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MORVICH IN THE PAUMONOK Derby Favorite May Be Seen on * Jamaicas Opening Day. ♦ Much Quality in Excelsior Handicap — Beautifully Bred Youngsters in Juvenile Features. ■ ■ NEW YORK. X. Y.. March 2.".— New Yorkers WW pmlmbiy gel their first glimpse of Morvich in the Pauinonok Ha ml icap on May 3, the opening duy of the racing MMM at Jamaica, as the great ill is among the nominal lam far that eveni. The Iatimonok is I dash of three .piarters mile and earlier a guaranteed value of ijtti.OOO. It is just the sort of race to give the tin ei-year-nld a pipe-opener for his later engagements and. from the way lie is working Ihese day* it will take a good horse to show him the way to the winning line. There are sixty-seven nominations for the laumonok. which is one of the Mat sprinting prizes of the year. Among them are such flyers as Naturalist, Crocus. Careful. Audacious, Lucky Hour, Missionary. l-n Rose. Tryster. Toil. Seunings Talk. Whisknway. On Watch. Knohhie. KaiSang. Good Tinies. Galantiuan. Nancy baa, Nancy K.. Dun-lioyne. Last Straw, Pillory and Bon Homme. On Watch won the laumonok last year, with Naturalist second and I r. Clark third. The winner carried VM pounds and was a good bane that day: in fact, nature intended him for I first-class perfonner. Naturalist had 131 pounds up and ran one of the hest races of his career. The Paumonok was first run for in 190ti and has been won three times by three-year-olds— Inquisitor. Ked River and Coquette. It will be interesting to see what Mr. Voshnrgh will ask Morvich to carry in this race. It was at Jamaica, by the way. thai Morvich made Ills first appearance as a two-year-old. winning the Suffolk Stakes in sensational fashion. The Excplsior Handicap of *7.." 0i. at a mile and a sixteenth, i- another feature af the approaching meeting at Jamaica that should he worth while. It invariably tilings out a good field and among this years nominal ions are Yellow Hand. Mail Hatter. tirey Lag. Audacioii-. Ctrrua, Knohhic. Nat uralisi . Hon Homme. Kunnntell. Kai-Sang. Rroomsler. Trya-ter. I:im:i-k. leaaiaga 1ark. Lucky Hour. Careful. Hnnsiar. Column. Runlmyne. Nancy I -e, Iaul Jones. ;ood nines. Sporting Rlood. Idle Dell. Dr. .lark, Lettcinian and lialantuian. There are fifty-five in all. .nil it is to be hoped that some of our three-year-olds will go to the post. Mr. Vos-biirghs weights for the KxceNior will shortly appear. There is curiosity on ill. part of the experts to see how highly he regards Yellow Hand, which went into winicr ipiarte.s wiih a high repu-tlition. At Empire City Yellow Hand was a really great lace hor-e. YOUTHFUL ATTRACTS 105 ENTRIES. Secretary Edwards nas received ME entries for the Youthful Slakes of jT.tKK. which is to be run over the five and a half furlongs route. Included in the band i- Kuti Ise. liie sisier lo Morvich. which is being prepa:eii for racing in California by l.ill Carroll, bin which will be off-red i"r sale along wiih the other Spreckels two-year-olds before Hie opening at Jamaica. There are many beautifully-bred and highly-tried voungsters in the Youthful. At the tap of the list are Osprey. by Fair May. and Metal, by Ilouiless It will he the first apaiearaaee of the colors of the chairman of the Jockey Club in several seasons Osprey is from Olympic, by Hoik Sand, wnile Metal is fiom the Spearmint maie Moneta 111. The Creenti ■table baa nine eatriea and the prominence of tbia aggregation ill flat racing is ■ happy omen for the iitrf. The youngster- are by Sweep. I itlmiis. Broomstick. Whisk P.rooin II.. Disguise and Spanish Prince. The Knncooas Stable is represented by seven colls and fillies by various sire*. Coeur B Ueaa. by Fair Ilay. and Aladdin. by Dick Finnell. looked nm-i promising in Ibe h.i at the farm in .I-rsey Ian wiuier. Hairy Iayne Whitney nas named ten for the Youthful. They are by Itr ns;ick. Whisk Broom II.. Chicle and Tickety. Joseph K. Widener ha-four, including Raffles, by Luke McLuke. This is a half brother to Pa pp. R. T. Wilsons sole reliance is the speedy-looking and well named Wilderness, by Campfiie. There are also nominations from J i-i. Madden. A. K. Mnoomber. John Sanford. Clen Riddle Stable. .1. S. Cosden. W. K Coc. Qif-ford » ochinn. Jam- Bulor and atbet prominent owners Practically the s;une owners are repre-seated in Hie .