The Washington times., 1903-05-28
This Race Is RSzling the
Brains of the Sporting Fra
ten,fty of Amenica-W Winner
VIII Be Hard to PICK.
Whitney's Gantire, Thomas
Yardarn1, and Worth : Dom
Paul All WeHLiked by Tai
ent-lrtsh Lads Chances.

AT about 4 o'clock this afternoon the
Brooklyn Handicap, at mile and a
quarter. worth in gross about SIT .OOO
will be run at the Brooklyn Jockey
Clubs track at Gravesend Eighteen
starters have been named to go, but
this number may be reduced to about
an even dozen. On paper the handicap
looks to be one of the most puzzling
races of its kind that has ever been run.
Last night all sorts of opinions were adj
vnnced by owners and trainers. John E.
Madden was perhaps the most confident
or them all. He said he believed that
E. R. Thomas three-year- colt Yard
arm, by Henry of Navarre-Yseult,
would be returned the winner. Madden
has been very sweet on Yardarm all the
spring. He has made the statement that
the colt will prove an even greater race
horse than his illustrious sire. Yard
arm will carry sc pounds and will be
ridden by Hack.
". C. Whitney's great mare Gunfre,
by Hastings-Royal Gun, the sensational
winner Of the Metropolitan Handicap at
Morris Park. when she turned the Il lie
In 1881, Will probably rule favorite.
She will take up the nice weight Of Ill
pounds ana Burns will be in the saddle
The mares best work for today's race
was 2:11 fat. done with ease. Trainer
Rogers yesterday expressed confidence
in her ability to win, and she will have
a large following. Irish Lad, owned by
Whitney G. Duryea, also has worked we'll
under Rogers eye, but he may not start.
A Jockey had not been secured for him
1t late hour last night.
Dom Paul Well Liked.
Jacob Worth's Dom Paul, by Prince
Royal-Tartarine, also is in high favor
because of a mile and a quarter in 2.0S
last Tuesday. The gelding won a hard
race at Morris Park from Zoroaster and
Articulatc recently, which also made him
a factor in the Brooklyn. pullman will
have the mount, and Dom Paul will carry
107 pounds. Foxhall P. Keene's Iniunc-
ton, the three-year- son OF ST.
Leonards-Prohibition II, who won the
Jockey Club Weight for Age race at
Westchester last Tuesday from .Girdle
and Blues. is another propositions. not
to be overlooked
He will take UP the highest feather
of them all. 90 pounds, and If Cannon
rides one of L. V. Bells horses, the St
Leonard's colt will be handled by little
Waugh.
L V. Bells Colonel Bill, by Wagner
Matte T., who has been beaten off in
nearly all Of his races this season. is a
bot tip Under the care of J. H Nc
Cormick. who prepared Mr. Bells Subur-
ban winner, Alcedo. Colonel Bill has
been keyed up gradually until with a
workout of mile and quarter in 210,
he is now looked on as a possibility. He
will shoulder III pounds and may be
ridden by Cannon or Rice, although the
latter is down to ride Francesca, also
from the Bell stable. who may not go to
the post
Blues the Top Weight
Frank FarrelPs erratic horse. Blues
bv Sir Dixon-Bonnie Blue II. is the top
weight. with 123 pounds. His last two
races have DEVELOPED the old tendency
to sulk and quit. but as Blues is a horse
of moods he is always worth reckoning
with. Fuller will ride him. and he will
be played.
II the track should be muddy, old Her
bert. with 11s pounds. would be an at
traction for the public's money. but it
h. hot