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WHITNEYS STRONGEST STABLE AT BOWIE. String Under Management of Albert Simons Being Prepared for the Meeting. BallllQSH . Md.. March 2C— Harry Payne Whitney of New York will send the strongest stable of race 1 oises that have trained at l.i lining to Howie this week, to be sharpened up for the Southern Maryland Agriealtarol Associations spring meeting. For years post the second string of the Whitney establishment, the string that races under the management of Albert Simons in Maryland in April and May and makes the Canadian circuit in summer, has wintered at Norfolk. Bat the Jamestown Jockey Clubs old track has been cut up into town lots in the last year, and Simons was forced to shift his quarters to Benoiog. There are fifteen two year-olds in the Simons end of the Whitney establishment, i ii" three -year-old Mild two veterans, all of them home-bred except the four-year-old ClapperbtlL Simons baa been busy with these runrers all winter in fair weather and for.I. and it is generally conceded by the Washington trainers that they are as fit as any that will go from BeaoiOg to Howie. Simons w ill ship to Prince Oeorgi ■■ lark Wednesday and will take Bobioson, the best jockey developed oa the Canadian circuit last year witli Mm. Robinson showed considerable skill in Maryland last fall. his only noticeable fault being his sluggishness at the starting gate, aod Simons believes he can correct that. He will ride throughout the season for Mr. Whitney. Here is a complete roster of the Whitney string at l.enning: Promo, b. g. 4. by liroomstiok — I.eayonara. Clapperbill, eh. g. 4. by Thrush -Azores. Bonnie witch, b. f. t, by Broomstick — Bonnie Star. Atom, eh, f. 2. by Whisk Broom II. — Iota. Croydon, eh. g. -. by Hamburg — Sylvan. Klysian. b. c. 1!. by Macdonald Paradise. Cohlen Blow, b. c. 2, by All Cold Bolo Daisy. Johren, b. c. l by Spearmint Mineola. Kn Klux. b. g. -. by Broomstick — Valkyrie. Matinee Idol. b. g. 2. by All Cold— Matinee. Money Mart. eh. f. 2. by Ail Gold- Martha II. Payment, eh. f. 2. by All Gold— Sallie of Navarre. Koxboro II.. br. g. 2. by Kock Sand — Lady Hamburg. Bath Law. eh. f. 2. by Broomstick — First Plight Speedster, ch. g. 2. by Hamburg — ireyhound. Sunny Hill. fi. g. L. by Lessberg--Leisure. Thnplty Witehet, b. g. -. by Broomstick — Lady Fri voles. Treasure Trove, ch. f, 2, by All Cold — Belle of Troy. Bromo Ready for Bowie Inaugural. Biaaao, a first-rate two-year-old a COOple of yens back, is a brother of the sprinter Leoehares. He was laid up last year with a bad leg. which is giriog him no trouble this spring. He and i.onuie Witch, a stake winner at Aqueduct last duly, and a filly of remarkable speed, w ill be tie- WhitW y starters in the Bowie Inaugural on April 2. Clapperbill. one of the biggest horses in the country — standing 17 hands on his plates and weighing nearly l.liOO pounds may not be ready until late in the Howie meeting. The two-year-olds are a brilliantly-bred and well-connected band. Money Mart is a half -sister of Artful, the greatest mare the American turf has developed in twenty years: Treasure Trove is a half-sister of Fair Helen and many another winner, and Payment is a half-sister of Salvidere, the greatest American two-year-old f 19h . Matinee Idol is foaled by a half-sister of Whisk Broom II.: and Sunny Hill, whose British sir.- Lemhi rg won the Bpoom Derby in 1910. is a half-sister of Itoyal Tourist and Holiday. Speedster la a brother of Master McCrath. another stake winner at A|iieduct last summer: and Golden Hows dam Pain Daisy, is a sister of Jersey Lightning, tin- dam of Thunderer. Regret and Harnegat. Coryihefs half-brother gyoaset II.. won the Whitney Memorial Steeplechase at Piping Bock last spring, and Koxboro II. s half-brother Chicle won last years renewal of the Brooklyn Derby.
