The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-30
NORRIS PARKS BIG MEETING
THE ME7ROPoLITAy HANDICAP AND
THE JUVENILE TO DE RUN TO-DAY
Many Cracks TO Meet In the Handicnp-A
Very Omen Field of Youngsters In the
Juvcnilc-Thc Opening Entrics ana Hich
SifnkeA lsrnsni.c Helm ant Meeilnp.

Many Cracks to Meet In the Hsndic"p-A
Very Open Field of Youngsters In the
Juvcnilc-The Opening Entrics and Rich
| Stakes Promise n Brilliant Meeting.
| Following the successful meeting OF the
Brooklyn Jockey Club. which set the appetite
OF the racing public on edge. to-day comesthe
opening Of the New York Jockey Clubs spring
meeting at Morris Park. The card for tho
| opening day IL made up OF six weli-tillcd
races. including the $4,000 METROPOLITAN
Handicap and the Juvenile stakes for two
| year-olds. The probability is. ii the weather
| is fine. the largest throng ever seen Mt a race
| course near New York will look on at the
| races
| The full programme for the seventeen DAYS
| Of the races is brilliant from the first day to
| the Inst. There are twenty seven stake events
| aside from those Of the opening day. On Tues
| day the Harlem Stakes for two-year-olds. at
five furlongs. and tho Sea and Sound
Stakos double event. run as two
ycar-olds last year and three-year- olds
this year On Wednesday tho Long
Island Lightweight Handicap. for all ages.
ut one milo. will DO the feature Tho Galliard
Stakos for two-yoar-o and the Ladies'
Stakes for threo-year-old FLIES will be run on
Thursday. On Friday tho DGbutante Stakes
for two-year-old FLIES at five furlongs, and
the Fort Schuyler Stakes for all ages. will be
the stake events. Tho historical Withers
Stakes for three-ycar-ods at mile. and the
Barlow Stakes for two-year-olds at six fur
longs. will be the events on the'last day OF the
first week OF the meeting.
Tho Casanova Stakes for two year-old fl
lies. Mt three-0uartcrs OF a mile. and the Ilud-
son River Handicap. at one mile and three-
sixteenths. will he run on the orening day Of
the second week Of tho meeting. to be fol-
olds at Aye furlongs. Tho Meirose Handi-
cap for thrce-yenr- 9ds. at one mile and
On VIII s cherry yun ba%onq qfsnY
Yil be the h, event Y, Of the day. on Thursday tie
quarters OF mile and the Belmont Stakes. Mt
, mile and aInH,t9'r, will epliysn ths snort
slide llandicap. Tor all ages. at six furlongs.
and tho Baychester Stakes. for three-vear:
be- tie Great Eripse Stakes. for sa,'s dds
with the stake .gunranteed to BIO worth $4,000.
q, Thc stake a;traItions on the opGning day of
two.year-olds. at six furongs. und the vrce-
land HANDICAP for three-ycar.olds, at seven
II" Es ThrSa a9s Stakss fos
n # tIs Hns S s ss
and tic Ali-hreezs stakes: for al! ages. st seven
Friday the Pocantico Handicap for thrce-yenr-
olds. ut ono mile. will be rum md the last race
Of the dav and The meeting will be heats OF
threc-uuartcrs Of 4 mile.
Tho METROPOLITAN Handicap. tho event Of to-
da,. is one of the great races of the year. and
with nineteen If tho forty-scven book entries |
named to start IL u rather open affair when it |
comes to betting. 1t looks. however. Us though |
top wcights l,essara in his present form will!
be difficult horse to beat. and Russell will |
give him a hot race. Maidstone is also dan
Eerous.
The Juvenile Stakes will ho decidedlyi in
tcrestinG race. from the fnct that number OF |
new candidates will be sent out to meet tho |
winner o. the Great American and others That |
have performed prominently. Sir Walter will |
RIGS ut Brook lyn: while several of the others
are in receipt of lcaten allowances. Minne-
haha 3 races thus far,have been very disap-
pointing. hut the lilly must be b!atot sonIe-
work. Weighted Us she is. tho ily may win
to day. and Sir Walter. even with 1913 pounds
ur should run second. while Pioneer may get |
third place.
The openinG scramble will bring together
DIR Hashrouck; The former is. very speedy
now. and. besides has tho advantage of having
been trained on this track. The race is likely
to go to Mr.. Nlorris,s representative. with
Yosemite. Ccrberls. and Two Bits will prob
nhly fight out tho finish for the second race.
Afiit Young looks likely in the all-aged selling
race. while India Rmbber and Bengal may be
second and third. The .two-year-oll event. the
saw. Jeanette NJ. and Risk look as good as
anything in 1t.
The entries in full follow:
First RaceA sweepstakes for all ages at $50 each.
third: I'VE turloEgs.
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