The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-14
AT BRIGHTON BEACH THIS WEEK.

The principal event to be decided at Brighton this week is the five thousand dollar Iroquois stakes, for three-year- olds at mile and furiong, next Sat urday. Africander and Golden Maxim are not on the, eligible list, but it is probable tnatsa well-balanced field will go to the post. August Belmont is sure to start either Mizzen or Fire Eater. Then from the Keene stable Injunction and Cardinal Wolsey may be looked for. J. B. Haggin will probably start Charles Elwood, who ran second to Shorthose in the twenty thousand dol lar Tidal stakes. Green B. Morris will be represented, no doubt, by either Slave or Artvis, while John w., schorr's colors will be carried by Rifhtful. P. J. Dwyer's Merry Acrobat, A. Feather stones Mesmer, James Galway's Bri- gand and perhaps Meltonian, together with " c. Daly's Illyrit, are also in line to go. a,zs <. --,* Xxx
 The Venus stakes of five thousand dollars, for two-year-old Allies, at five furlongs, also to be run on Saturday, will probably afford the public chance to see Sydney Paget's undefeated Ham, burg Belle sport silk. If the fleet daughter of Hamburg Islac goes to the post she is likely to have a rather diffi- cult task cut out for her if such good Allies start as August Belnont's Marjo- ram, R. w Walden's Monsoon, .Conten- tious and Petunia, the Keenes' Dove cote J. B. Madden's Raglan and others in their class. So far Hamburg Belle has earned the right to be called the best two-year-old Ally of the year. She has won all her races in spread -eagle fashion in lightning time. In the Ve- nus she will have to give away Jumps of weight to her company, which will put her to the real test
 The Distaff stakes, for tWo-year-old Allies at five furlongs, is the feature of to-day's card. Tomorrow the Glen Cove handicap. for three-year-olds at six furlongs, will be run. Handicapper ". s. Vosburg has assigned top weight to Golden Maxim, 122 pounds. The Golden Garter calt, who is at his best just now. may be asked to give weight and a beating to such crack sprinters as "A. l.. Aste,s Platter, Mrs. L. Curtis Eugenia Burch, Frank Farrel's Miflo- taur, Julius Fleisehmann's St. Daniel, J. E. Haggin's Sir Voorhies, W B. Leeds Cinqueyalli. the Mexican stables 5Astarita, John W schorr's John A. Scott and others.
 The Atlantic stakes, for two-year-  Wednesday, while there should be a good field in the Test handicap, for three-year- olds and upward at six fur longs, on Thursday. =.,y
 With the success of J. B. Haggin's Waterboy, winner of the Brighton han dicap in worlds record time. comes an unofficial proposition made by several enthusiastic ttrrfmen that he should be matched gainst the celebrated Mo 5 Ghesney at mile and q quarter, each to carry 126 pounds. E. E Snathers, the owner of McChesney was asked on Saturday whether he favored a match or not. He did not commit himself one way or another, but said that McChes- ney would race at Saratoga and that he might meet the great Watercress horse in some of the big stakes for which both are eligible. Waterboy has completely eclipsed the great sixty thousand dollar Herrnis in point of pop ular esteem Eastern horsenen say greater racehorse than Gold Heels, who was undisputed champion last year, There is as much confidence in Water boy here as there is in McChesney in the west, and a meeting between them would create. a world of interest all over the country. The only cause for re- gret is that Waterboy could not have tackled Africander in the Brighton. Those who pin their faith to MT. flag gin horse. believe that he would surely Z have taken the. measure of the Star Ruby colt at the weights, but men who can see nothing but Africander, because of his phenomenal performances in the Belmont stakes, the Suburban handi- cap the Advance stakes and the Law renee Realization, aver that yVaterboy never will 1cee the day that he can beat s him in a race at a, mile and a quarter or a mile and a half weight for age. There are comparative few that con tend that Irish Lad is a better three year-old than Africander, who beat the Candleinas colt fairly and square1y at even weights in the Advance stakes. ys
 Recalling Irish Lads fine race in the Suburban renewal, when he gave weight to Waterboy by the scale and was beat en Q length, the argument is set forth that if Africander had been starter in that affair he would have made it deci- dedIy more interesting for the Haggin horse. Setting. tall these contentious aside, however, the fact must be conce- ded that nobody knows just how great a horse Waterboy is, as he has never yet been put to the limit of his speed and endurance and has won all of his races with something to spare. Train CT Jack Joyner does not believe in mak- ing predictions, but he is confident that Waterboy in his present form can beat anything in the east or west.
 F. R. Thomas will ship all of his horses except the two-year-old lilly Dimple to Saratoga this week. Trainer Karrick has been. working Hermis along nicely and the sixty thousand dol- } lar horse will try again in the Saratoga handicap. According to Karrfck, Her nlis is simply late in coming to hand and will surprise people before the sea- son is over. Mir Thomas says that he sold his interest in the tWo-year-old Pulsus to J. E. Madden for the reason that the Top Gallant colt lacks profita-