Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-04-23
SPORTS AND SPORT.
INTERESTING ITEMS OF ALL SORTS FOR ALL
READERS.
Some Pertinent Gossip About the American Derby
Notes and Comments Concerning Base Ball
and is L0vrs-A Few Words With the
Pugilistic Peopls-Sporting News Generally

Michael f. Dryer, with Don Alonzo
and Metuchen. DR.. Knapp with u. w.
johnson, and Marcus Daily with Sir Fran
els are not by any manner Of means the
only eastern owners who think at the
present time that they have a mortgage
on the American Derby this year, Tor
there are several other owners whose
horses are LOW in training at the yarl-
Gus tracks near the seaooard metropolis
who will be ready TO give them an argu-
ment for the money when the proper
time comes, provided nothing goes
wrong with the animals between now
and then. Prominent among these al
the present writing is Dave Gideon, VINO
has a very decided opinion regarding
the merits of Ramapo, who raced last
season as the Annie T. colt, and who
thinks that his enry has as good chance
TO carry off the big prize as has that OF
anybody else.
Ramapo started eleven times last sea-
son and finished first on four occasions,
showing such marked improvement to-
ward the close of the season as TO at
tract the attention Of many shrewd
Judges. He made his first appearance
on the twenty-frst day Of the Mon
mouth Park summer meeting in
sWeepstakes for maidens at six turlongs,
and ran second TO j. A. and A. ii. NOR
ris' Rainbow, there being seven behind
him. Three days later, in a private
sweepstakes at the same distance, AMI
CARRYING lis pounds, he ran third to the
same parties, Minnehaha in 1:l573' In
both OF these races he was beaten OH.
His next appearaace was in the Futuri-
ty stakes at the Coney Island fall meet
ing. and In this he ran fourth to Morel-
10. Spartan, Sir Francis. and others
finishing behind him In the Au-
tump stakes, run on the third day OF
the same meeting, he carried 105 pounds
and was beaten by both Lady Violet
and Sir George, while Lustre, AJAX,
Evanatus and three others, finished
back in the ruck. Two days later, car
rving III pounds, he ran sweepstakes
at six furlongs In 1:12 1-5, beating Spar
tan. Evanatus, Experiment and several
others. On the second day OF the fall
meeting at Brooklyn he carried lis
hounds and won a sweepstakes at hve
furlongs in 1:O2I beating Doctor Haley
on. Boundless and five others. On the
seventh doy of the same meeting he
started In handicap at five and one
half furlnngs carrying 112 pounds and
ran third to Simmons, 105 pounds,
Boundless and seven others being be-
hind him. Four days later he started
in a sweepstakes for all ages at six FUR
longs and ran third to Wolcott and
Adelbert, beating such good ones as
Dagonet and Melanie among others.
His next start was at Morris Park,
where on the sixth day Of the meeting
he ran unplaced TO the Paniqu
Rowett colt in a sweepstakes at i've and
a half furlongs. The Champagne stakes
az seven furongs run on the eighth day
of the meeting proved to be an easy
thing for him, as be won by six lengths
in 1:2S, beating Prince George, Runyon,
Pat Malloy, Jr., Reginald, Rainbow and
StowaWay. Two weeks later he placed
the DunmOor stakes at six furlongs to
his credit. In this race he carried III
pounds and beat Wormser, 1o6, Fitz-
simmons, 113, and six others, the race
being run in 1928.
In the last two races he showed a lik-
ing for both weight and distance, and
though he was reported as having a
slight attack of lung fever during the
early part OF the winter he is now SAID
TO be doing we'll and his owner makes
no secret OF the fact that he thinks him
good enough to win with at Chicago.