The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-28

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The Coney Islands stakes for the
meetings of the coming season have
closed with a large entry. says the
Horseman. The increase is in the 2
year-old events, the others showing no
appreciable increase. The Suburban
has 2S nominations. and there is an alb
sence of the poorer class of horses. the
entry being made up almost entirely of
the best class we have. AS there are
none too many the entry is not large
one. 1t includes Henry of Navarro, Do
rian, keenan,. Handspring, Primrose.
Senator Grady. Flora Thornton, Laza-
rome Cast years WINERY, Bright Phoe-
bus, Nanki Pooh. Halma, Connoisseur.
Saragossa, Vinctor, Dutch Skater. Do
mino. King Arthur IL, Hornpipe, EN-
ma c., Sir Walter, Lakeshore, Belmar,
Clifford, Counter Tenor, stephen j., The
Commoner, Stoway and Claudius.
The above is a rather more evenly
balanced lot than usual. There are less
of the platers which could not win with
SO pounds on their backs, and whose
entry is a waste of their nominators'
money OF course Henry of Navarro,
Clifford and keenan, overshadow the
others, but not enough to prevent their
mino is entered, but have no idea that
he will start. The black horse can not
go the distance in such company, and L
doubt IL Messrs. Keene will race him in
races beyond a mile. Senator Grady
returns to the scene after a seasons
absence. during which he has been
gelded. He was great 2-year-old.
.Hornpipe, who won the Brooklyn
handicap last year. has not been seen
in public since, and unless IL is a mud
dy track he has no great chance. Sir
Walters form last year was quite be-
low that of 1894, and l fear he has seen
his best days. Nanki Pooh is a grand
little horse. but not in the top class.
Bright Phoebus is a good little horse.
but not a first rater. Handspring is the
only 3-year-old entered and whether he
can stay the route is a question. The
Commoner. while great colt, was not
a thorough success last year. Halma
was undoubtedly a grand colt, but he
has been "on the shelf since June.
Dutch Skater was ION the shelf all the
year, and so was LaZZarone after he
won the Suburban. Altogether there
are an unpleasantly large number of
magnificent cripples" in the race.
They are "a great perhaps" in regard
TO their chances of winning and hence
bad ones to back.
Up to date of writing the Brooklyn
handicap has a few more than the Sub
urban. Among these is DR. Rice, who
won in 1894, and ran so disappointing a
race last year. A great horse he al
ways was, but l imagine he is hardly
what he was. Ben Brush also appears,
and a valuable addition he is, as he
was certainly the best colt out last
year. bar Requital, whose owner de-
clined the issue when Ben Brush's
party offered to race him at Morris
park. st. Maxim also appears in the
Brooklyn. good horse. but not first
class. The others are Eloray, Governor
Sheehan. Paladin, Forget and w. b.,
none of which are horses of the class to
win a race like the Brooklyn, which is
run at terrific pace from the moment
the flag falls to the very end. But then
there are often accidents happening the
cracks and no horse race is a surety.
Dave Brokers Ellard. 2:O9%. that
was shipped from New York Saturday
in charge of James Leonard, is the
fastest trotter. by the records, that has
yet been exported. IL is his owners in
tention to campaign the horse in Eu-
rope with three others shipped with
Ellard.
During the coming season horsemen
shall surely be able TO get some line
on the comparative merits of Ameri-
can and English thoroughbreds. The
matter has never been tested so thor
oughly before. IL may be said at once,
however, that no American horse now
in England is nearly first-class, unless
IL be 2-year-old. Ramapo has been
of higher class than any one Of the
others. but of him one has to write
has been" He may show form as
good as ever. but IL must be doubted
clever as is the man who is handling
him. 1t is noticeable that the big chest
nut is not entered in any of the spring
handicaps, which, of course shows that
Enoch Wishard has no idea of hurry
ing him. The further fact that neither
Hugh Penny, Washard, nor any other
OF Duke and Wishard's string has been
nominated for these events, shows that
there is no inclination to overestimate
the quality of the material in the sta
BILE.
In Santa Anita, Americas and Sir
Excess Mr.. Croker has three horses
through which the wished-for line will
be obtainable. Eau Gallie is a virtually
unknown quantity 10 Americans, but IL
is known pretty nearly TO a pound
what the others can do with American
horses. Americas is a horse that
Americans cannot beat for speed, and
while he is open to suspicion as being a
cur he is probably more a free running
horse that. once out. IS utterly done
for, than anything else. Santa Anita,
when right, can claim high rank
among American handicap horses. and
II will be interesting to see whether
Morton can make his form a little more
regular than Lucky" Baldwin's train
er did. Sir Excess is not nearly so good
a horse to get a line through as the
other two. but his form has been fair
at times. These horses Will be thor
oughly acclimatized and in excellent
hands, and their performances in Eng
gland viii be watched with profound
interest.
William Simpsons black flIy. full
sister TO Rachael 2:0sh. by Baron
Wilkes. is named Bowery Belle. AS
she is very fast. IL is possible that the
Bowery girls viii consider il a reflec-
ton on them.