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Is 5 j . j j v j j - a t t s t c . f . j t j . , • j s . , J j , . | t , , , j , ■ , j I j I i I I ■ ■ : ■ ■ | STABLE OF R. H. WILLIAMS Secures Private Barns and Building Erected at Belmont Park for Late James Cox Brady. NEW YORK, N. Y.. April 7— R. H. Williams, a recent recruit to racing who operates under the nom de course of the Mendham Stable, promises to branch out on a pretentious scale this year. Mr. Williams has secured from the estate of the late James Cox Brady the stable and other buildings which were constructed for the late sportsman at Belmont Park and which housed the racing division of the Hamilton Farms. The stable Is modern one in every respect, with a cottage and office adjoining. The stable Is located next to that of Max Hirsch and faces the one owned by G. A. Cochran. "Bud" May, trainer of the Mendham Stable, at present has seven horses in his care, two three-year-olds and five two-year-olds. The two-year-olds are a fashionably bred band of good size. May is in no hurry with his youngsters. The three-year-olds, Lace a frequent winner last year, and Pretty, a three-year-old by Dominant — Rosie OGrady. which has never started, wintered well and are ti aining satisfactorily. Mr. Williams, who is a well known figure in the hunting set. is on the lookout for promising steeplechase material. He is an ardent devotee of steeplechasing and patronizes the amateur meetings extensively. Other flat racing material will also be purchased. Trainer May has decided to open his own kitchen and his first act was to secure the services of "Elsie" Brown. The latter is ■ noted on the tracks as a chef. Brown at one time owned the sprinter Little Nephew and acted as his own trainer, rubber and veterinary surgeon. Gossip among the trainers is that Mays kitchen will be a meeting place following work hours each morning. The Rosedale Stable, owned by the Canadian sportsman George Clarke of Toronto, arrived at Belmont Park yesterday from Cumberland Park, Nashville. Tenn. The stable numbers eighteen head, nine of which are two-year-olds. The stable is headed by the ugly looking Henrietta Wildair. which raced with pronounced success last year. Dangerous, Caroler, Sanford and Hypnotism are other members of the older division. Trainer W. A. Carter reports that the horses wintered in splendid shape and. due to the even climate at Nashville, are well advanced in their training. Carter will inaugurate his metropolitan campaign at Jamaica, and confine his racing exclusively to New York tracks. Yesterday was an off-day at Belmont Park and the best move noted during the morning hours was that turned in by Claptrap, from the Log Cabin Stud. This fellow amazed the watchers by running five-eighths in 1 :04 and, with a heavy boy on his back and hard held throughout. The pace was even all the way and was as follows: :25. M% and 1:04%. W. Spiers brought out several sets of the W. J. Ziegler stable. Seven unknown two- year-olds, of good size, were timed a quarter mile in :23t5, closely bunched at the end. Max Hirsch had his band out for exercise, but confined the work to stiff gallops. Ragweed breezed a mile in 1 :46 over the training track, but no other moves of im-r portance were noted.
