New-York tribune., 1904-09-19

special 10 be run this afternoon at the opening Of
| the Brooklyn Jockey Clubs meeting did not
awaken lively thrill The First Special is over the
! Brooklyn Handicap route-one and one-quarter
miles-and is weight-for-age race. open to all
| save the youngsters
In the list Of probable starters which the secre-
/ tary Of the Brooklyn Jockey Club gave out last
/ Saturday are the Of E. P. Thonas's three
year-old colt Stalwart, winner of the Century and
! the Annual Champion: Newton Bennngton's flying
hlly Beldanle, conqueror Of Ort Wells StaIwart and
The Picket and winner Of the Saratoga Cup and the
/ September John Sanford's honest old Caughna-
waga, the chestnut son Of Clifford. that has been
FACTOR IN many a splendid struggle; Captain S. s
Browns Broomstick holder OF the worlds record
FOR a mile and quarter; John A brakes Realiza-
ton winner Ort Wells and Frederick Gebhard's
Top Gallant three-year-old Pulsus. colt that the
Iorm players have discovered since his last two
starts that they can no longer dismiss with the
| stereotyped phrase does not figure
Had these horses been grouped together a month
ago the admirers Of BeIdarne would have exuIted
in the thought that here mt last was the chance
for the best three-yearoId hIly Of the year
the best colts OF her age in struggle in
which quarter was neither asked nor given Within
this month. however. the shoe has been put the
other foot II is longer case of Beldane
meeting the colts but of the colts meeting her IN
desperate attempt to retrieve the aurels she has
already wrested from them. Even old Caughna-
waga has struck his colOrs 70 her and went down
! 70 defeat in the Saratoga Cup. There "ex-
tenuatinE circumstances" however that occa-
sion and he foundered hopelesslv through a river
OF mud that the flly SKINNED like a swal-
low Ort Weuss people also have an excuse FOR
him and assert that he not himself when be
was beaten by Bedame in the September. Enoch
wishard. his trainer. has the son OF King Eric
Teas over edge once more. II is said. and IS
anxious 10 have another shy al tAe my.
There IS need Of no excuses for staIwart: both in
the Annual Champion and in the Century he proved
~-ly. ---
his stable companion Hermis and, although he
may never be the brilliant performer the little |
chestnut horse was in his prime. there is a ques-
ton as 20 whether he will not quite much
money for HIS stable. With IL pounds on his
back. Broamstick. the son Of Ben Brush. can run
Ear and fast. and. Ike the old performer CauGh-
navaga lie does not know what Il means sur
render IN spite of his Two good races Pulsus
title Of tie WIZARD without reason, Il is very
likely that the public viii take quite different
view ?t the chances 9t the colts asains t4e my
favoriie Ort Wells was in The September,
staIwart Will be ridden by Redfern Beharne by
O'Neh Caughnavaga by Odom, Pusus by H.
Philips or W. Davis Proom@tck by Tommy
Burns and Ort Wells probably by Lucien Lyme. al
though the mount may be given 70 Hidehraud
ns % make beidame race herself into subnliss.on
carry IN iite strusFle lie 1t letst seems me only
better Than 20 De mp with the first fight sogn
The Junior Champion. Tor the tvyo-year-olds. and .
the Hitchcock steepechase Will also serve 20 ceIe-
brate The opening OF the weeks meeting az
GRAY vesend and. Ia the First Special Mr. Dwyers
racing plant seems 70 have been unusually fortu- .
nate in the quality og The Hclds vhicA these TWO
promise q hrinS out For the arH- time since bis
wings clipped In rho Futu-itr hr ArtfuI and
Tradition. Sysouly.s name appears IN a list ~
rr0nable starters With rho Melton yaungst-r III .
keene has also entered Wild Mint ana vou Tromp
and f all three start the polka dots compose more
nan third - the entire held Tor the Junior Cham
VIII earry jhe top weight IN pounds earh. His
Diamond ana NJ Madden's Hot shot The eigh;
Keers.s ,r [,Pesent ygiy Three Mr.
ters other candidates arc Jauqlil and Cairngorul-
Ten steeplechasers have h~~n entered f1- n.
Hitchcock including the recently coavertad-and +.
u IS 70 be hoped refo~med-o'd fiat racer AIackey /
D"'er The old rogue has been al the game for
ONLY some six weeks or so. bur George Sapor,as .
ne owner says he thinks he has in aim the max
lnss OF great cross country horse. Thomas .
Hitchcock s., after whom the stake was named
mas entered FoxhEnter and as was 10 be expect
20 the hand.capper has assigned him rs pounds .
" " liA jae exception ~ his stable companion Good
greatest sreepl5. laser % the wear. and with Raw
70 Tiae him he VIII probably he made hrst choice
starters Maiden. DeIiVarv. ZuK. her. RoveIIa
Dau0-DoWn-DiIIy and the Ragged Cavalier.
Willie Davis the new Western lightweight who
mas been riding with marked success since he
arri' Cd here from St Louis IS tbe latest illustration
o. the tendency Of the public and owners alike 10
hitch their wagon to a star Hildebrand. at whose
feet the jockey dolators have groveed FOR months.
can pass through the Enclosures now unnoticeG,
without once overhearIag some awe-stricken wor-
shipper whisper that's him. Even his own stable.
that gave him all the preferred mounts a month
ego does not display the same eagerness now. and
once last week when it started two youngsters in
q Iacs' II actually put Shaw up on the one II de-
clared 10 win with. No owner trainer seriously
go % ie S55T was nut IKE tne racing puouc tney
are susceptible suDersttious enough 10 want
Temporarily in bad form, Willie Davis in good
iorm and FOR time II owners continue 70 engage I
Nm Nm ana give him good horses. he will bask in the
HHeAsht or public adulatiOn
That something more than superstition a
natural desire 10 put up the best boy they
ind aetIates owners and trainers has been pointed
ly enough shown in the last few weeks Early in
this season well known horseman began engaging
one % the most successful Jockeys In the East to
ride for him. and additional incentive TO the
one provided by the Jockey Club scale OF prices
made II practice ''tO put a bet down for the
BOY In this way he may have added very ap-
preclably TO the boys earnings bur In so doing ne
has lost the confidence OF racing men and he sell
dom gets any outside mounts IL is not always
and when other owners are m siar9io m race in
little tirnid about asking the tockev who is under
obligations to him TO ride their horses
Few thoroughbreds IN recent years seem to have
had such abiding place in the heart OF racing
folk as McChesney. The money that has been in
diyidually lost on him this year would actually
fee simple absolute II he were TO be sold at the
price his owner ironically placed him Immediate
iy afteF one OF MS numerous defeats. Lately he
has shown such speed and evident cheerfuIness