New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-02

Cookers after long shots will find among the light
Weights some tempting bait, but interest IN Doh inc
Suburban and Erookyn handicap- must as matter OF
course centre in the ho.scs of hgh class whose names
are .ourd nj tie ton Of the tree. II is purely
gambling spirit :le. leads man TO concern Mm>ch
seriously with cattle down in the cachwcght lahhs'
Lovers OF true sport want none of them Yet III oucF
IN round ont q handicap we ave obliged 10 submit 70
them II may be their mission 20 make the Kihe'
nins Of the turf look boder aid .corSer and gTander
by COMPARISON to make the siar5 shine brighter
There Is but one way TO eliminate plugs" from our
chief raccs-makc them pay TO get In Make sIau-
ya:ed scale OF entrance fees. le; each owner selec'
the weight he wants his horse TO carry ana require
him TO psy for the priNc.". Fer instance lei I'll
HOSES carrying $50 pound, ia the suburban have free
entrance Charge those carrying 100 pounds 500
those with Is pound, 500 III pounds $500, 1876
pounds $500. 12j pounds 500. 40 pounds Tl'oV"'
Il5 pounds - OOO 10 pounds 5000, 1O3 pound
$4,000 100 pounds 500 600. so pounds 10000 ana
So on What cIcat stake this would produce
Michael Dwycr would be glad TO pay 81 900 to get
Kingston in at 100 pounds Cocncl Pulslier would not
heslte - pay $1,000 t. let TcnUy in ut 10, and sen
ator Hearst would readily sqlanGer 100000 to SIP
Tournament in a 100 only horses of known merit
would get n and The prize would be immensely rlch.
In the las: three suburbans the hcavyweiGhts have
had things their own Way-E!kWoJd in 1ooo with
10 pounds Raceland in SEQ with 100 and saliva or
last year with I27. The Brooklyn Handicap IA;
season wa, a failure the field being of poor quality
and the winner common selling platter, with 100
pound, up. The Eard w0l it in io7o. carrying 10
pounds, and Exile. with llG, the victor in 1889.
With Mr.. Mclniyrc's fondneS, for low scale. his
top weight, ought always win. Ii would he curious
t. know what th, clever secretary would put on
Cariinc If the winner Of the Melbourne Cup were
among the Broo.lyn !iandcap entries Would he
give him 40 pounds Not much. Would it
be 1897 Never What DO yd say 10 $50
Well doul' full, very doubtful. lie would just
about squeeze him In a l20, and feel then
Eall afraid that australia would refuse 10 accept the
weight To ey good horse in a handicap at 100
pounds Is lie selling a IL artcls for 80 cents-n
Mr. McIn,yre's opinion. Possibly 1919 NAV seem 10
an owner great deal less than 100. but The differ
cnoe is just one pound. There be chance
Of getting the sale Of weight raised.
Tournament is harshly treated by DR.. Mcintyre, moi
that the colt Ia, too much weight, bat that others
around him have too little. Because he IS built for
carrying tons i, why he should be asked to
c0nccde Kingston and Tenny pound each. Tourna-
ment IS entitled feel that he Is muchabused horse
Kingston ought 10 give him about two pounds which
would raise rs weight to l31. very fair handicap.
We should like u rcnny take up at least one pound
more. Raccland ought not 10 have received less than
1875. Prince ROYAL seems 10 have been handicapped
on his reported form cripple His splendid VIC
tories at Monmouth lay have been forgotten Burlng
TONS weight is just what it ought 10 be- The others
scarcely worth dlscuHHINE. II lHO>c HcHuoleu
should go to the post, the winner will probably be
found among them.
On the whole the writer is inclined TO the opinion
that the suburban is the aircr handicap yet, after
ALL there is but little choice between the two. Mr..
Lawrence begins his scale two pounds higher than Mr.
Mcintyre. but the relative difference in weights is not
ularlning Burlington ; well treated any horse
In the suburban. Trenz has three pounds less than
she carried In last race and Racelsnd four
less Tenny has two pounds more, which is really
unknd. Prince Royal has three pounds less. Judge
Morrow has his full allowance.
1t was expected that Potomac would be top weight
I'm the Volunteer Handicap and 100 pounds does not
seem oppressive. Marcus Days imported Inverness
failed TO elude the vgnt SccrctaryOr the alert ana
energetic Sammy@and Matt Byrncs finds the colt III
al a weight that will enable him to rfde ilrstratc
Jockey. Inverness, by Cymbal out Of Belle OF scot
land by Blair AhOl, Theresa, by Tombstone, ar
rived in this country tine in November after
season OF credablc work in England In Lord Dun
ravens coors he third for the Ashley Plate at the
Newmarket Craven meeting, going 10 the post favortc
IN field OF seventeen starters. Lord Randolph
Churchill then bought HIM. At SandOwn he ran I'M
placed AT Newmarket he won the Two ycarOd plate
and the Dyke Plate. At EPSON he ran second TO
Inmptous In the stanley stakes, and won the Devon
eb,rc Mcrsey Handicap, carrying l3J pounds After
tiis he passed into Marcus DAILY hands. walked
for the Double Trial Plate al Newmarket, with 1872
1.mds beating Mr. BaiTdS FlOdden Field by a head.
R"Verness was bred by III. War1ng, who sold him as
yearling for 800 gulneas
,otI-STEFR HANDICAP. Il. MILES