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.i , I i J J 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I ] | 1 j 1 , CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP The nineteenth running of the Metropolitan Handicap will lie the main feature marking the first day of thi- years rai-ing at Belmont Park. The best horses of the time have been named to contest the popular cvtnt this afternoon and a great crowd will be present in hopeful expectation of seeing Fitz Herliert. King .lames Maskette. Hilarious. Sir John Johnson. Priscillian and other famous horses measure strides in a swift rush for Metropolitan honors. If Fitz Herbert should win it would be tin- making of a new record in that it. other horse has won carrying such an Impost as i:i pounds, closest to it lieing Jack Atkins success in l.Ml.s with 12.S iMiimds up. Not the least interesting element in todays racing will lie the running of Pris-cilian if he is sent to the post. Had this fast lmrsi- not been Ml to Kngland for a markedly unsuccessful i-inipaign he would certainlj have been one of the top weights. His ill fortune there is reflected in his comparatively light impost for a horse of naturally high class. His recent success in a sprint of three-quarters with 130 pounds up is suggestive of a return to his line form of PHIS and adds to the interest and uncertainty of the big race. The Mctroiiolitan is by no means as valuable as it was liefore Cov.rnor Hughes began his campaign against racing, but iu rcsuect to racing interest it lacks nothing that the pres cut "generation of horses iu action can afford. The record of the race is us follows: Year First. *ge. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Age. Wt. Third. Age. Wt. Val. Time. 1501 Tristan 61 TavloV..114 Teuny 5 120 Clarendon 4 ..107 $ 7..100 1:51 1502 Pessara 4 Tarav..H7 Locohntchee 3 IO.j Slelpner 5 ...107 12.200 1:54 1595 Charade 4 DogReH . .107 His Highness 4 125 Illume 4 08 13.740 1:52 1894 Kamapo 4 Taral..H7 Roche 4 105 H.of Navarre3 100 0.145 1:52 1895 No spring meeting held. _ _ 596 Counter Tenor 4 . .Hamilton. .115 St. Maxim 5 100 Sir Walter C.H2 3.850 1:53 1897*Voter 3 Lamley . . ■§ The Winner 4 115 Casseopia 3 .. 00 3,850 1:40 1S9S Bowling Brook 3 ..P. Clay.. 102 George Keeue 3 102 Octagon 4 ...110 4.280 1:44 1890 Filigrane 3 Clawuon..l02 Ethelhert 3 100 Sanders 4 ...110 C.7.i0 1:391 1900 Ethelbert 4 Maher..l2C Box C 121 Imp 0 127 0.250 1:41 1001 Banastar C Odom..l23 Contestor 4 112 All Green 13. .102 0.810 1:42 100" Arsenal 3 J. Daly.. 00 Herbert 5 119 Carbuncle 5 ..103 8.020 1:42 1903 Gunfire 4 T. Burns. .109 Old England 4 US Lux Casta 4. .102 11.080 1:38| 1904 Irish Lad 4 .Shaw. .123 Toboggan 4 103 Beldame 3 .. 98 10.880 1:40 190..tSvsonbv 3 Shaw. .107 Colonial Girl 0111 5.055 1:411 loor.t Race King 4 L. Smith.. 97 Colonial Girl 6111 5,655 1:411 19"* Grapple 4 Gan.er..l06 Dandelion 4 108 Oxford 4 109 10.850 1:30 19 7 Clorifier 5 darner. .1 10 okenite 3 00 Roseben 0I...124 lO.CiO 1 :40* 1008 Jack Atkin 41 .C. H. Shilling.. 128 Restlgouche 3 98 Don Creole 4 .. 95 9.620 1:38* 1009 King James 4 C. Burns . 12"i Fayette 3 108 Juggler 0 112 3.873 1:40 Run at Morris Park prior to 1005. •Distance reduced from 1 1-8 miles. tDead heat.
