The Washington times., 1902-10-20
Saturday, the Closing Day at
Morris Park. Winds UP the
Season on Big Tracks
Aqueduct to Have Two
Weeks Meeting.
Whitney & Duryea viii
Send Their Youngster to
England to Start in the
Derby-Stake Events for
the Week.

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-This is the last
week of the metropolitan racing sea-
son around New York. On Saturday next
the Morris Park meeting will come to
close, and racing will then be transfer
red to Aqueduct, where a two-weeks
meeting will be held. From there the
runners will go to Washington.
There has never been a more prosper
Gus season on the Eastern turf than
the present one. The racing has been
of the highest quality and while there
have been no sensational performers,
many high-class horses have been
shown, and the racing has been free
from scandal. Never in the history of
the sport has there been such big bet
ting.
The past week has made it more ap-
parent than ever before that the season
has not developed a king among the
two-year r-olds. Several of them. begin
ming with Mizzen and ending with Eu-
genia Burch, have been awarded the
palm. but all in turn have met defeat.
and ignominuous defeat at that. Prob
ably Grey Friar has been the most con
sistent of the lot. as he has never failed
to run q good race in all of his starts.
Aceful to Try Abroad.
Aceful's showing in the Champagne
Stakes yesterday was not as good as his
trainers expected, but it is said that his
showing will make no difference in the
plans of his owners to ship the colt
abroad. John E. Madden yesterday sold
his interest in Aceful TO Whitney G
Duryea. and the latter are anxious to
be represented on the English turf next
season. Trainer Enoch Wishard, who
knows the English racing game about as
well as anyone, is of the opinion that
Aceful will make good on the British
turf, and it was due as much TO his ad-
vice as for any other reason that 1t was
determined to send Aceful abroad. The
colt will be shipped on October 26 on the
American transport steamer Minnehaha.
Mir. Madden explains Aceful's form at
Morris Park by stating that the colt does
not like the hills. and it is on his
Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay form
that his owners figure his worth. 1t is
possible that Aceful may start once
more at Morris Park in the White Plains
handicap on Saturday.
L. V. Bell, the owner of Hermis, says
that he has received no word from Dur
nell & Herr. the owners of the West
ern crack three -year-old McChesney, re-
garding match race with his colt, and
therefore he has not thought seriously
of the suggestion. 1t is quite probable,
however, il the proposal is made direct
to Mr.. Bell that it will be accepted, as
he believes there is no horse in America |
that can beat his pride.
Turfmen, generally. believe that there
is little prospect of the two horses rae
ing at Morris Park, owing to the late
ness of the meeting, but it is possible |
that the two may hook up either at
Aqueduct or Benning.
Program for Week.
The program for the last weeks racing
at Morris Park is good one, num-
Der of rich stake events being down for
decision. Tomorrow the feature will be
the Casanova Stakes, for two-year- r-olds
and upward. seven furlongs of the With
ers mile. The entries include Lux Casta.
Wealth, Astarita and several other good
ones.
Tuesday has two stake races on its
program, the Corinthian Open Steeple-
chase Handicap and the Silver Brook
Selling Stakes. for two-year- olds Most
all of the jumpers are eligible for the
former event, while in the Silver Brook
are some very good youngsters.
The Dixiana is a stake for three-year-
olds, over the .Withers mile. Lux Casta.
Price. Fly Wheel, South Trimble. Run
nels. lgniter, Colonel Bill Rockwater.
and Dom Paul are the best ones named.
The seventh running of the Castleton .
Stakes is set for Wednesday 1t is for
wo-year-old tlilies. at five furlongs. and
is selling affair. Some good horses {
are, nevertheless. entered
On Thursday the Ramapo Handicap.
for tAree- year -olds. and the second of
the Autumn lightweight Handicaps will
be run. TIE former is a mile and
turlong race. and among the entries are
liermis, Heno,. Colonel Bill. Hunter
Raine, Masterman, Hyphen, and Wyeth.
The Fordham Handicap, which is the j
name given TO the lightweight race, is
1t seven furlongs. and many of the
cracks are entered, including Hermis.
Blues. 1gniter, Sergeant. Colonel Bill.
Judith Campbell, Dick Welles, Chucta-
nunda. Guntire, and Mornings.de
Fridays only stake is the second Fort
Schuyler, for three-year- -olds and up {
ward. at six and one-half furlongs.
The Last Days Stake.
Saturday, the closing day. has but two
stakes down, but both of these are i'm
,ortant races, and will doubtless fur
lish brilliant sport 10 mark the wind i
Ip of the meeting. The first is the
White Plains Handicap for two-year-
lids, over The Eclipse course in which
nearly all the cracks now in training
re entered. Eugenia Burch. Grey Friar. \
lceful. and Meltonian are among them. ,
% that it is likely there will be a
cpetitioi Of the race for the Champagne
# yesterday.
The Second Morris Park Autumn \
Race is the principal
ace of the day. IL is a Iong-distance q
fair. being at two miles and quarter.
he race has an added purse OF $1,000, .
nd in addition the Westchester Asso- j
iaiion adds the Woodlawn Vase. worth
/ 900. The winner is allowed to retain m
l.