Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-08
Gossip Over the Probable
Weightsin the Big Handicaps.
BETTER
LOU DILLoN's RECORD IN HIGH
suLKY NOT ALLOWED.
Lady Matchless Disqualified at New
Orleans-Game Legislation in Mary
land-Britt to Fight Corbett.

Among all classes interested in racing the
great question of the day just now Is,
What horse will be assigned top weight
for the big handicaps, and what will the
weight be?'
Almost universally 1t was declared that
j. B. Higgins five year-eld Waterboy had
fairly earned the distinction of heading the
field. This, 1t was claimed, he had earned
by his victories in 1908, eliminating In the
Century stakes. at the fall meeting of the
| Coney Island Jockey Club, running the
| mile and a half in 2.31 3-5, and defeating
The Picket Heno, Hermis and Major Dain-
gerfield at weight for age.
Waterboy had won the Suburban renewal.
| the Brighton handicap and the Saratoga
handicap. in each of which he made new
records and clearly proved himself the best
horse In training.
Apparently McChesney is entitled to a
weight concession from Waterboy. but
whether the official Handicapped will look
at 1t from this standpoint Is the puzzle
Hermis. 1t is expected, will be given about
the same weight as McChesney, perhaps a
pound two less, as he was beaten by the
western horse in the twin city Gunfre
who was beaten a head in the Brooklyn
handicap last year. may get in this years
handicap at about 116 pounds, experts
think.
OF the four-year-olds Africander. Irish
Lad. Savable, Golden Maxim. Shorthose
and Whorler are sextet which, II they
meet in the great handicap, will afford one
of the greatest races the turf has seen In
the last ten years. There is hardly any
doubt that they Will figure in the weight
allotment in the order mentioned. 1t is
thought that Africander and Irish Lad
will be allotted weight for age-126 pounds
Asked yesterday in New York IL he con-
sidered Highball the best Of the two-year-
Odds of last year, a Jockey Club steward
replied that while he did so consider, new
ertheless, without wishing to detract from
or depreciate in any way the merits of the
colt he did not think Highball should be
asked to carry as much weight In proportion
as did Irish Lad in the Brooklyn handicap
He considered. in fact. that irish Lad was
a better colt than Highball. The same gem
tleman declared that the entire entry for
the suburban struck him as the very best
i'm the history of the race.
OF the three-year-olds Highball will
doubtless be top weight Of that age. and it
was predicted that 102 pounds would be
about the weight assigned him. Delhi.
Hamburg Belle. Art Welles, Stalwart.
Ocean Tide and, Careless are among the
three year-olds entered who VIII help make
the race memOrableAone. =
Weights for the Nfandicaps are to be an
nounced on February 1, until which time
horsemen will continue to gossip as to the
Belated malls to the secretary Of the
Jockey club in New York from the south
and west brought additional entries to the
Brooklyn and Suburban handicaps yester-
day. 80
For the Brooklyn John E. Madden sent
in Robin Hood Pulsus, City Bank and Get
tysburg: G. L. Richards, Ostrich and New
York Mrs. r. Bradley Peter Paul; G. Hem
drio. Reservation; Mrs. L. Curtis Eugenia
Burch. and c E. Raines Colonial Girl.
Madden entered six horses for the Subur-.
ban-AristOcracy =Adbell, Robin Hood, Get.
tysburg. Pulsus and City Bank: Freddie"
Gerhard nominated Raglan: Mrs. Curtis,
Eugenia Bureh: G. L., Richards, New York
and Ostrich; w. w. Dardin, Mons. Beau
caire.