The times., 1898-01-27
THE HANDICAP EVENTS
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Nominations for the Brooklyn and
.Subnfban Races.
Hen Brush VIII Without Doubt
Carry Top Imported
Barcelona VIII Start.

The horses nominated for the two big
spring handicaps-the Brooklyn and
Suburban comprise the best material
in the United States. Numerically the
saire rumber have entered for the SUI
burhan, While there are ten more en-
tered III the Brooklyn than in 1897. lie
candidates for both handicaps are much
the same, though Traverser (3), Ulysses
90. Previous (3). Winged Foot O,
Lake Shore 90, Schiller G). Our John
ny 90. and Mohegan 90 appear in the
fr.oklyn and not in the Suburban. and
Scottish Chieftain "a, Counter Tenor
90, Murillo (3), Fleishman "a, Imp (D,
Poetess (D, Requital (5), Peep o'Day
(5l, Maceo "a. Connoisseur t6l and
Tragedian (4) are in the Suburban and
,r in the brooklyn. Eacn-- an iicap Is
of the value of $4,000 and is run over
a one and a quarter mile course. The
Brooklyn is run at Gravesend, May !s,
and the Suburban at Sheepshead Bay
June 1S.Weights for both are to be an
nounced February /, but the following
contingencies are in the latter Which do
not exist in the former:
winners after the announcement Of
weights OF two races of 5000 or one of
81, 400, pounds extra; of two of $1,40O
or one of 81, 200, s pounds extra: of three
Of 81, 400 or two of 81, 700 or one of $4,000
u pounds extra In the cases of horses
handicapped at lis pounds or over,
these penalties shall apply to the extent
of one-half only; in the ease of those
handicapped at 122 pounds az over, -
he extent of one-quarter )nly, ana in
the case Cf those Handicapped ut $50
pounds or oNCi they shall not apply at
all. pe,,httiAs IN the ca So uf '.ofses 3
years old shall not MAKE tie weight
to exceed uo pounds.
1t is rare To see an imported hors=,
owned by an Englishman, entered in
the great hapdicaps here, but the enter
prising J. $. Curtis, who last year pur-
chased some American thuroughbredS,
has entered his five-year-old Royal
Stag. by Highland Chief-Barcelona,
who raced fairly we'll as a three-year
old in England. W. G. Whitney's
newly formed stable has entered two,
Loki aid Lou Bramble, under the Eane
81 Sydney Paget.
j. w Schorr & Son evidently intend
racing in the East this coming season,
as they have entered three - Macy,
Meadowthorpe and Algol.
j. r. Keene's new purchase, Ben
Brush. will, without doubt be assigned
Ben Holiday, who broke the record at
one and three-quarter miles with lis
pounds up in 2:59A last October, will
no doubt be there or thereabouts. Sir
Walter has again been entered, but it
is doubtful if he will bear the strain
of training.
Ornament stands out ahead of the
four year-olds, and no doubt Will be
well taken care of. as his victory last
to- . -
Sheepshead Bay, one and one-quarter
miles. in 2:05 rs, with lis pounds up,
was great performance. There is a
good four-year- -old in On Deck, belong
ing to Bromley & Co, who has shown
class and power TO go distance, but
went wrong or something else, like
the rest of that stable. Charley"
Hughes, their late trainer, proposes
racing his own string in the West this
year. so no doubt under the watchful
eye of Julius Bauer, their new trainer,
fortune will smile on that enterprising
firm. On Deck picked up 100 pounds
and ran one and one-quarter miles in
2:09i4 on a slow track last spring.
Lolxi viii have a light weight. He
ran fourth in the Brooklyn last year
to Howard Mann. The latter is now
in California racing, as is also the pick
of the threeyear-old Traverser, who
IS reported TO be the best colt on the
coast. Up to the present no three
year-old has placed the Brooklyn to it's
credit.
Another horse nominated and racing
IN San Francisco is Schiller. belonging
TO Barney Schreiber. This is the
first time the genial Germans name
has been among the entries.
If the trip across the Rockies is not
injurious to them, there will be no ex-
cuse for not having these horses fit.
The same viii apply TO Schorr & Fos-
ter's horses, which are now racing in
New Orleans