Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-04
Big Handbags Closed With
Good Horses Entered.
BRIGHTON HAS LARGE LIST
Brooklyn and Suburban Fixtures Rich
in Quality.
MATCHES FOR KID" SULLIVAN
Golfers Have Mexican Fever - New
Orleans Races-Billiard Match
Base Ball Notes.

NEW YORK January ENTRIES for the
Brooklyn, Suburban and Brighton handi-
Caps which closed at midnight on Tuesday,
are richer in quality and to all appearances
will be stronger numerically than last year
All day yesterday the racing secretaries of
the Brooklyn Jockey Club the Coney Island
Jockey Club and the Brighton Beach Rae
ing Association were busy with the heaviest
mail Of the season. listing the horses named
for the various stakes which closed the
night before. A bare glance over the nom
nations as they came in could not but
create feeling of optimism for the coming
season. which opens this year on April 16
With the west and south still to be heard
from twas not possible to announce a full
list Of the entries for the three big mile and
- quarter specials about which the greatest
interest centers during the first months of
the racing season. For some reason hard
20 explain owners usually wait TIL the last
minute to make their nominations. Entries
mailed before the hour OF closing ac-
cepted, nominations Will be coming in for
the next three or four days. The bulk of
the entries are in. however. and in numbers
they are now close to last years total.
Among the well-known horses which are
entered In all three big fixtures are Herrnis
Stalwart. Sysonby. Artful, Oiseau. The
"a,
Light. Delhi Oxford. Wild Mint and Lord
of the Vale.
Glass Will Be There.
If these were the only ones. and there was
some assurance that the majority would go
20 the post. there would be three races in
prospect that have had few equals In the
Irast. There are many others, however, and
matter what happens between now and
DDgf times fields will on IN fha most
of the rich prizes at stake. The naming of
flermis Stalwart Ort Wells and The Picket
indicates that these good horses which
were under suspicion last year will at Least
be trained in the hope that they will come
back to their best. Stalwart, the three
year-Old hero OF 1904, did not race last year
and The Picket, winner of the Brooklyn
Handicap OF 1904. started only once and it
Is welcome news that they may be seen I'M
der Colurs this season. Oiseau is being
more literally engaged than last year. while
SysonDy, which carried all before him as a
three-year-o.d winning such fixtures
among others as the Realization the Great
Republic. the Century. the Brighton Derby
and the Annual Champion. has been put In
in spite Of the fact that in all probability
he will have to shoulder top weight
Artful, winner of the Brighton Handicap
ana hi2Tesha. which shares with Dick
We!e5 the honor of holding the worlds rec
ord for one mile a circular track Of
1.SI %, are interesting entries 1t is rarely
that a tilly or mare Is successful in the big
spring handicaps, but they are quite capa-
ole of holding their own with the best colts
OF the year
The Suburban Handicap
AT the office OF the Coney Island JOCKEY
Club Tommy Smith. the racing secretary,
was 80 busy with the entries that he had
not been able to compile full list Of those
In the Suburban. He said. however that
there were forty-seven nominations up to 3
n'F1n
told last year. and that he expected fifteen
or twenty more al least from the west and
south which would bring the total up to
Sky or more. Among the horses already
named he mentioned the following:
Hermis, Stalwart, Sysonby Ort Wells
Rose6en. Oiseau. Blandy. Bedouin, Dolly
spanker. Ormonde's Right, Waterlight.
HOlscher, Colonial Girl First Mason FIrst
Water. Monsieur Beaucaire Ivan the Ter
ribie, The Picket, Jocund, Oxford, Kia-
mesha, Pulsus, Agile. Astronomer Kurokf
Won Tromp, Bohemian, Artful. Tanya. Bur
somaster. Itmbre and Santa Catalina.
Brooklyn Handicap.
Al the Brooklyn Jockey Club office Fred
Rehberger, the racing secretary. announced
the names OF thirty-six horses which had
been named up to yesterday afternoon for
the Brooklyn Handicap. This number will
Dc largely increased. Besides those mem
TONED, Roseben's name appears In the list
IL IS surprising that the great sprtnter
which holds the worlds record for six fur
longs on circular track of / II 3-5 should
DE entered for races at one and one-quarter
miles He has never shown disposition 10
go route. and IL looks almost like a willfuI
waste of entrance money. Still he NAV be
trained to go distance. in spite of the gen.
eral feeling to the contrary The norses
named SO far for the Brooklyn follow:
Hermis, Stalwart. Roseben. Joaquin, Or
monde's Right Go Between Blandy Lord
Of the Vale. Tiptoe. oiseau. waterlight,
ny ord
Pulsus, The Picket. Artful, Tanya Won
Tromp, Wild Mint. Bohemian Kuroki Delhi,
Syson6y. Astronomer, Merry Lark Fills Ad-
bell, Hot Shot Aucasin, Red Knight Mas
ter OF Craft, Knight Errant, Oliver Crom-
well and Sumo King.
Biggest List in Brighton.
The Brighton Handicap, which is the rich
est OF the three. with a guaranteed value OF
$4,000. has attracted the biggest entry to
this time. There are already fifty horses
named. including most of those entered In
the other two and few others The Brigh-
ton Is not run until early In July so It Is
more attractive to three-year-olds than the
other two. Among the good horses of this
age are Burgomaster. which was generally
ranked as the best of his age last year: Per-
verse, which earned the same high place
among the two-year-old filies Ormoldale
winner of the Futurity: Whimsical which
long held the place as the best filly: Tim
Der second to Ormonda!e in the Futurity:
kuroh. Bohemian and Astronomer. This is
likely lot OF three-year- odds, from among
which the champion of the age will prob
ably be developed. The full list of those
named for the Brighton follows:
Bad News, Whimsical, OrmondaIe Roman
Gold. Ormondes Right, Go Between Her
mis-. Stalwart. Dolly Spanker, Blandy Lord
OF the Vale. Tfptoe. Oiseau WaterIight,
Holscher oxford, Gloriher. Kings Trophy
Cederstrome. Pulsus, The Picket Ort Wells
Artful. Burgomaster, Perverse Rose of
Gold. Aucasin, Hot Shot. AdbeiI knight Err
rant Kiamesha, Oak Duke. Fills Miss Grow
ford Inquisitive. Merry Lark. Bulls Eve
Agile, King Henry, Astronomer, Alvin Sy-
sonby. Delhi. Kuroki bohemian. Wild Mint.
Won Tromp. Tanya, Timbre and Santa Cata-
lima