New-York tribune., 1902-07-14
THOROUGHBRED TOPICS.
CLASS AT BRIGHTON is ON UP GRADE.
OLD REQUITAL TO RETURN TO THE
TRACK-FUTURITY AND REALIZATION
WINNER To BE TAKEN FROM THE
STUD ETHELBERrs RE-
TURN TO RACING.

The first week Of the Brighton Beach -,..t+,-
demonstrated that the promises made by the ON
cials OF the Brighton Beach Racing Association
that the class Of the horses racing there this
season would show Improvement over last year
nave been well kept OF course. the limitations OF
the track arr such that Brighton can never be-
come really first class racecourse. but nearly
all that could be done to improve # has been done
and its popularity as a midsummer track seems
destined 10 go on increasing ndefnftsiy A large
number OF good horses annually retire temporarily
the Saratoga campaign. where it is possisie for
than at Brighton but more OF the good do ones are
racing at Brighton this season than ever before.
the seaside course daily
II is good news that both Gold Heels ana Ma.or
Daingerfeld expected to fuIfl their important
engagements for the rest OF the season The ReaT-
zation winner went wrong In the winning OF the
big three-year-old stake, and for a time IL was
Jared that he would not race again this year.
IL appears. however. that he is rapidly coming
around again. and General McLewes thinks he viii
be IN good shape for the Brighton Derby on An
gust Gold Heels showed signs OF having taken
cold recently and fears were expressed that he
had influenza, but the tawny racer now looks hr
again and he win start in the Brighton Cup on
July - when his owners expect him 70 administer
equal Gold Heels beat Blues in both the subur-
ban ban and the Brighton Handicap. but excuses on
on each occasion To be sure. not one racegoer IN
Heels but General McLewee Is anxious for snothsr
chance prove the superiority OF his splendid
Heels appears 10 hav, a chance among the eiiSi-
bles.
Horsemen interested in the announceunens
from Lexington that the old horse Requital is TO
Be shipped north at once to be prepared racing
at the coming Saratoga meeting. RequitaI is now
nine years old For several years he has been in
t. C. McDowelFs stud at Ashland, the home OF
Henry Clay. Lexington. KY His get however.
has not been any too successful. and it has been
decided. inasmuch as the horse IS sound and
strong, to give him chance the track once
more. ReqCital won the Futurity in 1885 and the
Realization in 1886 well as the Twin City Handi-
cap the same year He is by imp. Eothen. and was
breds OF his time Il Will be intsreSfi1s IN S. ~
he has again been put into winning form There
been taken from the stud and raced successfully.
~ bs was Sn eIGepton euf there are not many
Ethelbert, too IS in training again. despite his
got over his habit OF disappointing the public
1t is a well known fact that most habtuaI
racesoers have a considerable element OF su-
perstition in their temperamental equipment
Such followers of the turf will be sustained
in their errors by the experience of win
ne' O'Connor. the Jockey in the first race
last Friday Before the race The jockey got
anonymous letter telling him that he would ride
No. Is the card in the first race and would
be injured in the race. Everybody who follows the
races knows that il all happened as feretold. Kit
and Vas eadng the field when he y was sise erowdei
against the rail so violently that O'ConnoT's foot
was badly pinched. and he had 20 pull up. Nobody
has been able to Ofter satisfactory explanation
of the incident. but OConnor does not want to
get any more prophetic letters Just at present.
while his employer, Mr. FeatherStonc. saws will
give S10t0 10 anybody who viii give him the
of the writer.
When the Eastern candidates for the American
Derby all defeated last month II was gener-
ally attributed TO the fact that the Eastern horses
nad not been in the West long enough to set
climated- On Saturday. however, Argregor who
ran third in the Brighton Handicap at Brighton
Beach a week before. the Young Handicap in
Chicago. OF course. this proves nothing except
that 1t is possible for a horse TO make rapid jumps
from climate to another without being un-
favorably affected That such a happening is more
tnan possibility, however, few hOrssnsn OF
perience will admit.
Whitechapers victory in the Double Event is
of the that will return Chorister from vir-
ginia to James R Keene's stud, Casteton. in Lex
inston. Ky WhitechapeI is the first Of Choristsrs
get to do him much credit in a long time. A sec
Ond cause OF the return of the old horse to Cas-
Using young sire Horoscope, who killed Wills
exercising on the farm Major Dainger6eld. Mr.
Kcene'S superintendent. part or ChOriSter-
BRIGHTON ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY. II
FIRST RACE-HighWeight handicap Six furlongS- 4