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Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of Jan 25 1903 Sunday no racing The first foal dropped in New Jersey this year is a bay colt by Peep oDay Reve Royal I owned by A Albright Jr of Easton Stud The imported nineyearold chestnut stallion My Boy by Marcion Marchioness by Pelli grino and owned by H E Leigh has been shipped to the Trade Wind Stud at Castalian Springs near Gailatin Tenn the stock farm i of Dr E S Carr where he has gone to stand for stud purposes As a threeyearold he won the Visitors Plate and Welter Handicap at Newmarket but later in the same year met with an accident which terminated his racing career His half sister a yearling was sold at Doncaster England hi September 1902 for 2400 guineas guineasMcChesney McChesney the sensational horse of the West Savable the Futurity winner Wyeth the American Derby winner Red Robe the Cumberland Park Derby winner Abe Frank the Tennessee Derby winner Bardolph an unbeaten colt and such horses as Lady Glen Water Aladdin Runnells Jack Rattlin Lady Strathmore Golden Rule and fifty others have been named in the Citizens Handicap to be run at the coming spring meeting at Nashville This stake has 1500 added and will be worth about 2500 to ibs winner This stake will be run on the last day of the meeting meetingThe The Crescent City Jockey Club is experi ¬ menting on a scheme to keep the track in good condition in bad weather A man ap ¬ proached one of the officials and told him of a chemical he had which he would guaran ¬ tee would turn the buckshot clay into a sub ¬ stance resembling sand His idea is to pour this chemical over the ground and burn the life out of the soil After being treated he claims the soil will crumble up like sand and will not retain aoisture The inventor of this oil or chemical is now experimenting on i tract of ground at the old Oakland track If his idea proves feasible the Fair Grounds track will be treated W C Whitney will run a string of horses in the West the coming season St Louis will be headquarters of this string and most of its racing will ba done there John S Bratton the East St Louis horseman will manage the stable It will be trained by one of Mr Whitneys eastern men So far it is not known what particular horses Mr Whitney will send to St Louis but the string will be twenty strong according to Mr Bratton Mr Whitney will be a heavy nominator hi the St Louis Stakes this year He will also be one of the largest nominators in the great 50000 Worlds Fair Stakes which was originally open to horses of all ages but which secretary Hach meister of the Fair Association has lately been calling a Derby
