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IS GOOD FRIEND OF RACING GOVERNOR BLEASE OF SOUTH CAROLINA APPROVES SPORT AT PALMETTO PARK. Manifests Keen Interest Duringr Recent Visit to r Charleston Track and Commends Clean Manner in Which Sport Is Conducted. i I Charleston, S. C. February 15. No one in the i v;ist throng that witnessed the races at Palmetto liirlr nil Wednesday last look a keener interest than did Gov. Cole I.. I.lease, who was the gncsi of the iissoeiutlon, along with Attorney-General Tlioinas j Peebles, and oilier distinguished meinbers oi lioth branches of the South Carolina Legislature. The . . i Xefiilive was escorted all over the course and italic a minute inspection of lie plant. lie was , visibly ii.iliresseil with the clean manner in which . 1 1 - : pun was being conducted and the whulesoine l. ihai iirevailed. Some of the racing he witnessed i :ii t lit .stewards stand, but later lie met a bust f friends and held a levee lroin his private box in t.i trraiidslaiul. The racing folk were highly graii- , i..d b.v bis presence, as well as that of the dis- , nngiiiMied parly of lawmakers. Governor I.lease i x.ircssed his keen appreciation of tin goud sport in! i lie only construct ion thai can be placed on his Kind emarks is thai as Ions as racing is conducted in dean fashion at l.-iliuet t. Park no fear need be nlMiaiucd thai ii will be molested during the ; li liure of ollice of the pies.Mi; iliiiiiubcnl of the governors cliair. i the governors friendly alliiude toward racing is iis striking contrast to that of some of the .ii. lis lure, who recently billed a mass meeting at one .f the leading halls and brought a speaker , from Jacksonville. Fla.. to rant against the alleged i vlls of racing. The meeting was so sparsely at-ti mled that it was pitiful, not over seventy-live CUarlostonhuis being present. A number of these were ladies. About 211 curiously inclined raci.ig 1 ilk vciv there. The speaker failed to impress Ins hearers with his ideas. While iiu ollii-ial announcement has yet been forfii- :.ii:ig oiiecniing an extension of Ihc meeting here. . t is .: t-ovting eonviciio.i that the Ialmetto Iark A iiliiliai nielli will give heed to the horsemens plea and extend the season twenty-four days. The jil ..lOsi d extension would, of course, have to be iipproved l y the .lockey Club. .Manager Uohrback. of the Ottawa track, who has iiiin sojourning here lor some time, has departed for an extended trip among the horsemen in various p.-riis of the country, in the interest of his assoeia-l o;i, lie wont to Norfolk, then, after a brief stay. In v ill visit in succession l.atouia, Louisville. Lexington and Juarez. lie is enthusiastic over prosit: -ts f.r Canadian racing, and predicts that ibis will be the banner season for the sport in Canada. Stirred by a stiff wind and under the rays of a strong sun. the going at Ialmetto Iark dried out considerably today and il should be in fair shape for the running of tomorrows card. Larly this morning il was so sticky and holding that trainers refrained from working their horses. The rainy season is about wr and from now ou to the end of the meeting the track should be in good condition. Last weeks racing Itore out the early statements of the managers of the track that as the season progressed the better the sport would be. Two 31,500 stakes were run and both of these fell o candidates for the Ialmetto Derby Old Ken, which wim the Spartanburg Handicap at six furlongs, and Ivan Gardner, winner of the St. Valentine Day Handicap, one mile and a quarter. The latter wis the first of the Derby candidates to race over the Derby route and with the light impost of 00 pounds lie was easily drawing away from his older opiKiu-euts at the end. This was the first good showing that Ivan Gardner has made here this winter ami il upheld the assertion of . S. Wilson, his owner, that the colt would not show to advantage until ne was sent over a considerable route. As the Derby eligible.-; are shown, the race becomes more ami more open and it is a certainty that the best Held that has ever contested this fixture will go to the post this year. The big race will be run Saturday, February 28, and is one of three remaining slakes to be decided, the iiue Forest Inn Stakes for two-year-olds and the George Washington llirth-day Handicap being the others. The Pine Forest Inn Stakes, which is .it half a mile, will be run next Wednesday. It has a value of ,200. The best field or two-year-olds seen in action during the meeting will contest it. It will be the first half-mile stake of the season for the better juveniles, the other having been run under selling conditions. This stake closed with forty-one nominations and the field bids fair to be large if the track is good, which it will be, barring further rain. This will be the only stake race of the week, due to the George Washington Birthday Handicap being scheduled for the following Monday. The program book for this week gives the stayers a lietter opportunity than in several weeks past and. as they have been given a good rest, the longer distances races should till well. The two-year-olds will also be given several chances, mostly at half a mile. The managers will provide ladies days this week on Tuesday and Friday. The women have been liberal with their patronage at Palmetto Park this sea-sou and as weather conditions were disagreeable last Friday it was deemed best to give them an extra day. O. A. Bianchi. wiio lias been racing here since the meeting opened, departed today for Lexington, when; he will remain until the racing season opens on the blue grass circuit. II. G. Bedwell did not win many purses during the past week, but be still has a commanding lead over the other owners in the matter of winning purses. The week was a good one for the owners of the smaller racing stables, as none of the leaders succeeded in adding much to their scores. There is no possibility of jockey Johnny McFng-gart being displaced as leader of the jockeys during the meeting, as he continues to gain on the others every week. Owners who have won S1.0OO or more are: II. G. Bedwell. 3,330: .T. 0. Talbot t, 1914.sh,182; Beverwyck Stable. .C.05; J. L. Holland. ,810; H. P. Carman $.".100: A. Weber. ,535: W. Walker. ,000; I. M. Hedrick. ,S05: F. B. Brown, 2.075; G. W. .T. Bissell, ,010: AV. G. Yanke. ,150; G. C. linker, ,405; J. W. Hedrick. ,410; J. U. Strode. ,235; J. H. McCarren. ,075; L. Marion, ,0G5; V. J. Pons, ,095; C. A. Sniet. .S25; T. F. Kheedv, ,S25; J. M. Zimmer, ,775; M. A. Colton, . 31,700: X. II. Davis, ,425; E. McBride. ,405; Mrs. AV. II. Frey, ,400; L. II. Adair, ,350; R. V. Havmakor. ,335; J. AA Johnson. ,310; M. C. .Moore. ,210: C. S. Wilson, ,210: J. M. AV. Green, .in0; C. T. Worthington, ,150; S. H. Kunz. ,140; P. Ilyams. ,125; AV. R. Mizell. SI 0S5; J. M Goode. ,000; O. Pons, ,025; J. P. i.vrue, ,025; AV. V. Casey, ,000.
