The sun., 1909-06-29
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
HILARIOUS AND FITZ HERBERT
n DISCUSSED BY TURFMEN.
van Meet in Realization to Decide Three
year.oid Championship. Each With
p; Many Foilowers-G -Gafrney's New
Stable-Johnson Meets Ross Tonight

Will Meet IN hehuEhuOu 10 Deciue AuFeo-
year.old Championship. Each With
p; Many Followers-G -Gafrney's New
stabie-Johnson Meets Ross Tonight.
Although there was no racing yesterday
horsemen spent much time discussing the
respective merits Of the great three-year-
ottis James X. Keene's Hilarious and 3. Z.
Hildreth's Fitz Herbert. Some turfmen in
sisted that MIR. Kcene's colt would prove the
master because OF superior class. while
others declared that titz Herbert would
prore q greater slayer than the son OF
Voter when they meet in the SIC. 900 Realiza-
ticn stakes, one mile and Ave furlongs. two
weeks from to-day. For that event Hilari-
Gus will carry his stake weight. i2c pounds.
while Fitz Herbert because he has not won
attace worth $1,000 this season will receive
a four pound allowance. making his impost
ID. According to present indications both
vii 20 TO the post for the Realization, which
indicates a sensational race OF widespread
interest. Hilarious and Fitz Herbert are
both eligible for the Coney Island Jockey
Glib Stakes. one mile and half on July 3:
thh Commonwealth Handicap. one mile
ami quarter, on July 5, and the Advance
Stakes, weight for age. one mile and Ave
sixteenths. on July 8. but it was said yes
tetday that they would be saved for the
Realization
When Hilarious won the Tidal Stakes.
one mile and a quarter. in 2Oe on Saturday
he convinced many turf experts that he
w& a remarkable three-year-old. His
pekfdrnance, compared we'll with that Of
each Tidal winner since 1909. In that year
Mkjor Daingerheld In the mud won in
2Np 3-5. The following year Shorthose
scored In the slow time Of 2IS is. Ort
Wills won in 200 in 1904 and Sysonby gal
lobed home in 2;0S in 1905. Accountant
rsn the distance in 2I0 the next year.
while in 1907 and 1908 respectively Peter
Pin won in 2O7 Us and Colin in 20t There
istno doubt that Hilarious II he had been
extended could have eaualled Collins
a SulG al the way and had nothing to fear
after the start. Having won the Withers
and the Carlton Stakes with similar ease.
therefore. Hilarious has created the inn
pFtssion In some quarters that he Is an
extraordinary colt. land will be- the cham
pien OF his age this year. IL Is also con-
teSded that he has so much early speed
thtt when he meets Fitz Herbert in the
Realization the latter will be run of his
felt. for the Hidreth colt will have to pick
uR seventeen pounds more than he carried
when he won the Suburban in ?:oa 2-S.
Horsemen who. think that Fitz Herbert
cannot stick with the son OF Ethelbert at
ss n sS 81 *. .erTc hfK
by Restigouche and Alfred Noble, who ran
the first mile in / 81 and the mile and a
furonT in 80 IN ,he snss fba s shd Ssa
draw away in the last quarter OF mile.
7 hey also argue that Fitz Herbert won the
bassn had Tddsn he eo out sna
In view Of these counter opinions, / is easy
and an ] Fla Fl Herbert meet there viii be race
worth going. miles TO see. Incidentally u
may be we'll to remember that hildreth
SAYS Fitz Herbert is the best thoropghbred |
derful King James
as the nucleus for. a racing stable iames T. !
Gafrhey has followed the advice OF Trainer |
Frank p. Weir, under whose. expert hand
sSa are S no, no be g
OF the Roseben type. The Garry Hermann
ss 'f Eoseben. s and L IS belies & ed that he can
hsAyE burdens WSsn HPa wiz %sny 4.p Ss
Il Il Is Is said. sdvIsed Mr. Gsfney to buy him
at any cost. with the result that the lam
many man closed deal Tor the geldine
Gaifpey will be purchaser at the coming
yearlinG sales at sheePshead BAY; He
has already registered his c0!ors with the
for Weir who has not had much to do since
Frank J. Fatrell decided to quit the turf
Ths csnsy Island Jockey y,,n.s Gubs decision de- sion
tinqeais racing without a single open date
e. Y9nkeTs and ssratoss, has !. created the
fhqff
Jockey. Club has decided 10
@ sS viii SfYs open sTeF for ~ SIMILAR snssh Of
time. This announcement was made semi
Dfheially yesterday.
Jack johnson L. scheduled to meet Tony
Ross. the Italian heavyweight. in PittsbuGe
lo-night. They are matched to box six
,Sants cunts Johnson % Was inclined to keep the
SSTsyeE: ihs.!Iohssaon s or, Is il E no o. sondi!icS a on
Strenuous i Work. for weeks and has been
living at a fast pace. But he needs the
mbney-a5 per cent. OF the receiPts,he
ii be ready to ight for his life and intends
ln sail into. johnson hammer. and tongs.
and says he is confident that Johnson can
MT Cpui, him away. The negro champion
ShLscale a. about 30 pounds i and regard; CARDS
not stop Ross in ten rounds here recently.
hpugh the latter received meIciless beat.
ng. At one period of the mill Ross had
amman 4foRgy from terrific blows landed
ID the head. u lioss can reach Johnson
estins to see how the champion can stand up
inder them and come back
Leach Cross telegraphed to his friends
here yesterday that the erratic California
climate made his legs stifIen and caused him
To- weaken before Hylsnd's persistent
always been long on excuses after suffering
so that this explanation Of his
downfall is not entirely unexpected Physi-
,ally Cross was never intended for q finish
hekteF, He is simply hard hitting boxer,
with plenty OF gameness. Iyland. On the
INSTINCT Of a bulldog that never knows
toryiover Gross Hyland wants another fight
With Battling Nelson.
yefrries ia quoted as saying that Papke
si knock oJt Kstchel at So'ma sonsst net
night make better impression by. posting
IS 900 forfeit to bind match with johnson,
Six months have elapsed since the Boiler
maker began to train and he is still talking
lbout the dim future. The chances are
hat JefTries viii do. -ome hard roofing for
Ietchel on Monday. 50 thai the latter can
ponship for all time.
Since the arrival OF Sam Lang ford from
England Willie Lewis has been as quiet as
i mouse. Lewis however. ia talking about
when there Is little chance for such a match.
Sailor Burke wants to settle an old score
with Lewis and says he will make match