The evening times., 1896-06-01

New York June This will be great
week for The followers OF rtnethoroushbr"'!s'
Handspring and Hastings meet tomorrow
AT ii mile and three fur!Onrs IN the Belmont
stakes ut Morris Park, White Clifford
Uan,ispring st. Maxim, Kccnan. Counter
Tenor Hornpipc and other good perform
crs will do battle for the BrooE!yn HANDICAP
OH Thursday at Gravesend.
The belmont stables is bound TO be Il most
interesting factor. as Handspring must con
ccde three pounds to the big son oi spehh
tnr,ft. This pair. ii will be remembered, met
in the Withcrs stakes two weeks ago. anu
Uandspriup wun.by short head. a!tef
race that VIII go down INTO turi hIstorE 10
one OF the most desperately cuHtesteue'cDn
OF the decade. IL ,,,ha,nrea
vror-olds ran up 10 record tIme Tor the
track aud distance. handspring Won, a,iu
fnr this IN the Belmont must carry pelhitN
OF three pounds. Since the W Ithers WIS run
u,ndsuriup has been at Gravcseud and mas
moi aprca red IN public, but Hastings has
rrmotr,d at Morris Park, where ne won the
Toboggan Handicap on SATURDAY,
MERITS OF THE RIVALS.
There has been cutie u lot oI c9iIimsn' ,i,l
as regards the merits of the great rlNais,
ma mere Ir. those who believe that tile
creased distance of the Belmont VIII ,e
in favor of Hastings. Mr.. Dwyer ana nus
fTiends however. do not fhink that Hhhu,
ln1nr will be at any disadvantage on
TINS account, hut Will be iuiiy az WI,
snuinped TO 20 the journey as the BELMONT
stables representative ,,> ,,,,,,ors
The victory OF Handspring IN the "lthets'
narrow rs il was, will no doubt tend 10
make him favoritc for Tuesdays race One
reason for this Will he the fact that Hastings
had to he ridden hard on SATURDAY 10 Deae
Hanweii in the TOboggan Handicap.
This argument, however, does not Eold
GOOD in the case OF a sulky horse, and 1t
annenred to many that Hastings was not
doing his Lest at all stages Of Saturdays
race He i colt which requires the
strongest and most persistent riding, ana
| will not do more than he is mace. Haihl
| spring on the other hand, runs free ana
| straight and Is as honest as Tie da IS iong.
| II is not surprising, therefore. that Mr.
| Dwyer's colt should have the call.
Sour and sulky-tcmpered horses. how
| ever run some great races at times. and
while horses that run in blin'iers are not
| always reliable, they do sometimes give
the talent some hard knocks. Al any rate.
| the race for the Belmont VIII be worth
| going long ways TO see
CLIFFORD FAVORED.
1t would seem as though Mr.. Dwyer Is
| determined to find out Just how good
| colt he OWNS, and with that end IN view
| he will start him N the BROOKLYN hahGlcap
| on Thursday, providing, OF course, that ne
| wins the Belmont, and comes out OF the Of
| deal safely.
| Nnthrpe- year-uid has ever won the Brook.
| lyn, and ii does not seem probable for one
to lower the coors OF such horse as Cliff
| for,l in this year The race locks like i
| foreeune conclusion for Clifford, as the son
| OF Bramhle is now probably in better sha De
| than anybody in the East has ever seen him.
| ST Maxim. Hornpipe and other candida tes
| are spoken If for the Brooklyn. but WHEEL
| the hay horse makes his run il Will he all
over but the shouting.
| Five or six DAYS ago he was to l in
| the future books. After Saturdays race
| there was a little to !, but on Thursda y
! he will probably be held at even money oT
| less.
The victory of Don De Orc Saturday IN
the Eclipse stakes at Morris Park was dis
| cussed extensively by turf men TODAY and
the great beauty, speed and breeding of the
| colt was commented upon. Don De Orc
| is bred to heat any race horse in the
world. He is by Ra yon E'Gr. one of the
best horses that raced in France and Eng
land in his day, and is out of the imported
mare Bella Donna, by Hermit.
DR.. Shepherd looks like the second hes
two year. old out and will no doubt develoI
into a race horse of high quality. He i
simply tremendous and rs so big and over
grown that he cannot possibly be at hi
best before next year. Horoscope has speet
in plenty, and later in the season ma,
learn to carry. Challenger, Haphazard
Salvado. COCkimony and others that raj
in the Eclipse will win races. but the,
seemed common in comparison with III,
victor on Saturday