The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-31
Handicapped Vosburg Has Made
Known the Racing
Weights.
CARTER WILL BE THE
FIRST AQUEDUCT RACE
More Fine Horses VIII Race on
Eastern Tracks Than
Heretofore.
Tribune Special sportlng Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK. March 2S.-The Aqueduct
handicap weights were made public by
Handicapped NosbUrgh last week. and, as
had been generally expected Roseben is
top weight under a stiff impost. The
big gelding won the Carter last year
carrying l29 pounds This season he is
assigned 136 pounds n tremendous bur-
den and one that may keep him away
from the post. although he Is being point
ed for the event. or the three year -olds
IN the Carter. De Alund is considered the
best, and his weight will be los pounds.
His early form last year was good ana
he may be considered a likely starter
Horace e.. McCarter j. G. Core and
Phliander are some of the others of the
younger division who are probable con-
testanrs. Horace II. has evidently been
handicapped on his Western form OF last
9prine. as he proved a dismal failure in
Hae Eastern essays under colors.
In general the Carter handicap imposts
appear well-balanced on public form. and.
with two or three exceptions, it would be
difficult 10 weight such n large field with
less likelihood of arousinG unfavorabe
criticism. The Carter will bo the first
big race OF the metropolitan season, and
VIII be run on April Is, the opening day
at tho Aqueduct track.
Eastern trainers must send their horses
TO the post somewhat short. The season
has been very much against training.
and those horses of any sort of class
which may come from the South and
West TO run IN the Carter must be re-
which wintered In Virginia and South
Carolina that most danger is TO be
feared, Paul Raiuey ran De Mund one
or two races at Bennings with view
10 having him good for the Carter John
T.. Madden did the same With Vendor.
his entry that is intended for the AqUc-
duct feature, August Belmonts Trio
Blandy, Don Diego and Okenltc-will be
all IN good shape at AQueduct. Brookdale
Nymph OF Whitneys string. now at
Aiken. but due here on Tuesday, should
he cd n IIsfD1tgp NJ a
ter. with so fast a gelding as Jacobite
to fail back on II. Il. Thomas should
have a great chance. for speed is this
fellows forte, and III pounds Is not
much for four-ye old TO handle. An
other four year-old in light Is Hermitage.
102 pounds. He ran well last year in
the Carter. and only died out of the con-
tsntlon in the last furlouS. II this years
Carter does not exceed In brllliancY all
iIs predecessors expert horsemcn know
little of the game,
Harry Payne Whitneys string of rae
ers for this year IS q royallybred one.
Forty-one horses are under John w.
Rogcrs's care. most OF them now at
about the middle OF April it is expected.
There is u half-slster To Blue Girl in
the list a full brother to Burgomaster,
well-named Burger, n filly called Stam-
ina. by Nasturtium, out Of Endurance by
Right. colt called Yorkville Beau. by
Hamburg, out of Yorlovillc Belle, that
ought TO be q "smashcr:" half-sister TO
Preverse and number OF hish-bred
juveniles, including an imported flly
called Elegance. by Orme, out OF Ka-
loolah, which should be a stake winner.