New-York tribune., 1886-05-17
RACERS AT JEROME.
PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEKS MEETING.
GOSSIP AMONG HORsEMEN ABOUT COMING CON- |
rrSrs-CnNnl1InN OLE LILLE STAINLESS.


Racing in the North will sool begin i'll earnest
The American Jockey Club spring meeting opeus a'
Jerome Park week from tomorrow. The stables
are rapidly filling mp. and the park once more wears
a lively and business-ke air. The Kittson. Cas-
satt and scott strings are IT,. the most hIin. lm
SO far This week howe, er, the runners at Sleeps
head Bay who will participate III the stirring con,
tests that are promised here will also be moved
from ther seaside quarters to the park. 1he I'M
provemepts that havc been made 10 tic course are
undoubtedly greatly to lis advantage 10 racing
track, hut they are INJURIOUS To II as an c, err
training ground, because in making cuts and ming
in SO as to secure tho right grade large
quantities of ,ciav have been brought 60 10
fhe surface, making an extremely sticAy, soegy
and slippery track to work upon If the weather is
at all wet 1t Is so short time since the improve
ments have been made that the new & glp"m ed mas +
rains AS much as II did last week the trainers ook
blue for IT takes the ground so long to dry up even
horses for their races VIII now tegin III
dead earnest aud it is quite pos
sbs 1hat Good showins mSnTsr viii hS %nU Tscords%
among the missing, but 50 far the list of the dis
abcd ones is surprisingly short.
Major Hubbard brought sixteen head of the Kilt
son 81 ing from Monmouth Park and they are as
fine a looking lot as one would like to see All eyes
of course. are turned more particularly on rardee,
who is REGARDED as the whlrwlnd of the stable. ana
the only of the Ot who has speed suincicDt 10
secure the much-talked of Suburban Tor blue
and gold, Commodore Kittsons colors. ne H., Is
apparently all right aud Tushes tniough Ibc
etre ches if he could annlhilate space lie Is I'M
donb;edly in fine forn and whiie ms f0ot may
trouble him in the future IL certainly does not
no,y Will he he saved for the suburban That
is the al-important question. Major Hubbard SAYS
no In fact tie Major declares his Intention OF
sticking by his ne tactics and he is gong to
race for everything in sight. tie will start all his
horses who are fit at at Jerome Park; so so
stable compauloTs Rataplan and Abba will all
srort the silk before the CoBey Island Jockey
Cub's first meeting IN June severe sever race may lay
lamcness Time alone can tell. Abba promises
we'll and has raised high hopes IN the breasts OF
the stables followers She Is undoubtedly an ex.
ceptlonally useful mare and should WIN some good
races in her class, but she will have to prove her
self much superior TO anything she has ever yet
shown herself TO be before she will be looked upon
Rataplan is one of the best of them over a long
distance. There are those who say ne Is not fast
enough. however. to run the Suburban distance
Ia IN les. really good company. TINS, to a GER
tain extent. is not borne out by facts. and those
who think il is should refer to his performance in
last wears Suburban when after getting of badly
at the tail end of that big field he ran crcdltablc
talrl. His disposition rs bad but he Is fast
Luminous Is slowly coming to herself and will yet
reflect credit on the stable. The two-year-olds are
promising lot.
Natty little Heel and Toe heads the Cassatt
string She has earned many bushel of oats for
poorer horses. She Is wondcrfu little mare and
with the weight and at the distance that SUITS her.
Is n hard one 10 get away WIN ohc is Just az
pretty and graceful as ever and looks " as hne as
silk" The hopes of the staOle rest with the gal
laut three -yeaI-old son of Longlellow and BIade-
m ante 1he Bard. 1t looks as If the hopes could
not be better invested and III the stakes where the
miles or more, he will be a dangerous
competitor. The colt who beats him Will be kept
busy all the time. The twO-y -year-OdS of the stable
please the eye, but since tn V arrived at the park
The weather has been so bad that they have only
been tIOtted about.
