The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-05

| that he was not tried until Friday in an
| important race over a hard, dry track.
| He ran good race at Hawthorne, but
| was all out at the finish. and "a mile with
| weight seems to be his limit.
Two of the Eastern probabilities have
doomed into greater prominence and as
both are practically certain to start in
the Derby their performances are of more
than usual interest. These are Heno and
Old England.
There can be no doubt as to Heno's
class. Many of the good Eastern judges
have selected him as the best of this
years crop of 3-year-olds. His greatest
| feat was in gaining on Advance Guard in
stretch run, and any horse that can do
| that must be counted as a good one. par
| ticularl- after Advance Guards showing
| in the Brooklyn handicap.
Clarence Mackay, Henos owner. is out
for the Derby. Last year he paid $4,000
| for His Eminence in order to have a
horse in the race. This year he is out, not
| only for the honor. but for revenge. The
same is true of Captain S. S. Brown of
Pittsburg who has returned to the turf
| in earnest. Last year he paid $4,000 for
the ante-post favorite. Garry Hermann,
and the story of that colts afflction be-
fore the race was run is now turf history
Captain Brown has Hyphen In the race
by winning from good field at mile
and sixteenth at GraVesend on Monday.
when he disposed of Hermic and Leonora
Loring, two other Derby candidates.
"A Derby colt. who is now pushing
Heno for the 3-year-old honors in the
East is Old England of the stable of
Green b. Morris. Old England has been
running good races in every start, but
the performance that won him new ad-
mi xzruc in he ,taly -
| Grave send on Tuesday. The colt carried
lis pounds, and ran mile and seventy
| yards In As As on a sloppy track.
odd England is only one of the cards
in Mr.. Morriss hand. He has Home
stead, who has not started in the East,
but who is declared by many trainers to
| he a better colt than Old England He is
| being worked at G'aVesend, and informa-
ton was received here Friday that he will
surely start in the Derby. c. r. Pattcr-
son is of the opinion that Old England is
| a very fast horse, hut adds: If | am not
| greatly mistaken. Homestead can dispose
of him at a mile and quarter or a mile
| and IA half. Morris with those two horses
| will be a hard man to beat at Washing
| ton Park.
| Trainer Spiers. who is in charge of
Lucky Baldwin's string now stabbed at
| Washington Park, is of the same opinion
He says: The horse that | am afraid
of is Homestead. l think he is better than
| Old England.
! Eastern turfmen expect To profit by the
! experience of Richard r. Wilson, Jr., with
| The Parader last year. The Parader was
| shipped to Washington Park only a day
| or two before the Derby and was beaten
This year the Fasteners will ship early
with the idea of getting their horses il
trim. Trainer Charles Hill, who handle!
| Reno, has announced that he will ship t.
| Chicago on June TO-
THE West is still waiting on it's candi
dates If looks count for anything, Nc
| Chcsney will not be lacking in support
| There have been contradictory report
about the horse. but the consensus o
opinion is that he is magnificent thor
| oughbred.
Lord Quex who is now an understood,
of McChesney, will bear watching. Th
is the horse that Sam Hildreth bought q
| Albert Simons and who has since beef
backed in tho future books. He appeare,
for the second time in EIildreths color
in an overnight race at Hawthorne Tues
day and won after a game struggle will
j. V. Kirby, who Is more than usefu
| 3-year-old at a mile and under TIL,
race in which the two met was at mile
and Lord QueX showed Camencss b,
standing a long. hard drive through tn
entire length of the stretch Had it heeI
a furlong farther Lord Quex would hav,
won easily