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IMPRESSIONS OF OAKLAWN BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE OF MEETING FELT IN ALL LINES OF BUSINESS. Old Ror.ebud and Jockey Peak Register a Come- Back Together— Fifty -five Riders Now at the Track. Iiy .1. L. Dempuey. lint Sjn-ins. Ark.. March 11. — If ever prosperity abounded in ■ city it ;iloun ls here at the present time, and the local populace , including the leading business men f the city, are giving the credit win re ■!• ■ ! it is due — to the race meeting, which is in progress at Oaklawn Park and which lias drawn several thousand persons, a majority of them of the wealthier class, to tliis hustling little town. Faces are wen at tliis race track that are new to the regular racegoers, anil the tourists seem to derive more pleasure out of the raci ■ than any! ody else. There are als gathered hi re admirers of the thoroughbred from nil parts of the country, and many of them are business men who are here on a little vacation and tshing in mom racing while taking the hatha, for which this city i- nntc d. On the first four days of tliis seasons racing, the al tendance showed a big increase daily over the com -ponding period last year, and on the opening day the crowd WW much larger than tin- first day list year. The progrwns arranged daily by Racing S en t iry -I. B. Campbell have proven highly interesting, as the finishes in a numlicr of the races hare been rloae. Bach day a race is amazed for the better il.i-- of horses and every good horse at the -nurse will be seen in action at the meeting. Interest the first few days of the meeting centered in the appearance in a race of Old Rosebud, as his many admirers were anxious to see if be was anything like his old self. His first time out he demonstrated that he still has a world of slued and he pulled up in such good condition that trainer Prank Weir is confident that he will beat i "■ - bene* ia the north and east, the coming ■ spring and summer. He has been nominated in ; 11 of the big stakes f.,r which he is eligible in Kentucky, including the All. MM added Kentucky Handicap, and he will be given a initial preparation for this race. Peak and Old Rosebud Both "Came Back." The "come-back" of Old Kosebud was a double •come-back" affair, as jockey Charles Peak, who rode him. had been out of the saddle for a long time, and his victory on the son of Incle — Ivory Bella marked his return. Peak is a native of Hot Springs and has ridden at every race track in the country and in Canada with a fair measure of success, but numerous falls caused him to absent iiinisi If from the riding ranks considerably. He has been renting up here for a good while and can ride light enongh to yet plenty of mounts if he meets with no further mishap-. When it cones to having old horses in his barn. C. S. Thompson has got it on all of the other owners here, as he ana two —Prince of Castile and Wap -Whoa • COnibiB d ages total twenty five years. The former is a gray gelding thirteen years nld and the latter a bay gelding which has reached the age of twelve. Although neither of them amount to much, at least they have not shown anything in recent years that would wake a person think that they do. there is one thing in their favor, and thai bl that they are eligible for any kind of a race that is put .on except a maiden affair. Prince of Castile raced once at New Oilcans and finished hwt and Wap did likewise, and it will take an unusually cheap field for either of them to get anything in. Each year some horse IhiIis up here that has not been heard of in years. Last year it was Pad wciser. which raced with much success not only hen- but also in Maryland and in Canada, and this season it is Mi-- Detroit. This autre was brought Inn- by George Ju a lis. and she was entered the first two days, but anon both occasions Secretary Campbell threw her entry out because of lack of proper identification. The mare is registered on the book at Oaklawn Pari: as being a bay mar-, nine years old. and is by KBkerraa -W.-iinnnioinon. but a search through recent histories has failed t i -.hew her starting al any race- track, and sin will not start he-re until she is properly Identified tc. the satisfaction of the local officials. Among the prominent men in racing circles in the Vapor City at the present time i- Se nator lohnson . Camden, chairman of the Kentucky State Baring Commission. Mr. Camden, who maintains an teiiMe breeding establishment near Versailles, KeU tncfcy, is not represented -by any thoroughbreds jit the- Oaklawn Park meeting, but hi is a frequent visitor to the coarse. He is here in quest of better health, and thus far his visit has benefitted him considerably. As was the case hut year, lit-srlU not be represented on the turf by many horses this year in Kentucky, and what few he- will race wiB be- trained by al Milam. Group of Hot Springs Horses and Men. Frank C. Water-, wealthy Wall stree-t broker, who i- Bsso iated in bunhsess with A. A. Beilly, will in all probability follow in the footsteps of his business partner and engage in racing an an owner. Mr. Beilly has ten horses epiartored at Oaklawn Park in charge of traine r Andy Rbikely. and Mr. Waters, it is said, has taken an option on a half dozen twci year-olds, which he Intend! t.i campaign on the- metropolitan tracks during tin ruining summer. Mr. Waters is accompanied on his vi-it here by Mr-. W:,tc rs. and both are turf enthusiasts of tie- highest degree. It is more than likely that Mr. Beilly will pay a visit to this city before the racing season end-. T. .1. Pcndcrgr i-t. prominent Kansas City politician, has had hi- stable- of free horses wintering ill K-sex Park anel they are- now encaged in the racing at Oaklawn Park. Hi- has Doctor Keller, | Dinero. Martina. Acle lante and Betmiek, and all I except the latter are- by Albula. Arthur Me Knight i- training the Pencil i gswt horses, and he bOSSM to add seven] real good ones to his Strang before shipping ninth for the spring, suni-lne-r and fall campaign-. Fifty five rider- are registered at Oaklawn Park, .-mil some of them an Jockeys which nave seldom or eror been heard A. a- they have gathered I nun all lections. In order te. outline his policy te them and give them all the chalices possible to make-good, Judge Planets Nelson gave thi-iii a heart-to-heart talk in the scale room before the first race on tie- opening clay. He told tin m that if there is one thing that he is bitterly opposed to it i- rough riding in any form, and be further explained to them that drastic puiii-hiiunt will be meted out to any one who persists in riding rough. E-s ex Park i- now housing a large number of bones, including the big stable of Crant Hugh Browne. The overflow of horses at Oaklawn Park went to Bases, and it is a certainty that when Oaklawns meeting i- over many boned will have to rr mala there- because- Essex will be overcrowded. The stabling facilities at both tracks an- e, ,„l, and it is more- than likely that when Bases Park opens a special car or two will be run from Oak lawn each day to take the- horses over that ale entered for that particular days races.
