The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-09
SPORTING news.
Bettors Sizing Up the American
Derby Field.
Abe Frank Practically Declared
Out of the Race.
HOMESTEAD LOOMS UP.
Number Of Wise Ones Pick the
Morris Colt.
HenO VIII Soon Be Shipped to
Chicago Track.

Chicago. June with the day OF the
race only two weeks away. opinion as
to the outcome of the American Derby
is beginning to erystallize. With the GER
tainty that Heno and the best OF Green
B Morris grand quartet will come to
Chicago, added to the probability of the
present of Dixieline, Cameron. Hyphen.
Hermis and Pentecost,. taken int, con
sideration with the utter failure OF Abe
Frank to prove I'D on his Dlidwinter
Derby claim, and the uncertainty that
fingers about NcChesney, western stock
in the race has a hearish tendency.
Trainer Charles HIM has already Sc
cured accommodations for Heno. His
original intention was to stable Mr..
N1ackay's candidate and the probable
favorite at the Hawthorne track, but on
second thought he CONCLUDED to set him
down at Washington Park, where the
race Is to be run. HenO will be shipped
from New York next Saturday in a
car attached to a. limited express train.
This viii put him at Washington Park
six days before the race, ample time it
is considered, to get used to the course
and become acclimated.
Heno will have a few stable con1pan-
ions, culled from the younger division Of
Mr.. Mackay's string. The stable, likely
VIII DC 44AAC4G5tC0 Al races OL4CL IMAM
the Derby.
Green B. Morris conteuplates taking
part IN the entire Washington Park
meeting. His horses are extensively en-
gagged in stakes there ana be has his
eye on some Of the liberal overnight
events.
Homestead who has been exploited as
the strongest card in Mr. Morris Der
by hand, was seen with the colors up
for the first time in the east in an
overnight event for 3-year-o at
GraVesend on Tuesday. He not only
won, but put I'D a good performance
under rare difficulties. Although he
Won by only q head, the consensus Of
opinion was that he greatly outclassed
his field, which included Grand Opera,
pably short and badly messed about in
the race, Homestead squeezed through a
small hole and, Outgaming Grand Op-
era, won going away. With clear sail
ing he would have won by couple of
lengths, and with another race in him
the horses he had to contend with
wouldn't have furnished common
amusement for him The race strength
ened the opinion Of CalifOrnians that
this son of CandlennaS and Sweet Home
is more Of a Derby horse than Old Eng
land or Som brero. + And that is saying
a lot. The veteran horseman is not the
man to send a boy to the mill when he
has designs on an important stake, and
1 were
to start Homestead, Old England and
Sombrero All three will be on the
ground on the day of the race That is
assured.
John E. Madden is saying very little
about Pentecost, and that is accepted
as meaning that he regards himself as
having SON ething up. his sleeve. 1t is
strongly limited that Pentecost is being
prepe-ed for the race, which IS really
his best engagement for this year. Mr..
Madden has by this time secured a
pretty accurate line on the Eastern
division, and if he sends out Pentecost
the colt viii be worthy of serious con-
sideration.
Abe Frank is practically out of it.
Il was quite convinced some time ago, -
said Henry Mcdaniel the other day
that Abe Frank is not a Derby colt
Mr.. Bennett and his Memphis friends
have backed him literally in the future
book. and have set great store by his
winning the American Derby, but
what would be the use Of starting him
when we are convinced that he can not
go a mile and a half? He is a good
race horse for purposes outside of the
Derby He may start in the Sheridan
stakes. which is a mile and a quarter
or some of the all-aged handicaps, to
all of which he is eligible. 7 am con-
WINGED that he has no business in the
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