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SUNNY SLOPE TO THE FORE Recent Victories Stamp Him as a ThreeYearOld of Merit Looms Up as a Dangerous Factor in the Remaining Fall Han ¬ dicaps to Be Decided New York September Another good liiiulieai liorse has loomed up in William Martins Sunny Slope and this threeyearold son of Astronomer Neva W is more than likely to be a decided factor in all his engagements next autumn His owner sind trainer always thought well of Sunny Slope and when lie won a fiveeighth of a mile sprint at Kenilworth last year he remarked that the liorsc would be beard from some day dayThis This opinion appears to have been justified in Sunny Slopes easy defeat of Eyelid and Hollister in the Rclmont Park Autumn Handicap Monday and hi equally bandy victory over such a good horse as Motor Cop Tuesday In this latter nice Sunny SIoK carried 120 pounds to 123 for the Macomber star and those who witnessed the race had ni lingering doubt as to which was the Ixst liorse liorseIt It is recalled that Sunny Slope finished a good sccond to War Cloud in the first section of the Prvakncss Stakes t Iimlico last spring Shortly after this race the Astronomer colt met with a iiiisiiii and Martin was unable to get liini to the jtost again until the Saratoga meeting was on His est nice at Saratoga came at the fag end of the mctting when lie ran a mile in IrSG i only a fifth of a second slower than the record made by Willis Sharpe Kilmers great threeyearold Sun Briar Back of Sunny Slope at the finish were such good performers as Fairy Wand and Naturalist and the impressive manner in which he defeated them gave racegoers an inkling of his future possibilities as a topuotcber topuotcberHEAL HEAL TEST IS PEOBABLE PEOBABLEA A real test probably will be given Sunny Slope be ¬ fore the eastern fall season is much older This test will come in the nature of a meeting with Andrew Millers great gelding Jloamer With Cudgel in Maryland it looked as though Roamer would have things pretty ranch his own way in the handicap division but if Sunny Slope continues to improve the veteran gelding will undoubtedly have his work cut out to conquer him himSuuny Suuny Slopes great showing against War Cloud in the spring and bis defeat of Motor Cop considered me of the Kst threeyearolds in training place him in the top flight in that division and after witnessing bis recent performances many astute turfmen would pin their faith on him in any com ¬ pany panyThere There is general regret at the accident to Johren in the Saratoga Cup last Saturday and it is hoped the Spearmint colt can be got back to the races in the near future Though nothing definite on his injury has been given out by stable connections it is reported the burt is not as serious as at first be ¬ lieved and the fact that ho is again being worked appears to bear out this statement Everyone is hoping for a happy outcome at any rate for the good threeyearolds are falling by the wayside waysideJack Jack Hare Jr after his long rest will be cam ¬ paigned in Maryland and Sun Briar probably will l e taken to Binghamton and placed in retirement 1app has never found bis twoyearold form War Cloud is an uncertain factor and Lanius has failed consequently there is a scarcity of good ones for active service Tipnity Witchet Sunny Slope Motor Cop and Johren about covering the field
