to make TWO-YEAR-OLDS. secured a large percentage of the best candidate, and Fantasy, 2:06, in the Village made by Persimmon as a two-year-old wa» of the bitter and sweet that goes ENGLISH representative horses In their respective Farm Stable, must not be forgotten. She In the Middle Park Plate. A few day* every hour interesting. 01 is the three, four and five year old cham- before the "Two-Year-Old Derby" tha A bettor will lose a few dollars on a Discusses the Merits of the Best of his disap¬ "Rapier" N, I DRIVING CLUB Combination Park, Boston, Is a successor filly, and If clever Ed Geers can get colt had not given satisfaction in a home .fllflTJL SIDE horse and complain bitterly of the Year. to old Beacon Park, and the Messrs. Hicks Eioner fit to win the all-aged championship It gallop; but with Chlnkara, one of his trial then must be the Twelve pointment. What feeling Youngsters have made it perfect in modern appoint- will be the proudest moment of his life. horses, well in a race, it was de¬ of the trainer of this same horse? He has of the two-year-olds, last The most candidates of the running for months to make him Writing English ments. Its Inaugural meeting week, prominent cided, almost at the last moment, to let worked faithfully discusses the merits of the most though badly Interfered with by rain, was male sex are William Penn, 2:07Vi; Tre- the son of St. Simon take his chance in tha ready for the struggle. Early and late "Rapier" RESCUE, a and It will contribute B. B. Pat success, vellian, 2:08*4; P., 2:09%; L.( OF has been watched with as much care as follows: sporting race. Despite the fact that he did not he prominent youngsters its full share to the shccess of the season. 2:11%, and Que Allen, 2:10^, and if the look his Persimmon was as a mother would give to her child. The best named two- IOJHE first-named is in the hands of a trainer best. favorite, but "Which are the twelve Mystic Park, Boston, and Franklin Park, good St. and ailment has brought treatment. ana he is liable to do the trick. In the ranks could not resist Frusquin Omladlna slightest this Two of them are, I Saugus, have also harmonious dates five and a half him Visions of brilliant victories have made all year-olda season? Associations Were in a will of from $500 to §1,000 eacli of the pacers there are a dozen possible Ally, lengths separating Do Wealthy Owners Con¬ this work light. What then must defeat think it will be generally agreed, Lord Trotting give purses candidates, the of Robert J, from St. Frusquin, who beat Omladlna by Why at their meetings. Rlgby Park, Portland, though 2:01V& half a mean? If racegoers would only look at this Wave-Dolores) State of Last will have two meetings, one on Its is a startling mark to equal or pass. Yet, length only. on Year Aftef criticisms would Stanley's Crestfallen (Ocean Lethargy Me., a the Winter months Persim¬ tinue the Turf side of the question, their Green.Orauge). own account, and one under the auspices given good day and track, either John Throughout surely be less harsh and scandals less fre¬ and Arc-eu-Cie! (Blue of the New Fair, and will dis¬ R. Gentry, Joe Patchen or Frank Agan mon made great improvement; but Mr. Both names are very hard to beat, and Winter. England be able to do it. Richard Marsh, who so looks after Year quent. to rank Mr. H. B. tribute over 150,000 in stakes and purses. might ably Losing Money? The details of the stable is another part with them I am inclined as usual, hold the The preliminary meetings of the season the Prince of Wales's hosses, did not hurry few are familiar. Floreat Etona (Florentine. Narragansett Park, will, a was of the work with which McCalmont's be anniversary of the Rhode Island State 1'air have developed high average of speed, the cclt, with the result that he not Every one knows that the majority of race Light Blue). These could not possibly But the Enterprise of the Gotham (the seventy-sixth), and has recently closed and the sport has been of a very high seen to advantage in a trial prior to the Because They Find Something Else a big list of stakes, all of which class, and unless the general expectation Two Thousand Guineas. He was, there¬ Infused New Life well. Its programme foots up havefi1'*^to ss-so.uou of the best judges is very wide of the mark fore, eliminated from that race, and or¬ in the Sport Than a Mere Management for the week. Old Orchard, Me., will also the season of 1896, in spite