The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-14
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
Hr OUTLOOK FOY THE SEASON
WUJCH OPENS NE&T MONTH.

49, Withdrawals from the Early Stakes
x,me. Claimed fer MANY Two-Year-Oids
attractive Juno stakes for shecpshead
schedule for BeuninEs aud Morris Park.
training preparations arc booming at the
,o,al tracks. and another such spell OF mild
So,ther as favored trainers and their charges
,.,, week will soon bring most Of the horses up
N r~alloping pitch. The tracks Mt Brighton
nah. Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend. and
MI. Park are now in good shape for
,ryeiy work. and for the past few days
a.. horses have been reminded that some
ching more than walking 10 expected OF them.
~. strings which havo early engagements
az. out regularly, sometimes twice q day. and
,bis week the stable hands expect tho annual
,rvnsion OF chronic railbirds, early touts, and
.,leced prophets. There 10 a decided bull move
m.nt in the chronoRraph market, and tho on.
tbusiasts who go in for playing handicap
sInches two or three months ahead may soon
o,pect to hear OF phenomenal trials timed from
avery pole on tho tracks.
Now that the Jockey Club has made its APP
poiu,ments and amended its rules for the sea.
son horsemcn are beginning to realize that four
weeks more will bring them in touch with
their favorite sport once more. 1t is con-
o.ded on all sides that the prospects were
nsyer moro encouraging. and that unless the
canine cracks available become decimntcd
nv some unforeseen cause, the racing
shouli be far above tho average right
along from the first drop Of the flag at Bennings
on Easter Monday. The few Withdrawals from
important stakes up 10 date are accepted as
satisfactory evidence that an unusual percent
ace OF III. popular favorites will 60 to the post
T. M 'f from gm''i The various tracks. East and
West. point in the same direction.
q g.. ,l., ~ cha Ntnatrhaafnr RaNfn0 Aaen.
eiation at Morris Park. II follows AQueduct on
tbe schedule, and it's special features will be
distributed as follows:
May metropolitan handicap and Juvenile Stakes.
Nay lo-Galety Stakes and croton lightweight
MAY ii-Larchmont Stakes and st. Nicholas Hurdle
hs Nay Sin3g-.Rouquot stake. and roeogg.n Handicap.
Nav l4-NAtlOnal stallion Race, withers Stakes and
New York Steeplechase Handicap.
May l7-Bsychester Stakes and claremont High
Nssy isNLaureate Stakes and Knickerbocksr Hurdle
Nay i5-van Nest stakes and New Rochelle Handi.
Nay 2l-Eclip,e and Ladies' Stakes and Interna-
ST SI-nmateur Cup and Pocanrico Handicap.
May 25-Harlem and Fashion Stakes.
May 26-Belnont Stakes ana Van Cortlandt High
weight Handicap.
These fixtures include many events that have
tive novelty, the National Stallion race. This
stake will be run for the first. time. and should
be "A a highly lisiiGyrs .1 innlSds tb test SET Of ~ Si sSsb lines neisd Is st tns
horses as Meddler. Rayon dor, S~trathmore.
Maenetiser, Laureate. Potomac. Himyar. Exile.
ST. Blaze. His Hiehness, st. Florian, Hanover,
Hindoo. Sir Modred, Sir Dixon, Belviders, Dare
bin, Tyrant. Tournament. Juvenal, and Eothen.
The stake is worth $4,000.
and officials selected for the spring meeting OF
season. all is hustle and activity not only at the
BenninGs track, but at other places where can.
hpinp kaypl nm Saypral atrfnna are alraaly
Bay, Brighton Beach. and Morris Park will
and trainers will wait until the eleventh hour
before shipping, their horses. and. In order that
t t can io anG asbe- Their ,ie.s plans eTant %1 ha9s ham a nit sin..
trlbuted on q schedule as follows:
April 1.-THE Arlington stakes for two-year-olds.
