The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-25
BURGOMASTER"
At TOP WEIGHT
Nosburgh Places His Penalty at
the Top OF the List-I27
Pounds.
ACCOUNTANT COMES NEXT
" cightS Were Allot ed to Sey-
cnty-Eight Runners for the
Brighton Handicap.

NEW YORK. January CIV. =. Vos-
burgh. the oaiciaI Handicapped OF the
Jockey Club. announced yesterday the
weights FOR the Brighton Handicap OF
$4,000 This IS the richest OF tn. big
mile and quarter bandicaps I'm ce
metropolitan district. Il viii be run in
all probability On July II. the arst sat
urdsy OF the mid-summer meeting Of
the Brighton Beach Racing Association
Harry PAYNE Whitney, BurRouast.r tx
at top weight with I27 pounds. and tho
weights scale down 90 Bright Boy. which
gets In with 81 pounds Weights were
allotted 10 seventy eight horses.
The Brighton Handicap L. che ~ +he
three big nile-and- a-qusrter specials.
~ which the Brooklyn and Suburban are
tie others. The entries TO each were
much the same. and as the weights wiu
differ only a pound or two the allot-
ment for the Brighton practically fore
casts the weights for the two others
which viii not be announced until Feb
rGary T.
Racing folk have been looking forward
20 the announcement OF the weights ever
since the entries closed. early this month.
There is now something definite to figure
on and Il marks the turning point OF
the long closed season when those who
do not follow the thoroughbreds u New.
Orleans and California md tho time
hangs heavily on their hands. From
now on. however. there will be some
thing 10 think and talk about which
seems 10 bring the opening OF the season
nearer.
4 cursory study Of the weights indi-
Gates that Mr.. VCburgh has provided
I race-Soers with one OF those puzzles for
I n n "a L -. hot
some astute Handicapped viii ind flaw
/ in the allotments; Il Is certain that
some will think they have. but it looks
| as II the imposts arc so eQuitably sd
justed that the race will furnish Il close
and driving finish, 40 matter what horses
20 TO the post
II is no surprise that BurgomaSter oc-
Cupies the post Of honor at top weight
tho place allotted last year to the dead
i Sysonby. Burgomaster was considered the
best OF his age in training a two-year-
old. and ne showed his quality last year
by winning The Carlton and Belmont
stakes. beating Accountant. among 9TH
ers. in the latter. he was retired for
the season after his victory in the Bel
mont Cup. a. one OF his legs was under
suspicion and MI Whitney lid not care
TO take any chances with the good colt
& Next to Burgomaster comes Accountant.
which won the Tidal and Realization
stakes. the Brooklyn Derby, the Sarato-
ga Derby and the Annual Champion
stakes last year. and S7.515. making him
/ the biggest money winner Of the season.
| His impost is 70 pounds. Oiseau. which
! was beaten IN his only start last year.
comes next, with Is pounds, on the
] strength OF his good races as a two-year-
/ old. Harry Payne Whitneys Artful is
assigned 10 pounds, which. considering
her sex allowance OF five pounds. Is equal
. 20 top weight Artful did not go 70 the
post last year, but there Is reason 20
believe she will train this season. Artfal
has never been beaten. except by a stable
companion IN preparation for the Flu
turity. which She won. beating Sysonhy
among others AS a three-year-Old she
won three races, including the Brighton
Handicap.
After Artful come Go Between. winner
Of the Suburban Handicap last year:
Sir Huron, DR.. Gardner and Dendeliou,
which ran second IN the Metropolitan
Brooklyn and Suburban Handbags. and
then won number OF rich fixtures. Dam
deliOn gets in with III pounds. as do Tan
va. Cottontowp and Running Water To-
I kalon. winner Of the Brooklyn Handicap
last year. is allotted ll6 pounds
OF the three-y ear-olds Salvidere. the
acknowledged champion or his axe last
season. and winner OF S5O.SS5 Is consider
ed best by the official Handicapped. He
gets ia with 10S pounds. an inpost which
makes him look formidable. Peter Pan
and ElectiOneer. the F~utUutty winner. are
allotted lOo pounds each. while W. II.
Daniel s. ranked one pound better than
De Mund and Fountainblue, which have
102 pounds each. James r. Keene's Court
Dress. which suffered only one defeat last
year. IS assigned l0I pounds. The weights
In full follow: