The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-01

BY the time the horses go to the post
the field will in all likelihood be mar
rowed down to ten or twelve. The ito
sters, although it is almost week
ahead OF the race. are busy over their
dope Sheets" but many a year has
gone by since they were more perplexed
than they are at present over the pro-
bable outcome of the contest. After the
Reina. at Gravesend. with an utter dis
regard of such favorites as Blues and
Herbert, the feeling grew that the sea-
son was going to be wide open
Suburban, accordingly. Gold Heels,
Blues and some OF the other top weights
would have been still more heavily
backed were it not for the fear that an
other ten to one shot" would cause
CONSERVATION by winning the race.
But in the Suburban. as it afterward
turned out. the favorite won. and the
ightweights with the exception of Pen
tecost. were not in the race.
Hence on the eve of the Brighton
Handicap the tipSterS are pretty much
agog, not knowing whether to base their
beliefs on the results Of the Brooklyn
or the Suburban.
Gold Heels, the winner OF the Subur-
(the company being Diamond JIM
Brady, will carry the heaviest impost,
the Handicapped having allotted to him
126 pounds. Some of the best judges on
the turf are of the opinion that Gold
Heels will train on and at the close of
the season will be recognized as the
best handicap horse of the year. Gold
Heels is the grandson of the famous
Longfellow, the pride Of Kentucky, and
one of the greatest thoroughbreds that
ever lived.
Frank Farrell. who has sometimes
been referred to as the sPoolroom
King" of New York, will probably be
represented by two candidates, Blues
I'D Do
seen little on the turf this year. and his
chances can only be conjectured. Blues
has been ever more disappointing, and
has probably burned up more money in
America this year than any other horse
on the turf. He has been favorite, or
close to it. nearly every time he has
started, and seldom runs as well as his
friends expect.
The next horse in point of weight Is
Walter C. Rollins sturdy campaigner
Herbert Herbert will carry several
pounds less in the Brighton contest than
he carried In the other big handicaps.
The Rollins entry is a plucky, earnest
sort of brute. whose record is not ex-
sonably sure to give good account of
himself, should the track be heavy or
muddy. Herbert seems to like this GO
ing better than fast track.
Another animal in which the handicap
per has much respect is ]. e. Widener's
Ten Candles. Ten Candles was the first
horse in the east this year to run q mile
in 1:39. This has since been beaten, but
Contend. who did it. carried much lighter
weight In the opinion of experts, Ten
Candles with only lis pounds On his back
ought to go the route at great speed.
OF the senSat ional members of the light
weight handicap division In 1901 and was
one of the most consistent animals of last
season. Roehampton this season has not
done as well as expected, and many are of
| the opinion that he will show to better
| advantage when the Handicapped assigns
| to him lighter impost. Still, with only
| III pounds, the odds against Northampton
1 will not be particularly long.
Watercure, Argregor, Carbuncle and
Goldseeker follow In order in point OF
| weight, although none of them up to this
time have done work emitting them to
really serious consideration. Dixieline with
80 pounds: Contend. Morningside and Fly
Wheel, carrying the same weight ARE pref
| ty sure to be nibbied at by those who pre-
fer light weights in the big handicap. The
KeeHe representative will be Port Royal
q consistent winner this year. while those
Petra IT and Northern Star. Fighting
Jere'' Dunn'ss Sunshower Ii the real ighi
| weight Of the bunch. carrying only &
pounds.
The Brighton handicap was Instituted
many years after the suburban. but il
has steadily grown in popularity. The first
Brighton handicap was run In 1885, and
the winners Of the race up to the present
time are as follows:
1so6-Loudal 10. woH: Lucky Dog. 10