New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-19
AMONG THE THoRoUGHBREDS.
COMFY ISLAND RACES TO-DAY.
.,,; FIELDS ENTERED AND FINE CONTESTS Ex.


ar; FIELDS ENTERED AND FINE CONTESTS Ex'
PECTED.
Starter Caldwell win have his hands mii with tho
A. selds at shecpshcad Bay to-day. No less than
three horses expected to run In the second
r,ce at three quarters of me-foo many ior comior
mr. safety In SO short race with not pace al 'no
nav and this field ought to DO DIVIDED Inc nay
Ridge Handicap will excite the keenest interest," al
though the surf and Tidal Stakes VIII be well con-
tested In the Bay Ridge Elkwood may possibly start
=. los mounds and every turfman hopes thai he VIII
yet ne see the true merits OF this muchpraised BUD
urban winner tested in o field OF such siSe ana al
xuch distance that there will be no excuse ior the
nraten ones II Elkwood wins Every one KNOWS wha'
The Bard would do with this field II no werc In the
rae with 1875 pounds on his back Well, thero arc
.ctua,y some people permitted for some fnscrutaoie
nurpose 10 write articles on racing who rate hlKwooo
as The Bard's equal. In my opinion Ekwooa' u ny
starts will not be first, second or third In inc hay
Ridee IL Firenzi, Terra Gotta, Rupert hdaigo ano
punboyne run against him. AS for the SHY DONKEY
who prayed out a selection yesterday OF Joe Cotton
10 win the Bay Ridge. has no ever been near race
sourse in his life Is 1t possible that he docs not
knov what every with the scantiest knowledge OF
sacipg knows-that poor Joe Cotton after getting on
IN the front line in the Suburban and holding gooo
position in the for nearly mile, was the worst
beaten horse IN the race when the homestrctch was
reached and came in last Joe Cotton may run fairly
far nom fit 20 run q mile and half in fair company
and indeed with his liability to bleed In the hoad,
he is not likely ever to a really good mile ana
half race again ~,
Taking the races in their order, Buddhist, II he
=, arts ought to win the Surf Stakes, although ne
viii have hard task to give pounds to Brussels
with Buddhist out Brussels should win with Diaoo
second.
In the second race, II 1t Is not divided, almost
syerything will depend upon the start In SO Dig
6eld but the finish should be fought out Dy hohan
and Inspector b., and Eolan is In hne iorm M"
he should iust WIN ridden by Garrison.
Mr. Belmont ought to win the Tidal STAKES Win
Prince ROYAL while Defaulter may run second.
Now as to the Bay Ridge Handicap. 1t Is pity
xhat Mr. Galway declines TO run Linden, lot the Dig
son of Longfellow would make great race ut that
distance and in that field, even with 12o POUNDS up
I,ut Mr. Galway seems to think that he has bettcr
chance with the lightly weighted Rupert Possibly
INT doubt IT, Terra Gotta is dangerous, but he has
bad great deal of fast racing this year and he may
now he Of edge and little stale from the change to
the East from the West. Many trainers believe that
horse feels the effects Of such change more week
nher his migration than Just after his Journey Both
Flrenzi and Hdalgo have proved their ability TO run
great races at o mile and hall, and MI haggih
sbould win the Bay Ridge with one OF the pair
probably Firenzi while Terra Gotta may run second
Dry Monopole's race Saturday was too viis 10
he true form. To be beaten by Ordway at twenty,si4
nornds difference in weight was bad enough. BUT
r. he beaten BY such thing as Le Logos az oniy
fourteen pounds derence,faughi the gorge rises a.
DRY pr MGnG psSe Climax RRns a. seeSnd anu
Goldfish should win the last race, Atue Hsrcfoos
'eI following are the lists of probable starters:
mem ID ACr SrrRF STAKES TWO-YEAR0LDS