Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-11
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 11-One more
milestone on the road to the seasons end
was passed when Sheepshead Bay closed
on Saturday, but the quality Of racing gives
promise of holding up to the limit of at
Effectiveness in the session beginning at
Gravesend this afternoon, and at the sub
sequent Brighton Beach and Belmont Park
meetings. The best horses developed during
the season are still in training and with
the exception of Sysonby. all will meet
their engagements for some time to come.
The Keene champion has earned rest, and
it Is the desire Of his owner and trainer to
put him by for campaign next year, but
their decision has not been made positive
ly, and it may happen that he Will give
further proof of his greatness before he
is retired.
Gravesend's opening card is attractive.
and nearly up to the standard set by its
predecessors. The first special has not at
tracted large field but its acceptance are
of good class and with the track in ex-
cellent condition fast time should be
recorded The numerical strength of the
Hitchcock steeplechase shows that owners
in that division of the sport are beginning
to show their hands in preparation for the
important events to be decided at Belmont
Park, eliminating with the $4,000 cham
pion at three miles and half, and 1t is not
unlikely from now on the crosS-country d.
vision will furnish better entertainment
than during the last six or eight weeks.
One Stake Daily.
One stake will be decided at Gravesend
daily during the remainder of the week,
with brilliant wind-up on Saturday, includ-
ing the Junior Champion, the Oriental and
the Kings Highway steeplechase. OF these
the Junior Champion is attracting the most
interest, since 1t has 5000 added and will
anlI NP %rv-r aid
for the about six furlongs" journey. Bur
gomaster is not eligible, but Mr.. Whitney
has six eligibles, including Timber Pegasus
and Ironsides. August Belmonts nomina-
lions are Don Diego, Woolwich and Bridge
man. james r. Keenes good youngsters
are all in the list, Oyama and Bohemian
having shown the best form of the lot.
Others in the Junior Champion are F. X.
Voorhees,, w. NJ Schefters Prospero, R. L.
Wilson, jr.'s. Bill Phillips. Fred Burlew's
Belmere and H. B. Duryea's McKittredge.
Oriental Handicap.
The Oriental, handicap at one mile and
a quarter, with 81. 500 added, has forty
seven eligibles. Of which the best appear to
be Oiseau, Broomstick, Graziallo, Dande-
lion. Proper, Bedouin. Delhi, Buttling, Ok
ford, Tradition, Cairngorm, First Mason
and Colonial Girl.
All these are in training, and the field is
Ivan, Dick Roberts, Coligny. New York.
Jim Newman and others to the number Of
thirty-seven are in the Kings Highway
steeplechase, insuring a good field, as the
event has 5000 added.
The weekday programs are also arranged
to attract good fields.
After his galloping victory in the Great
Eastern handicap under 1870 pounds there
can be no doubt that Harry Payne Whit
neys Burgomaster is the best colt of the
season. He defeated better horses than
Mohawk II did in the Hopeful stakes at
Saratoga and with greater ease. Since the
Great Eastern was instituted, in 1888, Ham
burg, Burgomaster's sire, has been the only
winner to carry more than 100 pounds, and
Mermerist, the only other one to carry that
impoSt. Hamburg won the handicap in
1897 under 135 pounds. Had Mr.. Vosburg
seen fit to allot tn esame weight to Burgo-
master. the result of the race would have
been the same. He has many pounds bet
ter than Whimsical and she in turn ap-
peared to be far superior to the colts and
FLIES following her home.