The Washington times., 1902-09-22
But One More Big Meet
to Be Held After Graves
end Closes.
SPORT has BEEN FIRST CLASS
Gold Heels and Major Daing-
erfield the Two Best
of the Year.
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION
McLewee & Brady's Announcement
That They Will Sell Their Horses
Surprises Turfmen Generally-Stake
Events for the Present Week.

NEW YORK. Sept. 21.-The racing
season in the East is drawing to a
close. Only one more important meet
ing will be held after the present
Gravesend meeting is ended. The
Brooklyn Jockey Club will close its
gates On October 4, and then a three
weeks meeting will be held at Nor
ris Park, after which the scene will
shift to Aqueduct, thence to Benning.
Altogether this season has been prob
ably the mos. remarkable held in Amer
lea in a great many years. The class
of. sport has been of the highest, and
while there have been horses in the
past that had greater claims to dis
tinct;on than any of the present year.
the quality this season has been very
good. There have, however, been no
Salvators. Tremonts, Kingstons, Ten
Broecks. Hindoos, or Hanovers.
Gold Heels. Major Daingerfield, Her
mis-, and a few others have performed
remarkably we'll. but they have not
raced day in and day out like the turf
giants OIL the past.
Turfmen Are Surprised.
Turfmen generally are greatly sur
prised at the announcement of McLewee
& Brady that they will dispose of their
horses in training at the end of the
present Gravesend meeting. Owning as
they do the best four-year-old and
Sh1 ~ op5 of ~ e
was to be expected that their success
would keep them on the turf for some
time to come.
Both gentlemen state that there is ho
foundation for the rumor that there has
been a difference between them as to a
division of the earnings OF the stable,
and that sthe sole reason for selling out
is private business that will prevent
their personal attention to their horses.
They prefer to retire when they are
wait until time when they could not
realize a fair amount for their horses.
The stable has won close to 100000
in stakes this year, while the winnings
of the owners in bets will probably
r
double that amount. 1t is estimated
that the two horses. Gold Heels and
Major Daingerfield, will bring in the
neighborhood of $4,000 when they are
sold on October 4.
Stake Events This Week.
Seven stake races wifi be decided at
Gravesend the coming week. There are
no big events among them, but all are
sufficiently attractive to draw a good |
class of horses.
Tomorrow the Seabreeze Stakes will |
be the feature of the card 1t is a |
selling race for three-year- olds. at one |
and one-sixteenth miles, the winner 10 |
be sold at auction for $1,000 Among
The twenty-five eligibles are some good
ores, and the race ought to prove
rattling contest.
Tuesday viii have the Kings High
way Steeplechase as the feature. 1t is
a handicap steeplechase for three-year-
olds and upward over the about"
course. Among the entries are the
crack George w. Jenkins, but as he has
been shipped TO Canada, he will not
be starter. There are plenty of good
ones left. however.
Wednesdays stake event is the AL
bemarle. for two-year- fillies that
have not won $1,000: the winner to be
sold for $4,000 at auction. There are
forty-two fllies eligible for the race.
among them being Lady Albercraft.
Nine Spot, Lady Josephine, Gloriosa.
Hymettus, Daisy Green, wannakee,
Wild Thyme. Mary McCafferty. Mamie
and Kentucky Rose. |,
The event of the card on Thursday ,
will be the Parkville Handicap, for 1
three year-olds, at about six furlonps {
1t has an attractive lot OF entries. /
among them Hermis. Lux Casta, Hy- |
phen, Huntressa. Heno, Arsenal, Igni- 1
ter. Cameron, Gay Boy, Colonel Bill.
Did England. Cunard, Clonmell, Extin-
suisher, Whisky King. and Leonora
Loring.
Fridays feature will be the Monarch 7.
Stakes. for three-year- olds, at a mile +
ind furlong, in which are entered a
,uch good ones as Hermis. C. Whittier. d
Fly WheeI.~ Runnels, South Trimble. c
icno, Igniter. Colonel Bill, The Rival. U
'ombrero. Old England, Cunard. Rock
water. Par Excellence, Highlander, and
)om Paul a
Two stake events will be run Off on u
Elatlands, for two-year- u
Ids. at five and one-half furlongs. and
he Occidental Handicap. for all ages.
t mile and furlong. I
In the former, which is a selling af-
afr, are number of first-class young y
ters, including Platter, Lady Alber- :
raft. Captivator. Lady Josephine, Mer- l
v Acrobat. Minotaur, Intervention. Ser
cant, Mackey Dwyer. Wild Thyme, Eva !,
.ussell, Bensonhurst, and Red knight. ;,
Among the starters in the Occidental !. l.
[andicap will be Hermis. Advance n
uard, Artfculate, Francesca, Blues. h
onnibert. Reina, Igniter, His Emil =,
ence, Royal. Cunard. Herbert, and "
arbuncle. This race ought TO make r
cracking good contest all the way. and o,
lie winner will have to run his best on
!, win. RI