The evening world., 1904-04-21
TWO-YEAR-OLD CROP
GRANDEST IN YEARS

The two-year-old situation is per-
picking. Judging from present indica-
lion the crop OF tw~o-vear-olds Tor
the season to como Is one OF the
grandeSt in years. or else Sydney
Page has all the good two-year-olds
in his barn. Mr.. Paget announced that
all OF the youngsters he brought over
to Aqueduct were for sale. F.. r.
Thomas promptly bought Niblick and
st. Bcllane. II. in the latter. Mr..
Thomas has not secured n cracking
good youngster then the writer will
miss his guess.
st. Bellane ran in the colors OF Mr..
Thomas In tho last race yesterday. and
he made Newton Bcnnington's Right
Royal look very cheap Indeed. Right
Royal 10 tho %younRster for whom Mr..
Bennington paid SIC, 200. Great things
were expected OF him. He Ia n nice
looking colt by Rapallo-Mrs. Delaney.
but II Is a question II he will ever
be able to beat st. Bellane. The lat
ter was of badly last night, and Red
fern says that for the fust furlong he
was in the air. Then he settled In
his stride. and tho way he eat up those
NhAN Woo - =
Right Royal or Well.
Right Royal was of well. and was
t~in-cauning along in front with Am
berjack, the much-touted two-year-old
In the Daily string. Gravesend train
ers were ready to wear that Amber
Jack would he one OF the cracks OF
the year, and every one knew that
great things were expected OF Right
Royal. Yet Mr.. Paget calmly sells
II that can beat these two with ease.
The question arises that. IL Mr.. Paget
Is willing to get rid OF such young
sters as Eiblick and st. Bellane. what
must the balance Of his string b.
like?
1t Is true that st Bellane has no
engagements to speak OF. and that he
would have no usefulness in the stud
II he should turn out a great two
year-old, but he looks like a money
winner, and 1t Is a question II MIR.
laEet has not made "A mistake.
AT' Bennington. IN conversation with
Mr.. raget u few days ago. asked
now NiIick compared with others in
mis- string. MIR. Bennington said he
VAS ANXIOUS " get a line on the class
when MIR, Paget calmly replied:
NGrJ oooh OF very bhuI
,'Niblick Is only an ordinary selling
platter"
so trainers are now wondering II the
two-year-olds that are being shown
Mt Aqueduct are a very bad lot or h
very good lot. II they are the latter.
then the stock in reserve holds out a
guarantee OF some OF the finest sport
seen NJ years. Concerning tho suppO-
sit!on that Mr., Paget may have made
II mistake In parting with St. Bellane,
At may be pointed out that he was
mistaken as to the quality OF Ham
burg belle last year. lie brought that
grand hllv over to AQueduct ami
started her twice.
II he had then had a suspicion that
h was the winner OF the Futurity
he never would have brought her over
10 that course, Mr., keene race
Bearer later turned out one OF the
cracks OF the string. Highball, by
many regarded as the best two-year-
old OF the year, was started early at
Jamaica
II is a bit early to put the
olds down as good or bad. Frequently
a bit OF racing develops quality before
unsupported, Granting that Mir. Paget
Is right In his estimate of the clnss
OF st. Bellane. then the others must
he peaches and cream. The running
OF the Juvenile and other rich two
vear-uld events at Westchester will be
awaited with great interest.