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THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP FIELD. It Is Expected that About Eiqhteen Horses Will Go to the Post Tomorrow. New York. May 7. — If August Belmont has a rep res. ntative in the Metropolitan Handicap Thara-i!ay it will be Steady. Trainer Whalcn says Don DiegO lias not recovered from the rough itvatuient he received in the Exeetetor Handicap and Ihat. while he was not severely injured, he will hardly be in sha|ie to race again before the end of the meeting at Belmont Iark. Cloritier is doubtful for the Metropolitan as the result of the jamming in the Kxcelsior. He came out of the feature of the opening day at Jamaica with an injured forefoot. The swelling has gone down, but Mr. McCormi.-k has not fully made up his mind about starling him. Horses at this lime considered certain to start are: Horse. A.Wl. Hosebeii 0. 124 Dandelion •" 110 Tanya ."- 118 Dishabille ... ... ID! Tokalon I! 11.". Cood Luck 4 112 Dolly Spanker. . ti 111 Blandv r. Ill Oxford ". Ill Horse. AW I W. 11. Carey ..4 111 liist Premium. 1 100 Sit llrage 4 IU . Juggler 4 KM Superman ...■• loo Seweii :: iihi J. C. Core ....:: «is Belle of Peqat. 4 !i7 Theyre Oaf . .. . K Kosehetis work for the Metropolitan is showy eaoagh and he will be the favorite. But there will be a race and if the Hig Train" as they call li l in here wins, lie will have to outdo his prist ■ i the distance. He is getting along in tears, .hi. Suffrage. Dishabille. Sewell and J. ft Core are all likely to be bidders. All are in good fix. loo. W. II. Carej will go far setter eeee the long stretches at Belmont than he has been going at Jamaica. Baoch Wishard lias Veerheea about ready to race. The big Solitaire II. horse is showing a lot of speed in his work. Beniose and Dan Hiihre were not suited by M,,u days going and are both ready to run among their own kind. Lddie Ware, in Mi-Daniels lot. is ready for nearly any kind of a contest among the second light of three year olds— and the lirsl flight now in action isnt large. W. H. Daniel is taking mild exercise at Belmont Iark. He lias improved and filled out a great deal and. always a good looker, is a most handsome young horse nowadays. He will not be oul of action long. James Carruthers. the Canadian turfman, former partner of Alex Shields and now inlerested with Thomas llielan in several horses, is at Atlantic City recovering t nun a serious o|ieration on the kidneys. The operation was performed at Montreal about ten days ago. Mr. Carruthers rallied from it. splendidly and is daily regaining strength. His physicians assure him that he will be well enough to get back to Montreal for the opening on June 4 of the racetrack he had so much to do with building. Mr. Carruthers may atop over and see some New York racing on his journey north. Jockey Builinan. who was set down for the Jamaica meeting by starter Cassidy in the Kxcelsior Handicap, lias kept himself in good shape for a return to the saddle at Belmont Hark Thursday. He says he will be able to do 107 poaada easily this s.-ason. His mount on Good Luck in the Kxcelsior was he first mount he has had here this season. Western racing folk who know "Kid" lingers may not have noticed thai lie has a horse named after him here. It is the two-year old Oivonui Haggio. whicli is Rogers real name. It was too cuinlier-some for ipiick work in a betting ring, and he soon Americanized it into John Hogers. David Montgomery, of t lie theatrical firm of Montgomery and Stone, has dashed into the horse racing game. Ho purchased Athlete for ,000 Saturday from Fred Rurlew, and the colt was en tired yesterday under the name of the actor-owner. A 10,000 automobile was wagered today against ..HM that the mighty Rosebcn will not win the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Iark Thursday.
