The Washington times., 1902-09-08
No Hamburgs or Dom
mos tc Be Found
Among Them.
ACEPULL BETTER THAN THOUGHT
Could Have Run Over Irish
Lad in the Flat
bush Stake.
THIS WEEKS STAKE EVENTS
Annual Champion, Worth $4,000, and
the Great Eastern Features of Coming
Week-Two of the Big Fall Handi-
caps to Be Run.

NEW YORK, Sept. yesterday S
two -year-old race. the Flatbush Stakes,
which was at seven furlongs, the great
est distance the youngsters have been
asked to go this season, demonstrated
one thing-that the two-year-old divis-
ion of horses this season is not high
class.
Irish Lad, proclaimed as the best juve-
nile of the year, won the Flatbush, but
he won only on sufferance, as Acefull.
his stable companion, could have run
over him at the end. So much better
was the latter colt that Cochran had to
snatch his head in the air to keep him
from winn.ag. AS both colts carried
even weights, it was made apparent that
Irish Lad is not so good colt as he
was thought to be, while Acefull appears
to be much better youngster than he
had been supposed.
John E. Madden has ali along claimed
that the son of Mirthful was a crack,
but in all of his races he has perform
ed only fairly we'll, while Irish Lad for
a time appeared to be unbeatable. When
yesterday the two met in a race over
distance Acefull showed himself the
better of the two.
No Hamburgs or Dominos.
The season started out in a very
promising way, and it looked as if there
would be plethora of good two-year-
,olds, but as the year draws to close
it is made apparent that the class is
only mediocre. There are no Hamburgs.
no Dominos, and yet there has never
!. been a season when such high prices
have been paid for horses. This, of
course. is due to the presence of SO
many millionaires on the turf.
The racing the past week has been
fully up to the standard, and it promises
TO be maintained during the coming
week.
Fourteen stake events will be run off
in the six days, the chief of which will
Gbe the Annual Champion Stakes for
Z irhree-year-olds and upward, at two
and one-quarter miles. In the past this
has been one of the most important
turf features of the year. and has al
ways been looked forward to with great
interest. 1t has been the supreme test
OF speed and stamina, and only the best
OF horses have had a chance to win.
This year the stake is worth $4,000. 1t
had 15S nominations, and there are still
eligible I07 horses. OF these, however,
many have never faced the starter, and
others are not in the country. 1t was
this event that Perry Belmont hoped to
win with his good horse Ethelbert, but
the colt went wrong and was turned out
of fr-ai nj Cfarfad in tho 20 a c
year, and was beaten when he ought to
have won, and MIR. Belmont was par
ticularly anxious to win the race this
season.
Good Horses Absent.
So many of the good horses, like
Commando Alcedo, Ildrim, Chacornac,
Disguise, Prince of Melbourne, JEAN
Beraud, Ballyhoo Bey, and Lothario,
vino were nominated for the race, have
gone wrong and disappeared from the
turf, and the field this season will be
only fair one. Gold Heels. Advance
Guard. Blues, Articulate, and other
high-class performers of the year are
not entered.
The best of those entered are Tom |
Kenny, Zoroaster, Bellario, Douro and |
tractiye lot of animals. Still, there is |
no one of them that stands out pre-
eminently from his competitors. and |
while the race will not be a battle Of |
the giants, the contest should be a good |
one. The winner. whoever he may be, |
will be worth less than the money he |
earns. This racefwill be run on Sltur-
day, and while in point of value it will
be the event of the day, 1t will not e,-
coed the other stake event. the Great
Eastern, in the matter of interest.
Race for Youngsters.
The Great Eastern is a race for two
year-olds. with an added purse of s., 500.
There are IS colts and fiIlies still eiigi-
BILE for the race, among them Lord of
the Vale, Hurstborrne, Mizzen. Eugenia
Burch, Fire Eater, Athelroy, Golden
Maxim and Judith Campbell Lord CT
the Vale will doubtless be the post ia
vorite, and many trainers look no far
ther for the winner. The other stake
event of Saturday will be the Westbury
over the full course. and it
has all OF the best jumpers engaged, in
cluding the crack George W. Jenkins.
Thursdays feature will be the third
of the autumn handicaps. 1t is known
as the Omnium Handicap, with an added
value of S2,50e. Nearly all of the best
alleged performers of the season are
entered. The second of the autumn
handicaps, the Ocean, will be the feature
OF Tuesdays card.
The Sapphire Today.
The stake race for tomorrow is the
Sapphire, for two-year- olds which have .
not won a race of the value of 5000. On
Tuesday. besides the Ocean Handicap. ,
the Flight stakes, for two-year- -olds and ]
upward, at seven furlongs, will be de-
,ided. While -year-olds are eligible !
Tor this race, there are only four still
and ii is likely that none Of /;
hem will start. Blues, Bonnibert and !,
Major Daingerfield are the most prom ,
nent OF the older horses entered. The !
Mineola hurdle race will also be run on !
Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the Autumn Stakes 6
Tor two-year-olds will be the feature. y
while the September Stakes will also be /