New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-31
uopsESATGR1TESEyD and SHEEPSHEAD.
TOURNAMENT AND BURLINGTON IN FINE
FETTLE-TIIE BEAUTIFUL LA TosCA'

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FErTLE-rIIE BEAUTIFUL LA TosCA
Work on the new grand stand at Sheepshead Bay Is
advancing very rapidly the iron work ana q Por"on
If the frame work having been completed alreauS' -
very large force Of men IS employed anu 'iio 'O"
tractors hope 10 have everything In readiness ior tuo
oncnlng OF the spring meeting in June The Oe'tiue
frr and the new paddock, which is Situated III inc
rroye in the rear Of the old Office used by secretary
lawrence in former years, finished and are moueS
~ their kind The grand stand will not be nearly 10
mnosnp As the Monmouth Park umbrella or the orhae
affair at Morris Park but it is gong TO swain" V'o
crowd and after all that's what pays Racing po'rons
like comfort and it looks as though they "ouIu scV u
at shecpshead Bay. s,,
Superintendent Clark has the track In splenulu
shame in fact the suburban could be decided over H'
loose but elastic surface to-day, perfect the @oPs
and the horsemen at the track are taking adVN'aso
NJ Il 10 give their charges some sharp work
Tournament. in the stable Of Hearst d GO. Is t't
cvnosure Of all ewes when he takes his morhinR "a
~ MIC evening walk and Trainer Albert Cooper deserves
credit for the buslness-like appearance OF tle Ds sou
o Sir Modrcd. He lacks the immense pauhch WINCH
os his distinguishing feature this time last year. ana
when he faces the starter he is going to be ready 10
race He will not have 10 race himself INTO con-
dton th,s wear He is as hard one could expect
for the opening days Of April and gives his trainer
no anxiety about his appetite as he IS TREMENDOUS
teeder and "polishes oG' everything IN sight lie mas
more hone than any thoroughbred the writer can re-
call. and there is only one thing 10 make Cooper 40
.outely happy That is lighter impost for the sub
urban for Albert trained Burlington during the carry
mart Of last season. and yesterday he went on record
s saving that Tournament oOud not carry 125 pounds
20 Bnrington's III pounds and stand any chance OF
winning.
salvador couldn't give burlington weight when
fhe black colt was at his best" was the way Cooper
put it. .o,.os
Yosemite has not done well, looking very peaNeu
and drawn and those who prOphesyng brlillahU
threc;yearold career for him Will probably nave 10
back water lie is drawn as fine as thoIgn Win, hi
,tcnk of a race but Cooper says he mas uOle nOuhh5
with him and win not start anything until Ie trays
end meeting six weeks hence. Rhono a HANDY Ftue
horse last wear until he wrenched his leg Is HoEln5
again but shows lameness now ana then, uie ql0hS
I7,h loinr incO,ed i'm a baudage yesterday lie Is
not very large but his record N lo0O was cTeNtdOIo'
purIinctOn is the star If the HOugh Brothers SIM :;
stationed M Gravesend, but that grand threeyear
dlv La Tosca Is not far behind NM fiIuh pIaS
ros charge Of the Ough horses some twenty III nun
hcr huntington picture to look at ana every uOIy
lnovrs that he is race horse, as his ne ana qldrt
I'm D .O7 "a with 12j pounds up In the spring OF St
o tts.ts II appearances 20 for anything the DlacB
and will probably be sent for the BrookIyn hai1l-
can La Tosca IS the pet OF the ESTABLISHMENT. 9he
has grown considerably since leaving taoyIoh ,lH = q
very highly trained FLY. Saunterer Is grdhu oVheI
and should develop into as good hcrse as MS oroher
Tnantata The three-year-Ods Stratagem and Lev
liz have done well. The GraveSend track Is IN eA-
ccllcnt shape for fast or 81 W WORK