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CUPPY TRACK CAUSE OF POOR SHOWING Trainers Attribute Poor Showing of tho Suburban Favorites to Condition of Belmont Park Course. New York. June 11. — The thirty second running of the Suburban Handicap will go down in history as one of the st disappointing contests since the inaugural of that turf fixture in BH While Johren. winner of the event, is unquestionably a fine type of thoroughbred and untiling can detract from his great performance, it is nevertheless true that, outside of Hattle. not another horse in the race displayed his true form. Just whal happened to the remainder of the field will remain a mystery, tnough the excuse offered lapeara to be tangible. The general plea is that :udgel. Spur. Iiollister and Hendrie are not partial to a cuppy track, especially when it came to a drive through the homestretch. It was dearly evident that Cudgel, at no time in the race, showed any of the snap and dash which he is known to possess, nd trainer I.edwell declared it was the going that atopaai him. In tin opinion of many, tin; great son of Hromnstick also looked light when he went to the post, probablv due to his trip to Kentucky anil the hard race he was given in the Kentucky Handicap. Spur has aetCf shown his best form over the Hid mont I.-.rl; coarse. A mil and a quarter also is just about as far as he cares to go with good horses, and it is the general liclief that Cudgel would have beaten him in the Long Heach Handicap at Jamaica had the route licen an eighth of a mile further. TRACK CONDITIONS AGAINST HENDRIE. There is a little question that the cuppy aakaj had much to do with the bad race of llemlrie. notwithstanding the fact that his owner believed he had a tare good chance to win. Iiollister was a Ureal horse after going a mile and an eighth. I ftus called apaa him vigorously as they approached tin-eighth ] ost. hut he was all in. Andrew Miller did not start Itoamer after his showing iu the Metropolitan, in which he did not run will for more than a half mile. "Koamer never did like the Helmont Hark track." said Mr. Miller, "and he may be getting old and cunning. He does not dash away from the barrier like he used to. in fact, he is not the horse he was. Neither Goldsborough nor I thought he had a chance in the Suburban and decided to wait with him until l.e feels more like himself." With all these excuses Johrens eery must Ict be minimized. He emphasized the old ihiglish adage "horses for courses" as he had previously demonstrated his liking for the Helmont Hark course, liininy Howe, who trained him, claims he is a good horse. His owner, Harry Iayne Whitney, who witnessed the race, looks main him only as a good handicap horse, witii moderate opportunities. Few of the regulars could predict Johrens beating horses like Cudgel ami Spur. It is i hiss i hie that Johren will develop into a better horse than even his owner and trainer" believe. This will not lie discovered until he meets the same class of horses at later meetings. An analysis of the race shows that the handicap horses of this year have develoiH-d into a nondescript band with whims and fancies, and that the three-year-olds will have to be decidedly considered at all times. A .
