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CANDIDATES FOR TOMORROWS SUBURBAN. Probable Contestants for the Great Shecpshcad Bay Race Dandelion the Erobablo Favorite. The Suburban of 1006 will be run Thursday afternoon. In advance it does not hold out promise of a great race, but of course it will attract a great crowd of spectators arid the result will be wildly acclaimed. Indications point to a smaller field that could have been anticipated a month ago. While the unexpected may happen in the way of a larger field, it uow seems doubtful if more than ten start, those m03t likely to go being: Owners. Color, Sex and Horses. Age. Wt. S. Pagets b. c. Cairngorm I 119 A. Shields b. g. Go Between 5 116 Newcastle Stables b. c. Merry Lark 4 115 A. Belmonts ch. c. Blandy 4 112 P. W. Jewetts b. g. Bedouin 4 110 W. W. Dardens ch. c, Ivan the Terrible.. 4 109 R. T. Wilson, Jr.s b. g, Dolly Spanker . . 5 10T F. R. Hitchcocks ch. c. Dandelion 4 107 .1. McLaughlins gr. c. Oxford 4 107 S. C Hildreths b. c. Security 3 99 Of the foregoing. Go Between was originally handicapped at 10S pounds and Merry Lark at 107, but each has earned eight pounds penalty, the first named by winning the Westminster Handicap at Gravesend and Merry Lark by taking the Excelsior Handicap at Jamaica. Besides the ten named there tire also the following, any of which may be sent for the big race: Owners. Color, Sex and Horses. Age. Wt. J. B. Bradys ch. c, Oiseau 4 12.", W. B. Jennings b. h. Proper 6 122 W. H. Browns b. c, Agile 4 122 J. W. Fullers b. m, Tokalon 5 119 S. C. Hildreths b. b. Rapid Water f 117 S. Pagets b. f. Tradition 4 116 A. Belmonts ch. h. Lord of the Vale 0 115 C. E. Rowes b. m. Colonial Girl 7 11. "J W. S. Williams b c. Rams Horn 4 111 Oneek Stables br. f. Kiauiesha 4 100 J. R. Keenes b. c, Bohemian 3 9S F. E. Browns br. c, Oliver Cromwell 4 98 H. P. Whitneys b. c. Timber 3 97 R. W. Nelsons b. c, Cederstrome 4 95 Of the ten horses named as most likely, to start. Dandelion, Cairngorm and Dolly Spanker seem most formidable. Without detracting from the merit of Tokalons performace in the Brooklyn Handicap, it is. more than probable that Dandelion was unlucky to lose .that forerunner of the Suburban. He has not started since, but lias been carefully trained and saved witli the Suburban in view and should go to the Iost n better horse than he was when Tokalon nosed him out for the big race at Gravesend. A fast, staying four-year-old with but 107 iKMinds to carry, he Is remarkably well in and almost cer-taiu to be the post favorite. Last year Cairngorm was a better racer than Dandelion and probably still is. He is a good horse now, as he has amply demonstrated in his few races this year, probably as good if not better than he was last year. Then Sysonby stood alone and Oiseau . was as incoutestibly second among the three-year-old colts. Following came Agile and Cairngorm, with little choice between the pair, although Mr. Voshuigh gave Agile three pounds preference in allotting the Suburban weights. Agile does not seem to have retained his three-year-old form, while Cairngorm has. As between him aud Dandelion, the question is whether he is a twelve pounds better racer, or not. He is a high class weight carrier and with good luck in escaping Interference, is certain to run a fast, game race and prove hard to beat, Dolly Spanker has always been a good racer, but lias heretofore characteristically been a late horse in coming to his best form. What seems to make him worthv of much consideration is the speed he lias shown in sprinting under high weight, a token that he is unusually forward In condition. At 107 pounds be Is lightly weighted, and, since indications point to a slow or heavy track, a condition in his favor, there is good reason to give this horse a place In the front rank of Suburban possibilities. As to the others of the ten It must be said that if the handicap was correct in the first instance an accumulation of eight pounds penalty should put Go Between and Merry Lark out of consideration. Go Between, however, is a great mud rainier and in case of a heavy track, that factor will become important. Blanfly. at 112 pounds, could run a great race, if in the mood, but his sulking In his races of late seems to Indicate that he has acquired a distaste for racing. Bedouin is, ,or was, a corking good racer and there Is a presumption that his racing so far this year has been a part of his preparation for the Suburban. Ivan the Terrible was as good as Tokalon in the Metropolitan Handicap. Oxford has been consistently unlucky this vear but Is a good colt. Security is said to be slated to go, but his chance Is not obvious. The Suburban was first run in 18S4 and resulted in a desperate finish between General Monroe. 1-4: War Eagle, 102, and Jack of nearts, 114, Heads nnd necks separating the trio. Then, and always since, it "has "been in public regard the chief handicap of this country. The Brooklyn is of equal value and- Brighton ol greater but it Is the Suburban, that every owner of a crack handicap horse covets most keenly. Such grand racers as Troubadour, Race-land, Salvator, Henry of Navarre, Ben Brush, Imp, Jvinley Mack, Gold Heels Africander Hermls and Beldame glorify its roll of honor. It Is to be feared the winner of this year will not class with such . . Illustrious names, but be that as it may a good and a keenly contested race Is in prospect.
