The Washington times., 1904-06-16
SUBURBAN FIELD
SMALL BUT GOOD
Seven of Most Brilliant
Eastern Horses.
IRISH LAD is THE FAVORITE
Carefully Pointed and Ready for the
Event-Hermis Expected to Go
to Front at Once.
IRISH LAD is THE FAVORITE

10 front at Once.
NEW YORK, June l6.-One of the
smallest fields that has ever been
ndmed TO run for the rich Suburban
Handicap will face the barrier at
~SEeepshead Bay this afternoon. IN the
Official list of entries sent out by the
Coney Island Jockey. Club last night
seven horses were named. but there
may be several added starters.
In 1895, the year that L~azzarone won
The Suburban. there We're six starters,
while in 1896. when Henry of Navarro
triumphed, there were seven. Yet in
today's big race the best thoroughbreds
in the East. with one or two exceptions.
viii sport silk.
The Starters.
Here are the known starters:
The Suburban, Of $50, 900; a handicap
for three-year-olds and upward; one
and one-quarter miles-H. B. Duryea's
Irish Lad. 4. III. Shaw; Z. r. Thomas
Hermis, 8. 127, Redfern; Hampton
Stables A~fricander. 4, I25. BuIiman;
Waldeck Stables The Picket. 4, 124. Hell
gerson: W. =. Leeds Major Danger
1eid, 3. l22, Martin; Goughacre Stables
Shorthose, 4, III, Lyme; W. b. Jennings
Proper. 4, ITO. Odom.
H b. Duryea's Irish Lad. winner of
the Metropolitan Handicap and second
in the Brooklyn, beaten a nose by The
Picket. IS the favorite. Trainer Rogers
has been pointing him carefully for the
race, and in his work the famous son OF
CandIemas has displayed qualities that
were lacking earlier in the season. lie
will pick up III pounds and will nav
Shaw ia the saddle.
In the Brooklyn his jockey was ac-
cnsed OF throwing the race away by tax
ing Irish Lad wide on the turns in an
effort 10 keep Hermis out.
Shaw Should Do Better.
Shaw has never ridden with brilliant
success at either Gravesend or Brighton.
where the turns are sharp. but his best
performances have been put up at West
chester. Sheepshead Bay, and Saratoga,
where there is plenty Of track room ana
the turns are broad and gradual. For
this reason II is believed that he will
handle Irish Lad today with much bet
ter skill than in the Brooklyn and that
II will take a phenomenally good horse
Turf sharps predict freely that today's
race will be run on the same lines as
those OF the Brooklyn +. r. Thomas
Hcrmis. who will also carry IL pounds.
By winning the Handicap At =
mile and a furlong IN the last time OF
1.52 f-5 with 10 pounds, IS expected 10
go TO the front with Irish Lad the mo-
ment the barrier is released. Elermis Is
pretty nearly at his best just now. and
worked out the mile and a quarter IN
2:c9 is on Tuesday. whereas Irish Lad s
best work at the Bay was 2:tS12 on
Monday. Redfern viii have the mount
on Hermis. and he will probably attempt
10 make d runaway Of II, in which case
ii is believed that Irish Lad Will not de-
cline the Issue.
The Picket Formidable.
The Picket. with l2l pounds on his
back and Helgerson in the saddle. viii
have a big following. Carroll Reid. who
trains him. says that the colt can WIN
with this impost. He has worked in
2:OSi4. according to the most reliable
checkers. and will go to the barrier in
even better shape than in the Brooklyn.
Reid insists that The Picket had plenty
left in the Brooklyn. and that the colt
Is the best r~acehorse in training.
W. B. Jennings Proper. with 10
pounds. is sure TO have a world OF sup
port. The Prestonpans colt ran third
In the Brooklyn. after being knocked
out Of his stride a m after leaving
the post. and later experiencing the
| ughest kim of a journey. LYME rode
him in the big Gravesend handicap, but
OdOm will have the mount today, which
means that the colt will be made to run
10 the limit Of his endurance. especially
when It comes 10 a drive in the stretch.
II the track should be heavy Major
Daingerfeld. with 100 pounds. carrying
colOrs Of W. y Leeds. would loom up as
a possible winner. At even weights, lbs
pounds, the Major took the eas Of
Africander n Hermis in the Standard
Stakes. a week ago, running the mile
and a quarter in 2:10. The race was run
over a fair track. aud the Majors per-
torrance was the best Of the year.
Shorthose May Not Go.
1t was not believed last night that the
~Goughacres Stables Shorthose would be
a starter. He pulled up lame after a
race on Monday. in which Himself and
Carbuncle beat him, and can hardly re
cover from the injury.
Africander, with 125 pounds. does not
look tempting in view Of the d~isappoint-
ing races he has INDUCED in this spring.
In the B~rookdale he was far from being
In his old form and was done To a turn
AFTER going t"hree-quarters Of a mile. In
the estimation OF many turfmen. the
Star Ruby colt was made too much use
OF in his first race OF the year at Nor
ris Park. when he stood a terrific drive
from Odon1 to beat Lord Badge a head.
Since then the colt has been in Ioor
physical shape In spite of heroic efforts
on the part of his trainer. Richard Mil
Ter. to get him fit.