Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-01
Tho metropolitan Handicap.

Tho Metropolitan Handicap.
CBy telegraph 20 tho Dispatch.l
Evyy YoRx. January 31.-The New York
Hockey Club made public tonight tho
weights assigned 20 the horses entered tor
the Metropolitan Handicap, when event u
TO be run at the clubs coming spring meet
ING. The post of honor top weight mas
bean assioned az was generally expected.
10 Narcus Daly's Tammany and Pierre
Lorillard's Lamplighter. Each Is asked 70
carr I3f pounds. st. Florian, who showed
some brilliant form before he broke down
early last summer, and that game son OF
Rayon dOr and Ella T., Banquet, come
next IN the estimation OF Secretary Crlck-
more, and are assigned l33 pounds each:
Victory, who was but FEW pounds Deulhu
His Uighnes3 and st. FlOrlan IN his Two
venr-old form. Is treated very leniently by
the handicappers and is well IN the race az
1I2 mounds. The report current for some
time past that Hon. Richard L. croker
the Tammany chieftain. had purchased
stable and would enter prominently INTO
turf affairs is confirmed by the publication
of the following this evening tOr the hanu-
jcap: Yorkyiie Belle IS entered IN MS
name and is assigned 122 pounds, Goionel ra
!. r.. North. the Nitrate King" has hVe
horses n the handicap. They are hish
CommIesloner, Iddesleigh. Rough and
Ready, Arturo. and Hiss Simon.
Following are the conditions Of the race,
the entrles. and the weights in detail
Netropolitan handicap for all ages. a
sweep-stako of 500 each, hair forfeit OK
only SO II declared, with SlO,OOO addeu,
of which $4,000 10 second and Sl.UOO 10
third. Weights 10 be announced FEBRUARY
1st and declaratlons TO be made 10y Feoru-
arv Doth. Closed with siXty-slx nOlnIna-
tions. One mile and furiong GO.
Iammauy, lji: Lamphghter, l3f; ~
Florlan. 1873; Banquet, l3j; DR.. Has
brouck. 12g: Racennd, II; His Hign-
uoes 1l5. Locohatchee 12i; La losca,
124. Montana, II: Yorkvllle Belle. ~
Pessara. IL: Russell, l2J: Maidstone, ll5i
Slelpner. lls; Nomad. rs; Paryonu, lii :
Pactoius. III; Rey del key, 10 TICK LICK,
nIcker. I1G: Loantaka. 10; High Com
MISSIONER. lie: he Pepper, lij: ldde-
sleigh. 1I5: Mars. IA; LeOnawcll, III;
Demu'h. ii3; Wild Wood, ll2; Victory,
M Wadsworth. III; Ambulance, lio :
Two BITS. 10; Faraday. l0J Pickpocket'
1ol. Icrrifier. lO1; stockton, lOf;
ROUGH and Ready. l01; Cassius' lOo :
Adclnert. i0j: fIdello. 100; Cugrade' W :
Arturo. 10i: Candelabra, lO3; Lady Nlp-
lot. l13: Ncstihule, lo3; henne0ec' iU5
Slr Francis. 1O2: AlOuZo, 100; Julien. 100 .
Willie L.. 100 ST. Michael. 100: Sir Ma
thew. 100: Glenmerin, l09; W. y. ~ =
RuuSon. n: Inc Ironmaster. 81; IlluIpe'
~, Nouoway. %: Miss SIMON, 50; Mul-
doom o.. Silver Fox. %; Spartan, %;
steve Estes. o. Law!ess, 20; Sir Arthur
go.
HRooKLYN HANDICAP.
The weights for tho Brooklyn Handicap.
which Is run Oh tho opening day OF the
meeting of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, are
announced as follows: Longstreet' ~
I.amphghter. l25: Banquet, l23; hinest9n'
~: MAJOR D0m0, ~; victory, ll2 Ia
Tosca. ilG: YorkvIlle Belle. ll6; Loco
hatcbce. 1lG: Judge Morrow, llG; Race
land. ll6: Strathmeath, llj; Mars, ia g
Parvcnu. ia; Demuth, ll2; Russell, IL;
Dlohlo. 1I2: Pac'Olus, IeOnwell, Low
/ lander. Two Bits. 40 each; Ierrihor.
EdeI0. Cass.u5, Tulla Blackburn, Us
! each. Chara6c, 10j: OandelabTa. JOB
wildwood, l05: Alouzo. lO3; heclare
103; Pickpockct. lO]; Rudolph, lOJ
( Hume, 9j; Long Beach, 30.
SUBURBAN HANDIcAP.
/ Tho weights for the Suburban Handicap,
/ 10 be run ut the June meeting OF the
/ Conev-lsland Jockey Cluo, were m
nouuced tonight. LOngs ;reet was top
weight, 10 pounds. while Lamp ehiMeI M
/ and Tammanv follow closely with y.
| each. The other entries and weights TO
/ low: LongstTect, 13O; lGmphghter, ~
Z Taumanv. III; Banquet. 125 King
ston. II; Ia Tosca, ll9, Yorkville
Bclle. III; Strathmeath. 11s; Race
I land. Il,: Judge Morrow. III
! u lntana. llG: DE-. Hasbrouck. Loco
/ hatchoe. His Highness. 1l6 each; Pessara
/ ll5: Major Domo. ll5; Nomad, 10; Par
venu, ll2; The Pepper, ~; Leeon"eIl
/ ll2: ri niablo. 112; Russell, lo5; Nici0GrF
/ I05: Tournament. 1O7; Two Bits. n6 ReN
| del Rev. los: Lowlander, 105: fideho, 100
Hlrh Commissioner. loS; Iddleslelgh, lO5
/ Candelapra, 1913; Chsrade; lO5; Sassius nus
/ 100: Reciare, ~; steve Estes, 9o; De
muth. 100; Terrfcr, %; Hume, 100
/ Mss SIMON, 93 Mars. ll2.