The Topeka state journal., 1900-06-14
The Brooklyn Suburban Handi-
cap Of Saturday
Is the Next Big Event in the
Racing Calendar.
ETHELBERT FAVORITE.
Jean Beraud, KilmarnOck, Kim
ley Mack aad RaffaellO
Are to Start and May Surprise
the Belmont Colt.

New York, June 14.-The next big
event on the racing calendar is the
Suburban Handicap, for three-year-olds
and upward, which will be run at
sheepshead Bay on Saturday next, the
opening day Of the Coney Island Jockey
clubs meeting. A good day ana taSl
track are all that are needed to make
the race one Of the best that have ever
taken place in this country.
A good day means that the attend
ance will be perhaps the largest ever
seen at an eastern race track, While
fast track means a small but select
field, which will insure no rough riding.
It can be safely said that If the track
IS fast there will not be more than half
a dozen starters, with allowances for
one or two more. The field that Will
probably sport silk for he race will be
Perry Belmonts crack colt Ethelbert,
winner OF the Metropolitan Handicap
and the special race with Jean Beraud;
Harness & Brossman's black whiriwind,
Imp; w. c. Whitney's Jean Beraud ana
KilmarnOck; Eastin & Larrabie's Kin
ley Mack, winner Of the Brooklyn Han
dicap. and ]. E. Madden's Approval.
The other two that are said to be
probable starters are z. F. SimmS' The
Kentucltian, which ran a mile at Nor
ris Park in 1:S9%, and M. Murphy s
RaffaellO. 1t is also said that the west
ern horse, John Bright, which, in one
of his wins at Louisville this spring,
beat the worlds record for mile and
sixteenth, when he defeated Bangle
and Batten, will run. He has never been
seen in the east, but those who have
seen him perform in the west say that
he is entitled to consideration, should
his owners decide to send him on for
the big event. EthelDert, by his two
victories this season, has demonstrated
beyond a reasonable doubt that he is
the best horse in training today and one
of the best that have been racing in
years. His presence in the race will
keep many owners from sending charges
to the post.
He win go to the post one Of the
biggest favorites that have ever started
in this race and racegoers in general
do not see how he can be beaten Next
to him the Whitney pair are in demand.
Although Ethelbert defeated Jean
Beraud with the greatest ease when
they met in the special race at Graves
end a week ago last Saturday, those
who follow races very closely expect
to see Jean Beraud run a much better
race on Saturday.
When Jean Beraud quit against Ethel
bert at the end Of six furlongs} many
of his greatest supporters gave him VI
and stated that he was sprinter pure
and simple. But ne won them back
again by his performance in the Brook
dale Handicap, in which he came home
the winner from Imp, after making al
his own running.
KilmarnOck. Mr. Whitney's second
string. is looked upon to furnish the
surprise Of the race. In his few starts
this season he has shown that a mile
and a quarter will suit him to q dot
He has only 1O9 pounds to shouldel
in the big event, and this will make
him a very dangerous horse. Kinley
Mack, Eastin & Larrabie's representa-
tive, viii not lack for supporters il
the big race. His best races have beer
run over the SheeDshead Bay track
and he is looked upon as a dangerou
factor. more so If the track should b.
soft. 1t is not known whether ApprOVa
is in shape again. Before he met hi
accident while being worked for tn
Brooklyn handicap he had run a phe
nomenal mile, and on this his owner
John Madden, made no secret of tn
fact that he thought his horse woul
be the winner. But Approval ran int
the fence and had to be declared GU
of the Brooklyn. 1t cannot be see
where Imp has a chance in the big race
although she can be put down as
certain starter. In the race agains
Jean Reraud. in the Brookdale, tn
latter beat her after making all hi
own running. and with everything i
her favor, as he was cOnceding he
age and weight. She has been re
turned a winner only once this season
in the Parkway handicap, and she wa
very lucky to win that Kinley Macl
which she defeated, was much the bet