The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-03
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
OUTLOOK FOB THE METROPOLITAN
TO BE RUN At MORRIS PARK.

BtrlnHn hFtINe-hNuouuoe NVtos sae @@sAO
Tho book programme has been issued by the
westchester Racing Association for the Morris
Park meeting. which-without casting any re-
Election on Aq~ueduct-starts the ball rolling In
earnest in this section next Saturday. Accord
ing to tho dates allotted by the Jockey Club,
there will be racing on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays under the auspices OF the West
chester organization, while the National Hunt
and steeplechase people will provide sport for
lovers Of tho cross-country game two days in
each week. Tho combined meetings extend
from May 8 to May 30. whom the scene Of the
campaign will DO transferred to Gravesend,
which opens on May 81 with tho brooklyn Han
dicap for an attraction.
The Metropolitan, frst Of tho big spring handi-
caps. IA down for decision noxt Saturday. 1t
win DO run over tho withors mile, and prom
ises to bring out q thoroughly representative
aeld. Tho following will in all probability DO
seen at tho post:
L. 8. q W. P. %Thompson's b. 9. Reauital. I ias
}THs .ri,t, A nrsmioy sS = co's CD. o. Fint Maze. I, iiss
SaccaSeityS; /; smiths IS. Ths wipnSr. ! Iis
apossstpia \; Z Iwyer.. Is. Ben EaoE 4i,5s ssSimms}:
6rGap On + yp = GSss ;, a +; F. hr Sp. aSy1SS; . 8. 10 iSs ']sd%aSsTTtt s
\. !. ste q Il %srs,, ?; e 3; a e. me Fri I; iS g. {Sf MAXIM;
Duke 1 wishsrds b. g. Geo. a. Ketcham. 8, 100
!SPoTors,; Jane; R. + k sssn,ss Oh Il 6; Voter .o 3; % 8;
(stanhope) Marcus Days oh. C. Loeb Ness.s .s0CMahen).
Tho other woll.known animals eligible to start
are Handspring, 1875; Ben Brush, 1872; Belmar,
l2l; Halma, 100; Gotham, 100; Semper Ego,
lO7, and Algol, 100. Frank McCabe has had to
indulge Handspring. and may not feel Justified
in sending him to the post Ben Brush Is still
bothered with n splint, and 80 far Hardy Camp
bell has done little or nothing with him. Bel
mar is q possibility, Us his careful young
trainer has been sending him along sharply.
u. L., ne horJ a a malta and yyera IL not for
the fact that his companion. The Winner.
has been going great guns the gray would
be q certain candidate. Halma, since his
arrival from Cincinnati has been asked to stride
out tho Handicap distan CO -throe or fonr times,
but but i I'm each a eesnsi0p tho sff pad se aa' T RSS, pro @P Ss
OF his ever seeing the post is decidedly gloomy.
Gotham is as big as q bullock. and since ms ar,
slow. steady work. Semper Ego may represent
the Chicago contingent in place Of Free Advice.
company with the other two candidates, First
Mate and Free Advice.
work OF those hSs no olst tS, To fulfilled SfiaafflE fi exp ssaSiissl In Il IL j.
claimed that, he is in the pink OF condition, and
BIZ Rirst t Mate %ei from yhe pr sp%s RSnihn e h Sa BEEN
treated to since his departure from Chicago, Is
s soitdsnha oyss g. E sGahui an iS sansass's Stride ID .f this sHRsS:
Ing son OF Fonso Is either a brilliant miller or a
rank counterfeit The West swear ~ hnrlmnn fS a
Clelland. who handled him after, his disappoint-
ing exhibitions last spring; declares him to be
The Winner. from the smooth. beautiful style
in which he has been getting over the ground,
a ana % as fgl ffa 81 Iife 5n snd q da ai sG as e t " : sSaSa:
win, not only the Metropolitan, but the Brooklyn
as well. Jack .Joyner will have Brandywine as
live in such company the issue alone will show:
HanweQ has been working well by hts and
OF the FIVE three-yearolds The Friar is report
ed to have improved IN most satisfactory
, tss be.t az and Sj be .E is oG gasIae 4. fRsPsfhtsa t! %h Ps Sss
s sssa sass Wss ssSos { iP so : %seh 3 RFS s. his e%ne q:
trainer last fall that he repurchased him at an
advance after he had boon sold under the ham
mer in England.
believe that he has come back to his spring form
Of last season. All Gravesend is unanimous in
vii Mith aOi ilS % po % y p must Hb 30 eonside Rsf'se %faoeor.
especially when It is remembered that he was
The racing at Aqueduct has been chiefly re-
sponsible for the introduction into this section
Ses sSsss{ Sh q: Ma Mast Hen ana s MsTtin a met WI NTH sw sa
Unfortunate accident, which may keep him out
of the saddle for some weeks: What little vas
IN acquisition: Miss TEsnny has been the
Of decided smartness there can DO no question,
and it is probable that only the two or three
She has q useful wear-and-tear appearance, in
dicative Of stamina for a long campaign.
tr ahs raln as st tSe going wf had g secoms Sc en ha9d u 10
derneath that several animals were exhibiting
ever, developed little work OF Importance, and
those strings that were out were principally con-
ni From no n now' pantii sSMdt orpris Park opens its gate
the Westchester track will DO the mecca OF all
the stables with any pretensions;
Burns & Warehouses; Eastern string from
California. which, is fourteen strong, and the
-. lnt from Monmouth PARK WhiCh
The following are tho horses composing the
Candelarts.b b. c.. 8. by notwithstanding; caspar.
!. G, 8. by st: AndrowLCuisinei 3. and W.. br. c.3.
ns:: shsssss Water: :: Z. :; y p55 TyTsaay' 81.
iSb b ssSsils1E ssn D hs:s; s s g.. T. b ,; ri S. :; ss asssi;
sslon. 81 49, = y MSs;rssilio-riSSsnise Mis-: Rs@snr. &; Z.
tus-Deooy Duck.
The three Morellos in the younger division arc
ali said to DO able to use their legs, Recreation
gsinsd an SO eSR %sny friends iess sG By ks sn risin su at tho ~ re,
cent New Orleans meeting. has been engaged to
Cofmick, who has been III and compelled to 70.
main at his i hGme i In B th1f VIII u, DO d In harness
Clyde Of Philadelphia. are:
aged, by Man-of. War-Lady Palmerston; Pow Wow.
br. 4, 4, by Powhntan-CadiRa; CaciQue. br. c., o, by
Iro9%uo!s1Sulidsan; Sir Ersdsrios' Dr. 9: g by 81
b.-saxony, Bluette. br. f,l8. by Bright Hampton
Lady stamford; TyIian. br: O., Z, by T~yrant-silence
Oh. T., q. by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES; Erviss; DO. 2. by
-Etha; Embla, b. T., 2. by xecutor-Mainsta Clon.
stllA, CHI. T., Q. by misunderstanding OF Athens; Elan,
br. T., @, by Enthusiast-war Dance.
Matt Feakes. who 10 In charge. said tho string
had wintered we'll. and that not q single animal
had been sick or sore since tho close of last years
campaign. From appearances, and 1t seems
from trials as well, the smartest youngsters are
been engaged to ride for the stable.
Charlie Lttlefeld, Jr.., with a string Of
Park. Other arrivals expected on or before
Wednesday are August Belmont's, from Baby
Hewitt. as jockeyi, the brothers 'Thompson's
horses from Long Branch under the care Of
Marcus Days select string from Virginia. in
Matt Byrnes's care; with Taral as jockey:
its meeting at Aqueduct to-day with the follow