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LONG TO GET OUT OF D0011S 3 — _ — , — , — i HORSES AS WELL AS TRAINERS LURED BY MILDER ATMOSPHERE. Winter Conservatories on Metropolitan Tracks Will I Soon Be Vacated — Horses, Nevertheless, Will i Get Late Start in Preparation. By Id Col.. New York. Match 13. — There is every belief .among horsemen that this week will sic the l:ist • •f indoor exercise for horses in preparation for this years campaign. Ip to the present the atmospheric conditions have beea ilir hhdljr ngnr** utsido work, but :is the old saying goes, "till backbone of the winter has been fractured." This moans that by the latter end of the present week or early next week the thoroughbreds at both lielmont Pack ami Craves lid arQl be sei n cantering around and showing spc 1 for an eighth or two. Winter quarters will be the scenes of more hustle and bustle than has taken place for the last three months. The glass enclosed conservatories used for winter naai tl IS will practically be abandoned for the laviaoratlag outside atmosphere. It will be welcome weather for horsemen whose charges are ln-ginning to champ aa their bits for a spin of real work in the open. "The horses will be in about the same condition as they were at this time last year." said one of lielmont Park brigade of trainers yesterday. "We wen late then and we shall be late again this y. .ii : there is aa question about that, and it is doubtful in my mind if any of the local horses wjll l e ready lor any of the Maryland meetings. There may be one or lvo of the cheaper kind which Tin • to hand quickly, but they will be few. Jamaica will be about the first track on which the hope t.il. nt will be soon. By that time. I should imagine, all trainers will have their stock ready for the- raeea and if 1 mistake not you will see the ! «-«t head of hors vs we have ever had in this conn fry at one time, .lust look over the entries in the -takes and baadieapa and recall the achievements of the score or more which head the list. They are convincing proof of what can lie expected from a i mpetitive standpoint.- Vosburgh Thinks Well of Three-Ycar-Olds. Mr. Vesburgh. the official handicapper. agrees there will lie a fine band of horses out this year aa 1 look- to the three-year-old division for some cracking good contests am! to use his own remarks, "they may cut quite a lot of ice in the handicaps and purse races for three year -olds and over." Such an opinion from .Mr. Vosbnrgh is worthy of remembrance. When Themis llealey. who is training the three-year-old Caaipfirc for R. t. Wilson, says, "there is our stable." he is speaking from the heart, and proud he should bo to have such a magnificent -looking colt to look after, for Campfire has developed lata a youngster that reminds one comparable in conformation to James Jeffries when the latter was in Ids prime. He is a marked specimen Of the thoroughbred world. Whether he has improved in quality as mm-h as in quantity remains to tie seen, and if lie has. somebody has to introduce a thtee year old of extraordinary caliber to push him to the extreme in races. Such is the opinion of all who take a look at this good son of Olaiu-bal I Nightfall. "1 know the horse I have to beat this year in the three year old races." said Mr. llealey, "and lie is in Ilildreths barn. It is Holirless. if he ionics to the form he displayed last year before he went into winter quarters. He may improve just as much as Campfire has. ]on*t run away with tin- idea that Iloiirless is not a good horse. He is. and one that will make anybodys horse spread himself, lie may beat Campfire, but there will be an argument. Equine Idols Help the Turf. "I hope we have many good horses this year and some idols in every class, for idols do much to encourage racing. Just as folks like to see champion I ball player* or pugilists so they like to see good ho.-ses. Look how the crowds used to come out to , see Bysoaby, Colin. Henala, Domino, imp. Beldame and other masters and mistresses of the turf. So , will it be again if We can show horses as good as I they were. Campfire looks like a champion and 1 hope he turns out as good as he looks. Well soon , l.now when the weather breaks and we can get to , Work outside. In the meantime we can only look him over every day and liujie that fate has been aa l.iud to him in spei d and endurance as she has ; in appearance." It must net be presumed 1 li.it Campfire is the ■ only horse in the llealey stable, for he has twenty two others and they arc in no wise a ragged band. In lac I. hi- may have one or two youngsters that will single out from the group and perioral credit aldy. He has a brother to Campfire, but. as llealey says, "he has aol yet BhOWB any pai ti ulai ly bright accomplishment- excepting to eat."
