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Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of February 6 1903 Racing at New Orleans Newport and Oak ¬ land landMany Many new owners will be seen sporting colors in the steeplechase sport the coming season The success of the gentleman riders last year has encouraged others of this class who have always had a predilection for the sport to take an active interest in it Senator Clark of Montana will engage ac ¬ tively in racing this year and has already con ¬ sulted Frank Hitchcock and Phil Dwyer as to the advisability of purchasing ready made racers and yearlings As yet no selection of a trainer has been made but friends of Louis Elmore who handled Ethelbert as a twoyear old as well as many other good horses say that he may receive an offer 4 4Ed Ed Corrigan has sold to Barney Schreiber the sevenyearold imported horse Sir Her ¬ cules by Sir Hugo from a Galopin mare In 1901 Sir Hercules won four stakes in England each of the value of about 5000 Mr Corri ¬ gan bought him but on account of lameness was unable to get him to a race last year He had intended to train him this year but Schreiber wanted him for stud purposes and he decided to sell him The black sixyearold horse Hammock by Hanover Aurania by Virgil owned by W K Vjnderbilt arrived at Lexington from New York to go into the stud With him came a sister to the Suburban winner Gold Heels owned by H T Oxnard president of the sugar trust which will be bred this year an im ¬ ported mare owned by the same gentleman and some mares owned by L O Appleby which arc consigned to L V Shipp Sunny Slope Stud Sam Doggett the wellknown jockey will blossom out as a fullfledged owner this year He has a small though select stable at Graves end and is giving all his tune and attention to the early preparation of his horses Dog ¬ gett will essay the triple role of owner trainer and jockey that is if he can gain permission from the Jockey Club to ride his own horses He will make application formally for such permission and it is more than probable that it will be granted by the stewards stewardsIt It is reported that P J Dwyer has been of ¬ fered 50000 for Handspring now in the stud at the Melbourne Farm of Col W S Barnes The offer is said to have come through trainer Matt Allen who has J R fc F P Keenes racing stable in England It is presumed that Allen is after the horse for English buyers Allen trained Handsprings great son Major Daingerfield last year and by his victories in the Realization and Annual Championship Stakes and other races he closed the year the largest winning horse of any age on the Ameri ¬ can turf in 1902
