New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-05
FEATURES AT GRAVESEND
Brooklyn Derby and the fremont 10
Be Decided This Week.

feature of the Brooklyn Jockey Clubs spring calen-
dar, VIII be next Saturday at Gravesend. From
the list of fourteen three-year- still eligible IT
Is little hard to see how the present renewal can
bring about really high class contest. There is
little class represented in the entire lot and unless
Cairngorm. Hot Shot and Merry Lark be excepted
/ the three-year-olds that likely to make up its
| field decidedly ordinary in quality. Mr. Keene
VIII have to ntrust his coors to either Won Tromp
| or Masaniello. and unless these Castleton bred
| colts experience change of heart between now
and Saturday either Carngorm Merry Lark can
! make them look foolish.
Mr.. Madden's Hot Shot has not developed into the
| three-year-old his owner thought he would and
certainly cannot yet be included in the class with
| Oiseau. Sysonby Tanya but he has
pretty fair this spring and IN the opinion of
great many turfmen who his effort in the
| Withers at Belmont Park. ne would have beaten
blandy with an equal start. When Mr.. Cassidy
| sent the field away for the Withers the Meddler
| colt was standing sidewise and O'Neil had his
troubles getting him into his stride When he once
settled down to business. however. he showed lot
| or his old time speed and overhaulng Blandy
at every jump.
Merry Lark has been decided disappointment
| so Tar to his stable. and there is a growing i'm
preston on the part Of racing folk that the
rich stakes he was nominated for viii prove
| poor investment unless he shows pronounced i'm
proVement- He deficient in class. and his
| race in the Carleton Stakes would seem to show
| That Cairngorrn holds him safe a mile and
| half. the distance of the Derby, he does at
mile Cairngorm beat him handiy enough then and
mad him stretched out to be within lengths of
| him at the finish. And If Sparkling Stars effort
| IN the Carleton may be taken index of his
present capacity Merry Lark holds him he in
turn IS held by Cairngorm His performance IN
Ihal stake was a shock to his followers who
played him with unwarranted assurance to beat
ooth Calrngorm and the Jim Gore colt. Outside
those already spoken of little has been seen this
year OF the other candidates for the Derby, al
though Woodsaw, Masaniello and Migraine have
an started. Some of the elgtbles Idndae. Cap
tam BOD. kenmore and Earldom.
Next in Importance among the stakes to be de-
clued this week comes the fremont, which, like
the Derby, will be Saturday. The fremont
- one Oh the nrst races for twoyear- olds to be
run at about six furlongs and it will give some
OF the youngsters that have shown a preference
LOT distance chance 10 demonstrate that they
can make good" under such conditions. The
should Mt Jerry Weinberg down TO the ground,
ana unless he goes amiss between now and then
there is little 70 believe that his will
not start him. Woolwich, the Hastings youngster
that lowered the colors of First Water Jerry's
stable companion. in the Expectation on the open
ing day at Gravesend. is also a candidate for the
fremont and IL his stable decides to take up the
penalty he incurred in that stake he will probably
be Mr. Belr1ont's representative, although he has
Don Diego still eligible. Mr. Keene has five strings
to his bow and the public would like to him
start his little bay colt Ballot Box by voter-Belle
of haywood. He may have lot more in his string
that can run rings around the OF his great old
Splinter but the colt made favorable impression
the few times he has been with the polka dots
up. and the raflbirds are convinced he VIII develop
of the wonderful speed Of his sprinting dadr
dy. Mr.. Pagets geding Jacobite has partially
deemed himself for his defeat by Vendor in the
Eclipse by taking Jerry Wernberg's measure in
the Hudson Stakes, and the fremont Will afford
him opportunity to the tables the brown
of Ogden. Like Woolwich. Vendor will have
to take up a penalty IN the fremont, end. If he
starts will concede weight to a majority of his
opponents. Forty-nine two-year-olds still remain
in tho Tremont's eligible list and from these it
is possible to make up a field of more than ordi-
nary quality.
The weights for The Empire State steeplechase
Handicap have been announced yet, but IL
Mr. Vosburgh does not place crushing impost on
Flying Buttress that excellent cross-country per-
former should find the stake to his liking
than any he has started in this spring. The EN-
pire State is over the full course and will give
the Montera horse all the time he wants to get
into his stride and shake off the sluggishness
that seemed to characterize his early efforts in
race Mr.. Hitchcock has named seven 'leppers'
for the Empire State and in the list included
Good and Plenty and Black EUssar, but If there
is any truth in the gossip of the railbirds there
is possibility that he will have TO depend some
of the lesser lights of his stable. Good and Plenty
these watchers assert, came cut of the Whitney
Memorial none well, and Black Hussar has
not been seen ct the races since his first effort
hitchcock has pressed Fox Hunter into the
vice and has him in training again lends some
the Rossngton geldtnG will carry the green jacket
on Saturday. when the Empire State will be de-
cided.
The Boston Stable has resumed the schooling OF
the old Sir Modred horse NewYork, and he is said
70 take as kindly to the game he did in his
kindergarten efforts last fall. His stable must
have great faith in his ability to make good"
through the field, as he IS an exceedingly useful
member of the overnight handicap DIVISION ana
has won some clever victories this year. He Is
pire State, but 1t does not seem at an likely taat
he will be starter Some OF me oIneFs are are
Nackev Dwyer which won the Grand National
and has developed into first class chaser
Some of the other stake features in the course
of the week are the Gazelle for three-year-
aIBes at one mile and sixteenth; the Glover,
for two-year-old FLIES, at five furlongs; the
Standard. at mile and a quarter and the
Hanover, selling arIalr' Iof t"o-9 S"i os' q ~
and one-half fUrongs
Horsemen entered in generous fashion in the
stakes of the Brighton Beach Racing Association
which closed last week. Seventy-eight two-year-
olds were nominated for the Triumph Stakes, at
mile a large entry for horses Of this age at the
distance The Triumph is the only mile stake in
Am.ricl for tyyo-year-olds, and the class of the
hos. .ngaged coupled with the conditions OF the
I G. 1icates that the winner must nave the
s. ID an endurance which stamp the horse Of class
IN r--- Z the two-year-old division shown thus
far are engaged and in the list of nominations are
the names of many youngsters not yet uncovered
Int whose owners hope they will eclipse the per-
forDoances of the stars already seen. With eight
starters the Triumph will have a gross value OF
MORO than sIl 600 including the Pharsalia Plate.
a ao.e o az NatcheZ Miss more than half cen
turv ago The other stakes which closed with the
III 1s,;,ronS also filled well. The Seashore Handicap
he