Notes Of The Turf., Daily Racing Form, 1898-06-02

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NOTES OF THE TURF W P Magrane Marianne now in St Louis entertains a high opinion of Briar Sweet In a recent con ¬ versation aeration he said of the filly She was cam ¬ paigned pained on the coast last winter and there wasnt wasn't another filly of her age out there that could make Briar Sweet extend herself Briar Sweet is a full sister to Dr Hasbrouek Absolute She ran a mile and an eighth in 1 53 a mile in 1 40 flat and fiveeighths firefights of a mile in 1 00 flat She could run any kind of a race and run any horses eye clean out any part of the route Mont ¬ gomery geometry beat her once but I didnt didn't care to run him against her again The day the gelding beat her Briar Sweet and Caesarian raced them ¬ selves into the ground making the pace Willie Martin the master mechanic of them all in the saddle was riding my horse and he sneaked through on the rail and beat Briar Sweet by a whisker My horse has had too much of it He won nine of ten races on the coast and deserves a rest In fact all of my horses are in poor shape It dont don't do to run them winter and sum ¬ mer mere They cant stand it itThe tiThe The piece of plate presented to the winner of the Belmont Stakes by Mr August Belmont is j one of the handsomest things of the kind ever given for any event on the American turf The waiter was made by Tiffany the general design being Regent the decorations around the border consisting of snaffles plates and saddles richly chased and finished The handles are embellished with sprays of laurel The waiter is 26 inches long and weighs about 250 ounces sterling silver silverThe silver The br g Burley 4 by Fordham Ford Tillie Lillie S and br g Dividend 2 by Aintree Sainte Rosella Roselle by Duke of Montrose will be sold at public auction today at 1 30 p m in the Harlem pad ¬ dock to dissolve a partnership


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