of the bleak dered to be reserved for the Derby. into the New sea¬ prospects at its opening, gives the highest the Sport be to the fore, and England assurance of and increas¬ Opportunity to Gamble. son is full of the most brilliant possibilities. fully maintaining One of England's Leading; Jockeys. The first grand gathering of the clana ing the popularity of the sport. Mornington Cannon, who rode Iiegret in will be held at Washington Park, Chicago, WATCHING HORSES ENTRY LISTS WERE MAGNIFICENT. from June 27 to July 4, at the meeting Persimmon, tlie Derby Winner. the Derby, was born in 1873. He was edu¬ ENJOY WORK. of the Northwestern Breeders Association, An English critic describes the Prince of cated at Queenwood College with a view when over $50,000 will be competed for. Wales's Persimmon, recent winner of the to joining one of the professions, but his Then Maine and Massachusetts Awoke, The association has practically made a In Their Greatest Reward in the continuous rac- Derby, as being a bay horse, noticeable by love for the horse turned his mind to Fact, They.Find stand up tight against racing, and he was In due time aprenticed and Now the Situation, Instead of clubs of the indy , a small star on the forehead, but this is Things That the Public Never ing-for-revenue declina¬ to his father. His name first apeared In Is Full of and come out flat-footed with the his Back and loins are list in when he was suc¬ Being Grave, will sooner have no bet¬ only marking. the winning 1887, See.In the Prelimi¬ tion that they while the muscles in his cessful nine times, but he soon rose in hi3 Promise, ting at all than permit racing all the faultless, quarters and in 1891 he headed the list with nary Work. Last gave a $40,000 arc well It has been calling, year round- year they and developed. pointed 137 winners. In the following year lie was Never probably in the history of trotting meeting absolutely without betting, out that he stands high on the leg, but first with 182; in 1808 he was second with How often we bear the question, What lost $10,000 on the speculation. Thfs year sport has there been such a transformation to otherwise he is a of the 108, but in 1894 and 1895 he was again at Is it that induces owners of some of our their programme will foot up $50,000, perfect specimen the of the tree with lf>7 and 184 re¬ scene as that which occurred this year be¬ and do not to make any money, racehorse. top stables to go on year after year spend¬ they expect spectively. The only classic winner M. big tween January and June. to all but tlie asociatlon is wealthy. Is his at last has ridden was Throstle for the thousands of dollars in maintaining Contrary for and they expect He made debut Ascot June, Cannon ing past procedure, at the beginning of the revenue, t0Iof°r<^h,J?.®law which the Stakes three St. Leger. The Kingsclere stable lias establishments which never do jockey clubs to accept a racing winning Coventry by first claim on his services. He also rides Jbig racing year not one association had opened a list will irive thirty to each track. i n is* lengths from Mell Melo, with Dynamo nor never will end a seascu with a days for. for his father and for Jewltt's stable. M. profit? of stakes. The 1,500 associations which be¬ Is all the Washington Park Club asks third, and Gullstan, Snowy Corrie, Ram- Cannon lives at and Is married. The answer is easily found. They find and It has as Its strong supporter, tne Enjoyment and Eisteddfod unplaced. Danebury either to the National or th$ American plon, He can go to scale at lly pounds. In more than an oppor¬ long Breeders' Association. Persimmon did not run again until Good¬ racing something no of and the the both trotting and on the first of the to make it a recre¬ association, gave signs life, From Chicago cohorts, wood, day meeting Engllnh Racing Dates. tunity speculate. They air was full of rumors of the darkest char¬ and pacing, will go to Saginaw, he won the Richmond Stakes. A length of a business. The remaining principal classic events of ation Instead acter. which gives the opening ^ off, C.hampfleurle was second, with His It is a great pity that thl3 same feeling Grand Circuit. The dates of this meeting Reverence a bad third, and Spook and De- the English turf will be run on the follow¬ The effect of the Percy law in New York are 14 to 17, add the card ealls foi does not prevail among the rank and file July ftetrott voue unplaced.