The evening times., 1897-06-21
BEN BRUSH IS FAV0R|TE
Mike Dwyer's Big Colt Looks Like
Suburban Winner.
STARTERS AND THE ODDS
Howard Mann VIII Take The Win
ner's Place i'm Case of Heavy
Track-Lake Shore Rega rded as u
Possibility-Jocke Who VIII
Have Mounts.

New York June 21.--Ben Brush willstart
a hot favorite for tomouow's Suburban
Handicap. not because he is such wCn-
derfully good horse himself or has done
great things of late, but because he Will
have poor lot against him. From twelve
to fourteen Will probably go the post.
The top weights are for the most part
conspicuous by their absence Requital,
Hastings, Handspring, Flying Dutchman,
Clifford, CTescendo, Buck Massie, First
Mate, Counter Tenor and Dr. Rice will all
be abSentees. Till SatuTdayit was thought
that Clifford, Flying Dutchman and First
Mate might go to the post, but their re
spective owners and trainers have thought
better oft.
lran1 is the hiehes.-cIass horse that Ben
Brush will be called upon TO meet, but like
Mr. M F. Dwyer's sturdy little horse, the
Messrs. Fleischmann's handsome black has
long been on the shelf Halma, moreover,
has not showed such effective signs Of
baving gotten back to his form ds did Ben
Brush when he defeated Belmar at a mile
in imposing fashion last Thursday. CARR
son will ride Halnia, probably at a pound
or two overweight, aud, OF course, the fact
that the Snapper" has been seen So little
in the Saddle Of late Will he against mis-
mount in the ewes OF many.
At least two other horses are likely To
carry some overweight, viz: Havoc, whom
Harry Lewis will ride at about 1O4 pounds.
and Yolley, who, If Bergen rides hiIE, az Is
proposed, Will have TO put up about thr..e
pounds extra. Volley, with the exception
Of Howard Mann, who will, of course be
substituted for The Winner in case Of a
wet track. is the only candidate that has
incurred a penalty. His two victories in
purse races increase his impost -four pounds,
but Howard Mann would have TO shoulder
twelve pounds extra, bringing his weight
to 1Is pounds.
The possibility Of rain altering the entire
aspect OF afiaiIs-and there nOIeason 20
suppose that Howard Mann cannot handle
us pounds successfully on really heavy
track-wIll prevent intending hcttOrs from
finally weighing up the situation till To-
morrow morning. AS things look at pres
ent. however. Mr.. M. F. Dwyer's Ben
Brush is entitled to the position OF first
favoritc, bad as has been the fortune OF his
owner in these big handiCaps. lie viii ie
the horse TO beat, and, furthermore, he is a
horse tnat never knows what il : TO lie
beaten til the post is passed Sims knows
him as thoroughly as a jockey can know n
horse and is capable of getting the last
ounce out of him. The only dra wbaCk is
that the horse may scarcely lie wound up
for his best effort in such a race, As he has
been sufficiently under suspicion 10 make
his trainer necessarily careful.
or Mr. Smith pair. The Winner has been
kept in retirement since he ran his fine
second TO Voter in the Metropolitan Han
dIcap, and so Is more or less an unknown
quantity though entitled to tie utmost
respect. His stable mate. Belmar lost most
Of his admirers Thursday. Although on
that occasion he was meeting Ben Brush
at a disadvantage OF four pounds as com
pared with the Suburban weights, his
race was too poor TO encourage anyone
1t is true that sloane did not ride him to
the best advantage, but the gray was lam
entabiy lacking IN speed. He did not move
even as well as usual in his warming gal
lOp, though this is not saying very much,
and III the race tie seemed unable to ex-
tend himself thoroughly at any point.
Peep o'Day ana Havoc are two likely
lightweights that viii have to be reckoned
with. OF the two Havoc is the better con
dltIoned for mile aud quarter race, run
from start 10 finish. or Peep o Day the
chief doubt is as TO condition, and the prob
ability is that he is not at his best
At period of twenty-four hours be
fore the race il looks as if the issue can be
reduced To four hOTses-Rcn Brush, Havoc
Lake Shore and Mr. Smiths selected. but
there smanya slip. and a heavy rain today
would have the race looking very much like
a certainty for Howard Mann, with Dutch
skater his most formidable opponent
The betting Is.