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BAD WEATHER RETARDS TRAINING littlo Work Done at Long Island Tracks Frank Midgley Passes Away NEW YORK N Y April 17 Inclement weather and a severe rainstorm put a stop to training opera ¬ tions on the local tracks for the pat two or three days Belmont Park was a sea of mud this morning consequently only healthy exercinn was indulged In but there is hardly a horse on the ground whose skin i not cricklng to be let down downSam Sam Hildreth has hjs string well advanced though they might appear high to the average man With tlie aid of jockey Tiiplin and a pair of big Mexican spurs the threeyearold Purchase Is becoming more docile and tractable He may give up his bad habits under the present treatment though it is possible he will return to his evil ways when he gets into racing society again againAs As soon as tlp tracks get good there should be some fast work ordered for the horses that are expected to move to Pimlico or to perform at Jamaica JamaicaFrank Frank Midgley a brother of Willie Midglev trainer of the horses belonging to G A Coelirah died yesterday after a short illness due to stomach trouble Frank had been employed by the govern ¬ ment for the past winter prior to which he assisted his brother Both were riders of prominence years UK ° The Jamaica management is inclosing a parf of the box ectionof the clubhouse in glass as a pro ¬ tection againVt the wind and cold weather that prevails at times during Its meetings
