New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-06
RECORD FOR BRIGHTON.
Substantial Increase IN Stake Entries
OUer Last Year.

The entries to the stakes OF the Brighton Beach
Racing Association for the coming year give every
indication of ample sport for racing folk With
Hermis Stawart Tradition Hamburg Belle, Sy-
sonby. Agile. Kiamesha. Artful. Burgomaster, Ort
Wells, Oseau and others of the same class entered
in the various stakes, there is every promise OF
good racing. The entries so far received are ma
teriay in OF those of last year, and this is
the more noteworthy considering that the source
OF supply is numerically any greater than that
OF the year just ended
The additional entries to the Brighton Handicap
are as follows: Flip Flap. Dandeion. Cairnsornn'
Kohailan. Lady Savoy. Hamburg Belle. Tradition
Goldsmith, Rams Horn and Brancas
This brings the total number Of nominations TO
this, the richest handicap of the season, up TO
satisfactory total of sixty-one, against nifty
seven last year. Several Of the other stakes also
show a gratifying increase in the number OF en-
tries. The Invncibe. new stake, for three-year-
olds and upward, at and a quarter miles. TO
which association adds $500, claims an entry
list amounting to an even fifty. and the otner
stakes, for three-year-olds and upward. also give
evidence of increased popularity with horsemen.
The Islip Handicap has an entry list TO Date Oh
afty-nine as against forty-ntne last year. the
Seagate Stakes sixty-four against forty-hVe asI
wear: the Glen Cove Handicap. sixty. against
f1fty-three last year.
The two-year-old stakes show the same degree Oh
prosperity. IS the Mentauk Stakes now claims an
entry Of nnetv-seven as against seventy eight for
T
seventy-seven last year, and the Distan STAKES
nnety-seven against ninety-one last veal ~
There is slight falling of in the number OF Ell
tries TO the steepechases, but even this Will prov
ably be removed by the time the late mails nave a.
rived, of the three stakes cardeo the pie aj
steeplechase the Punchestown steegeeh6aase ana
the Curragh Stakes. there are already 15S ehtlie
received as against a total of 151 for 1900 .
TIE entries to the Brighton Cup also snow W. a
slight increase over that of the previous year nc
nominations number forty-fve as agaqSt . np6
tv-one last year. The entries TO the cup Pfelllll-
inarv a race designed. its name lndlcaIeS, az d
preliminary for horses engaged in the. brlshtI I
Gun and which is restricted to the entries IN Ie
CUB show subscription list of thirty-nlne' AS 5s
against thirty-five of the year before tor IIls
Brighton Produce race, which has guaranlf ez1
cash value of $50 0OO the nominations show s!lsLil
decrease compared with those received ms Ii11e
last wear The total number of entries TO GATE
er So4 as against 7s4 in 1905 It may be confidently
expected that the late corners will more than Re
move this shortage. .., :. o,1y
This nominal decrease in the nominations is o d
superficial one, as, in consequence OF Ile r uis-
persal sale of James B HaggtnSs Rancno ael ts
sind his nominations have fallen on more LLtT
one hundred and fifty IN number and conseo { ~
making due allowance for this, the promoters OF
his rsce NAV take pleasure in the generally IN
creased support given them in their efforIs 70 C
tinue and perpetuate a race 50 enuFeiy anu uiS1V
" in the interest of the breeder