The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-10

New York, May 10 The racing at Morris
Park, which began under such favorable
circumstances Saturday, Will be confirm led
tomorrow, Thursday and Saturday OF this
week. With good weather the prospects
are that the present meeting will 3e tie
most successful in the history Of The asso-
citation.
TurfnIen We're busy yesterday discussing
the Metropolitan Handicap and the Juve-
nile In the Metropolitan it was the gen
eral opinion that the best horse, at the
weight, won. Some believed that If the
Jockeys had been reversed on the first ami
second horses Voter would have won ty
a length or more. A game, honest horse
like Voter would certainly have responded
to urging more vigorously than Lamley's
Hastings will probably be found TO be
a Splinter He ran well during the early
part of the Metropolitan, and for six fur
longs was apparently going easily. Then
he stopped palpably. There was some talk
OF Hastings oowardice
Last year Hastings ran true and honest.
EIs defeat OF Handspring at Morris Park
in the Belmont, where he cume from behind
aud ia d splendid finish beat Handspring
a head, is a proof that he does not lack
heart The spendthrifts are never partial
to distance, and Hastings will probably
earn most of his future wins over the
shorter course. Mr.. Belmont was very
much disappointed over the result, not
so much that Hastings was beaten by
Voter as that The Winner finished in front
of him.
Il will not be satisfied that Mr.. Belmont
has the best horse until Firearm has beaten
Varus again. said A. h. Morris, after
the Juvenile Il don't think our horse
reiIshed the starting machine He came
from far back in the ruck, and was only
beaten by narrow margin
In the Laureate, which will be run May
Is, most Of the Juvenile candidates Will
meet again. Firearm can pick up i've
pound penalty, and if he thendefeats Narus,
Fruhman and Hand Rail- there can be no
further question OF his superiority.
The most Interesting race OF the coming
week Will be the Withcrs, which VIII lie
run on Saturday. The distance is mile.
The conditions are: For colts, fi!lies and
seicings. three years old CfoaiS OF 1S@4l;
nurse, $500: TO the winner, S2,T0o; TO the
second horse, $500: to the third, $500. En-
trance, 500, or only $50 if declared by Jan
uary 10, 1897. Starters To pay 500 adj
ditional: nom winners at any time ofS2 500,
if non-winners Of 50, 900 in 1897, allowed
three pounds; if non-winners of $1,000 in
1897, allowed seven pounds. Closed FeE-
ruary 4, 1896, with 50 entries, Of which
sc declared forfeit of $50 each. The
Withers mile.
Marcus Days ogden, if ne goes TO the
a., no q Voter
Will have to pick up I26 pounds, the regu-
lar weight Of three-year-olds, and As he is
not as big a horse, he may have more trou'
bic handling ii than ne did his ninety-six
pounds in the Metropolitan. Mr Belmont
has Don De orc and Ocragon rametl: the
Morrises have The Friar, and the MesSrs.
Thompson will start Bastian on their
maiden, EIkns, who viii have seven
pound allowance
Tomorro VS. program includes the Gaicty
stakes for twO-year-old filles at four and
a half furlongs, and the st. Nicholas
handicap hurdle race, mile and half,
over SIN flights of hurdles In the past
these jumping races have provoked more
amusement than sport, and most turfmen
would prefer seeing them confined strictly
TO Meade brook.
MI. f1ell0Out Ldug Mdtidh- W iioct iOiF
ming on Saturday was so disappointing 10
her stable, Will probably start in the
Gaiety She may redeem herself then, al
though she will have to beat that very
good flly, Miss Tenny.
The Toboggan handicap will be run on
Thursday Although il is not the rich
Toboggan of other days, it usually FUR
nishes an interesting contest The entries
include Hastings, First Mate, Gotham,
Rhodesia. Sir Walter and Hanwell Truly,
from this list fine field can be selected.
The HuguenOt, the Messrs. ThompSn's
beautiful brother TO Henry of Navarro, was
worked last Saturday morning. His trial
was extremely satisfactory TO Trdner
Rowe.
ReQuital's usually placid humor was seri-
ously ruffled by the sea trip from Brook
dale He has displayed unusual irritable
ity since he has arrived at Morris Park.
His physical condition is good.
Kaiser Ludwig misbehaved seriously in
his Saturdays race. Mr.. Gideon bet
81. 300 on him third Although Ludwig
himself is a giant horse, his get SO far
have been on the small order.