New-York tribune., 1904-09-12

OF them. For some reason Mr, lnOfnaS oiu not
nominate StaIwart for the cup. but indispensable
as he has como TO bs TO his stable that Hermis
IS out OF It, horsemen are OF the opinion that The
Picket viii prove an able substitute. For weeks
Carroll Reid has been pointing this best son Fal-
setto ever tho for toe cup. and he has
succeeded in getting his injured hoof in condition
which win warrant him IN sending The Picket 10
the post with considerably more confidence than he
has felt in his last few races. The day after The
Picket won the Brooklyn Handicap Mr. Reid said
that he would be perfectly content u he could wind
up tie year By winning the cup. Fate has not been
overland 10 HIM however. and the intermediate
conouests which he had planned for hiS colt have
been frustrated by accidents more than Inability on
The Pickets part.
After thu running Of the Saratoga Handicap tho
old bruise on the hoof sustained early IN the year.
reopened and spread. and although lie was patched
up and sent 10 the barrier for tho Saratoga Cup ms
trainer felt sure that the repairs had been only OF
temporary character. After the running ot the cup
The Picket was examined by surgeon. and IL was
found that there was cavity Ia the hoof which had
not been discovered before, and this was hlled with
gravel and irritating substances. The Picket Was AZ
once shipped 20 sheepshead Bay. where the bruise
was Thoroughly clcansed and had chance TO heal;
that he will 90 sound on e now. and his one mile
proof that he stili has his foot with him.
All the old guard arc stilI the rollcal FOR the
cup but The Picket alone viii probably respond.
Irish Lad Herms and Waterboy probably viii
never be seen again with tho coors up, and A!ri-
cander and McChcsney have 50 fallen in public
esteem that il matters little whether they are or
not. But there worthy advcrsaries left horses
that will make The Picket know he has been 10
the races. On his performance In the Annual
Champion OF Saturday, that black old counterfeit
Major Daingerfeld seems TO be one of these. tie
with merry rattle in the last three-eishths'
and II he is in the humor TO do it again he will
keep the form players on the anxious scat. Unless
one is gifted with clairvoyant power that will
enable him to read tho MAJORS innost thoughts on
the way 10 the battle ground he is taking des-
perate risks wagering his money on his chances
and almost as desperate wagering against them.
The cup Is at weight for age, the three-year-oid
colts carrying 10 pounds, the four-y ear-olds l24
and the older ones pound more. Mr. Drake
has nominated both Ort Wells and Jocund, and
he will probably start the former, although the
King Eric colt did not come out of the September
In which lie beaten by Beldame and Graziallo.
we'll Enoch Wishard. his trainer, would have
liked have him. Mr.. Keene also named his Ben
Brush three-year-old Delhi for the cup. but he viii
have TO improve very much over his sheepshead
Bay form before either his trainer or the public
Viii VII place sIg fata IN n h some s ob Ste5s
and Savabe. Philip Dwyers knight Erraut and
win probably not be much larger than those which
tho Century and the Annual Champion brought out
races. each at six furlongs. the for colts and
geldings this afternoon. and the for the FLIES
Wednesday. closed on December 81, 1901 with
2s2 entries Some idea, incidentally. OF the breed
ers' castles that have crumbled since that time
may be had from the following statistics or the
total number OF entries twenty-five were declared
out at the first opportunity. then ninetyve at the
next. then thirty-hve and finally ten drew out at
a cost of 800 each. FoTty-hve void OF the
234 foals that registered lib were colts and 1ls
dlIieS thN colts nd reiduRg dixriSiOn which
will be this afternoon. eight have survived
and have been named In the list of starters given
cut Saturday Mr. Paget IS represented by |
woodsaw. Diamond and Tongorder the latter car
rying top weight with 122 pounds. The other |
probable starters z. w. Jewetts Bedoun. III;
James r. Keenes wild Mint. us: John W. Schorr's |
Jack Lory LII; J. Z. Madden's Wild Irishnau ll4 |
and w. c. Days Amberjack. Ia Diamond takes
win probably be 1T the evh Ghoiee s Of the players al
a chance Wild Irtshman has been working very |
fast. It is said
The necessity for another judge TO patrol the |
course while the races are being run has been |
sufficiently illustrated this week lead to the hope
that the Jockey Club will take soms definite action
toward appointing ons. The accident TO young |
Raynor when he thrown against the rail at |
the home turn one day last week may not have |
bean caused Intentionally by the jockey responsible
for It. but unfortunately there Is some reason to |
believe that II might have been; at any rate. IT |
would have been possible to fix the blame and |
punish tho culprit had there been al officer there
who could have just what occurred and re-
ported IL In the eagerness to get to the Judges
stand there arc plenty OF opportunities for foul |
sidIne but when boy resorts TO them deliberately |
and In cold blood, as seemed TO be the in this
Instance. no punishmen. could be made too severe
n,eotinx have suspended Johnnie DAILY for the |
e @ 81 hs hs Sa
revoked Few more nagrant instances OF malicious /
souIins have been seen this year than when this /
bov urhiis riding Claude at Saratoga struck Grey /
Erisr over the head with his whip. II was, more