The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-26
WEIGHTS SOON
 ID BE ANNOUNCED MacfarIan is Working on Mont
 gomery Handicap Horses GOLD HEELS IS AT THE TOP Sensational, Suburban Handicap WIn' ner, Is Given Honor of Great Mem phIs Race-Presldent Montgom-
 cry VIII Give Silver Trophy.
GOLD HEELS IS AT THE TOP
BY HOMER GEORGE.

 Within a short time the weights for the Montgomery handicap will be made pup lie and then the talent will have chance to get busy with the dope. Secretary Nj. N Macfarlan of the New Memphis Jockey club is now spending his waking and sleeping hours in research of the records of each and every animal entered. Since this list includes 1O3 Horses, his work is accordingly heavy and is sure to keep him wrestling until about two days be- fore the date for the announcement February '.
 Horsemen everywhere concede that top weight will be given Gold Heels, the Su- burban winner now in the stud of E. J. Arnold & Co.'S breeding farm at Green vile, H. Whatever honors there are m receiving the top impost will accordingly go to this stable. the figures probably be- ing about 127 pounds. If the big stallion is really in racing condition he may be able to do something with this weight, for he carried 126 pounds when he made his remarkable run at Brighton, going mile and a quarter in 2:03 4-5 creating a new worlds record which almost equaled Banquet's time of 203%, made on a straightaway course.
 Gold Heels Closely Watched.
 The big animal is also entered through out the east in the big handicaps. and his start here will be closely watched. Every horseman cannot be made to believe the horse will start because of his break down last season immediately after his first magnificent race. Still, Arnold's trainer has expressed the belief that the animal will start and will win, which, added to the fact that his owners have not hesitated to pay the entrance fees, must be counted for something in the equasion. The same stable has entered Searcher, Ethyline and Maximus, and the manager Is quoted as saying he will as- suredly take the money with one of the two horses which will be allowed to start, for two will be started,
 Top weight horses have always had difficulty in winning the Montgomery handicap however, which fact is due to the admirable allotment of weights made hy MT. MacFarlan. Probably the most magnificent contest for the race vas Ill 1898 when Ornament, one of the grand est horses ever run in this coun.ry with top weight, was beaten in the last few strides of the contest by Salvable while Judge Steadman, $1OO selling platter. was or.ly neck back, third. In this great CT tsi Ornament took up his 126 pounds and made magnificent running, barely losing at the finish to Salvador, who took all In him to win even with 106 pounds up The winner never started again after this race, it taking everything he possessed to get in first. rs
 Circus Won at 100 to i.
 Last year the same story was true, only the winner was asked to carry even a much lighter weight. This time Wax Taper was the top weighted favorite and the winner the 100 to 1 Circus with only S7 pounds up. The finish was whirl- wind flash of colors the winner and Floro Pomona. who finished third, coming up on Wax Taper within the last sixteenth, the three finishing noses apart. An inter- esting story is told about the winner showing he narrowly missed not starting. At the time of the race Baldwin had al- most no money and though having full faith In 1t being a cinch for his horse to win with his light weight, he was only able to place $100 on him at 100 to l. After placing the money and while the horses were at the post Secretary MacFarlin discovered he had failed to pay his start ing fee of $50.
 So young Baldwin W IS called to the
 
 the horse He had nothing left, but he made a rush for his friends, finally bor- rowing the $50 needed. He ran back to the stand filled with excitement and pushed the money to MT. Macfarlan. The secretary pressed the button saying ''all right to the judges, who in turn sig naled the starter They were then sent away with rush, and at the last the horse dashed under the wire, winner by a decidedly small margin.
 All Have Chance to Win.
 Both stories go to show how every horse in the race Is given a chance to win by the excellent handicapping of the sec retary, who Is probably more successful in this line than any man in the United States. For this reason hls announce ment of weights Is being anxously await ed by the racing public all over the coun try. He is sure to make the event one of peculiar interest. The fact that McChes- ney, Corrigan and a host of other good horses are entered will add to the inter- est the weights will have. The winner of the race will be given a magnificent silver trophy cup which is donated by S. R. Montgomery, president of the Jockey club, whose father the handicap was named in honor of.
 Another interesting horse which will be closely watched Is Corrigan, the sole rep resentative Of the great Burns X Water house stable, who will be trained by Charley Patterson. He says the 4-year- old son of imp. Sain will be especially prepared for the event. Since he is the man who developed Ornament. Hamburg, May Hampstead. Prince of Melbourne McMeekin and numerous others, his ef- forts with Corrigan will be of peculiar in- terest. The fact that he Is bringing this horse from California early in the season Is also looked upon as strikingly signifl- cant. It unquestionably means something
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