The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-08
CITY LEAGUE TO PREPARE
 FOR REAL BALL NEXT WEEK
Will Be Put on Financial Basis at Meeting Monday Night--Suburban HandicapperS Scratch
 ed--SpOrfing Melange.

news coming to The Advertiser after the iquotations of O'Learys future book were in type. Both Garry Herman and Ban- l aster have ben scratched. the latter only | being held at 200 to 1 to win, while Cap I tain Browns Esha colt had 50 to l on his
 chances. Speaking of the Eastern horses The New York Press says:
 While the sterling performances of | Mizzen have dispelled all doubt as to the | identity of the champion 2-year-old. the | atmosphere Is not so clear in the 3-year- | old division In the Fest there are hal | a dozen or more year-olds that race like horses of the first class. among them Albert Featherstones Arsenal Green Nor | ris. Old England. August Relmont's Mas terman, Clarence Mackay's Heno and William c. Whitneys Blue Girl and King Hanover. These already have been seen, and it is possible that horses equally as good. if not better, will be uncovered later. Arsenal has not been seen with his weight up. but there is no reason why he should not carry 1t, and if he
 can. the horse that beats him will come
 pretty close of Reing the champion of his
 year. The colt is receiving a special
 preparation for the American Derby,
 which will be the chief-feature for the
 Washington Park meeting in Chicago.
 and his owner Is confident that he will
 
 man won the Belmont stakes in good
 style. and should have won the Carlton
 stakes. run on Saturday.
 ''Old England has been the most pleas ant surprise of the season. Campaigned in California all winter. he came here with the reputation of being a sprinter-
 that and nothing more. But that he is something more than a sprinter he has demonstrated on several occasions. The only horse to take his measure up to date was Compute in the Withers stakes at mile. and that was a race which he should have won. The Withers re- solved itself into question of jockeyship at the finish. and Shaw, on Compute triumphed over l.. Jackson. on Old Eng land. With buckeyes reversed. the latter horse would have won with something to spare. It may be that Old England will not go further than a mile, cut thus far he has gone as far as he has been asked to do. and it might be as we'll not to set him down as a. sprinter. sure
 and simple. until it has been demonstrat- ed that he cannot negotiate q distance Blue Girl has won her only, starts. and Heno has done enough to convince his owner and many shreWd judges that he will give god account of him ;eif in the American Derby. With these horses in good condition, there should be no lack of first-class 3-year-old racing.
 While Edward Corrgan expresses some doubts as to the ability of his stable to win the $2o.0o0 stake in the American Derby. the Master of Hawthorne is al- most certain to ''be in the money when results are figured in the sixteen other rich events to be run at Washington Park. for he has from two to six en- tries in afs or an average of three. in each, and this includes the two and thI year-olds and upwards, says The Chicago Daily News. Besides these stake entries he has number of horses that
 will fit In nicely in the overnight hand leaps. Few of the lot have more than two stake engagements, fact which in dicates the number of entries. Another interesting feature is found in the num- | ber of high-class horses not in the Der I by, but will meet Derby candidates in such events as the Auburn, Oakwood, | Great Western, Young and Wheeler Stakes and Handicaps for which MT. Cor rigan will give special prep to Fancy Man, Rose Free Sir Hercules, Planudes and Semper Vigilans.
 S. c. IIildreth is another owner general ly credited as having designs upon the big stakes. He has few -year-olds en- tered but with three in the Derby and two each in the Sheridan and Drexel. he has put seven in the Auburn. Oakwood. Great Western and Midway. and nine
 each in the Young and Wheeler Handi- caps. As his horses are all in good con- dition, other owners say they will have to think twice before deciding upon the horses they think can beat Hldreth's entry.
 Jockeys who will ride at Washington Park track will be greatly pleased with the arrangements made for their com fort and convenience in the many inn provements now In progress at the big South Side course. Among the other changes is the addition of several shower baths in the jockey room over the pad dock. where the number of lockers has also been doubled, and fresh paint and