The evening times., 1896-10-19
BELMAR 6t GREAT HORSE
Manhattan Handicap Winner
Showed Endurance.
PLENTY OF SPEED AT END
With l2O Pounds He Went One and
Quarter Miles in 2:O7 i-2-Jockey
Says the Animal Is Full of Mag
netism-Owners of TwO-Year-Olds
Chary With Their Youngsters.


New York, Oct. 10. .-Belmar gave racing
men fresh proof OF his quality at Morris
Park on Saturday, when he carried 120
pounds and Won the Manhattan Handicap in
2:OI L.. This time for the mile and a quar-
Ter has only been beaten on two occasions
for the same race, Rudolph and Henry of
Navarro scoring 2:O7.
GOOD judges have given the opinion that
Belinar would be only a third-rater in a good
year, and that horse of tn equality of Long
street, for instance, could carry 1877 pounds
TO the gray colts 1O5 pounds, and lose him
at mile and a quarter.
Saturdays race, however, makes Belniar
better horse than even his owner be-
iieved him TO be. While Sir Walter is adj
mitted far below the form he displayed
when in the hcyday Of his powers, Walter
Rollins thought he had the little son OF
Midlothian i'll perfect trim for he Manhattan
Handicap. " "I
Belmar snIothered the game little chap
while conceding him a nice bit of weight
according to the scales. For a mile and a
furlong IL looked as though Sir Walter would
bother Belmar. Belniar has al wa Us been con-
sidered a very hard horse TO ride, and it used
to require the most vigorous punishment
on the part of Sims OF Taral to get the son
OF Beividere TO try his best. When Sloan
disrnounted on Saturday he said re never
rode harder race in his life.
sLoANE's HARD RACE
"This horse affects me as no other horse
does" said the jockey. 1T isn't that l
have to work particularly hard ON him, but
every time ride him I'm sick at the stom-,
ach. 1 can only account for it by the inn
mense amount of magnetism there is in
him."
Owners OF -year-olds have for two
years in this country been chary OF sending
their youngsters over a distance of ground
History is brimful of illustrations, no wever,
where the two-year-olds have vanquished
fields OF older horses, the Feather Plate, in
England, being the most shining example.
Mr. Crickmore has opened a race for Sat
urday, October31. to he run at Morris Park,
entries for which will close on Saturday,
which VIII be modelled after the English
event. 1t Will be known as the Feather
Purse. and Will be for all ages, at two miles.
The winner Will be sold at auction, in order
to show American owners that a two-year-
old has an excellent chance of winning.
THIS WEEKS PROGRAM
The program for Morris Park this week
includes some good races. Today the Cham
pagne stakes. for two-ycar-olds, will be
run, and the public viii have an opportun-
ity to get some sort of a line on thrce-ycar-
old form for 1897. The Fairview, a selling
stake at mile and sixteenth. for three
year-olds,is also on the cards for today.
on "Wednesday the steeplechase and hur-
die races Will hold sway, while on Thurs
day the Silverbrook, for two-ycar-olds, at
five and Il half furlongs, and the Woodburn,
for three-year-old fillies at seven furlongs,
will be run.
The Fordham handicap. over the last Sew
en- furlongs of the Withers mile; the Turf
and Field Club handicap, at two miles, over
the hill, and the Feather Purse. at two
miles, already referred to, are down for
decision on Saturday.