Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-05 | Page 8 | Sixteen Entries for Metropolitan Stakes

SIXTEEN ENTRIES FOR METROPOLITAN STAKES $15,000 Race Will Be Run This Afternoon at New York-High Ball Shows Up Weii and-Will Probably Proba-bly Go to the Post & Favorite. How They Will Faoo the Barrior. Weigh U I Irish Lud, Sh.tw U3 M u.t Hi Worth. MeCue i 1U Dazsllng, Odom - UU JSugonlit Burcli. Cochran' 100 Lux CaHta., Wnndiirly. .107 Rowland, Roniau;lll r 105 Rod Kuliftm Phillips .11- High Ball, Fuller, 1 1V! Bulsus. Redfern .' ..101 - lngold. J. Hennccsy I'd Beldame. 0'N,ell Vi Lord Badge, CorniacU Stalwurl, Burn ;.;.-.'..' - W Orthodox, M7. Henneapy M DamoD, JJiktubrrmd K lllyrlo, Oremer .- W, NEW YORK, Mv.y 4. Sixteen thorough-lirods thorough-lirods wvrc nanv)d by their trainers today to-day to itunrt for the, flnrt great prizo of tho Fistorn soason.-tbo Metropolitan handicap han-dicap at, a mile, whloh will he run ovor the Wllhflrp ooui-sa at Morris Park shortly short-ly after l o'clock tomorrow" afternoon. Watcr'Boy. Hormls. Africander wjid Mc- Ohosney. the stars of last year, aro mi&a-Ing mi&a-Ing from the Hit, and none of them arc likely 10 be added. Stilt there Ik High Ball, champion of lost season's two-year-olds, and Irish Lad, winner of last year's Brooklyn handicap, alao In tho racer but the filly lu not considered In tho foremost rankn, nnd High Ball and Irish Lad scorn to bo the only groat Tacni who will striw for tho J15,C" prlzn tomorrow. If the weather Is good, all ivcorda for attendance will probably Iw broken. The truck i certain to be fast in any ovent, for it Is hard, and lnavy rains talto days to mako It doop in mud. 1 In flu; preparations for the big race High Ball ha? been doing excellent work. His mllo trial in 1:11 yesterday, with Bullman on his bad;, won 1dm many friends, and th Bchofe4 and May colt Is likely to go to the post tho favorlt.t He carried 115 pound in his trial and ha only 103 to 6houldov tomorrow. Triale of oth-r prominent candidate "for tho raco wore: Eugonla Burch. 1.42; Irish Lad, lAL'A; Pulsus. M. I.ux Cas-to, 1:442'A. Malllo Worth, 1:12; Beldame" and Stalwart, Stal-wart, 1:41,