The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-24
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
<PECE LATgON As TO THE $50. 600
EITE RJTY NEXT SATURDAY,.
Connected That sydney Paget Has the Best
FLY In Hamburg belle, but Who
Owns the Champion Colt?--Mct' hesney
amt Nermls May Meet Tomorrow.


The greatest tWo-yc1r-old event Of tht
year. IN" so 800 Fg' rlty. will be run Al
Shcepshead BAY nry; saturday afternoon
thereby r"opeuiug ta" campaign On loca,
tracks 10 the d"IiEat ~ thousands From
present indications the Futurity vii! attract
possibly twenty colts and f!le- 10 u" post
There were tTehty-tour starters In last year :
race, won Sensat'onaliy by John \ Drhk"'s
Sayable 50 that Il BIZ leld "a generally looked
for GgaJn. No ,CrfYnan Of keen perception
has been able 20 point out the best two
Fear-Oid OF the year 70 dat" From the
running Of the Early Stakes a. Morris Park
up 10 the victory Of Highball in the Grand
Union Hotel stakes On saturday at the Spa
there have been 70 many changes in the form
and success Of various horses that the race
going public Just uOw - IN a state Of b"wlldef-
msnt.
II IN generally con cednd however. that The
best FLY yet seen is Sydney Page;'. Ham
burg Belle. by Hamburg lslar VINO has rot
vet suffered defeat and who qualified nicely
in her victorious rae" cf SATURDAY. She
10 wonderful Splinter and has never YET
been extended. Mr. P4Ret believes that She
will come very near winning IN" Fgturity
for the reason that she will carry IA pounds.
and with that weight she ought 70 run some
Of the more heavily weighted colts into the
ground in the run down tho seyen-fur!ong
chute. But the Ally has never raced over
this distance and has never met the best
colts in training. which means that al" VIII
have 70 run the race OF her life 70 win SatIr-
days big stake.
Fred Gebhard believes that he has Ham
burg Bellies equal in the PIaudt fl!y Raglan.
whom he recently purchased from John l..
Madden at Saratoga RIxan is hAli-sis'er
to Gunhre and has already shown both high
racing quality and stamina. She must take
I'd 40 pounds because OF her victory in the
Spinavay Stakes the day after Mr., GeDhsrd
bought her. Another crack FLY who earned
brackets early in the season az Morris Park
IS FoIha keene's Dovecote by Kingston
Cushat. She has been especially reserved
for the Futuritr and is a sure starter. Other
FLIES Of note mentioned as possible starters
are August Belmonts Beldame and X. W
Walden's Contentious
or the colt division there are many dan ger
Gus factors. John E Madden has freely pre-
dcted that his cOlora will be carried 10 rriun ph
by Adbell. who has developed at the Spa
II VIII be remernb ered that Madden frst IN
covered his Futurlty winner, Yankee. at
Saratoga, and at the time he said the great
colt would win the race at the Bay. Madden
firmly believes that Adbell is better colt
than Yankee and has advised numerous
friends TO bet On him. The Wizard OF the
hls barn. including The Minute Man. Aris-
tOcrscy, winner Of the $50 900 Saratoga special.
and Pulsus, but he pins his faith 10 Adb@l
as his best. Many turinen are inclined 10
the belief that James X. keene will furnish
the Futurity winner in his big Kingston colt
Delhi. This young ster won the SIS, 900 Hope
fIl Stakes AZ the Spa week ago Saturday
IN such manner az 10 electrNy the turf
sharps. ever on the alert. Trainer Rowe
l.
cidcd then and there to send him to the post
~ the mainstay Of the Keene stable. Il e
may have as running mates, kohinoor. by
hingHton-hoyal Gem, and lsrael!te. by
lsldor-.- Starlight. but neither Of these young.
-ters has shown De.hfs fora. The latter
will sack III pounds. including a penalty tor
winning the Hopeful Stakes
". c. Whitney will probably start Stall
has been running In rather Disappointing
manner at the Springs while Mercury. in
spite OF fast trials. appears 70 be slow in com
In his game little son Of Ben Brush. Broom
stick. who Will have TO shoulder l27 pounds. |
an impost that has proved too much for hlm |
trate Is the best eligible In Trainer Hylands |
care. but the Hastings colt, II he starts, will |
penalty for his success in the National |
stallion Stakes and other rich events. NJ. |
MuIphy,s James ". Green Morris's Boxwood.
Andrew Mi IIT Reyrills p H. Me- arren sey.
the others mentioned an possible starters.
AfriGander Is not only the greatest three
upon as the champion thoroughbred in train
ing. AS u matter Of fact, lie has won more
money this, year than any other horse and
has done all that his owners have asked OF |
him except In the Equality Stakes at Sleeps
head Bay when he was poorly ridden and also
in the, Saratoga Handicap. when he WAS an
Stakes at Morris Park then tho Suburban
Handicap, followed by the Advance Stakes
and the Lawrence Realization Stakes. Airi-
cander's browning achievement was his ,
worlds record breaking performance in ths
struggle for the Saratoga Cup. In all he has
won nearly $1,000 IN stakes and purs"s for
who refused 10 sell the colt last spring for |
$4,000 AfrIGander has done more Than any
three tyeas,oid eyer ac,2mpiished before and
The defent Of WatcTboy. crushing IA II
was. Is worth an excuse. According 10 a
story that, reached here Yesterday from
that Waterboy could not 70 more than a
mile and Quarter. bgt was induced by
horse start In The cup race. Joyner wa- 20
triumphs in the Suburban Renewal, the !
rhtOn Handicap and the Saratoga Hand- |
,... that he believed the horsr capable Of |
< & a route. the farther the better. and Of |
handling his weight against any kind Of i |
OF Waterboy are that the distance WAS too |
great for him. the track was too heavy and |
tndL the morse was really snort IN WORK be !
cause Of his inability 10 work during the past |
week In the mud. These excuses, however,
do not recover the publcs money which was |
placed on Wat"rboy with a confidence that |
made his downfall all the more heart-rendlng
The only regret have" said a we'll known |
turfman, who brought his horses down to |
Sheepshead Bay yesterday, -is that McChea- |
ney Hermis and Irish Lad did not all start for |
the cup. Africander would have taken their |
measure az sure asthe sun is above you. Afr;
cander is the wonder Of the century, II will |
be long time before you will another |
three year-old Like him. He can put it all |
over Irish Lad under any conditions that
may be named
McChesney. according TO positive as
sertion made by +. Il Smathers yesterday, |
will be n sure starter In tho Champlain Handi- |
cap at a milo and a furlong, TO be run at Sara
toga tomorrow, II Big Mac" does not de- |
veIOp "lameneIs" at the last moment he Will |
meet F. r. Thornas's 600 HerInis who |
- apparently recovered last year's form |
and ia rapidly regaining the confidence Of |
the public. McChesney has worked over n |
mile and a quarter on n dead track in ar. |
and Trainer Frank Taylor says he will posi- |
lively be ready To face the barrier tomorrow !
Many Of IN" horses owned by John H. |
Madden, the keenes s. s. Brown and T. X |
Thomas have arrived nj the Bay. Madden's |
Abdell got in late Saturday night.
PAGET BACKS HANBERG BELLE, |