The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-09
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
RACING VII BE RESUMED AT
BRI0HTON BEACH TRACk To-Day.

BRIGHTON BEACH TRACK TO-DAY.
High Glass Entries Arc Assured and Keep
tionni sport II Anticipated Horsemen Look
Forward Eagerly 20 the Issue or tho BriEh-
ton Cup Race ne n Test OF staying Power.
After awcek Of rest turf followers will go TO
Brighton Beach to-day with renewed yea. for tho
sport Of kings, and 10 the clerk OF the weather Is
at.all kind Mr.. Engomnn should reap large
profits during the two weeks which the meeting
viii run. Many Of tho horses which have been
rccuperating at Saratoga will como to the
course by the sea, and the racing should DO OF
tho first quality. Mr.. Sass has arranged ono of
his most attractive programmes, and the fields
are bound TO DO in the average quito large.
As THE sun surmiscd a month ago, go per
cent. OF tho horses that filled the stables Of the
Saratoga Racing Association went to the
Springs for tho purpose of recuperation. 1t has
been tho custom for n great many years to give
a month or so OF II rest to the best Of the equine
gladiators Mt tho great health resort. and tho
successes achieved by the race horses that have
undergone the rcjuvenating process at the Spa
give encouragement to owners and trainers to
continue the treatment. The abundance of
shade, the splendid water, and tho freedom from
mosquitoes and other pests all contribute to the
general result, and Saratoga really deserves tho
high place it holds as u builder up of man or
beast.
The fields during the current Saratoga meet
ing have ruled SO small that the sport has de-
Perforated materially and the management has
complained loudly about owners refusing to
start their horses while all the while they are
taking up valuable stall room and are availing
themselves OF the numerous advantages Of Horse
Haven. There is some justice in this. but 1t is
pretty hard to make a man start a horse whether
he wants to or not, and there is room for argument
on both sides. With such prizes as the Futurity
near at hand, the most valuable Of the two-year-
old division will not be seen in public very often,
although with q backward candidate a fair
amount Of racing would be about the proper
thing. ]. w. Rogers 10 pursuing this
policy with X. L. Roses candidate, Arch
duke, and he appears to DO thriving under
1t. In fact. with the pull he will have in the
weights, some very good judges of public form
are now selecting this half brother to Clifford to
win the two-year-old prize of the year. But
there are other good colts at Saratoga that will
come to Coney Island like giants refreshed, and
put MP q very strong argument before they are
conquered.
A few weeks at Saratoga has worked wonders
in former years. Kingish went to the springs
n secoud-class colt in the opinion Of many, but
came down to Monmouth Park to beat all but
Los Angeles fifty yards for the Junior Champion
ship. Dobbins, raced into the ground during
inc early CdunpaiBn, spohI 20 "ooAS
there, and then ran Domino and CALI
lee a head-and.head finish for the Fu-
turity. Numberless instances might DO
quoted, and it is a well-known fact that
horses coming from Saratoga win nearly all Of
their engagements at Shcepshead Bay in Au-
gust and September. Year after year followers
of form who were cognizant of this made money
at Coney Island and Gravesend, while in tho
old days of Monmouth Park anything that was
shipped to the New Jersey course for a special
engagement was always sure to be well played.
The Brighton Cup. which will be run one week
from next Saturday, is exciting widespread in
forest. 1t is one OF those old-time events over a
distance Of ground, and n great crowd is sure to
turn out to see tho cracks try conclusions at
two miles and a quarter. We have too few cup
horses as tnis term would be applied a decade
sinee-thst is, horses capable of taking up
W policy Of a majority Of our breeders
for that gift at two years old made the slayer a
rarity. But the breeders were not alone to
racing associations. who offered their largest
prises fol. two-year-olds and forced the men
in order to meet tho demands of those who ran
In the days of inflated values, when anything
with q pedigree would sell for big money in tho
auction mart, any kind of q mare was mated
w TO the any ass klas IT. c Of h tSs risk Tlta a1d tho { .h RSnared as
Of Ponies that can barely go three-quarters OF a
mile that are to BIO found racing ali over
this country to-day is the result. But
is no market for the breed. and the breeder is
now culling out the mall and undesirable ma
irons and breeding for size and bones. There
fore the Brighton Cup should give an oppor-
tunity to the public to see whether there is q
genuine racehorse among the so-called cracks
of the year.
While the gates Of the Brighton course were
closed %, the public for two weeks, it did not
prevent the course by the sea being tho scene of
active operations. Superintendent Glare had
an. army Of men at work making further i'm
proyements, and visitors at the spring meeting
will note to-day the tireless energy of the man
agenIent to make the property one of the most
attractive of its kind in the vicinity Of New York.
The entries for to-day at the Beach arc:
Rirat RacA-2ellinR ono mile.