Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-13

earlier races, but this very fact will help
to make 1t a true-run contest.
Whether there will be a repetition Of the
Brooklyn handicap is problem. Hermis
recent defeat over a. heavy track should
not count against his chances, yet the feel
ing prevails that he cannot yet be expect
ed to 90 the full Suburban distance. But
though he may not be able to win he may
do just as he did in the Brooklyn hand1-
cap, and kill Off any other horse who makes
running with him. There is no doubt In
the minds Of many that If the Brooklyn
handicap had been a better rated race
Irish Lads great speed would have told at
the finish. II the Suburban should be run
at a second slower pace for the first mile
Irish Lad. If he is as good as he was in the
Gravesend race. may win. That Is the
opinion Of excellent judges.
There are to be reckoned with, now
ever one or two more three-year-olds. sucn
as Pulsus, whose defeat in the sprint on
Saturday should not necessarily elnii.i ne le
him from the Suburban. 1t Is true tnae
he was meeting horses not supposed TO De
of high class, and the fact that ne was
never very prominent In the race Is point.
ed out as fatal to his pretensions But
when shrewd an observer as james
could not have run his race on Saturday,
because his work for some time before that
had been frst-class, 1t is well to pay atten-
ton to it.
Rowe himself trains a colt for the great
race who would have had chance at the
original impost, but with ITO pounds on
his back Delhi will hardly start, and the
statement that Odom Will ride Proper
would 90 to show that James R: Keene's
colt will be reserved for stakes llmlted 10
three year-olds, or perhaps for the Brlgh-
ton handicap, three weeks later.
Carefully reviewing the Suburban en-
tries. it would appear as If the field would
come from the following list:
Horse and Weight. Jockey.
H. B. Duryea's Irish Lad, 127 Shaw
Hamnton stables Africander, 1875 1850. pullman
Valdez Stables The Picket: 14 Heigesen
W. B. Jennings, Proper. Ito. ......... .Odom
Mrs L. Curtis Eugenia Burch. 110..... Desonza
j. E. Madden's City Bank. 100. ;0Neil
Fred. Gebhard's Pulsns, 100. ....... .Hiidebrand
]. A. brakes Ort Wells, &C. .........'.. -
1t may seem strange to some to include
Highball as probable starter after his
inglorious defeat in the Brooklyn Derby
on Saturday, but as 1t was declared by an
who saw 1t to be due largely to the colt
i'll temper in trying to run out on the turns,
this race should not be counted against the
| horse. 1t was only a week ago that High
balls excellent performance against Bryn
Mawr. when conceding MIN fourteen
pounds caused the son Of Ben Strome to
be hailed as one Of the two great three
year-olds of the year.
Surely if Pentecost was good enough to
| run race in the famous classic which
made him nearly as good as the winner
that year Gold Heels in 1902, both High
ball and Pulsus should have good chances
even granted that Irish Lad Is a higher
class racer than Gold Heels. as Is claimed
Apart from speculation. however, those
who intend devoting Thursday next to wit
Messing this years momentous struggle
should go early and avoid the rush. Never
in its long and honorable history has the
course offered a stronger attraction than
the meeting between at least six of this
seasons starters. Both the great handi-
caps which preceded the Suburban were
run on dry tracks and under the most "a
yorable circumstances from a weather
standpoint. It Is to be hoped that the same
good fortune will attend the Suburban.