New-York tribune., 1905-04-24
FIELD FOR EXCELSIOR.
Good Contest Promised for ia
maica's Opening Day.

Jockey Club. like that Of its sister organization.
VIII last eight days and in that time nine stake
first time
performers Of the caIibre that made up the fields
oI 'he contests decided at Aqueduct are likely to
@ @'e most of the racing to themselves at Jamaica.
% Du' they always be relied upon to afford
pieHty OF diversion. and mediums for specula
on are apparently quite acceptable TO the
s.netaI public high class horses.
ne Excelsior Handicap. at one and one-sixteenth
iies Tor the older horses. will be the feature of
o "Fcnlng day, and 1t is worth. like the
'''er 5000 in added money it is likely to bring
7e'HeF Some pretty shifty early breadwinners.
mere are still forty-nine candidates eligible for
nc Excelsior and it seems likely that at
I,aS1 twenty of them will be named in the
iieii' Hst OF entries. Beldame. of course will not
start Ior the same reason that she was kept out
ot INC Carter August Ben ont intends to intrust
MS coloTs to her in the Metropolitan Handicap,
ana IL would not be the part wisdom incur
q penalty Tor that race by winning the Excelsior
Ohless Sydney Paget decides to send Goldsmith
10 the nost. it locks though top weight would
IAN 10 T. E Smatherss four-year-old bay colt
rand Water on which Mr.. Vosburgh has placed
us pounds His rafting good race in the Queens
county Handicap at Aqueduct. in which he took
up 10 pounds and St. Valentine to a head.
mas made the colt many friends. and he Will not
be without support II his owner decides to start
him.
The Queens County in the nature of a last
pubic trial for the Excelsior, but It was far
from being well run race ewing to a wretched
START 1t rather failed to its purpose In that
respect. Incidentally Sinister probably made
more friends by his defeat than he v oud have by
victory. He showed by the stout manner in
which he closed ground after being virtually left
at the post that he has more courage than many
horsemen willing to give him credit for, and
can sustain his speed distance OF ground.
Sinister IS in the handicap at ninety-four pounds.
and will be ridden by Harry Baird who had the
mount on him in Saturday race.
St Valentines victory in Queens County was,
Of course, gratifying to Alexander Shields. his
owner. who him out handsomely. but as a
trial for to-morrow's race Mr. Shields does not
know just how to look at it. The finish was a
desperately hard one, and It is not impossible
that it took the edge off St. Valentines speed.
If this should prove not to be the case the horse
that beats him will be pretty we'll up in the first
flight at the end of the contest The colt carried
ll2 pounds on Saturday. and will have eight OF
tomorrow.
! Martnmas, Grenade. Orthodox and Red Knight.
all eligible for the Excelsior were also tried on
Saturday, and. in the opinion of the majority
who saw their efforts, found wanting. Each.
however. will carry less weight than he was
compelled TO that occasion. and a few pounds
off or is likely to make a vast difference in
the enthusiasm of the ordinary racehorse. Or
monde's Right, the winner of the Carter. is in
the Excelsior, With 1OS pounds. and as he came
out of his first nicely, Mr. Joyner sees no
tomorrow. He will take up two pounds less than
he was handicapped in the Carter Willie Davis.
tho regular stable jockey. will undoubtedly have
the mount
The following is list of the most probable
starters in the Excelsior and the weight each
will carry:
e E. Smathers b b % Rapid Water ll9
H. Gardner, br a. Floral King. ia
NJ L. Hayman, ch (O Orthodox 10
sydney Paget' ch 90 Ormondes Right 1os
Alex x shieds sheds 8 $ St e42adea %aIenne. 6e 1os
VIM. lakeland, sh O Little En-, io5;
aRs' MdSoTmaR hSoa4Sanb g 8 & sge3adS 951s[? 5es ~
E E. s@ateeFs s9afte ch Sh g sdnsg 81 MI't2 t9s iSa 1o
P s P Randolph. ch h h % Red Knight.
s pemei TehSbati % 6h Rotan taI Msr'iniaS s. w.
] II McCormick. ch a. D. Crown Prince. sS
James R, Keeene; br % sinister; 80
Albemare at its Stable. 8 santa Catalina 49,
F6snk F6sd5 Rss6P ss6is g g Bs.tfe %itS9 Hozel g. 81
Albemare Stable, or br 90 Bohemia, 90
In addition to the Excelsior there are offered as
inducements to horse owners the Elmhurst, for
two-year-olds at Ave-eghths-a sixteenth further
than the youngsters have been asked to this
spriug-which will be decided Wednesday and
which will be worth $1,000 in added money; the
Columbus Stakes for three-year-olds at six fur
longs TO be run Thursday; the Corona Stakes
at one and one-sixteenth miles. for three-year-
olds and upward to be Friday. On Sat
urday there will be double stake attraction in
the running of the Kings County Handicap at
vear-o;d illies at four and a half furlongs. The
former is likely to briHS together much the same
company that will make up the field for the Ex-
cesior and should prove one Of the best contests
of the meeting.
In Goldsmith and Gallant there have been two
instances this week Of the always doubtful ex-
pertinent of bringing horses back to the races
after they have once gone into retirement. Gal
&c has been q
shorter time than has the doughty little OF
MeddIer and he has not done duty in the stud.
but ne has presented to his owner. nevertheless,
the difficult task of keying animal up to fight
ing pitch when he has once been let down. And
trainers-whether they be Of racehorses OF
prize fghters-admit that 1t is of the
dscouraging tasks that be undertaken. If
the first performance OF the Galeazzo colt may be
accepted as an index of his ability the expert
roent in his case promises TO be eminenty success
ful The colt seemed to have all Of his former
sneed and had lost more of his courage and fight
ing qualities He ran the seven-eighths in Ia 35.
and O'Neu did not hurry him until we'll into the
stretch. when Crown Prince challenged him. He
showed his courage then by shaking on his op-
ponent and standing a vigorous drive.
Goldsmith also in this race and his failure
to give a better account OF himself was not only
particularly discouraging to Sydney Paget his
present owner but satisfied a majority OF turt-
men that the experiment in his is not likely
IN ,,rove A success. Mr. JOyner. his trainer may
VET GET him UP TO winning a race but few think
he will ever again show anything like his old
time form. Goldsmith, by the way, is one of the
victims Of tho late William c. Whitneys dis
astrous hothouse experiment. When Mr.. Whitney
erst went into racing he conceived tho idea that
,boroupbbreds would be better of in artihcially
heated quarters, and he had his stables at Sleeps
head Bay equipped with AN elaborate steam neat
ing plant The almost immediate result was an
endemic of influenza that destroyed number of
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