PreakncSs Stables pair OF suburban candidates
Hunalaya and Eucd-aDd during the past week a
good deal of money has gone on iilmaiaya for that
race and the odds him are shortening
every day. II has been reported that most OF the
money put up for the stable, but that IS rot So
il is a wc-GnOwn fact that Mr. Galway bets but
little money on his horsss. II may be the followers
OF the stable, however, are doing the betting. but
Galway does not advise 1t. He Is exceptionally
open and above board III regard 10 the chanccs OF
his horses. and makes no secret OF how they are
dong Both horses are iii prime condition, but III
regard to their chances for the Suburban their
If they are good enough to win that race they
surely good enough to win some OF the handi-
started tnere. If tney win any of the jerome
handlcaps 1t will njure their chances for the sub
urban account Ot the extra Impost they Will
have To cary"
The Scot, stable is divided-half at Jerome
PARK and haf are ct ,,a't2 sheepThead faeI
II ose az Sheepshead Bay viii not be run until the
meeting there begins. The jerome Park division |
of that game fOuT-yeai-oid East Lvnne the
thlee-y ear-ods Charity Qutto, Pocomoke, Flor |
ence / onso and Wait-away and four twO-ycar- |
Odds Charity Is quite backward aud has not shed |
ont well and Will undoubtedly be reserved until
the sheepshead Bay races begin QUITO IS as fast
as a ghost" but Is SUI nervous and Is hkeiy
to display some OF his last years antics
at the post. The two-year-oids are not so
forward some at the Track but
Will probab, readily work into form. In the early
sprn. most of them contracted colds, but since
April they have Oeen doing nicely. The Sleeps
head BAY division all twO-year olds. excepting
Tie DIVERS colt Portland, who is still top
lofty iavonte for the WIthers Stakes, is developing
something o. temper. lie look, wen an4 IS run
nng fast but to some eyes he is trlie 200 fine and
loo 5 tucked up. HIS great speed, however, will
undoubtedly stand hiIn In good stead and win !lm
some stakes where the distances are short Bank
rIpt is Que of tie finest looking aud moving of
their -yeaIOds and Will be harder colt to beat
than some of the Others who them much more
money. Their Richmond acts as ii he could run
for a mans he. bIF then last year proved nina 10 |
be something of sunday morse. Miss Nootford |
takes her work IN good shape out then McCabc Is |
exceedingly caicful with her lom Martins ap- |
pearancc betokens fine form and he is certaiuly a |
great horse. lhe horses IN Byrncs charge ali look |
we'll and undoubtedly II nothing goes wrong VITA |
lew Drop the Dwyers Will make mint OF money !
Outof her 80 immensely superior Is she TO all other
three year-Ods that they Will not be able to get
bets against her except az Tulnous odds
The success of the liaggin stable III Kentucky IS |
making some of tie Eastern horselnen Open tnelr |
ewes. they thought that the reports from CalIlOr- |
MIA in the winter that the stable was torn aSunder
by internal dssensI0nS. qraiIels between trainers,
jockeys and the Ike had broken IL all up; that
mos; of the horses were all OFF, and that Ban Fox
at least permanently disposed of. as he had
broken down. His news was exceedingly pleasing
t. Eastern horsemen, as II was believed that dam
gerous rival was disposed of. That there was
little truth III these leporls
is now demonstrated. The horses ali
appear to be in as fine condition
as 1t Is possible Tor trainer to get them. When
they come Last, however. they Will have to lace
against better material tlan 'hey have met III the
West. But Mr. Haggn believes Ban Fox has a first
mortgage on the Suburban, and he Is first iayorte
for 1t. He Will nave 10 prove himself race-horse
of the first wafer If he catches the judge eye first
in that race. Mr.. laggn deserves success, for his
recent purchases IN kentucky have proved him
to be one of the best friends of the
running horse breeder. He has bought more colts
and spent mOie money at The recent Kentucky sales
than any other single buyer. and almost much as
a 4 the owners of prominent stables put toge, ci.
The result will be- however that he Will nave even
q greater stable III the future than lie has now.
Imported RichmOpds boom for the Suburban
still continues and " Plunger" Walton Is credited
with having given it out that II Is no longer a
qutstI of whether not the horse Will stand the