The evening times., 1896-03-02
ODDS ON THE HAADlCAPS
B0okmakers Offer Prices for the
Brooklyn and Suburban.
BELMONT TRIO FAVORITES
Henry uf Navarro, Keenan, and Dorian
RcceiyeGood Odds-LaZzaroneL Look-
ed Upon AZ Dangerous Horse-Sir
walter Admired Because of His
Light InIpost.

New York. March l.-BoOks have been
opened i'll the West and South on the
Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps, and
quotations will doubtless he posted against
the Metropolitan candidates after March
4, when the declarations are due. Odds of
three and four to one are Quoted against
Henry of Navarro, WHO is the favorite
for both tie brooklyn and Suburban, while
20 to j is the longest price obtainahic
about the outsiders, while tliflord, Dorian,
Halna. Keenan,, Counter Tenor. LaZziro:e,
Sir Walter-in fact, every horse VINO showed
any form last ica son-can Cnly fc backed
at prices ranging from i've TO Ii1tccb 10
one. 1t cannot ic said Oul.Df-tCwn books
are attracting amy COnSiuerduIc patronage
from city tu rfHlcn.
BELMONT ENTRIES BEING BACKED.
The Belmont trio are the favori'cS i'll
both the Brooklyn and Suburban. and those
VINO single out torc to finish IN lrLht
of Henry of Navarro, Keenan, and Dorian
coupled ask and receive gOOdodds. CllffCri,
LaZZarone, DR.. Rice, Sir Walter HorIpipe,
HandSpun, Counter cDor and Hanna have
in turn been backed in this way against
the Belmont lot. After the Ecimont entries
they seem to stand as faVorites i'll about
bet recorded is 500 to $50 against four
for the Suburban, Keenan,, LazZarOnc,
Cliff ord aud Counter Tenor.
Penang the declaration iOr the Metro
poIiian, the first handicap of the three
great events has not figured in the bet
ting. Mr.. Rose, il is said. will scratch
Chrord. Dorian, although he mas % three
pounds more TO carry than IN the Br0ok-
Jyn, is well liked for the lace, tie DIS
tancc being considered more TO his liking
than the one mile and a Quarter for the
two latter handicaps.
Brandy wine, at 100 pounds, viii probably
find friends for the race SHOULD lie he LEFT IN
Another lightweight who may have an out
side chance is Gay Hampton, Mrs. +. ker-
nochan's bay gclding, by Merry Hampton
Lady Gay. The report that this horse
has been used as Il hunter Is not true. Gay
with the mare by j. r. X F. L. keene.
and, after being nIgnly tried as yearilIl:,
went amiSs. Mrs. Kernochan bought the
geidng as Il two-year-old at Kentucky
sale. Sne had commissioned an agent To
buy her two hunters, but through Il mis-
takehc bought only one jumper and the two
year-od.
SIR WALTER WELL THOUGHT OF.
Up in Westchester county, where Sir
WaIterhaS always had an army of admirers.
his friends are already outspokcn about
his Metz opolitan chances. With only H.
pounds, the siX-year-Old son Of Midlothian.
should he regain the form Of last spring.
may he likely candidate. The fact that
he will go To the post straight from the sta
bles should help his chances. With Dom
ino and Claudius scratched, twenty-five re
naiI Tor the Suburban, seven less than the
Brooklyn. there having been as yet no decla-
rations i'll the Grayescnd event. AS the
Suburban will not be run until June %.
il is already evident that the race WIZ. be he
greatest fixture OF the spring III popular IN
tcrcSt.
The high weights in the coming Suburban
are Henry OF Navarro, 129 pounds; CHI
ford. 1875. Keenan,, 122, and LaZZarune.
12O. There are many who fancy that LaZ-
ZarOne has the best chance of the quartet.
and the Iive-ycar-old, with the advantage
of Il year anu two pounds, certainly seems
to hold Keenan, safe however IL may seem
with the other two. AT weight for age,
Keenan, has the full impost, while Lazza-
rome gets six pounds Off. Should LaZza-
rome repeat, he will be the first 10 score
the double victory. Many have tried, but
without success.