The herald., 1893-05-15
SUlEY AND SADDLE GOSSIP
Some Talk About the Chicago
Derby Prospects.
The Chances of Some California
Horses for That Big Event.
Tournament and His Outiook--A Sale OF
Some Portland stock-rIncup
Records-The Latest New
York Team


family for 20 years, WAS run last We'd
nesday and won by Lookout,a son o. the
gallant Troubador, who won the mosl
sensational Suburban ever won by any
horse, II we except that won by Saliva
tor In which the white.legged con oil
Prince Charlie carried the heaviest
weight (127 pounda) ever carried to VIC
tory In the gala day OF Coney leland.
Lockout belongs to the newly-organized
Minnesota farm OF Gushing Il Orth, and
seems to have won all the way along
lust as hia father won the Suburban.
That good and useful colt Bondless WAS
second, aud a rather poor one at that,
There were only elk starters, and the
autographed report OF the race would
indicate 1t to have been rather tame
aGair.
Candidates for the Belmont and
withers' stakes at Morris park are not
much talked about at present, the rich
prize for the Chicago derby having over
ehadowed all other considerations. Re-
ports FROM the Sheepshead bay track are
TO the effect that the Keene colt CHS
wick, con Of Mr.. Pickwick and Alice
Bruce. has developed into one OF the
best thfee.year-olds, now in the East
and that IL will take horse that is bet.
ter than Don Alonza to beat him.
Trainers down that way will back him
in all the three-year-old stakes in which
be may be starter, 30 sure are they
that he will develop into great racer.
However, the chance of an eastern
horse going TO Chicago and winning that
race are somewhat problematical. The
Emperor OF Norfolk ia the only horse
that has 80 far done IL and he belonged
to type OF horses not often met with.
x#s
No horse has ever yet won both
Derbiee-the one at Louisville and the
one at Chicago. Haggins' Ben Ali,
talked up to the skies as high-class
colt, could not run 1928 at Chicago in
the Derby won by Baldwin's Silver
Cloud, fpaled at Santa Anita. Yet he
wen the Kentucky Derby in the fastest
time ever made.in this race up to the
victory OF Spokane in 1889. It may be
that Lockout is good enough for 1t, but
] doubt If he can beat either CadmuH or
or Foodgate. "Broadchurch" is away
up on him and prefer his Judgment to
that of any eastern turf writer's. He
says, writing from Memphis:
The performance of Lookout in the
Gibson stakes was an unusually good
Dne. Weight and age considered, 1t was
The best mile ever run over the Memphis
track and stamped the winner as a
pretty high-class animal. The colt is
ehoft OF grand locker, slash
ing big chestnut by Troubadour, dam
Christine. He is owned by Gushing n
Orth, who did not think him quite fit.
Ii such was the case he will be nothing
short of a wonder when he becomes real
fit and good. lie took the lead when
the flag fell, very soon increased his adj
vantage to three lengths and finished
full OF running by that distance in the
time OF 2 :4224 stringing out
his field to the eighth pole. lie carried
lis pounds.
A New York turf paper is the author
ity for the statement that q. W. john
ron, candidate for the American derby,
ista eound horse and full Of speed. This
paper SAYS "And turning to the horses
both OF the cracks. Sir Walter and G. w.
johnson, look we'll enough TO please the
most exacting critic. Sir Walter, while
the same rather leggy fellow as lsst
year, has put on flesh to marked de-
gree, and though he only moved yester'
day at under two-minute gait, he
showed in good form for this early in
the season. As for the brother &c
Huron, he ie q race horse of the first
water---bar accident. He has come
through the ordeal of firing and blister
ing in manner calculated to enthuse al
hands, from the veterinarian who ad
vised the heroic measures down to thu
owner and trainer of the colt. Ae hI
fought for his head yesterday, clrclin
the figure eight course of the old saddle
bage track, q. W. johnson was pietur
of virile, lusty health, and If he meet
with no setback he will go close for tn
100000 stake at Chicago"
as
Concerning the great colt Tourns
ment, which sold at the closing out {
Hearts horses in 1891 to Foxhall Keen
for $35, 600, the New York Spirit of th
Times has this to say: Though as "
q comparatively small number Of horse
are ousrtered at Sheepehead Bay, thei
are happenings of intereet there, TIL
probable Anal exit of Tournament fror
the racing world is FIRST in interest I
the public, his great three-year-old CT
reer having given him a reputatio
which he has not entirely outlived, no
withstanding the great disappointmei
he has been to his supporters since thi
date. Tournament was shipped to Kei
lucky last week, and it is now probab
that he will ever be raced again. A
bert Cooper said recently at Sheepshes
Bay: Tournament will never win ar
stake events again, but think he'll 4
to pull off some overnight events" b
even these hopes are not to be realize
Tournament is very fast horse but
horrible coward when he is pinched.
q breeding horse he is not worthy
consideration, for he has half dozt
bar sinisters on his dams side of Il
house."
The new sporting paper, the Caliiorn
Turf, speaking of Mr.. T. II. William
efforts to establish Eteeple-chasin0 al
hurdle-recing in California, saye that
eteeple-chaee is, to be sure, q slow
event than fiat race and a longer OF
but given halfway decent field over
halfway we'll appointed course a
there is more genuine excitement
one we'll contested event over ditct
and fences than can be crowded il
three Derbys.
If the jumpers do come out here
good force they will prove great draw
cards to many people outside the rel
lar race-going public. For, though
eteeple-chases may not prove big bettt
events at first. nevertheless oriins