The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-27
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
DoyJN1TTONS FOR SARATOGA STAKES
DUE ON WEDNESDAY,.

-..d,ct Sprlng Entries VIII Close Mt the
same Time-TraininE Retarded by the
severe wenther-Horses That Arc Eli
,,bI, for Nursery stakes in Washington.
Mo,ropolitan horsomen are as busy as they
oon be preparing their strings for coming en-
s.ecments. and although the stables are prac-
.Goaly weather bound. trainers have not aban-
doncd the hope Of getting their charges At.
outdoor work Of the mildest kind Ia all that Is
rormissiblc now. hut the horses are kept going
brskly under cover. and as soon as the weather
moderates they will be ripe for time tests on
,bo truck, In the meantime there is general
ro,oIring that no sickness has broken out, q
i.c, which is emphasized by the exceptionally
tow withdrawals from the big spring handicaps.
visit to the training quarters at Sleeps
hand Bay, Brighton Beach and Gravesend yes
terlay found the trainers as optimistic as
rsual, but inclined to grow profane when
tho thermometer or barometer was mentioned.
One Of them probably voiced the sentiments OF
the rest when he said:
I'VE are doing the Go-as-you-please act
around the sheds. but it grows monotonous
and we want to get out in the open. That the
horses feel about the same way is shown when
we take them, out for an occasional airing on
The Boulevard. Then they try TO get the bit in
their teeth. and on their, return are ready to
fat e a sonnasr IN lot s shfsht' in p SEVERAL years. Ts
Tut we are sadly handicapped by the weather.
sIil tin tnS Lsv is 6 mo re saTlH t to }saTi $50 p inFi mat asS we
" ripe when the bugle, announces the opening
Of the Eastern schedule at Washington on
AApprne Azure while we cannot Tall to be ready for
Morris Park"
on Wednesday, for, the stakes offered by the
Saratoga. Racing Association. and the races
which will TGen s ths me a tbe sna, s far %hic At
nominations are invited, are as follows:
For Two;Year dsuoopTrs OBJ Hall Of 81 900: Ave
tSr P"ESsr Of 5000, i've and a half f%urlonss; the
MUmmh Handicap. Of : ? 5000, six turlonEs;, Worden
NO hG"S Sn d q sE half farlon niss Mearsthiana Of. $4,000.
fe tprlonss, and the Lemp Of $4,000 3,S rye ed fpr nd5ss
At one mile; Hendrie. with $3.50 added, for Allies,
one mile and 2 sixteenth; the United States Hotel
For Three. Year.olds and U~pward-spencor Handi,
6 t;S w..a si'2MIe era l&asa' Hns %ins o OF s5 = SS'Ft onc
mile and a sixteenth; Saratoga Grand Prize of $4,000
at one mile and a furlonE.
f~qrlonGs;, Beverwyck steepleehass, with $1,000
added, fun course. and kepsington Hotel Handicap
When the stakes for the Washington Jockey
Clubs meeting were announced last January.
it was noticed that the Washington Nursery
that this event. had, been dropped. 1t now
turns out that it will receive its second run
able Of the Washington stakes. It is worth
$1,000. $4,000 Of which goes to the winner,
SlUD 10 Jut SeCOIu, SoN' u llc INV ooNO. W
the nominator of the dam Of the winner, S3W
TO the nominator of the dam of the second
horse. and 500 to the nomlnator OF the dam
OF the third horse. The race is for two-year-
Odds at half a mile, and the following are eligi-
bic to start:
Duello, Templar, Nutshell. Greeting. Warrenwood,
Capron, chestnut hlly by De MISUNDERSTANDING Gray,
Argent. Christmas Carol, chestnut hlly by Albert
Ophella. Amelia Strathmore, Tasmania. Makaland
F. Hitchcock's ~Spalder, Col. Rue. Red Patti, Bold
knight, bay lilly by Hindoo-La Esmeralda. Prim
rose Day, Specific, PrestldigItator. Prince of Verona,
chestnut colt by Observation-Disclosures, bay Ally by
~Fonso-Lillian Beatrice. Be Be S.. bay colt by Okema
-Ochone, Caoutchoucine. Oleaster, Merrily, chest
The Washington Handicap is the next i'm
portant event on the programme. and the en-.
tries are:
Sanders. Ben Viking. Charabella. Death, Boney
Boy, Danforth. Rusher, Thomas Cat. Rec Mitchell
Hahob, Beau Ideal, Gen. Mart Gary. Brisk. Acrobat
Colonel Tenny, Premier, DR.. VAUGHN, PrestidiRita
trice, Duke of Middleburg, Knight of the Garter
Eosey. Charentus, Roysterer and DR.. Parker.
The twenty-one named to GO in the Airing
ton. a two-year-old race. are:
Bethel, Etymologv, Matte Bazaar, Argent. Christ
mas Carol, Shamokin, The Bobby. Acolyte. iasod
hara, Rubelito, Charles Estes. Monometallist. Prin
rose bay, Prestidigitator, Cupidity. King Thistle
Doctress, Prince Midas, +. V. T., Contestor, ant
Specific.
The entries to the Congressional Stakes are
Etymology, Contra, Billy Gum, chestnut Ally b!
Mbert-Ophelia. Shamokin. The Bobby. Acolyte
Peeler. Charles A. Maxwell. Monometallist Miseri
corlia, Prestidigitator, Cupidity, q. r. "ightinan
Spr!g, F. V. T.. Merrily and Caoutchoucine.
The steeplechases have filed well. but thu
nominations are NOT known.