Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-23
A SENSATIONAL RACE.
COney Island Jockey Club Makes n
Great Event Possible.

From the New York Sun Today.
An unexpected climax to the challenging
epoch among owners of crack thorough
breds has been reached. Few enthusiasts
hoped for more than match race in the
disguise of a sweepstakes between Ethel
bert and Kinley Mack as a decisive SEQUEL
to their contest in the Suburban. Even this
looked improbable in the face of Trainer
Winners reluctance to accept Jack JOY
ners def without the sanction of Kinley
Mack's owners. Meanwhile some other
horsemen were inclined to grumble at a
repetition of two-horse specialties to the
detriment of regular events and the sub
ject was becoming somewhat of a bugbear
until the Coney Island Jockey Club stepped
into the breach yesterday with a solution
of the argument which leaves no further
room for quibbling.
The club has framed a special race open
to three-year-olds and upward. at weight
for age, to close at o'clock this afternoon
and to be run at Sheepshead bay next We'd
nesday. The conditions call for Subscrip-
tons of 5000 each. play or pay, with 5000
added. winner to take all. 1t is stipulated
that track and weather must be good, the
decision of this important point being left
to the stewards. 1t Is further provided
that three horses, the property of different
owners. must start or the race may be de-
clared off at the option of the committee
The distance named is the full Suburban
a
A fairer proposition could scarcely be
made, and it Is now up to the owners to
make good or hide their light under bush
ell whenever any other argument crops up
regarding the rival champions of the sea-
son. The careful omission of penalties and
allowances removes the last straw that
might be seized on for an excuse, and the
closing of entries will probably overshadow
events scheduled for this afternoon at
Sheepshead bay.
1t Is an accepted fact that the mighty
Ethelbert will be one Of the first in the
lists Eastin & Larabie can scarcely afford
to dim kinley Macks prestige by holding
him out, and just here comes the oppor-
tunity for which Imps trainer and part
owner, Charles Brossman, Is said to have
been waiting since he brought the noted
sleepy heroine of Chillicothe east for the
metropolitan circuit. Jean Beraud is not
likely to have such another opportunity of
redeeming himself this season and w. C.
Whitney will probably let him look for
satisfaction.
The browning feature of the proposed
race however is the admission of three
year-ods. among whom are a few with
strong championship credentials. H Eu-
gene Leigh has the winner of the Belmont,
Ildrim. in rare racing trim and admirers
OF the colt will be disappointed If he does
not come in after his sterling perform
ance of Thursday last. Where Ildrim be-
longs there is room for Petruchio and Mis-
sionary. James r. -keene is away in Eu-
rope, but cable from Trainer James Rowe
would have time to reach him and make the
sturdy son of Tournament factor.
Arthur FeatherStone might like to have
another shy with Missionary and shrewd
John E. Madden owns horse worth con-
sidering in Gulden. He also trains the
Withers winner. Kilmarnock. for w. c..
Whitney, and his opinion of this colts pre-
eminence is so openly expressed that the
blue jacket and brown cap Of the former
Secretary of the Navy may be found m
the back of the big three-year-old instead
Of Jean Beraud. For that matter there is
room for both where the question at issue
is Of such vast Importance to the prestige
of the horses held out or left in.
Altogether the conditions point to the
possibility of one of the most unique races
in American turf history. 1t should eff
fectualIy settle many debatable points and
sift the wheat from the chaff in such a
way that nothing but the wheat will be
seriously considered in any further PROPOSE
lions on similar lines.