New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
THE HANDICAP CANDIDATES.
CONDITION OF PROBABLE STARTERS IN
THE BROOKLYN RACE.
~ THE FAMOUS HORSES LOOK AND ACT
talk ABOUT WELL-KNOWN ANIMALS

go. ,,4v FAMOUS HORSES LOOK AND ACT
TALK ABOUT wELL-KNowN ANIMALS.
,~.a number Of persons visited the racetrecks
.ho ne,xhborhood Of this city yesterday. The
- ,na- was al that could be desired and everybody
- saw, the thororghbrcds came home well salts
eal with his trip.
-, - the time FOR the followers OF the turf 10
,ot wise ard act II they were overburdene1
IL, inside information that would cause the nnan-
,, destruction OF every booknaker In the land
s,ould tbcy dlvulFe a scintila of 1t. This Is the
time for the receipt of mysterious letters from the
VIC. with all the latest news about the Handicap
o,,sida,es and the Intentions of their owners. Near
w all the talk in the uptown hotels and cafes fire.
ruo,,oa bv turfmen is about the candidates for the
proot,v,, Handicap. Every scrap OF information Is
aaqerlv seized and talked over by the mon who
play the races.
Clnord Is the favo-ite of the Western turfren.
10 Is \ brown colt by Bram0.c the great cui~"in-
nor out Of Duchess b. KingAsher. and is brel -
,cco,nnsh any feat ever tried by any thoroughbred
tho. over raced if good breeding ba cked Mp by con-
>,--,ation ard disposition. count for anything Eu-
cone Leigh SAYS that C,iTords lines indicate great
Notwithstanding ability. and that he has as much
spocd AS any horse he ever trained. That he will
or, in the Handicap is reasonably certain. as l-eIGh
believes that his horse has excellent chance of
winning Clifford won thirteen races out Of seven
teen starts las; yc1r. Should no Illness or accient
befan clifford it is almost certain that he viii start
I'm the BROOKLYN Handicap on May 10. Clifford was
one Of the unfortunate three ycar-olds which were
encared in the American Derby az Chicago. when
there WAS 4 delay Of nearly two hours at the post
He showed up well in the race. finishing third be-
hind Boundlcss ard -. Lconards. HIS best race
was when he lowered the colors Of the great cam
paisners Yo Tamben and Lampl!ghter. at the Haw-
thorne track October 90. last year. over a track
described as fair lie simply played with his con-
tes.ants winning easily by eight lengths. The dis
tarce was one and quarter miles and he carried
IlS pounds in the fas; time of 9O9a. Racing men
concede tina, the track at its best is nuca slower
than the Eastern tracks
In this neghborhood the leading favorites are four
ycar-ods Don Aonzo is looked upon as extremely
dangerous. although the Dryers have never won
either the Brooklyn Suburban Handicap. The
great change in The appearance Of Don Alonzo IS
the caIsc CT many trainers incHing toward MIN
as having mrre thsn good chance to land the
race for y. :. Dwyer. AS previously stated In Tine
Tribune Don Aionzo has le; down and grown to
his PROPORTIONS lie appeared ieggy ana GauH, !as'
gear but he has rounded mis- enormous frame,
and ne gains supporters every day: Charles )w!er
said if he is able - keep W win ms neid ur,n
they reach the stretch. the race nome VIII prov
intensely exciting 70 the horses which beat MIN 70
the finishing post. - ,,,,,,
please everybody who fancles the thoroughbred
when in good round condition 70 begin the Tying
work prepare tory to great race AJaX mas pr4ved
that he has speed and can carry II me nni1!o5p
his lie. 50 tAa with lis record Of las: year as a
line his admirers have no reason to cnanEe u'e.'
Sport comes to hard carly ana as ne Is orn IN gT
celent working condition at TTeSeA': - GareIn'ly
some Of the other candidates. Sports form ct the
Brooklyn sDT,uS meeting last year WAS c.ose up
WI" BAD 'r repSrs aboa s. Ionards have been clng
Abe rounds. II Is said :hst he makes %hSSttllng
have been such reports a,ou, hor-cs every year
which have proved false when the racing began
his ercer TIE sc9sSn IN Which the rcpor; circu
i ipfe d. va ore ot he most brilliant in the history
+.,-T T4.lD =. 4
ness late last fai wAich left him extremely weak
Wien horses recover from Illness they PICK up 'Tss
muscular When. however. they are nut 10 reSl-
lar work they are weak ana taxes t,, [f fbe 10
labor and breathe heavily that reports In regard
70 Their wind are spread without being confirmed
escape. as mis- WIND was said to be affected long
Bassetlaw. the imported son OF St. Simon and Mar
ouesa has W!ntere1 50 we'll that he has {. number
OF on u 5F mr6 2S as Being sure saer WIZ
the usual provlso in regard TO the accidents of train
iapghte- seems to have fallen IN the estimation nn0,
Of The PgbG M%S ch qa w2s hm GH
regular work for few days. Iampghter's chance.
Year and should his trainer send him to post
with capable Jockey on his back long odds aganst
persons VINO have not lost faith in the greatest son
efart In q selling race on the day or the handicap.
u3ioes much improvement comes from his stay in
me bsHs % of w ba iy ho haS SPENT ali the
time nc could spare when not on the trac OF shs
On c6nonche. who always looks well has number
~ fniIo~ers from Twenty fourth-st In spite Of the
continued warning Of "DoReoooh lynn; |n1
sn Hssvnr that Comanche has chance of winning.
~ Dcod care and ju9icous training can make CO.
,hancne y, and reedv to try his best the money
SIR Walter is at jerome Park Tnis sterling ,ltte
horse. whose gameness and stamina have been