The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-01
CAN YOU PICK A WINNER 7
ureE ARE TIE WEIGHTS FOR ALL THE
GREAT SPRING 8ANDICAPS

urEE ARE TIE WEIGHTS FOR ALE THE
GREAT SPRING HANDICAP&
,.,sstreet Receives Top weight for Both
the brooklyn and Suburban, Tenuy and
Kingston Rankiag Next In the Estims-
lion OF tho Able Handicappors-Raceia and
the Crack In the Metropoiitan-A Good
Lump OF Weight for His Highness In
Each OF the Events For which He II
rr,ereA-specninters win Soon Have an
opportunity to Back Their Choices.
PolIovers OF tho turf can now put on their
thinking caps and pick the winners OF tho big
handicaps to be run at Shcepshead Bay.
seIshts below showing the result Of tho DELHI
sra,ions OF the able gentlemen who alot tho
nena,ties for these rich prizes.
Hugh d. Mcintyre OF the Brooklyn Jockey
club and James @. X. Lawrence or Samuel
Rorke OF the Coney Island Jockey Club. as
usi,al. are very close together on the merits OF
ma horses engaged for tho Brooklyn
and Suburban Handcaps. Secretary Nc
Intvre's scalo Is not pitched as high as
thot OF the Coney Island handcappers.
hut making allowance for this these
close observers OF form are not far apart
on any OF the animals engaged. Mr.. Mcintyre
makes Longstreet the top weight for tho
BROOKLYN at 129 pounds. concedng pound to
wcnny. whose impost, 127 pounds. Ia two
mounds more than Kingston Is asked to carry.
Raceland ut 120 pounds Is classed the equal OF
ron. Then comes Loantaka, the winner OF
last years Suburban. 11S pounds. Judge Nor
row follows at 116 pounds. with Bermuda at an
soual weight. His IIighness. last year s cham
MON two year-old. is put in the l10-pound d.
vision with Banquet and Sir John. and Mcssrs.
Gideon l. DAILY will hardly complain rs that is
tho weight adjusted TO Hanover the year Dry
Monopole won the initial Brooklyn. Hanover
heat Dry Monopo!e so handily few days later
tbat, in the estimation OF the best judges. he
could have landed the Brooklyn. Still. 40
mounds is no feather weight for three-yen
o,d particularly with horses like Longstreet
and Tenny engaged.
Mr.. Mcintyre ranks Michael F. Dryers Cali
iornia colt Nomad and Brown& Rogers's Lamp
lighter as second to His HiGhness in ethree-
year.old division. and asks them to carry 100
rounds each. II Longstreet. Tommy. and
Kingston train and 60 to the post, they should
come pretty near having tho race to them
selves. Judge Morrow. ut ll6 pounds. Is a
dangerous factor If Green B. Morris has him
in as good shape as he was last year. when he
appeared to have as good q chance OF victory
as any horse in the race hundred yards from
homo.
The Suburban. OF course. has Longstreet as
ton weight at 1872 pounds. but Tenny is rated
conaueror Kingston is rated as equal to Tenry.
and he certainly Is as good race horse As the
swayback when both are In iiIe fettle. E9n at at
'longshoreman certainly has cause for pride. as
he is in very aristocratic company. Raceland is
1 nas
pion OF the four year-old division. and she cor
talnly could bent any Of tie three-year- ol 5S
pounds does not appear, excessive for this tru;
II great young mare. She has distinguished
the hSldss Gf t the NILE Nile
EsE as$ Poet
: IS eq and 4 Rey lls Rs hS
M9s f nd are
nen PoFFa airs Knsman Teaten and Bpnauet
snd he has the honor 81 receiving the highest
old In either the BrooklSn or Suburban
Hapdicaps IN any year; Curt e,n Gum m at
III .oEP o ~ Ills a.
Nomad arc two cilnKing e-year::olds that
4 loo SnSs Rsr vs sne eeoa saFds
YSss%ts and N SsSSan SsiPFo aoI 5Srad 1:
has enough speed to pick UP that light imnost
and run pretty close to The record GassiSs is
Campbell gets him to the post at his best; He
was second in 1890 and was knocking at the
HA 70 prees the
bookmakers doing a future business on these
handIcsps win lay. His Highness viii un:
tbree.year.o % lev ever won either event. His
HGhness Is engaged IL rich stakes h;H for animals
iii tsed and Princess in oitfer Of the handi-
caps where hs will be called upon to meet tho
81 se By
irg qualities of the highest order.
+ is pity that the future books, do not post
ward-the Metropolitan Handicap-the race
that uSh WILD last
capper;, brought Tristan. Tommy. Eon. Claren-
don. Riley; Ambulance. and Tournament to-
seen. and there is no reason why the
S SsSsf ME Voseu.FS puts thu s sturdy
the list, l27 pounds being, his. impost. Then
genes 1e Poet Scout and Judge Morrow, each at
ksy rs and
meath are in at ITO pounds each. with Russell,
Demuth and La Tosca punched, n pound
lower Curt Gum gets 1O5 pounds. top weight
Tor the three year-old division, Lamplighter
getting an even century. Leonawell at 9S
pounds appears leniently treated. 1t looks as
though La Tosca had royal chance to land
this prize.
The Volunteer Handicap for three year odds
to be run during the Coney Island spring meet
Ing will repay careful study. His Hlghness is
paturally top weight. 100 pounds tho penalty
he carried to the front in the Futurty being
his allotment. Victory at 1877 pounds and
YYorkyille Belle. 125 pounds. arc next in favor.
Mr.. McIntyre's scale Is pitched lower on ths
bis impost. on, His Highness, for the
81 Foran Il in At l22 and Victory at 10
w. BERMUDA catches the top weight for the
Maturity Handicap. the exclusively four-year-
OLD event founded by Secretary Mcintyre. 122
Rounds being his allotment. Pessara,, 12O.
russell, Strathmeath. and Terrifler. 1lS. are
pretty close together, and from them tho
weights run down to 90 pounds on Phono-
Secretary Mcintyre announces that W. G.
Morris and kingman were handicapped. hut
peing In the forfeit list, their weights are with
feid pending the action OF the Board OF
The following are tho weights:
BROOKLYN HANDICAP. $4,000: " MILES.
l2s Cassua .l0s
snEMon Reclare 1ns
hAcel&nu. Il 20 Don Juan, los