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ABOUT ETHKLBERT. Discussing affairs at Morris Park Sunday and Ethelberts future engagements, the New York [ Sun of Monday says : "The various strings at the picturesque course » were let off with mild exercise gallops, as the I youngsters who had been through the mill on i Saturday needed a rest, while even the handicap - horses that were not out in the Metropolitan - have been working hard enough to earn a i holiday. Accordingly, there was ample time for _Ajossip, and, as at the other tracks and the city f r . , . . ! . . i j . [ resorts of horsemen, the chief topic was the a running of Ethelbert. There had been an im- u pression in some quarters that the noted son of p Eothen — Maori might not develop enough speed d over so short a course as the Withers mile to h hold rivals whose specialty is sprinting. It was g also thought that the horse would need a bruis- s ing race or two before reaching his best form, I. but all doubts on these points have been set at i rest and many more brilliant triumphs are now p predicted for Perry Belmonts champion. "Ethelbert will have to do some great things to eclipse his record of 1898 and 1899, and a brief sketch of his career at this stage may be found interesting. He was bred at the Eothen stock farm by the same sire who produced Requital, a past winner of the Futurity and Realization. Ethelberts dam was imported from England as a two-year-old in 1887 and raced successfully , here. The noted turfman, James Galway, entered Ethelbert freely as a two-year-old and , in twelve starts the colt was only once unplaced, hit victories including the Spring Stakes at Sheepshead and the Nursery Stakes at Morris Park. After this race his present owner bought him and the youngster failed to carry his new . colors into the money in the White Plains Handicap, ethelbert was then retired for the winter and a came out last year in magnificent ] trim and began by beating everything in the 1 Metropolitan except the flying Filigrane. Ten ! days later lie won a purse at Morris Park and ] before the spring meeting there ended he car- ] ried full stake weight to the front in the Poc- j antico Handicap. He won the Broadway Stakes at Gravesend and followed this up with a vie- | tory in the Spindrift Stakes at Sheepshead Bay. "His crowning achievement, however, was in the historic Lawrence Realization at the Bay, when he spread-eagled his field and earned a place on the roll of honor made up of Salvator, Tournament, Potomac, Tammany, Daily America, Dobbins, Bright Phoebus, Requital, The Friar and Hamburg. Ethelbert then essayed to meet the older division in the Brighton Handicap, but Imp was just on edge and the old mare proved too much for him. If horses ever look for revenge Ethelbert must have enjoyed his of last Saturday, for he gave a decided trouncing to the idol of Chillicothe. "The Metropolitan hero has five other engagements during the present meeting at Morris Park. He is entered for the Toboggan Handicap to-morrow, the Crotona Highweight Handicap on Thursday, the New Rochelle Handicap on May 15, the Claremont Highweight Handicap on May 17 and the Van Cortlandt Highweight Handicap on May 23. It would be nnreasonable to suppose that he will go for all of them, but horsemen are hoping that he will turn out in the highweight series just to see whether he really is in a class by himself or whether the i handicapper can bring the other entries on a level with him. "One of the most important debatable points raised in the Metropolitan aftermath is how far the form will hold true in the Brooklyn, Suburban ■ and Brighton Handicaps. In all these Imp is set to carry top weight and concede a pound i to Ethelbert, the same basis on which they met I last Saturday. Box, who split the pair at Morris • Park, with 121 pounds up, receives an allot-1 • meut of 118 in the Brooklyn and 117 in the Suburban and Brighton. Voter is rated in all three as two pounds better than Box."
