The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-08
1hMplIeBrrR IN a BAD wax
The Great Horse May Not Ruu For Mouths
-Priace George Very Lame.

The Great Horse May Not Rvs For Nouths
-Prisee George Very Lame.
Lampliehter will not only be an absentee
from the Brooklyn Handicap. but IL Is exceed
ingly doubtful whether he will face the starter
for some months to come, as the bony growth
on his leg Is now In such aggravated form that
only long and severe treatment can be ex-
pected to make any permanent impression
on IL
Turimsn who admire pluck will sympathize
with the horses owner and the friends Of
James Mccormick. the trainer. who has tried
so earnestly to get the brown horse ready for
n race. will feel sorry that all his efforts have
gone for nothing. LampliGhter had hard
campaign last season. and was quite the hero
Of the year until he was beaten by Tammany.
and took that disastrous trip to Chicago to
race against 70 Tam bien and Clifford. The fact
that he was beaten in the West by bothCliirord
and the mare, made Eastern racing authorities
take It for granted that he was not at his best
on that occasion. and so he was made the top
weight In all the big handicsps to be decided
in this vicinity this spring LampliGhter has
been q great drawing card. and as such will
be missed from the Brooklyn. Metropolitan.
and Suburban Handicaps. and It must make
pang OF regret pass through the bosoms Of
racegoers when they realize that they will rot
see the brown horse in q race for some time
again.
The bookmakers who did future business
on the Brooklyn Handicap. aud who practl-
cally refused to take any LsmDlighter money.
must feel bit dlsconsolste. to say the least.
as any number Of personslwere most anxious
to risk their dollars on the horse at reasona-
BILE price. This was not forthcoming. however.
and they were forced to look elsewhere and
place their money on such favorites as clifford,
Don Alonzo. Sir Walter. Ajax, and Sport.
The heavy downpour OF Yesterday n2rning
head Bay quite heavy. and the work over them
was consequently slow and unimpoEtant when
Pickpocket. "a doubtful candidate for the
BROOKLYN. the owner saying a few, days ago
l;49L. Fred Foster had his champion DIR.
Rice out early, and breezed the son Of Unon-
nssy rated Ssd 4s three
candidates for the Brooklyn. galloped a two
minute Clip and John Cooper smart three
Carlton Stakes next week. went mile In
Clifford. tho favorte for the Brooklyn Han
dicap,, did nothing but slow work in company
with Will, Ferrler. the smart colt that won three
few OF our stake horses into camp at his own
S.a: Sss IN c r.n w rf ya H
eredltsSlg eOnsidorins he, eonaition Of the
track, their work being . mile and iprlong In
breeged q two-minute gait. Copyright. in
and quarter. Faarc' William 1N BasrieEs
cleyer three-year-o old. by Fonso, out OF Medic.
s,tISs s IN TN OF n
his three-year-old WernborR a milo in :52.
Torneptos six iurlongs IN i:2l and wah Jim Z
fSsy sd the xsnt Py
WORKED Cold Dollar and i Hiram mile ia 81
James Adams's Lochinvnr by The Bard. out OF
4s aaOG sss ST. R R BY s9&
SSRs1s ns RcSagG5 t9s mud
Dobbins and Armitage worked mile in
q shade better than two minutes. The same
1:22 and pulled an so sore that simms had to
get down and lead the colt back. 1t was
trouble should be as serious as this. Mr. Croker
will lose a really great race horse. not Hin;
would his best e
three:year- Odds last yesr. He cost Mr.. Croker
saton. and out q that good mare Lou setto
Of McCafTerty 4 Wishard. which have wintered
Morris A. j. joyner. with the Biemton horses
and John Hyland. with Gideon Days
The Morris horses are. OF course. in charge
OF Wyndham Walden. and they are SO numer-
Gus that Il REQUIRES several sets to work them.
and somebody will bag bargains. as no man
can train fifty horses and do them anything
like Justice. Jockey Littleheld will be at the
Bay to-day to work the horses.
Tho racing firm OF Boyle & I.ittefeld is to
dissolve. partnership. and the horses will be
farm near Woodstock. Ontario, and after
thlrty-nye years Of constant work around a
race track naturally wants to take matters
easier in the evening OF life, The same is true
OF his partner. and they will part. as they have
lived. good friends In the string which they
will se!l,are many high-class two and three
year olds.
Book maker and horse owner John Z. Nc
Donald has returned from . winter on the
Continent and can be found at the Sheepshead
Bay course any morning watching the gallops-
Mcdonald is q young man and shrewd one.
and owns some smart two-year olds by his
own stallion Hayden Edwards. by Prince
Charlie. out Of Mamie Bay, also the Gam
are several promising three year, lds in
McDonanld's string. among them the
imported Rayon dog out Of Lily II. While
deal OF French and English racing. and more
than paid expenses. picking the winner OF the
ifua a Sub m han and nfl iar han