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THE HORSES DOWN EAST EASTOf East Of eastern horses and other racing topics Mondays New York Sun says The opening of the autumn meeting of the Westchester Esthete Racing Association at Morris Park on Satur Saturn ¬ day showed that interest in the sport is grow ¬ ing King rather than diminishing Regular follow ¬ ers of the game are by no means satiated and the element of uncertainty is as much a factor as in the early spring In previous seasons at this stage the best horse in each division had asserted himself but this year the question of supremacy remains unusually open openThere openhearted There was a notable instance of this on Sat ¬ urday hurdy among the twoyearold toehold division when William Hendries Henries Futurity winner Martimas Martians finished last in the field of sixteen that turned out for the Nuisery Misery Handicap The Canadian crack zigzagged all over the course and after looking like a winner for four furlongs dropped out of the race He had the steadying weight of 126 pounds up and it is said that this was more than he cares to carry Another notable failure was Black Venus the fast filly in E O Peppers string who cut such a wide swath at Sheepshead Shepherd Bay Sjhe She was coupled in the betting with Kentucky Colonel and principally on the strength of her reputa repute ¬ tion ion the Pepper pair were made favorites The Kantaka Kanaka filly got no closer than fifth while Kentucky Colonel ran into second place within a head of Ethelbert Ethel The starters included nearly all of the best twoyearolds toeholds in training and the result showed that the champion of the year in the juvenile division has yet to be picked pickedThe picketed The new rule placing jumping events first on the card did not work very well but the failure was due to an accident which is not likely to occur again Most of the candidates engaged were delayed in transit and of the three con ¬ tenders on hand Moslem was easily the best This made the third consecutive win for Mr Chamblets Hamlets clever gelding and he carried 151 pounds to the front in such impressive style that owners of rival jumpers are beginning to wonder whether they can turn out anything to beat him for the balance of the season at this game He fences well and seems to have a world of speed but had Sir Vassar and Lady Dainty arrived in time they would probably have been played heavily against him The next event over the sticks is accordingly looked forward to with much interest as the jumping division in evidence this fall is generally ad ¬ mitted emitted to be the best in several years yearsSince easiness Since the retirement of Hamburg three yearold earl form is at sixes and sevens and almost any trainer is justified in asserting that he holds the trump Sard Shard The diversity of opinion as to the merit of horses of this age was demonstrated on Saturday when ten went to the post for the Jerome Handicap Practi Practice ¬ cally calmly all were backed and the race went to Handball at 15 to 1 while the favorite had to be content with fourth place The race was run in remarkably fast time and as most of the runners were richt rich in it to the finish there is every promise of many more spirited struggles between the lot before one is named as Ham ¬ burgs legitimate successor Among the fillies it is a different story as the crown is already conceded to Briar Sweet and if this grand young mare maintains her form she is almost certain to finish at the head of her class classThe caste The merits of the older division furnish a puzzle to all the handicappers and few of the 10000 visitors at Morris Park on Saturday ventured to pick Sanders against Algol White Frost and Royal Stag The threeyearold however beat his older rivals comfortably but it is a question whether he can do it over a longer distance than the Eclipse course Alto ¬ gether ether the outlonk outflank for the twelve dajs djs sport yet to be decided at the Jockoy Jockey Clubs head quarters is open enough to absorb genral general attention to the end of the chapter
