Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
RACING SHIFTS
To GRAVESEND
The Brooklyn Handicap viii Be
the Feature of the Open
ing Day.

| NEW YORK, May 19.-Racing shifts to
| Gravesend Monday for six days in accord
ance with the arrangement made between
| the Brooklyn Jockey Club and the West
| chester Racing Association. The famous
| Brooklyn handicap, which will be the fea-
| ture of the opening day, is regarded at the
| time of writing as a very open race, al
| though Harry Payne Whitney's unbeaten
| mare, Artful, is reported to have worked
| an exceedingly good mile on that sports
mans private training track at Brookdale
| N. J. Artful has not been seen in public
| since she won the Brighton handicap last
July as three-year-old with very light
| weight, and though a mile in $40 is good
work she will probably be well supported
| for the race on the strength of her class,
| a quality that is lacking in the balance OF
| the field. which will be made up in great
part from horses which started in the Ex-
| celsior and Metropolitan handcaps. These
| though good handicap horses, do not APP
| p1oach the Whitney mare in quality, but
! the fact that she has not been out for such
a length of time and has a fair weight to
| carry will serve to encourage the other
elgibles to fulfill their engagement. Tn
der the circums tances Artful will have to be
at her best to win, and that cannot be de-
termined except by the ordeal of a race
She will not have Sysonby to meet, as
clared, and in his absence Artfu Will prob
ably be first choice In the race
The continued Illness of John Rogers
who is not yet convaleScent, is the reason
for the delay in the appearance in public
of the horses in the Whitney stable. Mr.
Rogers is suffering from a stomach trouble.
and It may be some time before he is able
to be about, and in the meantime the horses
are in charge of e. c. Taylor.
Three Dangerous Ones.
I I'll Of no Eve
Dandelon. the runner up In the Metropoli-
tan, and ]. w. Fuller's good mare, Toka-
Ion which ran a remarkably good race in
the MetropoItan-a much better one than
the figures indicate--are three that are
likely to be dangerous in the big race II,
indeed, one of them does not furnish the
actual winner, Merry Larks victory in
the Metropolitan decisive, and he was
running on at the finish like horse when
would be partial to the extra distance.
AS matter of fact, the Newcastle sta
ble's horse is one of the best stayers In
training. John Madden is strongly of opin-
ion that Grapple had no right to beat ms
horse, Dandelion, who won very easily last
Tuesday in the Metropolitan, and thinks ne
is sure to beat brakes horse II they meet
again on the same terms. Madden is prob
ably right as Dandelion was very much
hampered at the turn, and ONeill was
lodging him first to the inside and then to
the outside in his efforts to get through
was merely an exercise gallop for her she
beat nothing, but her chance in the Brook
lyn can be gagged from the showing she
made in the Metropolitan and a race she
ran with Merry Lark last year at Brighton
Beach In the big race at Belmont the
mare had no chance after the start, but
made up big gap at the hnlsh. The race
at Brighton was near thing between her
and the winner Of the Excelsior, and,
as both are in good form at present, 1t is
hard to separate them. OF the top weights
Proper and The Picket were given race
within the last week and both ran badly.
They were fat as bacon hogs. Rams Horn,
the western champion, has great chance
with so few horses of any class mt TO race
but he Is under a cloud and his stable
mate Phil Erich, has simply been raced TO
death.
The Belmont Park Meeting.
The opinion which prevailed to a consid
cradle extent that Belmont Park would not
be a popular meeting with the general pub
lie has, Judging by the attendance, proved
to be incorrect. The meeting has not re-
ceived any particular favors from the clerk
of the weather; on the contrary the condl-
lions during the past week have often been
such that one but a thoroush-going reg
ular might have been expected to be pres
ent yet big crowds have been the order of
the day. OF course, what would look an
enormous crowd on any other track does
not suffice to anything like fill the immense
popular with horse owners is evidenced by
the big fields which have gone to the post
in the majority of the events
Sensational De Mund
DeMund was the star attraction last Sat
urday and the hero of the sensational
trial and the subsequent sensational
sale was subjected to considerable guam
tity of gape-seed. The colt is built on very
racy lines and was in very thorough
dition for wo-year-old at this time of the
year. almost too much so in the opinion
of many good judges. In front of the sad
die he is particularly good, but speaking
generally the fault that one would be in
clined to find In DeMund is that he lacks
substance. There is of course ample time
for him to fill out and thicken, but with
the numerous engagements in front of him
there is q strong temptation to his trainer
to keep him at it, which will hardly give
the colt chance. AS is the custom of the
stable from which he was recently pur-
chased, with anything that shows promise
OF coming early DeMund was far advanced
in his studies early as November last,
and Is a seasoned colt compared to many
he will meet between now and Saratoga.
The advantage that DeMund possesses at
present in the thorough preparation which
he has received from Fred Burlew may tell
against him in his later engagements when
he will be meeting fresh horses. DeMund
was pretty nervous at the post last Satur-
day and, although he does not look exactly
what may be termed q delicate horse, he
does not look one of the hardy sort. 1t is
possible that Bud" May will have to go
a little carefully with the high priced