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! Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of March 25, 1904 Racing at Washington, D. C, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Little Rock. "I was very much surprised at the result of the inaugural meeting at Hot Springs," says Mr. Cassidy. "After all the trouble in getting the meeting started I was somewhat dubious, but all such feelings were quickly put aside. The attendance was little short of remarkable. The worst day of the meeting 1,150 paid admission to the track, while tho high-water mark was reached on the closing day, when the paid admissions much moro than doubled these figures. Pretty good attendance for a winter meeting, I call that. Hot Springs has surely come to stay as a winter racing point. The promoters are very much encouraged and the plant will be made complete in every particular before next winter, when it is said a meeting of at least forty days will be given, beginning February 1, and it is sure to be a hummer." S. S. Howland, president of the Washington Jockey Club, announced last Wednesday that the entries of H. T. Griffin, who was suspended at New Orleans for alleged sharp practice in the manipulation of the f lly Sweet Pepper, will be received on the eastern tracks. It was explained that the Jockey Club regarded tho penalty inflicted on Griffin by the New Orleans stewards was purely local and that it became inoperative at the conclusion of the meeting of the Crescent City Jockey Club. -But it was stated that if the Western Jockey Club decided to uphold the New Orleans track and bar Griffin from all other tracks under its jurisdiction the Eastern Jockey Club might reconsider the case. Jockey Aubuchon rode the winners of the second, third and fourth races on the card at Little Rock today. In every race his margin of victory exceeded two lengths. His winners were: Dick Ripley, Barney Dreyfuss and Martius consecutively. There is well-defined rumor abroad in Memphis turf circles that the firm of M. H. Tichenor and Co., who have one of the best stables at Montgomery Park, are making an effort and will probably be successful in obtaining the services of Henry Spencer as their stable jockey for the coming season. Spencer, "the Ice Man," is a rider of national reputation. He is known as an excellent judge of pace and the masterly manner in which he puts up a finish has gained for him a sobriquet which will not be forgotten.
