The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23
Similar Reductions in Gents Furnishings of

Newmarket Heath. along with Ar
gust Belmont. Perry Belmont, McCar-
ter, Potter, Paul ]. Ratney and Clarence
Mackay. The latter gentleman has
nominated two colts by Meddlcr. while
August Belmont Is going to take real
try ut tho Derby OF next year.
Among the Kingston Farm year
lings by Meddler may be an English
Derby winner of 1909, for they are
pronounced grand-looking lot They
will be sold out in the East next Sep
tcmber. tho Raineys having announced
their intention OF splitting out some
likely looking Derby timber in con-
nection with the 1909 English Derby.
The Britishers' Indifference to American
entries to the race OF 1908 is about
the last we shall hear OF Orby's Derby
for awhile.
you can't ride race horses under
the glare of the Broadway white
lights" is the way Trainer billy
Garth. the directing spirit of Paul J.
Rainey's stable. warned Jockey Radtke
to cut out the primrose path late
this week. 1t appears the young rider
mad been staying up half the night in
New York and getting down to the
Sheepshead Bay training grounds just
IN time to get into the saddle of some
horse for an important trial.
Once or twice Radtke didn't show
| up at all and his work in the after
moons became listless and devoid OF
finish. Hence the $4,000 ,ockey sur
fered call" The sporting life ofi
Broadway has killed off many a good
man in the last twenty years, the VIC
tins being such shining examples that
tho fact of Radtke falling into the
| pltfall passes understanding.
The three-year-old problem remains
far from settlement. The handicap
pers are not SO sure that Peter Pan
is better than Electioneer the 1905
futur1ty winner. while Salvidere is
working again In fine style and will
probably show pretty nearly all the
speed and class of his two-year-old
form when lMessrs Madden and Hitch
cock finally let him down.
1 Peter Pan beat Electioneer in the
Standard Stakes at one and one quar-
ter miles, carrying weight for age,
but many good judge said the lack
of one or two races beneath his belt,
1t being Electioneer's first race of the
year, prevented the Voter colt taking
tio -HteuSure o1 Mc. heeneS prize
|youngster.
/ While all the talk over the above
trio of colts is going on. 1t may ba
! we'll to have an eye and sonNn serious
consideration for q flly from now on.
This is Court Dress, the nashy daugh-
ter of Disguise. Last year she was
accounted the queen of the two-year-
|old hllies," and it may be said she
lis living up to that high standard as a
sIthree-year-old. Yankee Girl beat her
lin the Ladies'. late in May. but that
she was plainly short there Is clearly
|established by the way she "distanced"
Plunger Ellison's Drag mare In the
Gazelle Stakes at Gravesend. Trainer
Rowe has so many horses to train for
Mr.. Keene this summer that many OF
them come to hand just a little bit
short.
That explains Court DRESSES poor
form at the inception Of her campaign
la month ago. Great as was the crowd
ATTENDING the Suburban Handicap on
Hast Thursday at Sheepshead Bay, $50
much interest is displayed In tfo three-
[year-olds that a special race, bringing
Peter Pan, Court Dress and Election
eer together. would attract an enor-
NOUS throng. Before the current meet
ing here at Sheepshead Bay Is over
the question will find a settlement.
lin the meantime, 1t is we'll to remem-
4 her that Court Dress,is not five pounds
Off the hest colt. She Is the finest
three-year-old ally sinEGe Beldame's
ltlme.