The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-25
STROMBOLI WILL
TRY TO REPEAT IN
The METROPOLITAN
Will Face High Class Field Of
at Least n Dozen Mt Bel
mont Park To-day.
sTEEPLECHASERS WILL.
GET THEIR FIRST CHANCE

otl he opened to-day Tor inc spr'nS
ueo,irc ~ the Wcstchester Racins As
ISOLATION and incidentally the running
=, tho Metropolitan Handicap. the frat
.ss realty big events Of the Eastern
racing season.
A, least "a dozen high class thorough
b-,da arc expected to go to he post
~ the Metropolitan. including AUG ust
u.mouts Stromboli. tho winner OF this
.I.s,te las, wear and ono OF the favoritcs
- tho great struggle which is sure
"a take Mace over the mile route this
afternoon.
This and tho race for ateeplechasers,
,,l,h make their first appearance on the
Ns,rorolitsn circuit of the Jockey Club.
~. certain TO attract the social Gle
Non, AS we'll as thousands or horse
LAYERS who have hecr waiting through
the sklrm'shine Al Jamaica for the APP
nssrarce under silks OF the cream OF
tine racing world.
As IN usual at the opening OF Bel
,,or, Park there will he coaching and
,,.ouchile PARTIES. most OF which have
besr arranged so that tho guests will
,-~,ve IN time for luncheon either at
The Turf and Field Club house or IN
the eracious clubhouse. the lawn ot
uh,,b is sure "a he crowded during the
races The clubhouse has been reno
,a.ed ard II possible made more bcautt-
fy' and only tiue weather ~ necessary
f.r a brilliant, setting for tho race meet
which Is expected to produce the best
onali,y of racing seen in America since
1910.
Tie Metropolitan Handicap. which
ras run first at Morris Park in 1891,
has produced many stirring struggles
ard there IS material In the field to-day
10 Duplicate the remarkable race IN
1908. when the event was hret decided at
pelmon, Park and resulted in a dead
heat between the great Sysonhy and the
lgh;ly Weighted Race King. Among
ire good horses which have won the
handicap are Jack Akin. carrying IFS
pounds and running the mile in ! :3s 3-5.
Ard Whisk Broom H.. with 1eS pounds
IN and finishing in 80. The record
Tor the race Is l 81 40. standing Jointly
to the credit Of Fashion Plate. 1910.
and Ruskin. 1914, both lightly weighted
four-year-olds.
In the absence of Roamer. the handi-
-an king Of last year. who proved In
ne Kings County Handicap last Satur-
la, that he vas not up to his best form.
Stromholi will carry top weight. AS Bor-
Nv. the champion Of the whitney
stable. has not yet begun racing in the
East. Considering that won
las, year with IFS pounds. his inpost OF
~ Ia not excessive. and he has won 20
many victorics In first class fieids That
I would he no surprise II he repeated
rs victory of last year. Stromboli viii
ave A running mate in Friar Rock. a
gh class three-year-old son Of Rock
sand. which Ia in with the light weight
o. 100 pounds.
Al the horses near the top Of the
handicap are rated dangerous. but none
more so than H.. e. Hallenbcck's The
Finn. now a four-year-old. and whict
in mis- two races here has shown that
ne has quickly developed his speed. 1r
In. Kings County Handicap The Finr
showed more early foot than ever. ever
oatruaning the great Roamer In the mrs.
few furlongs. He has to carry 1916
pounds. the same weight he shoulderec
n the Kings COUNTY, in which he wa.
jus, beaten by the lightly weighted
Capra.
Short Grass, an imported horse. Ia II
with ll9 pounds and though n slow be
ginner IS likely 10 do bette on the Ions
Belmont stretch than he did in the King,
County, when he was rust beaten fol
third place after being many lenRthe GU
of the running until the last quarter o
milo.
Another good handicap performer ant
ore which has had plenty NJ racing 4
A. him for a gruelling contest Ia stumble
II. which will run this time in the color
~ J q. Talbot, but will have the ad
'a-tacA Of the Whitney Jockey. 10,
Ho'tsr.
James Butler, who met with sigma
success a, the short Jamaica meeting
viii he represented BY both High Moo,
and Spur. The former In probability vii
RI the dependence o. the stable. He /
= Nuv.Noar-nld utth a grant tuyp n
Veed Inherited from his sire, Voter. an
he only question IL to whether he ca
STAY the mile. W. r. Goes Hauberk ha
been working we'll hut has a tendenc
- ehirk I'm a race. He Ia a ~four-year-ol
and likely TO cause a surprise n he de
rlhes 10 stick It out. Others with out
SIDE chances are NJ. Days kingly.
81 tve-year-old Grumpy. a four-year-old
and the three-year-olds Celandria an,
Indian Chant.
There Is a possibility that Gamer ma
NJ added II he is sufficiently recovere
rom his winning race ~ yesterda,
Another which may he put In at the las
minute is tho imported thrce-year-ol
star Hawk which finished second In IN
Kentucky Derby In any event II
considered likely hat at least a doze
pin parade when the bucle sounds tn
note for the big rac~
me meeting will run eighteen day
ana arrangements have been made IA
handling bic crowds. especially to-da
md ~ SATURDAYS and the Decoratio
'~r Nolidav. Special trains will leav
~" fennsylvania and F1atbush station
'0.day beginning NJ 10 40 and at intel
Has up 70 ;5b. The entries follow
virst Race Three year olds and urwar'
"llns s1 hrlongs; main rourae
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