The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-30
THE SPRING HAND|CAPS.
Bad Weather Around New York In
terfsres With tho Work Of
.s Preparation.
The Racing Season Will Open NAV
Ia With tho Big Brooklyn
Event. Az$
Gossip About Lonxstreot aad ths Othor
Probable Starters fer This and Other
Rich Stakes.

Tho late spring has kept the race horsel
that have wintered in tho vicinity OF Nav
York back in their work, and trainers will
be busy from nsw until May 16 to get their
charges ready for the important races Of tn.
Brooklyn Jockey olsb, whose spring meet
ing will begin at GraveseAd ON that day.
This time last season horses were far ad-
vanced in condition, and many trees wore
in Leaf. Last Sunday, when q reporter OF
the New York Sun waited Gravessnd and
~shsspshead Bay, the trees were giving indi-
cations Of budding. but the fragrant cherry
blossoms wsrs missing.
The heavy rains OF last week forbade any
fass work either at shsepshead bay, Morris
park, Gravesend or Jerome park, but the
honing-up process will begin this week in
earnest. LonRstrsst continues to ba the
most eagerly asked for candidate for the
Brooklyn handicap, and every moyo-
ment made by the great son Of
llongfellow is closely watched.
There was 4 rurnor in certain
circles last week that Raoaland was the
dangerous candidate in Michael f. Dwyer'
stable for the Brooklyn handicap, but Old
Bones will only be sent TO the post in case
tbs track il very bad, and perhaps he will
mot be 9 starter under any circumstances
LOnggtrest has not been asked to work a
mile better than 1:50 as yst, but the way he
does b he ID asked makes it plain to
everybody that, barring accidents, he will
come worry near finishing in front for the
Brooklyn handicap. He has been backed
to the extent Of Marley u Co.'s book, and
the public are accepting il 70 one against
him in r. c. Levien's book. OF course Six
to ons is a short price, but il will be much
shorter on the day Of the race, and ii should
be borne in mind that the race will be run
in less than three weeks.
Tbs next ten days will be fraught with
much Importance for handicap candidates,
ns their work will be faster than they have
heretofore had, and If there be any sore or
soft spots they will come to the surface.
Judge Morrow and many of the other mem
bera of G.. r. Morrow's string have been
Let up 9 little in their work, as they were
coughing, but now that the weather is set
tied they will be sent along. p. J. Dryer
q Son havea formidable candidate for the
Brooklyn. handicap in the four-year-old
colt Portchester. He has bat 112 pounds
on him. and he is a grand locker. This
brother Of Fordham was Il much higher
believed, and his list Of winnings would
mount up high had he not fallen at Sleeps
head bay during the spring meeting. This
threw tho colt all out Of form, and he did
not recover until late in the fall, and oven
then no was not a. good as in the early
with simms to pilot him he will Be
9 decided factor in case anything
should happen to the top sawyers.
Another Brooklyn handicap candidate
that looks we'll and ID considered we'll
il rs regards weight is MI. Dahlman's
NJ nH0kNnn n VARY har1w t0rcn 81 - 49,
up to 9 mile and a furlong, but whose abii-
lty to stay a milo and q quarter has been
questioned. Bergen rides this horse very |
we'll, AS he waits with him, outstanding his
great turn of speed until tho final furlong,
and these tactics proved successful on more
than one occasion last year. Bergen was
asked to ride Maidstone last winter, and the
Jockey promised provided that he did not
start Reporter, Capt. Sam Brown's speedy |
bnt unreliable son of Enquirer and Bonnie
Meade, who is now owned by a close friend
of the Jockey. Bergen informed she Messrs.
would not start, and that he was at liberty
to take the mount. Good Judges argue that
Maidstone will not be in the front if the
pace is fast from the start, but the same
persons figure that he will have a chance if
they wait u make a half-mile dash of it.
Few horses have a greater turn of speed
than this half brother to Felix Doe.
Up at Morris and Jerome parks the
horses are a trife more forward than at
Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend, this being
especially true Of Matt Aliens string, Fair
view, San Juan, and Yorkville Belle having
worked strong miles several seconds faster
than any others have gone this spring, bar
ring Monmouth Park, where Beansev and
Jubal have been kicking up the dust in
right lively fashion. Allen ID very sweet on
Yorkyille Belle. and is predicting blue rum
for tho colts when they meet her. Fairview
has been heavily supported for the big
handlcaps, and if speed will win he has it
in Jumps. He was a fast colt so a two-year-
old, and at times would make one think
that he was first class, but he was either
badly handled, or is unreliable, for he ran
and out. A rest of year in Tennessee
has undoubtedly benefited HIM greatly,
he may prove a thorn in the side OF
the cracks before the close of the season.
Aliens two-vear-olds are all doing we'll.
Brown y Rogers Lamplighter and ID. L.
Wah Jim are much admired.
The track was very muddy on Friday morn
ing, and they did nothing but oanter
slowly. Tenny was out and looked far
from a race. In fact, you can find plenty
Of layers that the great swaybaok will
never start again, much less win a race.
Snip Donovan is a master at his trade.
Hyland has the horses owned by Messrs.
DAILY and Gideon in greet shape at Jerome
park, Ills Highness, Ludwig and Marry
being ready to go il with q ven
seance. His Highness has not gone a mile
better thar l:50 yet, but he is ready to mako
800 look very poor indeed, and if looks go
or anything the giant Ludwig and the MIN.
Die Merry Monarch are ready to keep him
Hyland pays a great deal Of at
entlon to Monarch, saying: THAT fellow
His AiRhness has friends enough. ! must
make the Monarch believe that he is not al
ogether ~frAendless. The Monarch is quite
as regards beauty by His
ilghness and Ludwig, but no is a racy look-
a o9It 1 nevertheless, and although small
zig ones. He handled weight last wear in
;reat shape, and HyIand contends that he Z
hould have finished second in the Futurity. d,
he probabilities are that His Highness will !
tart in but n race-say an overnight J
at a mile and a quarter or there l
.bouts-before he goes to the post for the
loh Realization stakes to be decided dur
the spring meeting of the Coney Island G
ockey club. This is Mr.. Gideon's plan c
t present. and those who have bean fipur-
ng the great COLTS chances in the Brooklyn G
nd Suburban nave had their trouble far