The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-10
AMERICAN DERBY NEAR
WASHINGTON PARK RACES TO
 OPEN SATURDAY WEEK.
Chances of the Entr.es-Aiabama 1n- terested in Opening of Harness Season-sporting
 Miscellany.

| AAouicotcdu came OuC dIttT IiS iohe | retirement and won a moderately gooo
 race at Gravesend on Tuesday. but Il l was not impressive enough one way ol
 another to affect the general estimate 1T which the Morris colt was held; Hermi;
 the Cincinnati colt. ran really note | worthy race at Gravezend on Thursday | not attracting great deal of attention perhaps. inasmucn as he came in third theless, to shake their heads and say tht | son Of Hermence must be reckoned witt
 in Derby calculations. Otis won the bes' | race he has run this year at Hawthorne
 on Friday; and the same afternoon thu | Burns & Waterhouse crack. Corrigan. rar | sufficiently we'll at St. Louis to warrant
 taking him immediately into Derby cal. | culattons: while yesterday Old England l added another victory to his credit in the East
 "Lucien Appleby on Monday won a race at Harlem that made him look of possi-
 ble Derby timber in the mud. but his
 defeat yesterday caused another decline
 hands as result of starting in the race
 which was a selling stake. as he was | claimed after he had finished third by
 M HI Roller. who was acting for ". M
 the same contest There was surprise | that s. C. Hildreth should risk sending | possible Derby candidate to the post ir a. selling event. and the general opinion or horsemen was that Sloan got chear | horse. in view of Lucien Applebys pos
 abilities in the Derby. as the colt cost | him $3.e45.
 '..The week did not produce as much fa- vofable news in regard to Eastern start | CTS as those who wish to see strong Eastern representation might wish for, but 1t Is sure Heno will start. and Heno is generally conceded by Easterners themselves to be the smartest 3-year-old | in that section Clarence Mackay has engaged a private car on one of the linn ited trains for his great Derby colt and the colt will come to Chicago in style. He will arrive here Tuesday afternoon and quarters have been engaged for him in the barn on Drexei Avenue. near Sixty first Street, known as the George West barn" This barn quartered Sadie S.. in advance of the Derby of last year, and it is being rigged up to house the colt that will in all probability be the post favor ite for the great race of next Saturday a week.
 When 1t comes to H. M. Zeigler's colt, matters are different. Mir. Zeigler's can didate is Hermis and he ran a race last week that opened the eyes of those who were watching the cand dates for the Der by. But for some reason no authentic information Is obtainable regarding the intentions of his owner. and it is not known whether he will be sent to Chicago for the race. It is curious fact that Hermis's betting price in the Eastern 6 to l. while in the Chicago book. O'Leary's, 1t was 20 to until yesterday. when it was marked down to 15 All this makes 1t appear that Hermis Is an ex- tremely probable starter in the Derby and that his custodians are not shout ing his praises in advance of the race.
 Unless attention was called to the fact, a great many people might overlook the merit of the race put up by Hermis in the mile and a. half handicap at Grave send on Thursday, because the colt fin- ished third instead of first,
 There was disappointment when Home ct fad in yaSfnrday'a race at Gravesend. Nevertheless there is a conviction that Homestead Is the best Of the Morris cracks when 1t comes to distance of ground. with weight up, but every one would like to see him race once or twice more. In the meantime. how ever, Old England's stock does not de- cline and there would rot be great sur prise if the speedy son of Goldfnch should come out and win the rich prize.
 Of the other Eastern candidates, Arse nal, the Metropolitan Handicap winner. is easily the most interesting, and al- though nothing definite has been heard from Owner Featherstone in the last week. 1t Is regarded as certain that Ar senal will be sent to Chicago after Der by glory"
 In month from Saturday the harness season of 1902 will be on and from then until the close of the season at Lexington in October lovers of the sidewheelers will find more than enough to interest them. In Montgomery and in fact all over Ala bama. there is possibly more interest ta- ken in harness horses than in thorough breds. from the fact that there are a number of famous breeding farms in Alabama. There Is the McCurdy place in Lowndes County. Major Smiths. near Prattville; the Garths. near Huntsville, and several others. Besides this. the fastest matinee races held in the United ps ced at Riverside Park. in Montgomery. Ed Geers, until few years ago. always wintered and trained the Hamlin string at the Plant track in Selma, that magni- ficent son of Shines and Nettie King The Abbott receiving his early education at that track. MT. Plants famous horses also used to winter there. Grattan Boy and others of the speedy bunch being be seen what an interest Alaoamians have in the sidewheel brigade.
 The Detroit and Cleveland programs for the meetings to be held July IA to ls and July 21 to 25 arc just out. and are so ar ranged that most any sort or trotter or pacer will have a chance to compete for big money. The purses and stakes range from $1 200 to $5.ooo each: and the arrangeme mt of the events at Detroit Is as follows:
 First day-215 trot. Chamber of Com merce pace, 2:.9 trot. POT race. Second day-2:2o pace. PA trot !M and M 2I7 trot. 2:14 pace. 2:ei pace, 2:22 trot. Fourth day-2:27 trot. 2:09 pace. 2:07 trot, 2:24 pace. Fifth day-2:2I pace, 2:lI pace, 2:24 trot, 2:13 trot. The Chamber of Conn lecturers trot are already closed.
 At Cleveland the order of races is as fellows:
 First day-2:14 trot. 2:,9 pace tclosed) 2:27 trot 2:19 pace. Second day-e:e1 trot tclosedD. 2:l5 pace ,closed), 2:04 pace, 2:29 trot Third day-2:23 trot, 2:l1 pace, 2:10 trot, 2:17 pace. Fourth day-2:16 trot, 2:06 pace 2:13 pace, 2:07 trot Fifth day 2ls trot, 2:0S pace, 2:2l pace. 2:25 trot.
 The entries for both meetings close on July 1 in all open events. and from pres ent appearances there wiit-be large fields. as more harne-s horzes are in training all over the country than ever before, and while those prepared at Memphis and Louisville have a decided advantage over the ones trained in the North. this fact will not stop the Northerners rom enter. ing at the early meetingi In fact, lot of the horses that are to take part Tn these meetings are already at Detroit and Cleveland. George Spear being the most promir rent driver at the former city. while Geers is the star at Cleveland. Iha chances are the East vii not be represeat- e1 as largely as usual at the first two grand circuit meetings. as the weather iu .>.at section has not been favorable for putuns horses in crder for hard r1c- ing. and when this Is the case the horse men of that section generally cut out De troit Claveland and Columbus. striking the grand circuit at Buffalo and going all the way down the line. good many of them also have engagements at Gin cinnati Lexington and Me nphis in the fall whi h neces sitateS at least one long 1 jourrey to the West and they do not care t mak' d ? for one arly in the campaign unless their horses have more than an ordinary chance cf winni s.
 Corbett and McGovern will settle their Ii T tNn Man T