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1 1 HIGH WIND FOLLOWS RAIN FALMETTO PARK TRACK IN BAD CONDITION AS RESULT OF DRENCHING. Training Operations Suspended in Consequence of Unfavorable Conditions H. G. Bedwell Leads Owners with Winnings of Nearly 5,000. Charleston, S. C, March 1. Mud and wind proved too formidable a combination for the trainers at Palmetto Parte to overcome this morning and as a result only a few horses were on the track and they were only given light gallops. Rain fell heavily all night, putting the track in wretched condition and early this morning a wind which at times nearly reached cyclonic velocity, spruug up. The "dogs" were put up early and the strong wind which lasted all day had a good effect towards drying out the course. Ilhe meeting tomorrow enters on its last la;, with the beginning of the twenty-four days extension. It was at the horsemens request that the Palmetto Park management secured this exteusi.j.i and they have promised the owners that they will be liberal in their purse offerings for the last twenty-four days. The book of the meeting for this week shows that they intend to carry out their promise to the letter and also that they will give the two-year-olds increased opjiortunities. There are plenty of good two-year-olds quartered at the local track, but their owners have been saving them for sprintr racing here and in the north. It is expected, with improved weather and track conditions, that many of these juveniles will be seen in action between now and the end of the meeting, whl"h will add greatly to the sport, as few two-year-olJs of quality have been shown here to date. The victory of Ivan Gardner iu the Palmetto Derby was the chief topic of conversation among horsemen today and general regret was expressed on all sides that the running of the biggest race of the meeting should be attended with such an affair as the indefinite susieiision of a jockey of the calibre of Roscoe Goose. .Many of the horsemen are of tin; opiuion that the result might have been different had not Goose, who rode Charlestonian. and Connelly, who rode Indolence, engaged in a light while the race was being run. but all concede that the winner ran a magnificent race under excellent handling and is entitled to all credit for his victory. The past week was the dullest since the meeting opened in the way of selling race activities, the run-ups licing few and far between and only a few horses being claimed. Those most active in the selling race run-ups in the early part of the meeting seldom show their hand in this line now. II. G. Bedwell continues to lead the owners by a comfortable margin in the matter of purses won, while jockey Johnny McTaggart is still increasing his lead over the ether riders. Mr. Bedwell is within a few dollars of the 5,000 mark, with J. O. Talliott still his closest competitor. C. S. Wilson took a big jump as a result of Ivan Gardners victory in the Derby and his only two victories during the" meeting have been scored by this colt, botli m stake races. The owners who have won ,500 or more follow: II. G. Bedwell. 1.9S0; J. O. Talbot t. S11.907; Beverwyck Stable, 1914.sh,705: A. AVeber. ,925; It. F. Carman. ,840: J. L. Holland. ,810; W. G. Vanke. ,010; 0. S. Wilson, ,210; W. Walker. S3, 175; I. M. Hedrick, ,015; J. W. Iled-rick. S2.835: G. W. J. Bissoll, ,839: G. C. Baker, ,770; F. K. Brown. ,725; J. IT. Strode, ,53;.; J. 11. McCarren. ,325: T. K. Sheedy, ,075; J. M. Zimmer, ,075; F. .1. Pons, ,015; L. Marion, SI ,905: C. A. Spiet, ,850; N. B. Davis, ,800; it. Colston. ,735: M. A. Colton. ,700; K. Mc-Bride ,030; J. W. Johnson, ,585. Jockey Charles Borel will depart tomorrow for New York, where he will si tend a brief period be fore going to Kentucky to rest until the opening of the Lexington meeting. He will remain in the employ of W. G. Vanke and ride for that horseman this season. .... Joekev Burlingame has taken his departure. Lur lingame was unlucky in meeting with several in juries that kept him out of the saddle for the greater part of the meeting. He is intending to spend a gi-od portion of the next four weeks at his home, in Kansas City, before joining the Quiney Stable, to which lie is engaged this season at a high salary. , , , Francis J. Pons unlKjaten four-year-old. Judge Wright, has been sent to his owners farm in Ten nessee, where he will be mated with several good mares, and then taken up and prepared for racing in Kentucky. Mr. Pons has had unusually poor luck this winter, having lost Jack Detimau and Jack Kellogg by death, and his good performer, John Furlong, did not race up to expectations. Honor Jamie Todd reconsidered his intention of an earlv departure for Venezuela and will remain here until the close of the meeting.
