The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-11
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Speed Yesterday.
There was the usual crowd Of onlooksrs IN
the Gravesend grand stand and the usual
hundred or 90 horsemen on the lawn and in
the inleld at the Brooklyn Jockey Clubs
course Yesterday morning to see the thorough
hreds get their exercise The Handicap II
only = few days away now. and warm discus
slons concerning the merits Of the different
candidates may be heard wherever horsemen
eongreRate.
Byron MeClelland wants TO make Henry Of
Navarro thoroughly at home at Gravesend.
and brought him over again from sheepshead
Bay and let him work q mile and furlong .
trihe slower than two minutes Horsemen are
greatly impressed with the condition the
young Kentuckian has his three-Jear-old In
for Tuesdays prize Byron doesn't say
much. but his friends claim that he will
be greatly disappointed II Henry oil
Navarro does not get placed in the
Brooklyn. McClelland received many con-
CALCULATIONS over the splendid form shown By
his grand three year-old hlly Queenlike III. In
the Ashland Oaks at Lexington on Nednes-
day. the daughter Of Kinglike putting up III
pounds and running a mile In 1:42. most
meritorious performance. and the best mile OF
the year By any horse with scale weights up
prissd his owners and the crowd by going
much kinder than for some time past and
working mile and a quarter In 2;1l. which
was accomplished with remarkable ease ana
Nth pig weight in the saddle SpGsf w
Gus customer In any race. as he can not Only
run last but carry weight ana STAY
candidate Ajax only eaiioped slow CLIFFORD
gambolled along. trotting and cantering slow
~ and behaving very much ike champion.
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disposition that nothing seems TO rune. NJ
and Rs iP pc 2pySnn
in training. worked with Long Beach
the e sSme cWneps brother tn biaSo and
brother to Leonawell were sent six iurlongs IN
wen, vs FuriSnsss IN 1 e and mare seemed a' I"
be less Mighty than usual, her runGway on
the boulevard with By,9 p Mcclellan Mcclellan, 10Y
W. j. Roche's three-year-old Sir hnight went
a very good mile In 1:4D!,. and William Bar.
i:47 Dr. Hss6rouck worked a mile at two.
minute clip, and will be on hand for the open.
two-year-olds Utica ard Amsterdam marched
ahhli in 20 seconds and both should iS WIN
Biaise out OF Lady Primrose and the Croker
colt BY Branble out Of Rosa Buekden. went
the same distance in 81, seeonds- Emin
Rossir gton iour-yesr.old; Johannes went
three-9uarters OF q mile In 1;lI. The ever
1:09. and the DAILY east on. Delury Improved
on this q second. Burridge Bros simmons.
q wonderfully speedy horse. romped three
quarters OF IL mile in l:17is.
Among the arrivals at Gravesend yesterday
was the racing stable Of Col W. = ThOmpsOn
X Sons, in charge OF John Moran. The
brother to Stonenell and Stonen-llie and the
colt by faverhale out OF imported sweet Homo
are the stars OF the collection.
Matt Allen will bring Eassetlaw to Graves
end some time to-day. The imported horse
has been doing good work at Morris Park.
and Is q certain starter in the BrooKlyn on
Tuesday.
Sam Weller il being sohooled for the jump
ing races He is a big strong horse. with
quite turn OF speed, and should make quite
o good umber-topper.