The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-11
SMALL FIELDS FOR
ENGLISH HAND|CAPS
Despite Entries by American
Owners List of Contenders
Is, S,Abbreviated.

English turf followers continue to be
very much agitated because of the COM
paratively small entry that has been re-
ceived for the so-caled spring handi-
caps" that start with the Lincolnshire
at Lincoln. March 26, and run through
to the Gold cup at Ascot June 20. Many
arc the reasons that have been assigned
since the entries for these races were
announced. but as yet no really satisfac-
tory explanation has been advanced.
This shrinlage is most marked in the
Lincolnshire. where the entry is only
about 66 per cent OF what it was year
ago. In other words, only forty-four
horses have been named, as against
sixty-four in 1911. this latter figure be-
Ing record, by the way. In fact, not
In fifteen years has the Lincoln entry
been 80 small.
In the particular case Of the Lincoln
shire many reasons might be suggested,
but they would not hold In other of the
handicaps. where the loss in entry has
been almost as great, The Lincolnshire
comes so early in the season that many
horses cannot be rounded into shape. es-
pecially those which need spell OF warm
weather And by the, same token i has
come to be regarded utter foolishness
to attempt to run three-year- in
this event. These two causes, along
with the fact that French horses are not
concerning the Lincolnshire. but they
give no hint of the trouble in other races.
Small Fields the Rule.
In the City and Suburban, for exam
pie, this years list OF eligibles counts
forty nine originally named twelve
month back. while the average for the
past ten years is something over fifty
four horses, with seventy-three as the
nfIi 6tso Il trrf,- a. Nl- he
Kempton Jubilee has a simmer entry
than for some time, while even the Ascot
Gold cup, distinctively society event
has shared the fate Of the others. Until
the weights are assigned and the ac-
ceptances announced a month hence 1t is
idle To speculate upon the helds. IL can
he said, however. that in the main they
give promise of being quite classy, while
In several OF the handicaps but three Of
the money horses OF l9ll are TO be found
In the fields.
sport OF kings have so many American
bred. American owned horses been en-
tered as in this year OF 1912. A half
dozen American owners have. together.
entered twenty-f four different horses, but
many of them are named in two or
more races the total entry OF horses
from the states foots ND to forty eight.
With so large representation the dis
tinction of winning more than one OF the
handicaps is vers likely 10 10 TO the
Americans.
horses in the spring handicaps, together
with the names OF the horses and the
engagements each holds. are here given:
Americans Enter Steeds.
The lis: includes L ". Adams. an
American sportsman and citizen, al
horses are almost entirely American
bred. and include Adam Bede Mat he
purchased from Jonn r, Madden year
which will be Of interest 10 all American
breeders and race followers is as fol-
lows;
By Harry Payne whitrey-Borrow
Great surrey: Bashits. Rsthnsy Rs Plate:
Aandison AZ Cold }Sty Sfwbury csD noveriaSs ds
CUP; Iron Mask H., Great Surrey; Flan-
ders Esher Cup; Whiskbroom. Great
Jubilee. Victoria Cup.
naT Plate. Great Surrey. Victoria Cup:
Castleton. Great Jubilee. Coronation
Cup; Cold Cup; oIl Have ock. Victoria Cup.
nay Plate; Merry Task. Liverpool Cup,
Nottingham Handicap, Great Jubilee
Tosgery, Great surrey
BY Charles CarToll-Night Rider Great
Surrey: Melody, Great Surrey,
BY J.. ". Winsns-Adam Bede, Liver
pool Cup. Queens Prize, Great Jubilee
ns sfx M LTsgG9 Msnssap CIT y s9s s
burban Great jubilee: Daln1a tan
Queens Prize, Great Metropolitan, Rot's
Pride. Great Metropolitan: Monotone
Esher Cup; Minehead. Great Surrey.
Frank Jay Gould-Combourg Gold
CUP.
Speaking OF American bred horses on
the English turf, A, j. Boyper is winter
! ing at Newmarket for Harry Payne
Whitney a stable OF no less than forty
| four animals. all OF which are American n
bred. Mr.. Whitney, last fall disposed
! ct auction many OF the horses that bore
| his silks during the racing season. TAX
| Ing this step primarily to make room for
the now two-yearoIds that compare
| lively recently arrived. In fact, no less
than thirty-,hree are Juveniles. but II
goes without saying that they are a we'll
bred lot. including a. full brother TO the
very speedy Runnymede and a half
brother to Iron Mask II. OF three-year-
olds there are five in ALL these being
| Flanders Balaton and Sandrian all by,
Bureomaster. a Hamburg-Matha II. colt
and an Adam--Wid Thyme filly. The
| rest are older horses, and include Whisk
| Broom. All Gold. Bashti. Matinee. Iron
Mask II, and Borrow, the latter winning
i3o. 900 in 1910. although failing signally
last season.