New-York tribune., 1897-07-04
RACING OF RARE INTEREST.
rur CONTESTS AT sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
. REMARKABLE PROGRAMME FOR TOMORROW
FEATURES OF YEsTERpAYs SPORT

FEATURES OF YESTERDAYS SPORT.
rh. coney Island Jockey Club is having the best
,..,,nc ir all its career. Clouds covered the SKY
..rlv Yesterday morning. but when noon came the
.un was shining clearly and no threat OF rain coud
\. discovered. A host Of men and women VINO are
,ond of sport went to the course Sunstrokes nave
heen numerous over large areas east OF dubuque
and Memphis within the last few days. and New
yorkers have been trembling for fear the furnace
6res of last August might be blazing In the opening
days OF this July The day which was mace I'M
mortal by the Declaration Of independence has
heen dstressingly hot in most instances since
Thomas Jefferson produced the fiery blast OF MS
hrst draft of that document and suomt'eo 'he
scorchcr 20 Benjamin Franklin. 1t may be not TO-
dav and II may be hot tomorrow IL usua''v Is
hot about this time But whatever the temperature
may be- II is certain there Will be great racing "'
shee,shead Bay on Monday.
The Great Trial Stakes. for two-year-olds' over
a.. Futuritv course will be run tomorrow In
that $4,000 Great Trial. August Belmont VIII start
F,rearm by Rayon Dor. out Of Fides Firearm
Won the Juvenile Stakes at Morris Park He mas
run only one race since then. That race was az
ch,onshead Bay In both contests he was so
hr.Iliantly victorious that most turfmen are IN
cIrcd TO think that he is the best two-year-od IN
America That question may be decided to-nor-
row ard II is a question of marked signihcance'
II rirearm is another Domino. all true sportsmen
Uill acclaim him with enthusiasm. FIdes was Il
enc race mare Rayon Dor cup-horse. with
the thews Of an equre Goliath. But several OF
Rave, D'Or's sons and daughters have beeh kihhS'
Fast; a number Of them. Stayers rev oi 'he'''
Put fi! OF kinks. almos. all OF them. Now u
Firsarn Is truly great colt II VIII be gra'"' 's'
F-.rearr, has not hcen beaten yet 1f he remains
,,,satcn TO his las, gasp (and long may he gahop
before he gasps) then In him We may see the ono
mighty and ail-conquering son OF hayoh - VI ',e
.rne gieam Of true gold that the American 'ufi Is
eagerly looking for , 90 ,,,
r;ol ic Uon
,or GLITTER and for glory Can Firearm win IT? lie
will try tomorrow He has rot been oea'en yet
Can he be beaten tomorrow: Hahuoai WIN ''
10 beat Firearm. So will Bowling brooK +so
yarus Previous. too And Archduke N'eioo' !"
addition And Murillo and George Keene ana ham
h,rc and several others. Moreover. Briar sweet.
A nr,ze of 500 600 Is not common on the American.
turf In this era $1,000. l., ,,a
Now look at the list OF probable starters IN 'he
Sbeenshead Bay Handicap at mile to-morro"'
rha, will be the Nth race. and there VIII De sew"
races in all There's richness for you In 'ie
cheensheae Bay Handicap at one mile Ben brusn
winner of the Suburban. ia announced as Proo"-
bic starter with I2s pounds up Inat erea' "o,se
Clifford Is announced as a probaoie s'ar'ei' VIZ
20 mounds Bemar is set down as hkeiy ~ i"
with lla pounds and First Nate. win ie. H. -
man NAV start, with III: Havoc may CO. WIN i.,
viii. I, Is hned that Sir Walter may be seen' WIN
10 Tben there's Elkins. with 100, ana se'ei"
others with appropriate weights. III Nn"o'"' ~,
Rrush Remar Havoc, First Mate Lehii"'' -
kins Sir Walter and some OF the othels U.
rornes appear In the list Of probable stal'e nc
&c printed in another column actuaily 'ake p"i. -.
49, s,rugrlo the Sheepshead Bay HANDICAP may
,rove TO he an more noteworthy oat
.he Nctropolitan or the Brooklyn or tne ouoo' '
Handicap was this year. In the firs' race 80. -
row \ score or so of two-year-oids are eApe''ou
,,,, In the second race Horoscope |a'u'o o'i -
,enger Imperator, Savarin, Arab,an rters Nane The
o,hers are on the list Of probable star'eISd era and
fields the third race and the s Attractive racing
Srogramine which is set forth for ,r were
nn,1 Wai a3 NJ seepshead Bay The attendance was
Excellent in number and quality ne HE sue
Jockey Club Is h"Tns he racins Yesterday eSeer
tonally enjoyable. and the day "ss' Keone's mag
nacen; Splinter tne favors IN 1ne ,ber ies
h0rsss ya we're ssnSbe enough TO hat
ihev had no chance against Ioter, nv ms good
gns dssy s a. Snos ne e RSs vas ridden by sloane
Voter went, ,hs front tary en as snner e Match
him Il YOU can. Iut James X keene mas gone 80 20
pch for The AmeTidn b VOTER %t na5 sprners and Gaee
More savers ana wor.d-beaters he would nave no
morc than ha n i On Is sDc Dfnrf,"s fnr anu Oe'0"
Sloane was successful the fsvorite in the o, first
she could ridden in The second race Sshs was S the
favor,e The mare has iafh , ON Vear and She was
Unable to defeat Wolhurs although sloane 1n orove
ssd nsG Rom Rnndo 5''vTr;'tiii was ,hird
On peck is stayer He is not IN the Rea,9a ii
ton Th"fs have p'S chance He won the spendhrif
stake mile ard ns fr9nG st1GnsN YIN ba aT21ne aTa Th.
locke ra Snd thiS cot on on Defk ns S@eR tS Of S1 n
one colt VIII VIII be had to beat N"
? GisanSe On Deck is no sTdps sprner ads sn
lions we're made to the number of starters s an an
morGne ds ,ne sSehhr soeh II lhf
stake for three-yearods Central Trust Wasiso ,ho
u and Sanders TeTs aH9ed Trust p se wa made the
sw,ritc But all the added two.year-o'ds year ran
pGGr e sDa sshes fSs fS'
sunny SLOPE added starters ana an dne ,oorw
Un ns bno ofe took ok the race BY margin
willie rkins got second place ana Sndpi hut did
not run we'll Elkins is An extremely nervous co, co..,
and caused great deal OF trouole al for ne long
d"ay de- nnt he ran rapidly in the actual contest ,
in M Of his wd antics as ne 20 pOSTb The Far and
Octagon At the weights and the distance. s nov,
on Peek 0 far bS bstfr be esn as hard driving
and esrerate riding with sower ana t9IGe a Arthur
Whites many friends sorry that ne soid On
Deck .,vs 30 s,orv.hearted.
s;nSv GooHwin's of,cial Turf Guide. and examine
carefully all the weights which nave nave oteE Dc dstance pu
Consider all the Of all her races and
YOU viii that one al fmes al and ali sea-
sons The handcapper did not sea- ms he p nUa' the
touch olset or for hurdle handicap
So Forget was plunged upon o,sf YER bwrde handi-
cap in pleasing style.
SUMMARIES OF THE CONTESTS.
v1psr KACE-Purse ssco; handicap for all ages
Five furongs the main track. ,,..,
'pEss r,,s,. r. p5KissmrxaTourSeen, Kssnt'x S" 0 yrs.
sirn' i9a n D.,' VIZ, Mai. 'soans, n. + out
NJ F. Dwyer'. eh. f. ceoDhu' 3 sims, llS 3 s-, As