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OFFICIAL WEIGHTS FOR BRIGHTON HANDICAP. Sysonby at the Top, But the Impost is Lenient, Though Heavy as Possible. Mr. W. S. Vosburgh, official handlcapper for the Jockey Club, has published his assignment of weights to the horses engaged in the Brighton Handicap. This, the most valuable handicap of the American turf, is not run until long after the Brooklyn and Suburban have passed into the list of things accomplished, but by making allowance back from the scale of, weights for July to the scale for May and June, an expert can forecast, from the weights here published, the imposts that will be assigned the Brooklyn and Suburban horses fairly accurately. Mr. Aosbnrgh is not greatly given to variation. Sysonby has been given 131 pounds. Under the conditions of the race, horses weighted at 130 or more are exempt from penalties, so his assigned impost represents all he can lie asked to carry. It is a lenient impost. In England a horse of his superlative achievements would have hardly been handicapped at less than 140 pounds for a great handicap; For the Cesarewitch of last fall Ypsilanti was given top weight at 130 pounds and for the Cambridgeshire Hacklers Pride and Delaunay were jointly top weights at 133 pounds each. All of these were good racehorses, but at no time the undisputed best in England, as was Sysonby in this country last year. On the whole, if future books were in order, Sysonby would be the favorie at a short price and justifiably so. In actual number of pounds to be carried, the crippled Hermis comes next to Sysonby, with 12i pounds, but the real second by the scale of weight for age is Artful. Sysonby is assigned five pounds more than his scale weight and Artful one pound, they being the only horses in the race given more than their weight for age. Ort AVells, Olsean and Stalwart all have been given 124 pounds, two more than Artful is asked to carry, hut each has two pounds ofT by the scale. From this It seems Mr. Vosburgh rates Sysonby as lieing seven pounds lietter than Oiseau and, sex allowance considered, four pounds better than Artful. It is an open question so far as Artful is concerned, but Sysonby certainly gave Oiseau more than a seven pound beating in the Great Republic at Saratoga last summer. On the other hand Artful defeated Sysonby decisively on the occasion of their one and only meeting in a race. Decidedly interesting is the problem, that may be settled by this trio meeting next summer witli all in the perfection of condition. Hermis, Ort AAells and Stalwart are not to lie considered at present because all are cripples and it is doubtful if they will stand training. Delhi, at 121 pounds would be a factor If he could be brought to the post as good as he was when he won the Brooklyn Handicap last year. Agile is a fine colt well taken care of at 121. At 120 Hamburg Belle is well treated, but she Is a brilliant miler and, unless another year brings her Increased staying IKiwer, is not fond of traveling so far. The Picket i. indulgently weighted at 111, and, if the claim now made that he Is entirely sound is verified when the days of high class racing come, may prove troublesome to admirers of other horses engaged. Kxcept when measuring them against Sysonby, no reasonable exceptions enu lie taken to the weights allotted Tanya. 117; Rapid AAater, 115; Water Light and Tradition, 11.1; Lord of the Aale, 114; Bad News, 112; Ormondes Right, 110; Oxford. 107; Continued on second page. OFFICIAL WEIGHTS FOR BRIGHTON HANDICAP. Continued from lirst page. Phil Finch, ID"; Santa Catalina, 100 and Kiamesha, 105. Of the three-year-olds Burgomaster Is properly rated best at 107 pounds and is set to concede the Futurity winner Ormondalc two pounds at 105. The other three-year-olds which showed high class form as two-year-olds have been weighted below Ormon-dale as follows: Kuroki, lol; Security and Perverse, 100; Bohemian and Timber, Ml; Whimsical, OS; Tiptoe, 07; Disobedient, 90 and .Flip Flap, 91. Possibly all of these will have acquired penalties of Importance by the time the big race arrives. The horses, the weights and the pounds above and below scale weights are as follows: Horses. Age. Weight. On. OIT. Sysonby 4 i:il 5 Hermis 7 120 Ort Wells 5 121 . . 2 Olseau -1 121 .. 2 Stalwart 5 121 .. 2 Artful 1 122 1 Delhi 5 121 .. 5 Agile I 121 Hamburg Belle 5 120 .. 1 Wild Mint 1 119 .. 7 The Picket G 119 .. 7 Cairngorm 4 US .. -8 Tanya 4 117 .. 4 Rapid Water 5 110 .. 10 Water Light 1 nr, .. 11 Tradition . 4 nr; o Fllss 5 115 .. G Ahvlu .-..4 111 .. 12 First Mason J ill .. 12 Lord of the Vale ....... ! 114 .. 12 Lady Savoy 1 li:t .. 8 Bad News . . o 112 .. 11 Dr. Leggo i.. 4 111 .. 15 Blaiuly i... 4 111 .. 15 Rams Horn I 111 Ill Ormondes Right . . 5 . . 111 " .. Hi Knight Errant 5 lot .. 17 John Smulski "4 108 . . 18 Go Between 5 IDS .. IS Glorilier 4 108 .. 18 Oxford 4 107 . . 1! Adbell 5 107 . . . 1! Braucns 5 107 . . 19 Dolly Spanker 5 107 .. 19 Phil Finch 5 107 .. Ill Burgomaster 3 107 . . 7 Dandelion 4 100 .. -20 Merry Lark . 4 100 .. -20- Von Tronip 1 loo .. 20 Kings Trophy 1 100 . . 20 Santa Catalina 1 " 100 .. 15 Tnknlpu 5 100 .. 15 Pulsus i 5 105 .. 21 Ormondalc ;. 3 105 .. 9 Khiinesha 4 105 .. 10 Hot Shot I 103 .. 23 Kuroki 3 101 .. . 13 Security 3 loo . . 14 Goldsmith 7 loo .. at; King Henry 3 100 .. 14 Perverse 3 100 . ; 9 Bohemian . .. 3 99 .. 15 Timber 3 99 .. 15 Whimsical 3 . PS .. 11 Tiptoe 3 97 .. 12 Astronomer 3 97 .. 17 Disobedient 3 90 .. IS Cederstrome 4 95 . . 31 Nlfo ., .-..3 95 .. 19 Keliailau 4 95 .. ..1 Miss Crawford 5 , . 95 .. . M Flip Flap 3 91 ... 15 Holscher 3 14 .. 2D Oak Duke 3 93 .. 21 Mlltlades 3 93 .. 21 Bulls Eye 3 92 .. 22 Aucassln 4 90 . . 30 Roman Gold 3 00 .. 21. Inquisitor .". ,9 .. 21 Rose of Gold 3 90 .. 19 lenil.