April l2-Virgiuia hurdle race.
April lt-The Mount Vernon stakes for two-yeaz-
old Niles and the Easter steeplechase.
April le-The Congressional for twoyear-olds and
the Maryland hurdle race.
April 2l-The Federal Tor three yearoids.
Washington Handicap. and the Bennings steeple-
chH-.
Among the events which call for tho attention
Of horsemen this week is the closing Of some i'm
portant stakes announced to be run at the june
nations are due tomorrow at the Secretary's
office, Fifth avenue and Twenty.second street,
New York, for the following:
ConeY Island Grand National Stseplechase; hHndi-
forfeit. or only IS il declared out by weane:day.
June ! with $3.50 added. OF which $500 to the second
ana siCo to the third, weiEhss to be annSunced
about two and one haif miles.
upward $50 each: sl5 forfeit. Or only ssft declared
whc6 5000 to the second and sioofo the third;
weights 70 be announced three days before the race;
twOmiles, over eight hurdles, on turf.
Tas R%9.seuds, .Sr two,yesFoIa Niles: to carry
.tdeii, Of which $500 to the second and slo0 to the
mir; winners OF $3.50. 3 pounds; OF Sle5o. 10
extra; Niles which have started and have not won a
race OF any value. allowed 3 pounds; four andaa half
furlOngs.
All the entries are in for tho stakes Of the
Saratoga Racing Associations meeting. and
since tho early 9nnounGements there has been
banner event OF the meeting, has received six
teen more entries, which brings the total up to
ninetyonc. The Pepper Stakes has received
ninety-ive. the largest number entered in any
o. the events. Fifteen have been added
den House, thirteen to the G. H., Mumm
Stakes, Two TO the United states Hotel
four each to the Spencer Stakes and Citizens
and Merchants Handicap, three to the KensinG-
i've 10 the Canadian Club Handicap. and three three
tothe Bcverwyck ,Steeplechase Handicap. AL
together the showing is much better than was
tracks had .canvassed the racing and
oiet"lhg circuit. III lne promoters OF the meet
ing al the Springs can now only induce owners
and trainers to start their horses instead OF
putting them through a course OF toniCs at
horSehavcn there SHOULD be some hot racing at
the village when Its turn comes.
Quite a number OF stables will have u big list
o. lw0'ycar.olis in their string this season. J.
y. Hagsin, the well.known California breeder.
mas registered twenty-five names with the
Jockey Club. They are:
somnre, The Autr, villette. 0uiliana. Torrid. Ven.
fora MARBLE. Mu-sbroc. IsrarA~ Lovelette. Gulse. Re-
Ieastd, Iaromba, Curclea. Cirrlet. Zepha. Bellane.
me Light. Ruralia, Vineyard. vita. Florence Brecken.
ohlge' Evanthe. Chemice. Fernando. Minona, and
~Glenthorn.
Virginia Bradley, owner of the three-year-
eI cot IFaverser, will DO represented by four
zen youngsters. They are the get OF Bitten.
miracle, Shotover. and Even Weight. all of
Whoin were frequent winners in Bradley's col
OTIS. The names claimed are:
brown Flirt, Banner Blue, Bernard NJ. Boney Boy
Sf2ad"ay Belle. Maize V. Minor D., Judge Wilcox.
Weight.
C. lAttleheld. Jr. has claimed names for
tWeHiv'thTee two'year-olds, as follows:
fa't BLACK. Narcharine, Albertina. Rosanna. La Pen
Wnrr, fea'e. Courtley. FlOTator, PeppeTgrass. Cary
s@It Images, ordinance. Cosmopolitan. Passalc.
ESny ,hhb'ic, Oceanic, LauriIa, Artistic. Apodeldoc.
'-if haven Soliloquy, Andromeda. and Euterpc.
Eishtcen have been claimed by r. w Walden
~ -hn FE EllANNEa