The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
ONLY TWO MORE DAYS OF RACING
FoR NEW HORKERS.

waning. To-day and Tomorrow AT motifs
Park and then the thoroughbreds will disappear
until spring. The regulars who follow the for
tunes Of the runners will follow q portion Of the
cavalcade to Washington and baltimore, and
when those meetings arc at an end Will push
onward to New Orleans and San Francisco.
The meeting of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club
at InRleside will open today, while the Cres-
| cont City Jockey Club of New Orleans an
nounccs the opening Of It's gates on Nov. l3,
ono week from Saturday next.
The coming Of frost is most welcome to tho
people Of New Orleans, as it means the disap-
poarance Of the yellow fever. In neither Of the
epidemics which ravagcd Louisiana and other
Southern States years ago was there any trace
of tho scourgc after the early days Of November.
and as this years attack of the aiscase was
lighter and less virulent than ever before, the
people of the South are not as greatly alarmed
! over it as would appear to be the case ut frst
glance. The stake events offered by the Cres-
cent City management, totalling some $50 900,
have received enormous entries, over LOO
nominations pouring in upon Secretary Sheri-
dan Clark from East, West and the Northwest.
J. L. Hall, the local representative Of the club,
secured about 200 entries, comprising such
well-known performers as Hamburg, Plaudit.
Ben Elder, Michael Ill, Ben Ronald, ]. A.
Gray, Dutch Skater, Sly Fox, Hardly, Kitefoot,
Peat and Harrington, while the flower Of the
| Western contingent racing at Harlem and La
tonia are in the various events to be run be-
tween Dec. l and April 8. The contest for the
Preliminary Derby in December should be ono
Of the best races of the winter with Michael III.
and others of his class engaged.
Dutch Skater and Ben Elder should play n
| prominent part in all of the races at n distance,
as they have proved themselves to be stayers or
no mean order. In fact, the former was sec
n~l a. In. Io1lnlor ,,h,- h. e,,nahnI tha p,ila
and three-quarters record and won the Munich
pal Handicap, and also when he won the
Autumn Cup at Sheepshoad Bay. Secretary
Clark and Superintendent Morgan have made
numerous improvements during the past few
months, putting extra soil on the track, re-
pairing and repainting everywhere, and the al
ways picturesque course will be at its best on
the opening day.
The programme for to-day's sport at Morris
Park is large enough to suit anybody, while 1t
is by no means devoid Of quality, but, Of
course, 1t will not compare with that of to-mor-
row, when Secretary Mcintyre offers three
stakes, the Morris Park, for threeyear-olds and
upward; the White Plains, for two-year.olds,
and the November Hurdle, for the jumpers.
The weights for these events were printed in
The SUN OF yesterday. .Plaudit is the top
post in the White Plains, and it will set the
seal on his greatness if be can win with that
ihsRos6s On could oui V do It, but the Ssa SON Of ft HanoSer
is tossing his head in a paddock in Tennessee
and dreaming Of triumphs to come next year,
and John-E. Madden must rely upon the palmer
gagged. and SO Il Easter Gift at rs pounds;
T iSS, and p' the aS0 sa nSo'm may be said as t Of Ris eo@ "a.
panion,. Blewaway. Sensational is not to be
passed over lightly. Lady Marian would como
in for strong support had she not started on
Saturday, when she ran SS poorly that, taking
that race AS 1; criterion. she Would not have II
chance with 9O pounds on her back. 1t was
s HstSf R3V]dG Daughter taSs; OF Of R RSS5 % dS 81 m arHs; do oh bet aef
Secretary Crickmore has furnished the book
Which will open on Saturday next. Secretary
Chiffon is at work on the Pimlico programme;
folks have made a popular bid for approval
amount that the best Of the riders will take
part in their meeting. The race injected into
how the riders would take it found owners and
Jockeys alive to TIE situation. Some of the
the owners very promptly advanced the other
So on the outside, SO that the affair passed of
Morsemen should bear in mind that many of
the stakes of the SARATOGA Racing Association
for the seasons Of ks9s. 1893, and 1900 nre
olds, now ,yearlings, to be run for in 1898: They
$4,000, six fnriongs; Adirondack, 81, 900, for
fllies, six furlongs; maiden FLY, $4,000, in four
{%urlongs; Colleen, Ave and a half fgrlongs;
Fraulein,, six furlongs, and Senorita, five fur
IIG {1ss. to Thee bc pu for in ' 1sss: TrsSefs, $1,000 n1% ss snc
mile and a quarter; kenner, 5000, one mile
and a hall, and Aiabam,aa, 80 900, for fillies, one
for two.year-olds, now foals, to be run in 1898,
six furiongs. The. following events are an
quqrteri Kenner; $500, for lilies, one mile
one mile and a furlong, and the Criterion.
$4,000, for twoyearolds (mares in foap, six
The Coney Island Jockey Club announce
three events to close with the Clerk of the
Course, Twen,y'scG%9nn .i street i it, and Fifth b, aye we
Surf, 81 800 added, also for two:year-oids at
added, for throe-year-olds at one mile. These
arc, among the Oldest of the Coney Island
ways filled well and furnished good contests.
Americans feel proud of the showing which
thu g year, bat there hers' would alp h have BEEN m a h sraster
cause. fol-. felicitation had st. Cloud II. or Sandia
gained the he, cam6riidseshire a,, Both th,othhe Messrs.
They have been foremost in the endeavor To
introduce the American thoroughbred to the
Foxhall, %Iroquois, Parole, and other cracks
sent over in former years made John Bull
true that he furnished the tap.root years ago
Whenever beaten he always has that consolinG
1act 10 Iall Dhck upon. mo disposition To De
little the horsemanship of Jockey Tod Sloan
was short,lived. The little Americans seat IL
nothing like that of his English brother, but
there is nobody quicker to get a horse under
way than sloan, and already the English
critics are paying him compliments because OF
his ability as a judge of pace. Sloan times his
winning efforts %prettlly, and as long as he wins
by him. Since landing abroad he has wor
, over 80 per cent. of his races. and that is some
thing to be proud Of. lie will find a good friend
in John Huggins, the trainer for the Lorillard
r BereSfOrd stable, who knew the rider when III
! was in the stable of the late jim Brown o.
Texas. Sloan possesses to n marked degree
t the characteristics which have contributed Il
1 make Edward Geers the great reinsman he is
{ He has the peculiar quality of transmitting to
: horse his will without any great display of Will
= or Vote,
The sulkicst horses run kindly for him. tn,
c~raziest horses arc comparatively docilc, an,
! slow breakers at the post are transformed. IL
= fact, Sloan as a lightweight rider had but ont
!, peer in this country, and very few Eastcl n rae
. Ing men ever SAW him. This is Tommy Burns
. who is much younger than the young man VIII
lost the Cambridgeshiro by an cyelash. and h'
can ride mt ninety pounds.
Mr., Keene thought his colt would win tn,