The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-27

| with or without the aid of starting
machine. The nominations close on
| Monday, Jan. 10, and should be adj
dressed to the secretary, 399 Fulton
street. Brooklyn. Chief among the at
fractions is the historic Brooklyn handi-
cap of $4,000. The conditions briefly
are:
For 3-year-olds and upward; 5000 each,
half forfeit. or only SIS if declared by
Feb. p; to the winner $4,000, to the
second $780, and to the third $500;
weights to be announced Feb. 1; one
mile and quarter
The other features with the same age
conditions include the Brookdale handi-
cap, with 81, 900 added. one mile and
furlong: the Parkway handicap, with
81, 900 added one mile and a sixteenth:
the Myrtle stakes, with $1,000 added.
selling allowances, one mile and SIX
tenth, and the Patchogue stakes. with
81 900 added, selling allowances, six fur
longs.
The special events for 3-year-olds ex
clusively are four in number, and each
is pretty literally endowed. The most
prominent, perhaps, Is the Prsakness
stakes of $1,000, allowances, one nlile
and a sixteenth. The conditions are.
For 3-year-olds that have not WON
race of the value of 81 500 up to the date
of closing entries; $50 each, Slo forfeit:
to the winner 81 500; to The second 800,
anu 10 the thru SlUVs Weights IOailoS
below the scale: non-winners of $1,000
allowed 5 pounds; of $500, II pounds;
maidens, II pounds.
Then there are the Broadway stakes,
with s1,500 added, penalties and allow
anees one mile and a sixteenth; the
Falcon stakes. with $1,000, selling al
lowances, one mile and a sixteenth, and
the May stakes, with $l,000 selling al
lowances, six furlongs.
Two-years- are well catered to as
usual, and youngsters with turn OF
speed will get chance TO show 1t, as
the longest route called for is five fur
longs. First on the list is the Glover
stakes of s., 900 for fillies, four and a
half furlongs. A similar amount is hung
up for the Manhanset stakes of four and
a half furlongs. The other events in this
class are the Hanover stakes. with
$1,000 added, selling allowances, five fur
longs, and the Bedford stakes, with
$1,000 added, selling allowances, four
and half furlongs.
There are two events for the jumpers.
which are expected to fill well. These
are the Greater New York Steeplechase
handicap of 81 ,00o over the full course.
about two miles and half, and the
Kensington Hurdle handicap, with $3.50
added, one mile and three quarters, ever
seven hurdles. Both are for 4-year-olds
and upward, and the weights are to be
announced two days before each race.
The latest foreign exchanges to hand
announce the death of Hampton, the
noted English racing and stud horse. He
was foaled in 1872. so that he lived to
the ripe old age of Is years. He had
an unusually successful career on the
turf, but he is chiefly remembered by
the present generation of horsemen
through the equine celebrities he pro-
duced after retiring to the stud. These
included three Derby winners, Merry
Hampton, Ayrshire and Ladas. Hamp-
ton was also the sire of such noted per-
formers as Rookery Royal Hampton
Rene dor, an Oaks winner; She Gay
Hampton. Bay Ronald and Others that
have made their mark in turf history.
II is estimated that the amount Of
money won by Hampton's stock from
1882 to 1897 would foot up to 81, 163,175.