJ Mv«j ellgibk-s. among thetu Garl, Bessie I. at liner ami Kree Trade Jockey Butwell will Is a Ihjs.i lad Ihe roming . season He has agreed u rhle im three different i -Mid.- ami betwt n them sis servhea will In-pretlj well tak-u up. William Garth, wh" will J eampaigu i stalde ol fortj or liftv horses, has trsl 1 ■ •ill: W P. Bnrch, who also train- a imblie stable, lias second call ami K i;. Vatkins will hare third j ■ all. But wells contract with William Garth re ijulres him to repoi t lui .hut April 1. it i- snr|K*l lug l In nuiidii r "i Inn -i iinn who are •.lie in for steepleebasing this year. It. T. Wilaou » Im ;ii-n in ;• •! his trainer. T l Healey, to prepare ■ a number "I liis horses ■■• jumping races and I several other turfmen liavt also signim-d their inten ii i haviug - •un- lunipcrs in ilsfir strings ilns season n. .i. s. 1. 1.-..- colon will is- seen for the trsl iii lu a sii e|di- -ii i-. during the coming sum mi i IIh- veteran trainer. Willi: Hirer, has - been schooling the ftmr-year-old Cora Crackei i M Igb Hi n H .: Kenning and the coll rives everj promfcc "i deviloping into a tirst ctaas timber i"P|" i William Garth will have a hig band of f InmiuH nu| Silas Velteh will have earn jumpers * than ever before, frank Berry, who was connected il with the A Im. and Baker establishment for the past i rear, hsfl for Washington on Saturday lasl to help p Mr. Vuitch prepare bis gteefdecbasen ICatoo and ■ Kjnaset at imong ihe innui horses thai are being - -i in ib-l bet i i r jumping. •Ihiiii- Arthur, who ■ fea seasims :i;i. was i ad lug idrfman In the ivest. promises to -u i an imp a*t ami figure again in ibe near future. Mr. Arthur bar been successful here this winter with some ordlnan S material. Hoffman. Ktbel i.i Brnnte ami «."bl Cap I have al! won for bim at Palmetto Park and loaie - tremendous killings have been made- over llnir rlc t"ii.-s. Mr. Arthur will ship hi stable to the ■ Maryland tracks ibis spring and during the Haw ill Gract meetlug lie px|M-cts to increase bis striug bj the additl I m-veral bigh-class hoi-e-. .Milii-ate of wealth Pliilade|diians ha- gireu bim carte b|ancl|e to purcliasc what be eiawiders horses that will lie able lo hold tin i r own in the In -I company.
