The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-28
READY FOR THE BROOKLYN!
". G.. WHITNEY'S GUNFIRE rs
THE F!AJORITE.
Hut J. T.. Madden Is Confident That Yard.
arm VIII DO the Trick N GraNesend
To-day - Handicap, With Eighteen
Entries. Looks . Pulling Proposition.

At about 4 o clock this afternoon the Brook
Ign Handicap at u mile and quarter. worth
in gross about $1,000, will be run at the
Brooklyn Jockey Clubs track at Gravesend.
Eighteen starters have been named TO 90.
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 we're advanced by owners
and trainers. John +. Madden was perhaps
the most confident Of them all. He said he
believed that +. r; Thomass three-year-old
has been very sweet on Yardarm ali the spring.
win rs sn se gre"ser rseehSrse .hsn
illlstrious sire; faIdarm viii carry 90
pounds ' %h E b r ssss ns by
Hastings Gun, the sensational winner
Of the Meropol,tan H9ndieap 9, Norris Park.
bly, rule favorte She viii take up the nice
the saddle The mares best work for TO-
Trainer Rogers Yesterday expressed conf
dence in her ability to win. and she will have
large sa Ia. vS STedd w ~
4 Jockey had not been secured for him at
Jacob Worth's Dom Paul. By Prince Royal
Tartarne also is IN high fuvor because o.
mile and quarter in EOS last Tnesday the
Zoroas,ter and Articulate recently which also
m9de him q factor in the Brooklyn. pullman
~ p n'l F"ShalI = Kesnes Injunction.
the three:year-old son Of st; leonards...
hbi.on H.. who wen the Jockey Club nv Weight
from Girdie and Blues. is another proposition
not to be- overlooked.
all 90 pounds. and II Cannon rides one q L.
y. Bells horses, the st. I.eonard's colt will be
hapdled BY S.I Iittle WaS SG, by w,on.,u.,,.
his races this season. is q hot tip. Under the
EFF RI wnne csS or B has
been keyed up gradually until, with a work.
Ss OF mile and Sosss r. ; Win he is
FL pounds and may be ridden by Cannon pr
the ts s do Table to y TSe
y Frank nix Farrell's cratic horse. Blues, by
Sir Dixon Bonnie Blue H.; is the top we s
developed i,s the old tendency 10 salk and Quit,
but IA Blues is horse OF moods he is always
worth reGkoppng with. Fuller will ride him.
''i he IRA track X shonid be muddy. old Herbert
with lls pounds. would be an ATTRACTION for
hered that yardarm and Gun fire can run in
the mud Just as well as they can on dry
Articnlatc. the Western handicap horse.
who took Old England's measure in mitch
race. not long ago nfter running fourth IN
is well iii thought Of bv the people Who control
him in spite of his poor race at Westminster
a az "1d %, to h he rag hs .nf 4 G ooR
Fan shu we's H.no, formerly in Clarence II,
Mackay's stable, who, will pack li3 pound dr..
He ran second t" Blackstock in the Excelsior
the races since His best work for the Brook
Ign was nile and GnRsrtc, in ss last Tsss
may have the mount.
\. Tcnthers,ones lgniter. with ll2 pounds.
has worked a mile and hall in las in handy
fashion MIR. Fcatherstonr. it will be re-
mrmbrrcd. IurIu shed the winner Of the
brooklyn last year in his four-year .old mare
R"imn, a 90 to i shot. George, r. Johnson's
Bonihert. with III pounds, will have many
friends ard so viii Newton BcnninRtons
Royal If he goes to the barrier.
Alex Shields's Hunter Raine. with only
q2 pounds OF, his back. looks good to many,
mart ic,llarly as he has won some hard races
with much heavier imposts against good
horses NJ II. Tich"nors Waswiit Will be
backed by the Western contingent, and so
will the mysterious Sumb". who MISC halls
from the wooliy WILLIS. The Brooklyn Hand
icap has been won only ono" ~ three
year-old the ke"ne's ronror in 1901. "
tho weather il clear probably 10000 persons
will see the race possibly more. Inc en-
tries for the handicap are az follows:
The BROOKLYN Handicap. for three year old!
and UPWARD 500 each, half forfeit. or on! Sl5 u
declared by Feb. 30 with $40. 600 added. OF which
81 oOO to the second and u 900 10 the third weights
were announced Feb. .: one mile and a quarter: