The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-31
OUR PLUCKY JOCKEY CLUB.
RdRE SPORT GIVEN TO THOUSANDS UN-
DER GREAT DIEFICULTIES
Exciting Scene. In jerome Park on R"iny
Day-The Lc~iiiard Horses Mt the Front
A Most Remark able steepiechnse.

sion OF six hundred umbrellas wound its way
from the New York and Harlem cars at Ford
ham, through the fields and woods to the
| jerome Park race course. The men under the
umbrellas had formed naturally into a double
| line. and silently they marched rs in a funeral
| procession. To a person In tho rear OF the
line. looking up the hill just before entering the
woods tho umbrellas had the appearance OF
two rows Of mushrooms. undulatlng with the
steps OF the living carriers beneath. The rain
fell steadily. depressing the spirits OF the Jolly
men who usually attend horse races but the
| fact that there were some dry jokers In the line
was demonstrated when the procession reached.
| at the outer edge Of the woods n wagon loaded
| with nger beer one kcg Of which was on tap
ready for customers Tho dry men stepped
| from the line and swallowed the beer, mixed
with the falling rain. as fast rs a nimble Teuton
| could draw 1t. This procession was followed
| by others of a similar nature. until. at o'clock.
| there were not less than 5000 umbrellas inside
OF Jerome Park. the carriers Of which were
| eager to see the opening races Of the American
| Jockey Club
| The managers Of tho course were pleased to
see the good attendance. considering the
| weather and determined to carry out the pub
| ishcd programme, even. as ono OF them eN-
pressed It. il the horses had to swim" No
pools were sold, but the voices Of bookmakers
| were nNcly before eNtn event. anu frequent
shouts rolled up through the grand stand Of
Two to one Garrick loses this raco" Three
to one against Rhadaman,husl" Five to one
against Bclmont's bay nllyl" Two to one
against Danger" I'm bet one. hundred to ten
Gen. Phillips loses the racel Two to one
against the Dukev In fact. the bOokmakcrs
wcre ready to bet against every horse for seem
ingly any amount largo sum OF money
ers Would have won 10000 il Brambe had
captured the Withers Stakes. He came In
good second Many aitemp,s were ere made ma o6 io5
hmiis. r, LSriSfis Garricf. 9. /. Lor,
illArd's ldalia. \. Bclmont's bay nlly. by Glen
Gig; Dwyer Brothers Rhadamanthus ID. Me;
Daniels FaTn., Lewis Stcarn's Kena. and
Garrick WIS the iavorite. Rhadamanthus having
many confident hackers. Finally they scudded
~ through the mud ON q very fair start with
Rhadamanthus slightly in the lead CLOSELY
pressed by ldalia, with Ggrr!ck making long
now shouted. tina, Gnrrick will win this race"
As they went arOuni the blutf out OF sight. Gar
rick was rapidly foTsing ahead and ns they
led tn string over the heavy track. and came
IN an easy winner in l:l9, about two lengths
ahead Of hhadamnnthus, ltAlla third Belmont
fourth. the other three struggling along behind
me time was very good considering the condi-
Great interest WINS felt in the struggle for the
fordham handicap sweepstakes. n rush Of a
= miles Mr.. G.. l.. Loriard's Danger, the Won
deriul three -year-Old VINO came to the front in
such brilliant manner at Bnlt!mcre on Thurs
day last, WIS strong faNorite. j. II. Brewster S
Nrginius, ;. ID. Bruces Gen Phillips. Harvey
wci.lrs Princeton Nelson 4 Co 5 Lady Salycrs.
/, J. y. Bells Fugitive. andT W. Doswell'- Bush
! "hacker competed with Danger. They went on
on rush through the loan bntter. with Danger
, n ir9nt Con PHILLIPS chargins we'll pp. Fgei-
| yers, and Bushwhacker slipping behind. As
. | they neared the bun, Danger was still ahead.
, | Nirgnius had passed Gen. Phillips and Fugi-
| two, nnd was trying 10 creep up 10 Danger but
: 9n old horseman said They'll stcer clear q
, | after rounding the hill Virclnius was crowding
Danger. with Bu-hwharkcr rushing into third
\ place. Coming around the turn into the home
stretch there wa7 only one length between Dam
ger nni Nrginus, hut the young bay was too
much for the black horse and shaking HIM Of
Danger came in nm easy winner by about five
! lengths n 2:l5h. NirgInius took second money
Tho rain. which had been falling in n steady
| drlZle. 'nme down with renewed pressure as
ne h1p9is W,Ip p ru1g Guy ioI ,e @ nh,ts Sinks
grand stand echo with offrrs to bet even on c..
l,.onI, nryer Rro. Se to on" o 10
! | Danichet, and ike amount against Astor :
? Pride OF the Village; Tn Dug was q great
I Duke Of Magenta. Danis, ,hen. Brambe. and
e Eugene y. Robinson started for the stakes. The
e | his heels striking Brnmble who was close be-
! hind. with Pride of the Village dangerously
q close. followed by Judith. Robinson iodine and
I Danischrn slrnging along Alter coming out
from around the blum thore wns n close brush
: between the Duke and Bramblr for a quarter VI
= mile. but the Duk kes loins were too strong for
+ | Brambe and he began to slip behind. The
n |
4 | l.is, Bramble second. and Danischen third.
g Tho gentlemen riders race Tor IA private
sweepstakes and dinner; one mile and quar-
d ter, WIS a pleasant and ralher fanny contest.
- Promptly on time four gentlemen stroled down
5 the hill in ustcrs. which they threw as de-
Z mounting their horses in bright silk Jockey
e on Darniiy. was tie favoriiS; Mr. Robert On,
r every inch n rider; Mr.. A. Belmont Purdy. on
+ n;2rre N Hnk WIN M pn n,ase SHP was IN ,y f2nd
% ON Milo. was handsome. As the flag dropped
= Tor the start, Mir, De henne came on at killing
}. lead. ana Mr.. Griswoid. who was second. while
81 MIR. Purdy dropped modcstly behind. Beior,
Is they had gone quarter ol a miei Mr, ID
., They passed hchind thr hill hc was ncary 100
d yards in advance. The uninitiutcd thought b,
n | had everything his own way, hut the knowing
= ones knew better. and snapped NJ several h is
u On coming out MIR. De Il nne WAS 81 ~ ahead
<, void rushed 10 the front; Nj belmont lurN
1t also crsp, up anI pgsseb j." Rmn"; then I
le into the homestrrtch his saddle Slipped i0 one
n side. his slirrup broke, and he Il ismounei II
10 thousands of spertnlor- In q" mean timo Mr.
Griswold Gamr in first IN 2;33. Mr.. Center See
A. Tho handicap stecplcchasc. which closed th'
4 days sport, was the most eNltng event OF th
II day Trouble, Dandy. New York. Ir aton. Re
ie started from the thror,qualt r course, running
ls south. thence over TIE regular sirrpleehns
refused 10 run, throwing his rid'r n tho lul
grass plot at The right hand side of the track
ahovc tho grand stand. When the rrmainde
shot of New York throw his rider n tho nrs
A. lump-a double hurdle-and prrstpns ride
,c. took the wrong course. thus tli9Mn
- two more horses ont of the race. " Thcr
W goes Bill Little again." said several voices
~ he's always getting hurt, pYuf fellow Bu
al they were wrong. il WAS Mrt'Alie who WA
,r thrown. He IL n good. mod ST rider. and WA
Ia Thought at frst. to hrVr been hndly hurt. hut
H. was aterwnrd found that he was not seriousl
ar injured. In the mean time, inVincihln Trouble
o who had been the faVorit" from the start, cI
hp Dandy "A NRr
ccd spirited and close struggle over the field wal
he hill. hurdles, ana wat,r lump, with keiormo
be mgging inr behind Finally Trouble came /
be FIVE lengths ahead Of Dandy. in 3.5lii. amid tn
:, cheers of thousands, tnus ending IL pecula
"",, day 's sport.
Or Mrs. TiIion TO he Put her Defence,