«;«;. IMHI Colorado Slakes at five-eighths mile. There will be widespread interest in the announcement that eighty-lhiee fillies have licen liniaitf, for tin- *-Yihiiv Beaeaale stakes, for these Bra the brood males of the fillllie. A fillys qllal-iiy on the tin! is not always ;i true indication of her merit when il comes to her value in the stud, but In the main those that race well and are not campaigned too extensively usually make gold when they are retire*, LOVELY FILLIES IN ROSEDALE. There are some lovely fillies in this years Howe-dale. Chi-f among them are Mirabellc. sisier to Man o War. in the Itelmont Stable; Kunelise, the sislei to Morvich. already refencd to as the prop-env of A I!. Spie.keis: Mnrniaw. by Fair Flay, in the Hh.ch Siable; Whitleatlc-i . by Hessian, ill the Maihlcn siring: Hourliel. by Mourless. in the Itanc. ic. is string: Marionette, by Olauihala. owii-d by C. A. Sioneham. and Twaddle, by Broomstick, aiuong the Whinny band. Mirabellc and Kunelise me going into aetata with a handicap because of their relationship to two Mara of tiie first magnitude, hut they ale racy looking and should make good. I Moiinaw was a speed marvel last fall in her yeaiKiig trials. She is like Fides at the -ame age, I though, a trifle larger than the daughter of The, I III t sed. of which August Itelmont. father of the A present turfman of the same name. ««- so proud Lie. I Bnrlew aaja she is a real race mare, and , «ites her qualit.v as a further illustration of the ■ Continued on second page. . ; i ; a M0RVICH IN THE PAUM0N0K Continued from page one. good fortune of her owm r. who bought her :t Saraioga for ,599. Whitleather showed well enough last fall to cause John E. Madden to repurchase her she Hessian. Which he had sold at auction a fear ago for 00. The horse was bought for the Federal Remount Association, and sent to Cleveland. .Mr. Madden has finally made an arrangement with the Remount authorities to replace Bassiaa Sdth another hor-e at the Chagrin Valley Hunt. Old Squaw, hy Adam, the dam of Whitleather has already given the turf some nice performers, among them Homely, that Sam Lewis sold to Laurence W.ttcrlmry for 812,999, There may lie a faster filly out this year than Ibiiriicl. whose dam. F.elgrav ia. by Ben Brush, is also the dam of Balck Tony and Bonnie Mary, hut there wont be any with more quality than this lovely daughter of Ilourless. A rich brown, with tan muzzle and flanks, she was charming when seen knee deep in the straw of lor cozy b"X one day at Rancocas last winter. The Whitney thoroughbreds are noted for their good looks, and in this years band the average in the way of pulchritude is sustained. As for Mariou-tte. whose dam. Mauviette. is by Mexican, the trainers at Gravosond say that nothing like her lias been seen at that famous old course in a generation. The Rosedale is certain to lie a fine race. The ether events for Jamaica, including the Spring and Southampton Handicaps, for three year-olds, received generous patronage. The latter is at a Mile, and aiming the eiigibles are BiaUSSItil, Whiskaway. Olympus. Rnnantell, Pillory. Lucky Hour. Missonaiy. Snob II.. Kai Sang. Oil Man. Little Chief, William A.. Modo, Letterman. Good Times, Dream of Allah. Sweep By, Sleivcconard and Oceanic.
