The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
THE BACKYARD SPRING INTERPRETERS
WITH THE WORK FOR THE
Bro HANDICAPs.

| nohuucnp WHY AuFe0 weeks away
Gossip About the Various Candidates
Saratoga Stakes Augur Well Tor n Pros.
perous MeetinE-A Valuable Contribut,on
-Experimeat May Start In the Famous
sweepstskes-To.Day mt washington.
Tho late spring has kept the race horses
that have wlntered in tho vicinity OF Now York
| back In their work and trainers will BIO busy
from now until May IL to get their charges
ready for the important races OF the Brooklyn
Jockey Club. whose spring meeting will begin
at Gravesend OH that day. This time last
season horses we're far advanced in condition.
| and many trees were In leaf Yesterday, when
a reporter Of The Sun visited Gravesend and
| Sheepshead Day. the trees were giving indca.
tions OF budding. but tho fragrant cherry bios
SONS were missing.
| The heavy rains Of last week for ba dc my fast
work either at Shecpshead Bay. Morris Park,
| Gravesend or Jerome Park. but tho honinc-
UP process will begin this week In earnest.
Longstreet continues to DO tho most eager
| ly asked for candidate for tho Brooklyn
Handicap. and every movement made by
tho great son Of Longfelow is closely
| watched. There was rumor in certain
circles last week that Rnccland was tho dan
gerous candidate in Michael r. Dryers stable
| for the Brooklyn Handicap. but Old Bones will
| ohiS pc Scht ~ thc pOSG la Cusb mo track lS
| very bad. and perhaps he will not DO n starter
under any circumstances. Longstrect has not
| been asked to work milo better than
! 1:5O rs yet, but the way no does what
| he Is asked makes II plain to every
body that barring accidents no will
como very near finishing in front for the Brook
| Ign Hnndcar. He has been backed to tho
extent Of yarey 4 Co.'S book. and the PUBLIC
Levien's hook. OF course i 10 lis is n a short
price. but 1t viii be much shorter on the day
o. ne race. AMI It should be borne in mind
that the race will be run in less than three
weeks
The next ten days will be fraught with much
work will tie faster than they have heretofore
had. and II thcre are any sore or, soft spots
and many OF The othor members Of e. il. Nor
fiss string have been let up a little in
@ Tss tAfy i0tSE sy ss Pit S
along, P.J. Dwyer& Son hayo a. formidable
G5 the the sr4ca II rs
pounds on him, and he is grand locker This
broth brother to F9sdham wasa much higher, class
s mount nP hiiEh had a, he not fallen at
Ths ry s s all the out of sF IGr%
and he did not recover until late in tho fall.
sad even then h. vas not as good Is in the
with smms to pilot him he VII DO DECIDED
II Is rssards vsish t'I IS Mr. Dshl"mS%a fss
TO mile and a furiong. but whose ability to
Say Ral, mile s and quarter has been questioned
adss hs yr s 6s w
until tho final furlong and these tactics proved
on than one 1ecss9n last
yided that he did not start Reporter Reporter. Capt apt
ENQUIRER and bonnie Meade. who is now
G Mynem by close friend q the Jockey Bergen
that Reporter would not start. and that he was
argue that Maidstone viii not be in tho front Il
persons figure, that, he will have chance il
they walt and make q half-mile dash Of it.
this hall Srotfer to Felix Doe a 'p''u '""A
Up at Norris and Jerome parks the horses
ss r sae
Of Matt Aliens string Fairview; San Juan. and
seeends astee tan s oETs ass
gone gone tbs spring barring Monmouth Park
Alien "H S SHS sweet 'e On Yors si A1 Bee
and Is PREDICTING blue ruin for the
hs Ras II E Sas
would make one tn tHat is was s rs s e ess
but he was either badly handled or is unre-
Ss he ran in a1d SS
h d Side Si se cs sssFs
\ Pulsiiera @ah jim are musR ADMIRED. The
and they did nothing but canter slowly. Tenny
was out and nc Locked t Tar from race In fact;
n viii RSey 81 n hn' m ns cfsss
win race. But Snip Donovan is master at
Hyland has the horses owned by Messrs
DAILY and Gideon In great shape at Jerome |
Park. His Highness. Ludwig. nnd Merry Mon
His HIGhness has not gone mile better
than $50 yet. but he is, ready to make
looks 20 for very aHyhns tho saI nSws
and the nimble Merry. Monarch are ready to
a * min ~ aynd frea
make tSs Monarch , teli,vo Tat he Di i
by His HGhness and Ludwig. but he Is 9
s% hs Win
the big ones He hqpdled weight Inst year in in
ss6end hspe Hna "a n tho
The probaGilities are that st' His iishness Viii
start in but ono race-say an over
tor 'F"' or "A tSeresb "beiSrs i" soes to
the post for the. rich ltealization Stake.
tie 0e o %sSd sa a os:9a n r %HssfM
Gideons plan at present. and those who have
hs have tie
for their pay. His IIighness looks like-we.
he looks like himself.
Tho management OF the new Saratoga Rae
ing Association has every reason to feel graft
closed on the LIST OF April. For the eighteen
events there is an average OF forty-seven. an
excess oyer any recent year at the Springs 1t
is not only n pledge in elfthat the change Is
agreeable to turfmen all over tho country. but
Is also an unqualified movement Of the guar
antecd value" system adopted by tho new rf-
gime. a pronounced feature Of tho entries Is
the diversity OF the interests involved in them.
The Troy Stakes. as an example. shows that,
with sixty-two nominations. there aro no less
than forty-eight nomina! ors. and the same is
noticeable In a perhaps less degree In AL the
a guarantee OF good faith in all tho
Allied surprisingly well. and it looks as though
tho Intention OF the Saratoga Association to
make. jumping races feature will be success
Try races isthe Eng!ish mare JTllst tX Edward
The owner. Mr.. Percy Taylor. IN maxim the
entry writes to Secretary Whitehead that he
dozen two and three yOnr Odds with Juliet. |