The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-05
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
CRACK TWo-YEAR-oJDs TO RACE
FOR 100000 TO-DAY.


9Tumo AnctnH Card
Probable starters Tor the Realisation.
Followers Of racing are looking forward to a
week OF splendid sport, These are the closing
days Of the Coney Island Jockey Clubs most
successful meeting, ana two Of the most yalu-
able prizes Of the year are to be decided at
Shoopshead Bay. To-day the pick of the two
yoar-olds meet for the $4,000 Great Trial
Stakes over the Futurity course. and on Satur-
day next the best of tho Eastern three-yearolds,
barring Voter and On Deck, both Of which were
not nominated, will try conclusions In the Reali-
zation Stakes at one mile and Ave furlongs.
For the Grcat Trial to-day q remarkably good
looking and wel-bred lot OF youngsters will 20
to tho post. Among them are tho stake winners
Firearm, from August Bolmont's stable, with
an unbeaten record behind him; Philip ]. Dwy-
er's Hondball. winner of some Of the richest
prizes for two.year.olds decided 30 far this year
and one OF tho most consistent youngsters in
training; NJ. f.. Dryers Previous, winner of the
Great American Stakes; II. l.. Roses Archduke.
a winner and a half brother to the mighty
Splinter Clifford; the Morris pair, Bowling
Brook and yarus; John McCaffcrty's crack flly
Kitcfoot, John q. Follansbec's smashing colt
Murillo, e. L, Graves's Commerce, Jno. +. Mad.
den's Hamburg. Charles Fleischmann & Sons
George Keene, Lewis Elmores Laudemann, L.
s.. w. p. Thompson's The Huguenot, and Mar
VI DoAI . hi1 ita SNCCt, u u ~ VI. 1tnB-
brouck. This is the best field of two-year-olds
that has gone to the post this year East or West.
Firearm. by tho ease with which he shouldered
129 pounds and won in q romp. firmly estab-
lished himself in the hearts Of the talent last
woek, and this spanking son Of Rayon dor and
Fides will probably be the favorite at post time
to-day. He has speed, size, and ability to
carry weight-about all that ono looks for
in n high class racehorse and IL ho
is beaten to-day there will DO sorrow in
the camp of the plungera. Handball has
been a singularly consistent colt. but Firearm
beat him for the Nursery, and other colts have
beaten him at times since. Mr.. Dwycr is of the
opinion that Handball should have to-day an
unbeatcn record, and thinks that the son of
Hanover should BIO waited with. instead of
being rushed to the front at the start. The colt
is understood. but it must DO admitted that
he packs weight remarkably well. Previous
seems to DO held safe by Hamburg, tho last
named having beaten the son of Med
dler quite decisively on both occasions of
their meeting. White, however, cannot do
Justice to such a colt as Hamburg, and un.
less Mr.. Madden puts up a heavier jockey
to-day his colors will scarcely be prominent.
Archduke has long been selected by some very
close observers as the ultimate champion of tho
year. and those people all say. walt until tho
what's wanted Of him. and You sSi" viii Is see a Rr rSce,
horse 1t is well known that this colt has re-
aud Trainer Rogers makes no secret Of the fact
that he expects a lot Of the son OF Iroquois.
to. be- quite tho peer q her full SISTER
Winged Foot and the daughter OF buchanan
and her willy wi owner inc must not 20
by n good deal as his stable companion, Bowling
Brook, although earlier in the season he was
He ran his last race and won it in blinkcrs, hut
displayed even then a currish streak and cvi-
Greai B %aG' and ' %i fiStoe R Mafn hf RowlRin nesiss rdS Sy
looks like a useful colt and is one that should
OF It. Murillo is highly thought OF by his hand.
some young owner. and II Jack Follansbee's
colt should win. thousands would be heartily
glad. Murillo is not unlike Morello. his dead
sire. and this colt cannot help developing into n
very useful horse. The going to-day should suit
him, as he likes a fast track. George Keene is a
good colt. one that the best OF them cannot take
liberties with, and he has beaten HGndball
weights. Commerce is a practically unknown
quantity. third in a maiden race a few days ago.
former owners OF George Keene. Laudemann
Is one OF the improving kind. coming with
f 9%i,s Races e Fa Briar Sweet s. shs sho fnish a World Il" h Of sp lssi
In the early part OF one OF her races at Graves
end, and Marcus Days money is said to have
from end to end to-day. The Huguenot is the
trained by James Rowe. His form in the two
races in which he has participated does not
auRur tllI ne Will De II ITst-CihSbD morse. Navarro
himself was not a crack twoyear.oId by any
means. Domino. Hyderabad. Dobbins, and Horn
PIPE all having The ability to beat him then, but
OF The walk. The Huguenot may train on. He
cost $1,000 o az a yearlitns; os and I'd the hH,,c Mc ,Sr,
Displayed in paying such a price.
But the Great Trial Stakes is by no means the
S Sead H Bay toHday %" The rhS sg FSsTsil,nrd iSs i mSGGi.
cap a, a mile has Ben Brush, the winner Of the
Suburban Handicap; Belmar. Clifford, First
Mate. Lehman. Havoc. ElklnA. and other fyprd
engaged. Clifford Is handicapped at 129 pounds.
Rg% Brush 81, at l2s; BslT mar at and IN N First
IO5. Those who recall IIavoc's mighty sprint
while making tho pace for tho Suburban
var run unbacked. although Ben Brush.
Clifford, Sir Walter; and Bclmar are ali
first water. The steopl"chascrs will try con-
illusions for the C0ney Island Grand National
old perforner; Lion Heart, win concede weight
70 Olindo, NIL Boy, and baroness. and try to
day for Col. Lawrence Kip and his associates in
the management OF tho Coney Island Jockey
There will DO no racing tomorrow. but on
Wednesday, Thursday and saturday good pro.
lures for Thursday are the Vcrnal, for year
old fllics at five fur!ongs, and the Long Island
urday. in addition to the Realization. which viii
be worth about 10000 10 the winner. there will
be the second part Of Tho l''E Die Event for tWo ,
starters for the ReaIization would come from tho
following nominations: Rensselaer,. The Friar,
Scottish Chicftein, Buddha. CunaclariH, Winged
Foot. Caldron, Horoscope. and Challenger. This
would make an excellent Held.
On this day week the brighton Beach Racing
Association will open It's nineteenth annual
meeting. THE Sun has already told Of tho
many improvements which have been made Mt
Brighton, and the Coursc by the sea is now hs
fine in every detail as any IN America. On the
opening day the Brighton Handicap OF 81 500.
for thrcc-year-olds and upward, at one mile and
n quarter, the First Att"mpt, Stakes for two
year.Olds, and the Hampstead for gentlemen
riders at Ave furlonEs viii, be run. Among the
nominations for the Brighton ere Ben Brush,
Requital, Handspring, The Friar. Lehman.
Dutch Skater, Belmar, Howard Mann, Elk
ins, Souffic. Buck Massic, and Yankee Doodle.
Most OF the crack two-y ear.Olds are named for
the First Attempt. while TreInarRo. Rubicon,
Terrier, Halton, Bcldencre. APPLICABLE, and
others are nominated for the Heinpstead. On
Tuesday the Nautilus stakes for three-year.olds
at one mile and IA sixteenth Is down for decision.
Rensselaer,. Divide, sunny Slope. Scarf Pin,
Elkins, CloOphus, Horoscope. Arbucklc. Impera.
tor. Haphazarl. and George Rose. are some of
the ~eligibles. For Wednesday the D!staf Stakes
out the best OF the age and sex, saving KitefoOt.