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BROOKLYN AND SUBURBAN SUBURBANThe The Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps should be abolished or made summer events They are out of line because too early for true conten ¬ tion by the great eligible division of American racing They are events for our August or Sep ¬ tember not our June But they are realities and important enough for discussion discussionThe The Suburban and Brooklyn handicaps only fill because of the social and official press that is applied to get entries to them But thoy do fill and weights being assigned to their candi ¬ dates there is news in the discussion of the can dates and their weights The Brooklyn is to be run first this year June 1 at Gravosend It is at 1 4 miles worth 10000 and drew thirtyone entries The lot isnt superfine Requital with 12x pounds and Hastings and Handspring with 123 seem to be anchored Halma Is under sus ¬ picion Belmars too much of a plodder for 121 pounds and in the general willnotdo brigade one can put Sir Walter Dr Rice Ben Eder Dorian Loki Lake Shore Merry Prince King Arthur II Harrington The Swain Cleophus Counsellor Howe Volley Blaiserock Jefferson and Rotterdam Algol too can be cast out on threpyearold grounds groundsThis This leaves but nine factors as follows followsBon Bon Brush 4 123 The Winner 4 11 11Harry Harry Reed 4 114 Roundsman 4 108 108Free Free Advice 4 108 Maurice 4 107 107PeepoDay PeepoDay 4 107 Howard Mann 4 106 106Havoc Havoc 5 102 102Of Of this band of nine Ben Brush Roundsman and Free Advice seem to be the best at the weights weightsThe The Suburban promises better than the Brook ¬ lyn It is run Juno 22 at Coney Island and has fortyfive entries entriesThe The Suburban is at a mile and a quarter too and worth 7500 7500Its Its live ones on the handicap at the weights seem to be Buckmassie 5 124 Ben Brush 4 123 123Flying Flying Dntchman5H21 Roundsman 4 109 109Peep Peep oDay 4 107 Maurice 5 107 107HemperEgo HemperEgo 4 106 Ogden 3 105 105BenHolladay BenHolladay 4 104 Havoc 5 102 102Typhoon Typhoon II 3 100 Algol 3 100 100Of Of this dozen Ogden is best in He seemed to bo one of your Salvator Tammany kind last year A threeyearold io looked upon with humor as an early handicap possibility A groat colt overcomes all difficulties and does groat things If Ogden is prepared for and starts in the Suburban he ought to win it Marcus Daly says the colt will not start but Maicus Daly always goes for a classic if he has half a chance Hes a high class man and a sportsman of the same grade If Ogden does ffll and is ready Ogden will be a Suburban tarter tarterOutside Outside Ogden Roundsman is best in accord ¬ ing to my notion After him I like the chances of Maurice Flying Dutchman Buckmassie and Ben Holladay The latter is perhaps too light ¬ ly weighted in the handicap
