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« — ■ » Here and There on the Turf i By reason of being unsexed, Clyde Van Dusen is not eligible for either the Withers or the Belmont Stakes. This is unfortunate, for no matter what the result of these races there will be those admirers of the son of Man o War who will contend that he remains the champion. As a matter of fact, there will be reason, unless Mr. Gardners little gelding should be whipped later by the winner of the Belmont Stakes. Blue Larkspur is well equipped with en-gagments and it is hoped that he will meet Jack High in both the Withers and the Belmont. It was evident Saturday that the son of Black Servant was seriously handicapped by the conditions at Churchill Downs Saturday and it is confidently expected that he will show to much better advantage over a fast track in New York. It may be that T. J. Healey will not send Walter J. Salmons Preakness ■ Tinner, Dr. Freeland, to the post for the Withers. He will be much better suited at the mile and a. half, the distance of the Belmont Stakes, but in this old prize he will meet better colts than opposed him at Pimlico. Naishapur is not an eligible for the Belmont, but he is in the Withers. Like Dr. Freeland, he would be better suited over the longer route on all that he has shown. Richard T. Wilsons African, third in the Preakness, is another stayer in the Belmont. Comstockery, from the Greentree Stable, was brought back to the races at Belmont Park Monday and he is another of the eligibles for the Belmont. This great race is not run until June 8, but even with that length of time to be made ready, he will have to improve marvelously to be a worthy eligible. When Walter S. Vosburgh assigned the weights for the mile of the Metropolitan Handicap, to be decided at Belmont Park Saturday, he made provisions as to how the penalties should apply in relation to the weights he had assigned. An important condition of the race is that In respect to horses handicapped at 115 pounds or over, the penalties apply only to the extent of one-half ; in respect to those at 120 pounds or over at one-quarter, and for those handicapped they should not apply at all. Without this saving clause in the application of the penalties Joseph E. Wideners Osmand, by reason of his victory in the Toboggan, would take up an eight-pound penalty, but he was handicapped at 128 pounds and that weight cannot be increased for the mile of the Metropolitan. Petee-Wrack, Mowlee and Polydor are others that incurred penalties, but each was in under a weight that makes the penalty only apply in a fraction by reason of the original weights that were assigned last winter. !
