The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
n SUPERB PROGRAMME ARRANGED
FOR TO-DAY ar THE BAY

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All the Cracks save CiiHord WIN Probably
Meet In the Twin City mandicap-A Great
Card TOR the Rest or the Weok-Tho Autumn
Cap ut Two Miles To ne Ran on Saturday.
To-day being Labor Day. q great crowd In
looked for at Sheepshoad Bay, whore the Coney
Island Jockey Club has provided q phenomenal
card for the lovers of racing. Tho best OF the
handicap horses are named for the rich Twin
City Handicap, and barring Clifford, who went
wrong in tho race for the Omnlum Handicap on
Saturday. when no finished third to Ben Brush
and Hastings. the bost ofthem will go to the post.
Tho Autumn Stakes has but five entries, and OF
this number Hamburg will not so TO the post
unless John Il. Madden, who owns the young
giant. has changed his mind since yesterday, as
1t is plain to all that tho colt requires
q rest. But the promise of such horses
as Requital, Ben Brush. Belmar. Flying
Dutchman. Ornament. Don do Orc, Sir Walter,
Free Advice, Havoc, and Maurice meeting at q
mile and a quarter will be sufficient to attract
one of the largest crowds of the year. Generous
entries characterize the balance Of the card, and
it should be a day of great sport.
For some timc 1t has beon the boast Of tho
Western contingent that Ornament, At and well,
is by all odds the best thrce.year-old that there is
in trainingto-day. Tho race for the Twin City
Handicap will enable tho public to put
VA INV III hb PtopCk pluScs IL "O 10 VA
the Lamplighter sort. he should win or be
right at the throatlatch of tho winner
of the prize. Charles Patterson, who
owns and trains tho handsome son OF Order,
said only n few days ago that the three.year-old
was right on edge, ana IL he is ridden by a capable
| jockey there should be no excuse for him. Tho
distance Is such that every horse in the race
| stretches and turns OF the Coney Island Jockey
Club course. arc of generous proportions, and
be said here that tho towards will watch the
jockeys who have been promo to pinch their
adyersarics at the turn or when .n the finishes ? II ,s. are ire
suit OF this reckless horsemanship which Is be-
eomiin; all too prevalent: A Jockeys calling Is Is
and crowding, and It is time that somebody was
For Wednesday. when the Coney Island Jockey
Clubs meeting will be resumed. there are the
Golden Rod Stakes, for two-year-olds. at six and
g half tprlongs, over tn the grass co Gln,s. and nd the the
course. For the Golden Rod. LiAlouette, the
Gala Day, Laverock, Mont dor. Swango.
and Colonial Dame, are eligible, while for
i s%dS Ssp'f fmpera pSn H fs oGoi S g, TifIo, ch on DssT,
Divide. Sunny Slope, George H.. Ketchsm, and
other good ones are named. 1t is a pity that The
missing. as they would alone draw a
crowd of generous, proportions; Thursday
p pEdin'sa li hss t over ho the F F's t '0f course sme,Ss snd
the Russell Handicap. for -year.o lds and
upward, at one mile and a half. over the turf
course. In the former Lady Marian and l. Alou.
cite, admittedly the best of the two.year-old
fillies, will try conclusions with Kitefoot,
Alice Farley. Kenmore Queen, Brian. Sweet,
Lavcrock, Gcisha, Martha H., and other
young misses with high regulations. Among
the nominations FOR the Rqsset are Don
do Orc, Ornament, Rensselaer,, Howard
s.. Sunny Slope, Damien. Estaca, Divide,
Ruinart, Deerslayer, Connoisseur. Howard
Mann, Joe Miller. and other stayers, and Mr.. Vos'
burSh will undoubtedly be able to bring at least
ten OF them together by skilfully adjusting the
weights. His handicaps have been very good,
and it is n rare thing when the public makes an
OddS.on fayorite win one of them.
The Great Eastern Handicap. over the Flu
turity course, one OF the chief two-year-old
prizes OF the back end OF the season. is down fol
Saturday in addition to the Autumn Cup at two
miles for n purse of SIS. 900. This is richness, in
deed, as the pick OF the two-year.old division
will come out for the Great Eastern, while thu
cracks OF the older division will measure strides
over n distance of ground for the cup. 1t Is tn,
duty OF every racing organization in the East tc
give ono or more OF those long-distance racei
for a substantial sum every year. 1t encouraged
the breeding OF the thoroughbred that can live
and go a journey, and one race like tho BHRh
ton Cup does more TO foster interest In racing
than a hundred spirits for more money thar
was hung up for Tho Friar. Sunny Slope. ant
Ben Brush.
The programme in full for sheepshead Bal
to-day follows: