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KING JAMES FOR THE METROPOLITAN S C Hildrcth Ambitious to Have the Son of Plaudit Repeat His Last Years Victory New York March 21 Among the champions that were trotting and cantering at Shccpshead Kay yes ¬ terday was King James dual victor of tlie iMctro politan and Itrooklyn Handicaps last year The sturdy son of Plaudit Is fat and is weeks away from racing condition It Is an open secret that King James will not he the color carer of tlie Ilildreth stable in the Carter Handicap the iiiangnml event of the New York season Ilildreth is not hurrying King James silong for the early stakes but is nre pariug him for the Metropolitan Handicap which will be run nearly a month later than the Carter This additional time Avill serve Ilildreths plans for King Tallies He is anxious that tho horse repent his great triumph of last season and lo wlmt no oilier horse has ever accomplished win the Metro ¬ politan Handicap two years in succession Rcsti gonche is the horse that carries Hlldreths hopes for the Carter The big ihlack is being prepared with that object in view He is a horse that comes to hand early earlyTin Tin other Ilildreth horses worked yesterday were Fayette Joe Madden Restigouche and Jeanne dAre These were allowed threeeighths in 4J None of the Hildroth horses has heen given tiny hard work yet 1iit they are training on nicely anl will soon be given gallopsJames harder gallops James Roive sent Metaphor Suffragist Grasmere and Seneca II along for half miles iu and i 8 The others of the ICeene stable were given light work workTrainer Trainer Jue Jnrson had his maiden threeyearold Toniata work threeeighths in 41 The Royal Em ¬ blem colt showed a liking lo run and there is a likelihood that he will l e among tike number that will AqueductP carry colors on the opening day at Aqueduct P Wiminer had out The Peer and a chestnut three yearold maiden that has never faced the barrier The pair were sent threeeighths In 43 They both look to be in good condition conditionThe The threeyearold maiden Master Lester iji charge of S S Marshall breezed a half mile in 5i He also had two finelooking twoyearold fillies go threeeighths in 44 44Frank Frank Starita who owns and handles the horses that run under the name of the Green River Stable had his good selling plater Queen Marguerite and his fouryearold maiden Fonair breeze a quarter in 27 Queen Marguerite looks especially well and will bo prepared for early racing racingAt At Gravesend F D Weir sent Alfred Noble a half In S GalleySlave went the same distnntcin while Barley thorpe Svas allowed a hulfm 57 Alfred JCoblo and Barleytliorpe appear to be high in flesh fleshR R King js sending his twoyearolds right along and he is among the trainers at the local tracks who will have horses ready for early racing Yes ¬ terday he sent his twoyearolds threeeighths in 1S and 40 His jumper Kush Ranger Is training well wellJack Jack McGlnnis sent Hazelthorpe a half In 5S She appears to have lost none of her speed speedR R iMIIler Ls preparing the Fanshawe twoyearolds for early racing They worked threeeighths in 4 Tho Turk and Curly Locks are a hit backward in their training trainingEnoch Enoch Wishard had his Ort Wells twoyearolds under saddle after the usual jogging exercise each was permitted to step along for a quarter iai from 7 to SO Alwut the only criticism that can he made of the Wishard lot isHiat they are small They have 1 good way of going and are all eager to run runR R E Watklns is conditioning Lad of Langden for a start at Aqueduct and the old fellow showed that he had his sneed with him by going threeeighths easily in 43 Woolcasta looking a bit high In flesh went the same route in 44 44Gcorgo Gcorgo Pcrrin hail Dandy Dixon and Norfolk out and they breezed along for a half In 57 Itoth nix looking well and it is probable that they will race at Aqueduct AqueductLisKiro LisKiro and George Fields are a pair that Earl Liniiell is fitting at the Gravesend track of the Brooklyn Jockey Club and Iwth of them have at ¬ tracted considerable Attention Their task yester ¬ day was seveneighths in 142 and both were pulling up at the end endSir Sir John Johnson one of the most consistent horses that raced last season is doing excellently With Quantlco for a companion he breezed along fop three eighths at Gravesend in 41 The handsome big fellow has much of tlie dash and vim that marked him in Ills races and there was speed enough in this move to Indicate that he could he fitted on short no ¬ tice though trainer Woodford has said that he Is in no hurry Berkeley from the same stable went along for a half in 54 and he is one that is meant for a start at Aqueduct Banyan and Malacca the jumpers showed an abundance of speed wheni they moved along together for fiveeighths in 1OS and tho twoyearolds Special Brew and Billy Barnes were breezed slowly slowlyLast Last year George Odoni lost the use of his good filly Trance for the entire season by rushing her for the spring meeting at Pimlico He Is pursuing a different course for the campaign soon to begin and as a result the daughter of Ben Brush has been pulling up soundly after her gallops She was out with TVillIe Levy and tho pair were only asked to broezo along at half speed Prince Gal with Bonnie Kelso for a companion did a half mile In r T Nimhus promises to bring all of his speed back to the races and he kept a big exercise lK y busy pull ¬ ing him to i7 for his halfmile breeze Tho two yearolds in the stable were sent along behind Nim ¬ bus for threeeighths in 42 They are a likely lot with an excellent way of going goingPeter Peter Wimmer has not hurried1 his twoyearolds but they way they reeled off threeeighths in 41 made it appear that they could be fitted without much lalior A bay filly by Ben Brush Rosalind and the brown filly Imprint were particularly im ¬ pressive in their way of going goingJames James Klute who raced his string at Juarez had three on the track Rnstcm which has Improved greatly went along for a half In Xi and the two yearold Adlen bore him company Banbury one that was never seriously considered is another that has improved and tlie way he stepjved his half in r 2 suggested that he is intended for an early start at Aqueduct Petronius AqueductPetronius is a threeyearold that is expected to make good during the coming season He has grown and improved to such a degree during the cold months that alrcadv lift looms up as one of the bright tlirceyotirold prospects A horse of extreme speed he has shown even In tho mild exercises to which he has 1ieen subjected up to this time that Jio has a resolute way of going and yesterday morning thoiurh he was only sent along for threeeighths in 42he acconipllshed his task in true race horso iiloii Tho Karrick establishment in which he is quartered is one of the big ones nt Rheepshead Bar this sea ¬ son but it is one where little is secnin the way of si ood though all of the horses arc doing excellently well Cohort gives promise of coming hack a useful raerr and he with Connajjght Ranger accompanied Petronins in his threeeighths breeze Tlie twoyear olds that were shown by Karrick during the work hours were Lulu Oakland Kcnnctor Stalwart Lad nnd Gauntlet They all worked quarters In 27 and 21 Last season Karrick was busy at this time pre ¬ paring Fashion Plate for the running of the Preak ness at Pimlico hut he evidently has no intention of racing anything over tho courses of the Maryland Jockov Ciiib this year Fashion Plate was beaten In the Preakncss after being hurried for tho running This season lie has been sent along slowly and is thriving nicely under the treatment
