New-York tribune., 1908-01-30
HANDICAP WEIGHTS OUT
B4LLOT At THE TOR.
Colin Shares Post of Honor IN the
BrookIyn and the Suburban.

". 8. vosbursh. the official handicapper OF the
Hockey Ciuh announced yesterday the weights
fo- tho Hrooklvn Suburban and Brighton hanoi-
-.,x--;,ree of the most talked of and coVeteo
,xtures of the metropolitan racing season Eaeh
has a guaranteed cash value OF s-o.VsV' anu '"e
z;..,r, % zach race is a mile and one-quarter
The weights for the three stakes are practicaiis
the same the only difference being tha' 'aiie'
u Keene,s Colin. the unbeaten son OF Com
n1ando and the winner OF tweiFe races ana
srsaa as a two-year-old last year, gets III
,,-ds in the BROOKLYN and the Suburban and
one mound more in the Brighton. as is the case
with several other horses, inasmuch as the iat-
ter race is run on a later date
James r. Keene's four-year-old Voter colt'
Ballot is at top weight IN all three races. win
las pounds with Nealon. the SUBURBAN ffailoi-
can winner last year, next with 10 pouhos- AZ
,ordinr TO the scale. however. Colil' Win III
,,o,:nds In the Brooklyn and SUBURBAN snareS
she honor with Ballot at top weight In the
Brighton Ballot must concede him TWO pouhuS-
The scale of weights is pitched rather io"el '"an
q, 1oos when Sysonby was at top weight WIN
1sl nounds II is practically the same as iast
wear however when Accountant was top weight
IN the Brooklyn al l26 pounds. and burgoihas'e'
ton weight in the Suburban with Ia pouhos-
ror,wtnr Nealon IN the allotment of weights
this wear comes Charles EDWARD WHICH 'e"
Rauot in the Brighton Nile last season anu
x,,,,., made a new worlds record OF l:oVo-'
for d mile and q furlong at Brighton De"oiA %
Get. ,eo pounds. Salvidere. winner OF lhe
p;.~.,o- C,n in 1907 when he beat baliol'
.r,o,r others, some eight OF ten lengths Is al
,,.,.d 1o1 mounds while Glorifer, winner Oh tiio
,.-,e, and METROPOLITAN handicaps: FRANK cill'
ns,,er of the SO 600 Coney Island JOCKEY Nlo"
ct.k., and other rich races; Montgomery VIII
:. the Rurns Handicap in California last
saturday. and the horse which beat bTaiiA "ii,'
r.n6el;on and others in the Comnloil"edi.A
Handicap at Sheepshead a year ago. iOii'"
close order. =. .he
lame. r. Keene's Superman, WilheI Vi
proox,vn Handicap a year ago. gets ll' pouiiu'
a.. e.. Rrooklvn and Suburban and ITO pouiloS
q, ,.. Brighton while DR.. Gardner, Dahoeiioi'
Running Water which was only beaten a heaU
nv salvidere for the Brighton Cup Cotton'o"h
ana Sir Huon are punched together pouhd oi
tuo avay On a line through SalVloere anu
Ballot Running Water would seem to nave
slight pull in the weights.
The Official handicapper has a high opinion OF
Colin but the good colt gets in at pet'ef
rsszb, thsn was generally expected by race
roers. some Of whom thought that 10 POUNDS
Was the least that could be expected He natu-
rally heads the three-year-olds, and his staoie
companion. Celt. which ran second to him IN the
Flatbush and won his only other start, comes
uext five pounds away, while Uncle, winner or
the Brighton Triumph and really great two
yesr-old. is rated one pound below Ceit. ana
gets in the Suburban 105 pounds and the
Brighton at 10G
Johnny Lyons is the lghtest weighted horse IN
the Suburban, NTH % pounds; Flimnap, in the
Brooklyn, with SIS pounds and Gowan, in the
Brighton. with 50 pounds. 1t seer-ed to be the
opinion among the few horsemen who could be
,or- e-l,+
equitable one in each case, and that the
amateur handicappers would have trouble in
finding sny flaws in the official figures.
Colin VIII hardly start in the Brooklyn Sub
urban, and the chances ali against his going
to the post even In the Brighton, it Will be
asking d good deal Of such a valuable horse TO
ooncede weight TO older horses In such bruising
races as these handicaps bound to be.
Further than that, Colin is engaged in races ex-
clusively for horses Of his own age which will
have a value Of something like S15nd10
The Brooklyn Handicap for which forty-nine
horses have been assigned weights will be de-
cided on Monday, June /. if the old custom IS
adhered TO Of running il on the opening day of
The Brooklyn Jockey Clubs spring meeting at
GraTeseEd- Superman won this race last year
The conditions for the race with the weights in
full, follow:
THE BROOKLYN HANpICAP-For three-year-olds and
upward. $50 each. half S5 n declared
III which s3dpo 10 the s. o0o 10 me third
one ana o1e-QuaTter miles
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