The evening times., 1896-05-25
UNCERTAINTY OF. BicIHG
One ! | YES Ru11ins a Dsap-
poin,msnt to Her 0waers.
SCARCITY rYofrwc-9E2R-oIDs OF
Handspring and Hastings TO Again
Meet without Any Other COmpet-
itors-NuvarreI Is Strongest. Maxim
Has Greatly Improved and VIII He
n Dangerous Horse In the Brooklyn.


tainty of racing was never more iittlBSly
Illustrated than Saturday at Morris Park,
when One | Love, the toPheavy faVorlte
for the Ladies' Stake, finished last Ill Il
field of four Horses, like men, have their
good ana their bad days; but, unlike the
members OF the human family, they can
not tell when they are in pain OF suffering
from any aiiment not discernibie To the
eye OF the ordinary observer.
One Love has been under the weather
more or less, since the middle or March; but
hertraiucr hoped, and had reason 10 believe,
she was rid of all evil Effects OF the ureau
scuurge which $ wept over Monmouth county
and incapaCitated so many thoroughbreds-
She ran well enough nthe mud on Thursday,
and seemed to have the Ladies' Stakes ON
Saturday at her mercy. The talent, TO
man, su pported the llly, and she performed
poorly. Mr.. Rowe would not have seen
his favorite defeated for the mount of the
stake and her young owners were quite
stunned when she finished behind Inter
mission, Cassette and st. Agnes
The truth is that Ore | Love is not yet
herself. and the public need not look for a
good race from her before the autumn.
HANDSPRING AND HASTINGS AGAIN.
II was thought by some that One l Love
,vouId be ready 10 give battle with the
colts i'm the Belmont week from Tues
.iay. Reuuital will not be there, SO that
HANDSPRING aud Hastings will fight it over
again. Both colts are doing remarkably
well. and are receiving TIE greatest care.
Tuesday, June =, will be a sort of gala
day at Morris Park.
Itis Mr.. BeImou.s hope thatthe program
on that occasion will he sufficiently at
.ractive to bring out the largest gather
ing OF the meeting. In addition to the
Belmont. at one miie and three fur!ongs,
there will be the FrivOAry stakes, for two
year-oId fiIles, which should bring out The
best of the young things now in training.
Special races have been arranged for today.
On SATURDAY. MIR Belmont made personal
appcal to hCrscmen to enter for these
races and there is no good reason why the
snort on Tuesday. June 2, should not be
brilliant in the extreme
NO TwO-YEAR PHENOMs.
The most remarkable thing about the
-acing so far this season is The absence OF
anything approaching a phenomenal two
vear-old. Where are the Handsprlngs, the
EttiulldlS. 'H's i-'Ntf i'hS''ie'' -'Pf'N
yates. and the Hazlets, the Refugees, Flo
rettas of last year?
The MeSsrs Morris seem to have a smart
filly in Cassiopia, and the Messrs. keene
have ROYAL Row, Bhodesia and others that
are capable OF timing, but the colts look like
a sorry lot as regards speed. Haphazard,
Horoscope, Albanian, and Arbuckle are
good LOCKERS, but they are not top uotChers
at present, no matter what they may develop
into later on.
The real good ones may I've kept in retire
nent for some OF the richer events to be
decided later on. The great American, at
Gravesend, viii no doubt find them at the
post.
Every effort is being made Ia please
those who patronize Morris Park by the
promoters OF the Jockey Club. Henry Of
Navarro, Keenan,, and other favoriteS. have
been shown, and there has been Il general
desire TO give value received in the way
of enjoyment to every patron.
Navarro has had no opportunity to show
what he can DO this spring, but the great
horse is undoubtedly at his best. He is hig,
and strong, and on Thursday he fairly
reveled in the mud. moving with that long.
low, stealing motion which is inseparable
from all really great performer. on the turf
ST. MAXIM MUCH IMPROVED.
Keenan,. the grandson OF Lisbon, won
on Saturday in the Gotham Handicap, and
did not by any means safer disgrace in be-
ng defeated by st. Maxim. rs the latter
has improved as much as any horse in
raining. Keenan, might have given the
Fleschmann candidate hard race for the
Gotham had he not struck the rotten foot
ing next the rail in rounding the upper
turn.
Docgett very cautiously took st. Maxim
around where the crow of the track insured
good going, and when he got squared way
"or home he left his fiei So quickly that de-
seat was impossible. Keenan, closed up
.ot of groun in the run home, and was Eo-
ing on most reSolutely at the wire. Stiil,
i is a question whether he can beat st.
Maxim over Il mile with nine pounds the
worst OF the weights.
st. Maxim has been conSi ie5ed a sprinter,
but on Saturday and in the Metropolitan,
when he was beaten in mile and furlong
ny Counter Tenor, he looked like horse
capable Of running mile and quarter
right up toJhe handle.
At any rate there are many good Judges
hat believe he will be nearthe winner at the
finish Of the Brooklyn Handicap. a week
from Thursday next. This horse gets in at
los pounds, and with a vigorous, hustliDg
Jockey in the saddle. he should trouble even
Henry Of Navarro, Clifford and the other
cracks that he will meet upon that occasion.
TRAINING KILLED HIM.