New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-28

Els COMMENT nN RAcrNo MA--rERs

Plaud't the champion I'M -yenr-old - the W"-t.
will not meet Bowling BROOK. Previous The Hugue-
not and Hhmhurg untl July l. when al the crack
three-ycar- IN America viii n the Real
!zaton. HErhu~l~r calaui'oor overthrow IN the
Belmont has not dam ened Tho ardor % many
OF liz admirers Some Of them blame Lakeland
fur not giving hamburg part OF his preparation
a. Morris Park. Others maintain that tie paly
colt should have been raced in ono or moro public
contests 20 make him flr,ar with tho hills and
daes at Morris PARK
Taral The jockey who rode Hamburg. says the
colt could do himself justice IN the mud Lako-
land. who trains Hamburg. Is mute. md takes tho
colts defeat philosophcaly
Many peculiar wagcrs mAde the
Senator Mccar-cn bet 81 cCo TO $500 tina; bowling
Brooks position NJ tho lnish would be third. no
better. no worse" Eugene Wood accepted tho
wager. just 70 show no Brooklyn s,atesrnnn that
the pumpkin busters" from Albany know thing
@ two about racing
Bowling Brook won many admirers by the rcso-
lutte manner IN which he ploughcd through the
mud on Thursday. Previous IL not a good horse
IN heavy going.
The outlook for tho Brooklyn Handicap to day Is
promising. tho long-cOnfinucd rain beat tho
track down until the surface IS hard and nrin.
II the sun Gomez out Colonel benjamin Brush DO
ncves that the track will Doe In fair condition for
the race Tho hc.d IS good one. but the experts
ignore form aud are searching tho records for
horses that have liking FOR a heavy trn L. II Tho
drawn from tho Expectation stakes.
Nearly every stall al the Island tracks - taken
ana stable room at premium With many
horses o. draw nom. q IS singular that there are
90 few entries Tor many Of me races The high
scale Of weights prevents many owners from
teriug their horses % fie hanalcaps These owners
assert that there H. not single licensed Jockey
riding on the American turf that does not have 10
carry extra weight m all rares Ia which the regu-
lar weights arc carried.
Ornament is I'm good condition. although he has
had n severe spring campaign. He has improved
wonderfully since his arrival I'm the East
Ben Holiday cannot run up 10 his true form In
heavy going. as be IS ue-striding horse. on
Deck requires a long. steady preparation. The
rainy weather has seriously ifnpcded his trainer.
but with Taral on his back he IL expected to give
good account ~ himself
ScTnpcr EGO Is hardly up TO Brooklyn Handicap
form. although ANYTHING Is likely 10 happen on a
muddy track lilo Is looked upon MS one OF tho
Howard Mann has acquired the habit Of boiling
and running away. Lehman is IN good shape: so
Is Don De ORC
Sly Fox n certainly a game racer but II re
nrres a strong vigorous Jockey 10 mako him DO
his hest Royal Stag Is a good horss on n
muddy track.
From the foregoing n Will be thnt the
test for to-day's handicap promises 20 bc
estine race. matter what the condition OF tho
weather track may he.
James c. Sloan had the pleasure Of beating
Jcddah the winner ~ the Derby, ny head on
the post at Newmarket last October. with T. Ioril-
lnrd's Meta II Joddah two two
year-old and finished second in each.