The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Brighton Beach Opens on
Saturday With the Bright
on Handicap.
BAY MEETING A SUCCESS
Gold Heels Victory Saturday Clinches
His Title to Champion-Millionaires
Have Taken Lions Share of Stakes
McLewee Greatest Winner.

NEW YORK. June 29. - The spring
meeting at Sheepshead Bay will come
to a close on Friday. and on Saturday
the meeting at Brighton Beach will be-
gin, with the Brighton Handicap as the
feature of the day. Racing viii con-
tinue at the Beach track until August 2.
There has never been a more success
ful meeting held at the Bay than the
one that is drawing to close. The at
tendance has been remarkably large and
the sport has been truly great. Some
Of the races that have been run at the
meeting will live in turf history and
number of the horses that took part
viii be numbered among the greatest
of the American turf.
The big stakes as a rule have gone to
nlillionaires. but there have been a suf-
fcieEt number of overnight events to
reward the poorer owners and give them
a fair profit.
General McLewee, by the victories of
Gold Heels in the Suburban and Ad
vance Stakes. and the winning of the
rich Tidal Stakes by Major Daingerfeld,
has captured the lions share of the
money hung up, while the new firm OF
Whitney & Duryea are the second best
winners through the victories Of their
two year-old, Irish Lad, in the Great
Trial, and an overnight event.
Gold Heels the Champion.
Gold Heels, by the way, clinched his
title RI rho cbappiop shin of tho oldar
division of thoroughbreds by his defeat
of Advance Guard in yesterdays Ad-
vance Stakes at a mile and half. Ii
is true that Advance Guard was giving
The Bard horse three pounds. but Gold
Heels won easily enough to make UP
the difference in weight.
The defeat of Mizzen by Irish Lad was
somewhat Of a surprise to all students
OF the turf. Mizzen has wen his races
so easily that it seemed as If he had
hrst-class mortgage on the Great Trial,
but he was not equal to the task OF Civ
ing Irish Lad seven pounds and a beat
ing. Bullman may not have ridden the
colt with the best of judgment, but the
fact remains that Mizzen curled up in
the last sixteenth of a mile. This was
either due to the extra weight or the
possibility of the colt having stalled a
bit.
However, Irish Lad demonstrated that
he is a pretty good sort of colt, and
probably the best one seen so far, with
the exception of Mizzen With even
weights, ii is the opinion of keen OBJ |
servers that the Belmont colt can trim |
the irish horse. John E. Madden, who |
bred the winner of the Great Trial, was |
much elated over the victory of the colt, |
as it was the fourth one of his breeding |
that has won the rich stake-the others |
being Hamburg, David Garrick and Blue |
Girl.
The remaining five days OF the meet
ing at Sheepshead Bay will furnish some |
excellent sport. OF course. the big day
of the week will be Independence Day,
Friday, when the valuable Lawrence
Realization viii be run. and also the
last half of the Double Event. the first
part of which was taken by the Mackay
colt. Mexican.
Lawrence Realization Friday.
The Lawrence Realization was for
merly known simply as the Realization,
BuA uAhSi AhN bNuA2l Va tllc lohIAtl Vi lut
stake it was named the Lawrence Re-
as a compliment to Mr. Law
renee. 1t has been one Of the most
popular three-year-old events run in the
East ever since its inception in 1889.
when the peerless Salvador beat the
mighty swayback Tenny. Long Dance,
and other good ones. It was then the
richest three-year-old race in the coun-
try. being worth more than $50. 1000.
Last year it was worth only 81. 900 to
the winner. Among the great horses
that have captured the race were Tour
nament. who won on a heavy track in
1890; Potomac: Tammany. the unnamed
Sunbeam colt, afterward
called Daily America: Dobbins. Bright
phoebus. Requital, The Friar, Hamburg,
Ethelbert. Prince of Melbourne, and
last years victor, The Parader, who
beat the great Keene colt, Commando
Among the eligibles this year are
Major Daingerfeld, Goldsmith. Pretor-
us. King Hanover. Slipthrift. Chiffon.
Juvenalis. The Rival, Ran
aid. Yankee. and Masterman. Shrewd
Judges are of the opinion that Major
will about win, but he VIII !
nave his work cut out to beat Yankee /
whose first race of the season last week I
SGs entirely satisfactory to his owner {
nd trainer. Mr.. Madden, WHO trains !
Yankee. thinks the colt will show good &
in the race Then, too.
here are Masterman. JuYenalis. Ran
Id. Goldsmith and Pretorius to be
with. Whichever wins will
ave TO run some to get to the wire in
ront. {
Cracks Are Penalized. a
In the Double Event, Mizzen and Irish I
.ad are among the entries, and the !
horse win have to take up
even pounds penalty for his victory of
aturday. while Mexican will also have
enalty OF seven pounds for winning the j.,
rst half. This will make the three ,
racks carry l27 pounds each. and they {
ill have to beat such good ones as t