The evening world., 1903-04-13
Especial To rho Evening WORLDLY

WASHINGTON. April 13.-Down here
In washington turfmen who have looked
upon yellow Tail, the speedy but not
overcourakeous son of Watercress, say
that the Carter Handicap VIII Dc u
big open galiop for him.
If these turfmen will just step back
ward a year they will recall hat they
we're lust as confident that Himself
had a Carter Handicap at his mercy.
Every one knows what kind Of a race
Himself ran and how he was beaten.
AZ that time, and since then. queer
stories have been related as to the
causes which contributed to the defeat
OF Himself. But of these stories 1t Is
best to make no comment In the abb
sence OF anything like facts.
A ruInor whispered from one to an
other IL a vastly different thing from
fact. and 1t must be said thai on the
race track rumors are many ana
facts are few. Yellow Tail may be
beaten, but whether there will be the
same co~ntributory causes that beat
Himself It ID impossible to say. II he
4 beaten let raoe-goers believe. for the
good Of the turf. hat he was beaten
squarely on his merits.
10 Not Like wa~tercolor.
An to this Yellow Tail horse. He Is
q dig. coarse, powerful thoroughbred.
who resembles none of the Watercress
family. Least Of all has he anything
IA common with watercolor. as asserted
BY one turf correspondent. Watercolor
was O beautiful black, whose action
was the poetry OF motion, though a bit
aashy. He had superb conformation.
" least In the eyes Of the laymen.
The experts could pick a few fla We
IN his makeup. but the horse never
lived In which experts could not dis
Germ defects. Yellow Tail is a chestnut
with a great Night OF speed. Endowed
with great muscular power, he ought to
20 further and stay longer than he
does. While he has speed, he prefers
to 70 on In his own way and not be
bothered. which, by the way, was a
trick OF Watercolor's. II anything
looked watercolor in the eye for part
of q race he would say Enough" and
discreetly slow down. Yellow Tail is
the same. The question in the Carter is
Is there any horse in the race which
will be able 10 travel with Yellow Tai
" " All olEluG ulDlhIit wal i'
pounds on his back? In his last race
be towroped Himself. carrying 12U. and
Blue and Orange with .l07. He won as he
Gsassd by four lengths. n the Carter
carryA Whether that weight OFF will
make any considerable difference in his
speed Is a question about which there
horses nc some rh sGuH i a MfsiEs' so meets horses a.
more than others is a certainty. yellow
Tai handles ls6 pounds as easily al
most HOSES do 10 pounds.
Himself Tot In Form.
Turfmen who are so ready to concedt
the Carter Handicap to this horse mus
not bank much on the defeat of Him
s poands TS Sf h Rs'y best aof form Is not he wi VA.
Blue and Orange could not outspeet
him and force hin to q hard drive t.
beat him out a neck. Himself won thu
and there were. many who believed tina
he beat Ahumada easily. The writer be
iieYes that II Ahumada had had a bi
self in spite of the fact that weigh
ana track conditions favored the Dial.
horse.
Himself has no chance. to win tn
depend on nlyria. This is a fast geld
~ perform fairly well in the mud
Ifiyria will take some beating with s
10 close TO a minute nat. That will 5
trick that some of the horses in tn
Carter will not like.
Francesca. an early horse. with
great turn OF speed, 10 likely 10 be
factor despite his ile pounds. He Is no
fee fond OF the welsht. but the distsnc
Splinter. He only carries Ito pounds
and II Redfern rides he will take som
beating. His only starts at Bennins