The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-12
FINE FIELD FOR SUBURBAN.
RELDAME AND DELHI ARE THE
PROBABLE CHOICES.
not Irish Lad. English Lad, Adbell. Proper
and Other Good Horses viii BE in tho
Bis Race At the Bny-The Pharsalia
Plate at Bright On-TO-day's Entries.

Plate NJ br1BntOn-TO.Oays Entries.
What will prove to be the racing event OF
the wear, the $4,000 Suburban Handicap,
one mile and a quarter. will be run at Sleeps
head Bay next Thursday afternoon. While
ths Metropolitan and Brooklyn Handicap,
were both interesting affairs, they did not
draw anywhere near such high class field
a. will 60 to the post for this great classic
q, the turf Many owners and trainers do
not attempt to get their horses ready for big
race before the Suburban to win which Is
the height of every turfmans ambition. go
that usually the Coney Island Jockey Clubs
star event in the spring produces a contest
in which nearly all Of the great thorough
breds measure strides.
Indications point to a big field in Thursdays
race-possibly as many as eighteen starters.
II. B. Duryea's Irish Lad will probably go
and will carry top weight, i27 pounds. The
famous Candlemas horse has recovered
entirely from the lameness which threw him
suddenly out OF training after the Brighton
Handicap last year and has already INDUCED
In one race-a sprint over a muddy track,
in which he could not do himself justice.
That race was simply a test of Irish Lads
soundness, and as he came out Of 1t in fine
shape Trainer John W. Rogers believes that
he will be able to give good account OF him
self in the Suburban. Irish Lad will get his
final prep" in a handicap this afternoon at
a mile and a sixteenth He is at his best
ON fast track. so that If the going on Thurs
day should be heavy he will not start.
James R. Keenes Delhi. the winner Of the
Brooklyn Handicap for which he must take
I'D a penalty of three pounds, will pack 1923
In the big race. He won the Brooklyn in the
most impressive style. though 1t is true that
he beat a very ordinary field as to class. be-
ing followed home closely by the selling
platers Ostrich and Graziallo. with Sir Brllar
q cheap threeyea old-colt not far away.
Delhi since then has done nothing but in
dulse in his usual daily workouts. but he
will probably be in much better trim this time
than when he last faced the barrier. 1t is
q question. however. whether Delhi will rule
the favorite. as just now there is much con-
fdence in August Belmont's Beldame to do
the trick. Beldame has gradually come into
her own. her victorious race on Thursday
last In the Standard Stakes. when she beat
the three-year- old Cairn germ carrying weight
for age. in the fast time OF 207 3-5 over slow.
sticky track. being of sufficient merit to send
her to the post the first choice. In the
Standard Beldame did not make the runnn e
as usual. but came from behind and showed
much Of her old time eameness when the
pressure was put on. This race did her a
world OF good. no doubt. and with 1872 pounds
70 carry in the Suburban she ought to prove
q dangerous factor. either in dry or heavy
going as she Is at home on any kind of a
track.
The Picket is a puzzle. Up to the running
Of an overnight dhandioap a. R mle END nrb,
hung up new track record for. Gravesend.
The Picket was considered one Of the subur,,
Saa' several eSsF AG dsys before eo his
a as Sounds a he pnshed abs e f last
fnr hi frrftN
snce. He has 1913 pounds in the suburba
and will surely go TO the post, but on form
he eceys much ssHppo5 Br9@m
that they will accomplish much in the big
race but Fred Cook s English Lad, a Western
won won BY BY Red Kni sht on Friday English Lad
covered more ground than any other horse
In the race and finished third. while steadily
naS on the LEADER The Tsrosd Trip KIP
Trainer Bill Phillips has been forced to, take
his time with him: i he shows as much in n,
we'll not OF t. overlook him in the general sum
u. B. Jennings will probably start Proper
post in the Brooklyn, Dainty has not raced
since. but Proper has come to hand in such a
alteration. Proper's race on Wednesday ,
when he won handsomely at a mile and
seventy yards in l:46 rs over sloppy track
was boom for his Suburban chances Major
Daingerf1eld will start if the track is muddy
as he revels in such going and has recently
displayed some good qualities. Tom Nc
Dowell's Alan-a-Dale so far has been dis
appointment in his races and will doubtless
be passed up by the 1gurers: Gra2iallo.
always consistent. may have chance to cut
into the money.
John E. Madden thinks that Adbell will
be the winner. The Plaudt. four year Odds
has 100 pounds. With IFS he won handicap
at Gravesend on June from kehailan. Red
Knight and others in o;O8 l-j. a performance
that placed his chances high IN in the calcu-
lations He was sold to :. C. II dreth right
after that race, but the deal was later modified
so that Madden and Hildreth each own
half interest in him. Nobody knows yet
whether Diamond Jim Brady's Oiseau. the
crack three-year-old will start. He has done
some smashing good work at the handicap
distance and is in with LOG pounds. But it is
just possible that the Ornu:. colt will be re-
served for future events. W. w. Darden's
Miss Crawford. with 100 pounds. looks formd-
able. as she is a high class mare who has been
rather late in showing her best form. Olt-
come beat her in handicap on Friday, when
she was heavily backed. Ostrich has %
pounds, and. tax ing his Brooklyn Handicap
race into consideration, he may loom UP
again as possibility. but he will run up
against a much better class of horses than in
the Gravesend Special. The probable starters.
with the weights and the names OF their
owners. are as follows
Horse and Age. ". orncr
lrSh Lad "A n Duryea