The evening times., 1896-04-14
TRAINERS HARD 1T WORK
Jimmy Rowe Is Pushing Reqaltal
and One ] Love.
BOTH HEALTHY AND STRONG
Sir Walter Improves Each Da ana IL
the Likeliest Horse for the Metro
pOlitan-Bllly DOnoIue Is Sly With
LnzzarOne and Nanki POOh-Hand-
spring Rounding to n icely.

New York, April 1I.-Ycstcr,iay was a
| busy day at the local race tracks. Every
trainer made good use OF the favorable
| weather, and every horse had what one
might call a gruelling work. according to
| his condition. Themorc forward candidate les
| were sent three-quarters. and some Il mile,
| at Il moderate clip. while Others were only
| asked to go quarters. But everyone did
| Il little something. and il can be said that
| the training season is well Open.
| Beginning AT BrookdaIc, lhc horses under
| the eye of James Rowe are all reported
wen. Rcquital and one Love are the
| highfaluters of the string, and they Were
never more healthy. The same can be sa id
of the entire string.
| Jack Joyncr has not n very long string at
HOlmdcl. but what he has are being quietly
/ but Systematically prepared. HAZE, iS thc
thrce-year-od which will carry the dark
blue in the stake events. Outside Of this
colt Joyncr shows a wra hand unless some
OF the younger horses turn out to be good
Eakins. the two-ycar-Jld named after the
sporting writer. is said To hc hot rags, hut
this remains to he proven.
SIR WALTER THE MOST FORWARD.
AT Morris Tark there are in the neigh
borhoOd OF 100 hurses. Prominent among
these are Clifford. Sir Walter. LaZZaronc,
Nanki Pooh and the recent arrival Halma.
t'iioFh nay bt prepared ibF tue bTSDkltH-
Sir Walter is about as forward as any
horse at the track, and II locks as though
hc was being put through his pacings for
the Metropolitan. He Will be Il hard horse
to beat III this event.
His most formidable opponent VIII he
Iialma, if he can he rcadicd in time. Ac-
cprding to reports from the stable, it is
hardly likely that he will he sent for the
Metropolitan, as lie is a horse that wants
a steady preparation-in fact, Il hasty fit
ting might break him down. one hing is
positive, he viii not be started unless he is
prmed. The Metropolitan at the present
time seems To be between the pair. Fred
Taral will ride one of them, but bc has not
yet decided which one.
Slick Billy Donolue is pushing I.lZglrone
and Nanki Pooh alCng in his usual way.
He only speeds them IN spots. and no one
can gather much information about them.
In this pair Donohuc has a couple Of aces.
1t is only question OF finding out the right
time To get aboard. If there is a surprise
In store in the spring handcdpS IL Will
come from this stable.
KEENE's STRING UNDER COVER.
Al Shepherds Bay the track is alive with
horses from daylight TO lunch time. The
kecnc two-year-olds are The attraction.
They are such a handsome lot that everyone
is ANXIOUS TO get Il look at them. Tom
Greene keeps them as much under cover as
possible and little can be Cleaned about
their quality. Ii can only bc said that the
stake events for youngsters appear TO be
at the mercy OF the Keencs.
Matt Bryncs is away behind with his lot,
which are not CraCk-a-jacks outside OF
Senator Grady. This horse is big and looks
as though he would train on without mis-
hap. II is even betting that BymcS will
not hurry this horse, a. his light mpOst in
the Suburban almost insurcs him piece of
the money If he can he made TO stand up.
Byrnes gave his lot Il nice steady gallop of
Il mile and a half yesterday. This j. his
method until a horse is fit enough 10 he let
down. silver III ana Hamilton ii are the
best three-year -olds in his lot.
Albert Cooper works his string n Sleeps
head. Stephen j. is his champion. This Is
not saying much, though he surprised the |
regulars once or twice last year. .aurelian |
comes next. This is Alhert's bread winner. |
GRAVEsENp HAS MANY CRACKS.
Gravcsend probably has many stars rs |
any one track. Ben Brush and Handspring !
are the bright lights. The former is round |
ing tn in good SHAPE, but it is hardly likely |
that he will bc seen very much in the East, |
as his Western engagements look more |
and easy.
If he remained here he would stand up !
q gaiust RcqLtai, Hastings AMI Handspring, |
and there is possibility III at one or more |
OF them would trim him. Mlhc, therefore, |
leaves his brother TO battle III this class with
and il is not a bad idea.
Handspring has furnished wonderfully |
He has filled out. and does not appear as
leggy as he did last year. His stable COM
panions-Patrician, Declare and Long
Beach-are not much just now, and little
may he expected OF them.
NJ. C. DAILY Will be in the game AT Benning
with his selling pla,crs. Emotional, Vnliey
and Captain 7. They are all going well md
the old man is drumming them into Coudi-
ton. He left today for Washington.
BILLY LAKELAND'S SWIFTS.
Billy Lakeland does most of bis work on
the boulevard. He refers TO Counter Tenor
rs being the star of his lot. He is also pay
ng more attention to him than the others
Just now, which would Indicate that he is
ifter one OF the early handiCaps. H.<nppe
will alsOb ready, but judging fromthe work
Counter Tenor will be the one Which will
get BilIy's support. Lakciand's lot is fairly
onward and he will no doubt pick few
spring plums with Gotham. Emma c., and
that big. handsome horse, King Arthur III.
The latter is the best-hoking horse in the
string, but buffer of the first water.