The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-16
NY j. S. A. MACDONALD.

ny S. A.
NEW YORK. N. Y, Juno 15-on next
Thursday, June goth. the midsummer
meeting Of tho Coney Island Jockey
Club will be inaugurated at Sleeps
head Bay with the annual renewal OF
the Suburban Handicap, tho most
democratic and beloved OF all metro
politnn racing nxturcs.
Worth 100000 to the owners OF the
first three horses home, tho Suburban
Handicap Is ut one and onc-fourth
this time two three-year-olds, Mont
gonery and Supermnn, appear to hold
as promising n chance as anything In
the field. with the Newcastle Stables
Running Water next In favor and
Graveyard Jack" Benefits Flip Flap
rot far behind in the estimation OF tho
racing public.
Were the race TO be run to-day.
Montgomery und Supermnn would
probably stand at 16 to s. with Run
ming Water at 4 to | and Flip Flap Mt
ivcs. The old campaigner. Dandelion,
must not be forgotten. while Diamond
Jim" Bradys three ear-old, Fountain
blue" has been working so well for
kid Gloves" Allen that many conser-
vntive Judges give him q chance at the
top money.
This years field Is small and of me-
diocre quality when one compares the
complement OF horses over which Her
mis-. Beldamc, Gold Heels, Salvador,
Henry of Navarro and Alcedo won In
the years gone by. Still, Handicapped
| Vosburgh has come to tho rescue no.
hly, for his weight scheme brings the
| field to an even balance, which means
| q keen horse race. After oil, that Is
what race-goers want, not i to S
chance winning in front all the way.
Racing is bigger thing here In the
Fast than ever before, circumstance
which warrants the prediction OF an
attendance of $4,000, an enormous
crowd for middle Of the week after
noon.
But to get back to the horses. Per-
haps Montgomery is the most interest
ing Of all the entrants. He is son OF
Observation-Disclosures Cooper, AS O
by Frank A. Forsythe. lie did not
show anything SO good as the form OF
Fountainblue or Tourenne, colts that
Went for $4,000 and $4,000. respect
lively, "Rod" Mckenzie. OF Winnipeg
Can. getting the latter. However
Montgomery wintered exceptionally
well at Montgomery Park. Memphis
Tenn, and early this spring he show
ed the benefits OF not having served q
! hard two-yoar-old campaign. for he
took the Crescent City Derby at New
| Orleans. La, rather 'handily, and If
the Baychestcr andicap at Belmont
Park and the Broadway Stakes a
Gravesend last week he took into
camp lot of hrst-class three-year-
1 olds Including Frank Gill, winner OF
\ the Withers.
j Emil Herr, the wealthy young Ger,
4 man turfman bought Montgomery ter
days ago for $4,000 cash. IIo wo1
him out In the Baychester and tool
I down almost $4,000 when he won thu
Broadway Stakes from Arctic backing
him from to to even money. Will
1o4 pounds up, Montgomery viii run tn,
one milo and n quarter in 2:05. &C
cordtnE to his trainer. Frank T.. Brown
The accompanying table shows tn,
4 probable line-up in the Suburban Han
dicap. Tho sheepshead Bay meetini
, lasts until July 9th, when shift i
! made to Brighton Beach for the Ions
4 July term previous to the sporting
4 month Of August at Saratoga.
"A So they want Marvellous" Miller II
! England. Breaking through all con
i ventions. Sir Blundell Maple, one o
the Oldest and most successful owner
on t-@::Itlsh turf. commissioned on
Of his business agents IN this city, MI
j. r. Pell, to look up tho chances o
Newcastle Stable
This incident Is strange for two ren
sons, First. that q foremost Engits1
owner would send oyer hero for ride
despite tho severe arraignnlent
home awaiting such n stop, and ais
tho fair spirit fiat prompts IN owne
in these days of commercalism to ~
portion of "good-will," for that J
all Miller's contract amounts TO,
If he wanted to be real business likt
he could have Just as we'll offered NIL
Ter a larger income than he Is now re
ceivng here and away the boy woul
4 go. Maple however. proposed payln
\ for the contract and then arrangln
! salary afterward. TO this PROPOSE
ton came tho ansWer--on tho part o
ono Of tho members of the Newcastl
) Stable: "Wly. $4,000 would not temp
q us to let Miller so this season.,
In connection with the talk Of 81
Blundell's enterprlsing move 1t Is pref
4 ty we'll understood that as soon as Mil
Ter shows signs Of getting big he wi
J Jump to England or France. To woul
8 create sensation abroad for he
a really the best lightweight seen In TIL
= country or abroad In many years timt
No jockey ever had moro follower
than Miller. This wns strikingl
: shown early this week while he stoo
e suspended for rough riding on Brothc
n Thomas. The ',Mlllerites" turned t
Eddie" Dugan, his rival, and SO lus
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