New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-23

i they do. however. the most august company
which has sported silk IN recent years will make
up the field for the Brooklyn" With ths excep-
ton OF Waterboy. who not entered. every
Thoroughbred whose performances in the last two
years have won him brief enduring fame is not
only eligible but at the present time Is considered
q probable starter.
A glance at the half dozen names that head tho
Hst-because OF the imposts assigned the1-is
enough 10 quicken the most phlegmatic pulse. They
are AIcChesney and Herms OF the older school. the
former with 12s pounds-top weight-the latter with
127: of tho four-year-olds, Africander with 12S
pounds. Irish Lad with only pound pull In the
weights over his rival. The Picket and Savable
with JIG pounds each II Africander an IRISH Lad
were 70 make up the field between them. with all
the others scratched It is safe to say their meet
addition Of August BeImont's Mizzen. ia pounds;
Fugdnia i BGrch. i65 F. Maddans City Bank 100
and W. l. divers Lord Badge. " pounds the
ranks Of the older division are practically &C.
counted for.
So many and so sensational have been the stories
sent out by the clo,kcrs and the watchers Of he
morning workouts that it is difficult to say with
accuracy which OF these periormer9 win 20 to tie
post and which will be numbered among the miss
ing when the bugle calls.
McChesney. the big red idol OF the West is said to
be sour and III tempered not TO take kindly TO his
work and 10 keep his trainer awake nights OF all
the equine puzzles however. Hermis is the most
intricate Both his stable and the rail birds had
practically abandoned him after his workout last
Saturday when no pulled up at the end of mile
ali out" IN 1:H. Hermis is VIGOROUSLY late
horse" and when he failed sgnaIly in his trial
II was the unanimous verdict OF the watchers that
he would n mot ace do at rg PARK G o3 sury
the Wihers Mile with rs pounds up IN 1894 hard
held ali the way!
Mizzen's trials have suffered by comparison with
those Lord of the Vale and is said that the lat
ter may be substituted for the Hastings Donna Mia
colt
From the camps of those two splendid rivals
Irish Lad and Acknowledgment have come, so far
no stories of hard luck Africander has galloped
his way back into the Same place he occupied In
heart of the racing public last year. and since
his at Morris Park he has worked mile and
a quarter in 2:lO and pulled up fresh and sound.
John ]. Rogers. who trains Irish Lad for H. B.
Duryea. is not given to garrulous praise OF his
own horses. but after the Candlemas colt had won
the Metropolitan he admitted cautiously that he
thought he was "a pretty fair sort Of horse"
vouchsafes.
The victories of threeyear-olds in the big handl-
cap have been frequent in years that the
public has come to consider their chances more and
more seriously. This years division has suffered a
serious loss in the breakdown OF the Hamburg
flly Hamburg Belle and her subsequent with
drawal. Nor has confidence been given to the fol-
lowers of the younger horses by the stories which
have been told OF Highball-"the two-year-old of
MS he q worked d mile and quarter last
said. The colt has bad ankles and is always in
distress after hard race trial. but he has a
rail birds on a number of occasions. Outside of
Irish Lad, his performance in the Metropolitan
was considered the most brilliant Of all his
petitors'.
James r. Keene has the three-year-old colt Delhi
and the three-year-old geldng Careless His four
year-old Kingston colt Toboggan, that ran second
in the Metropolitan is also in the Brooklyn with
80 pounds. 1t may be that the white and blue polka
dots VIII be intruSted to him, Delhi is almost
certain starter in the Belmont which is run the
day before at Norris Park.
There in all nineteen three-year-o lds eligible
for the handicap but it appears TO be now extreme
~ doubtful whether more than six or seven start.
The Topgalant colt Pulsus. which J. Z. Madden
recently sold to Frederick Gebhardt. has been
handicapped at 100 pounds, but, as it was said at
the time of the sale that he was being expressly
pointed for the Suburban, he must be counted
among the doubtful ones.
Some Of the other ee-year-olds that will have
Stalwart 81 pounds; J, A. brakes Jocund, ~; j. r.
Keene's Delhi. S. and w. NJ. Scheftels Htghball,
who, with l05 pounds. is the top weight of his d-
vision.
With The Picket 119 pounds. and Billy divers
gelding Lord Badge. with only feather ON him.
the good thing" players Will have sufficient
medium for all the speculation they for.
Oliver is confident that Lord Badge. his race
with Africander will rafting good race, and
will be in the first fight at the nnish Almost 10
a man the raibirds for The Picket as a long
trainer n mile and a quarter In 207. and that IN
itself Is sufficient make him very decided fac
tor. Helgeson has been engaged to rloe The
picket and has already from the West
g In st