The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-03

that one of the big Four have named
will win the Suburban prize. That is my
honest conviction. / think that the Sub
urban will be a grand struggle
from the moment the starters flag flashes
on the contestants to the second
they cross under the wire In a fighting
finish l expect, condition, position and
other things, as l said before. being as
nearly equal as maybe, that Lamplighter
will win first money, DR.. Rice second and
either Clifford or Sir Walter third.
Like many a wiser man, however, |
may grievously err in my selections. l
am not infallible in equine or any other
matters, and one or two, or possibly
three, of the brilliant field have left out
of serious consideration may upset all my
calculations and capture first, second and
third prizes Horses like Lowlander,
Leonawell, Don Alonzo, Pessara, Terrifier
and even old Banquet are exceedingly
dangerous at any time in a punching like
that of a Handicap or Suburban, eSpe-
cially if they have a favorable weight.
Banquet, for instance, gave me hot race
the other day when / rode DR.. Rice sec
ond time to victory. He was at the Doc
tors saddle girth at the finish. He might
duplicate or bett that performance in
great contest like the Suburban. Any of
the rest may do the same
Success in any race, great or small, de-
ponds largely upon the jockey. A good
horse may be beaten by an Indifferent an
imal when the one is mounted by poor
or careless rider and the other by COM
petent and painstaking rider. In great
race the slightest error of Judgment on
the Jockeys part is apt TO prove fatal to a
good horses chances of winning He
may for instance, undervalue the pace
maker of "A race and one or two horses
who cling to him, ana by laying back, 4"
get inextricably mixed up for moment
with lot Of dead" or beaten horses
When he finally eXtricates his horse and
goes after the leader or leaders, the Jockey
finds that he is TOO far behind and that he
cannot overhaul them. He has under
| rated their speed. Or, again, he may err
| by driving his horse at killing pace in
the outset of the race and have not bot
tom left when the stretch is reached.
Then the boy who has laid back within
striking distance and has kept some re-
serve power in his nag, drives to the front
and wins the victory.
/ in "a race of any kind-and most espec-
/ tally stellar event-a jockey should not
/ only have fair line on the qualities Of
/ the other horses in the race, but should
thoroughly know his own. BY that
mean his disposition as well as speed,
/ pluck and staying powers. Some horses
( must be worked" with whip and spur
/ the moment the starters flag flashes.
They are lazy and would lag, if permit
/ ted. There are other horses who will
/ stop right still the moment whip is put
/ to them. They must be ''iollied" along.
/ A kind word and gentle pat of the hand
will do ten times more good than whip or
spur This is noticeably the case with
I 2-vear-old horses and FLIES Even grown
up mares are froquetly troublesome IN
this way, especially in the spring Of the
year
Some horses want to have their own
way when racing, and nothing can be
done with them If not accorded this
privilege Such a horse is Don Alonzo.
The grsat mares FirenM and Ia Tosca
were also gated this way, and particu-