The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-09
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
SOCIETY HAS NOT LOST IETEREsT
IN RACING.

The M~eadowbrook Steepieehass Meeting =
SPorttng Success - Gentieraen Riders
who Should Ne Seen at the BtE Tracks
DIR. Sheppard Talks Asout Reauitai.
WThose who believe that upper tendon has OF
late years lost It's old-time interest in horse rae
ing should have seen the array Of social notables
and the enthusiasm with which they followed
every movement of the horses in the cross
country races At wcstbury last Saturday. There
was q regular roundup of Long islands fash
ionable folk on Wheatley Hills for the one-day
meeting OF the M~eadowbrook Steeplechase
Association. and the applause which greeted the
winners was quite as lively, IL not az loud, as one
often secs at Morris Park or Sheepshead Bay.
1t was pure sport, without a suggestion of the
commercial phase which overspreads nearly all
sport nowadays. and 1t was proof positive that
We have still n great many sportsmen who do
not look at racing from q purely dollars-and-
cents point Of view. Ono of the regular follow
ers Of racing who saw the fun at Westbury re-
marked on the way back to town:
"what q boom 1t would give to the sport II
the Winchester Racing Association or tho
Coney Island Jockey Club could get up an &C.
casional race for amateurs and induce those
gentlemen to ride! Some OF them show as much
skill and moro nerve and generalship than
most Of the professional jockeys. It's n pity
they are never seen in public in fiat racing at
the big tracks. Morris Park wouldn't hold tho
crowd that would turn out to see q horse race
with Foxhall Keeno. the Hitchcocks, the
Steveuses, r. l.. Cottenet, w. c. Hayes. Harry
Page, and some of the others OF the Hampstead
hunting set as riders, and 1t would give to the
turf q tone and prestige equal to that Of tho
Horse Show"
At the Horse Show luncheon yesterday DR..
William Sheppard. who has looked after Re-
quital whenever he was ailinE this season,
alb d Is aIo,,t tha ~rn,t slrnn-
There war not q word Of truth" said DR..
Sheppard. "in the report that Requital had
pulled up lame after his defeat by Captive. He
has mover taken q lame step. and he is as sound
now as when he was foaled. l think he is about
the best race horse we have seen for a good
many years. and. unless l am much mistaken n.
he will prove what l say next season whom the
big nnnuicaps are run. HIS defeat by Captive
amounts 10 nothing. in my opinion. The
colt was threatened with congestion of
l he had -, An ,m attack of catarrhal fever;
ready for the Realization. and by the greatest
care he succeeded in fitting him to pull of the
wasn't at his best at any time this year owing
to the sickness in the spring. He was not so
fair second class horse. aud with the great diff
ference In the weights he was beaten. After
this race Rowe decided TO DO nothing more with
the colt until next year. and. as | said before, l
believe he will be the king OF the turf in 1897.
He is down at the farm now. looking bigger and
better than over he looked before"
1t 10 reported on seemingly good authority
that the Coney Island Jockey Club will soon
open q rich stake for alleged horses. to be run
At weight for age at the autumn meeting at
Sheepshead Bay each year. 1t will be worth
something like $4,000 and the distance will
miles. The proposed stake is the outgrowth of
q demand for valuable engagements at weight
for age for horses after they have passed their
three-year-old form. nearly all OF the big stakes
now in existence being for two and three wear
olds. Ono of the features OF the race Is that en-
tries may be made "a foals. yearlings. and two
year-olds. with a differentiai rate OF entry.
The following is the programme for Pimlico
to-day.
Q.ittleheld); Arabian, ITO (SiminsI.
Second Race-Two. year olGs; half n mile. Minnie
Alphons-, PUnnetta, Diana's Daughter. Naughty
Girl, Periodical. Aunt Sally. kittie b. H., Valley
Third ~Race-seiling: ak furiongs. Declare, ITO:
Harrington. 100: Tenderness, l0i; Premier. e5:
Dolando, %; Walter and Louise N. 90; Ardath.
80; Runaway and Bon Ami, 81; Telegram, W.
Runaway claims fve pounds apprentice allowance.
Fourth Race-one mile and a sixteenth. Brisk.
1l2; Royal Princess, 100: Septour. Bon Ami, Dis
tant Shot, AID Counsellor Howe. 105; Signora II,
Beau Ideal. Hernia, Tomoka. Flames, Nick John
son. end Forget, ioa; BriIlIancy. sY;
longs. Arabian. Iia: Tatsnasses. ios: KInn,tinio
and Samovar, 1908; Mohawk Prince, 90; Maud
Adams. lol: One Chance. %.
Sixth Race-SellinR; one mile. Sun Up. ITO; Find
Out, los; Illusion. lol; Fannie B. and Eloroy, ss;
Rlner. 10; Rockefeller ard one Chance. 10; olivia
L.. ~. Riner claims I'VE pounds apprentice allow
ance.