The New York herald., 1879-09-17
BRIGHTON BEACH RACES.
A DISTURBANCE IN THE JUDGES STAND AND A
CLAIM OF UNFAIR DEALING.

A DISTURBANCE IN THE JUDGES STAND AND A
CLAIM OF UNFAIR DEALING.
disturbance, which threatened At one time to be-
come serious occurred yesterday at the racing track
near Brighton Beach. known as the Brighton Beach
Fair Grounds. where running races have been con-
tested during the season with more or less fire.
uuency. The owner Of ono of the horses en-
tered. being dissatisfied with the ruling of those
in charge, invaded the judges stand and openly
accused the management OF unfarness and OF
fixing things" SO that certain horses should wn
An angry retort was made and the man told that
the management was mot to be buldozed." Charges
of bad faith with the public and with honest entries
were then put forth by tho excited horse owner
The affair waxed warmer until. according to
one OF the judges there were threats OF shoot
ing, when the friends or both parties inter-
fered and fortunately prevented serious col
lision. Tho principals. however. met again
on the track. further words passed and trouble
was imminent, when once moro peace was restored
by number of gentlemen who induced the angered
men to leave the place and prevent scene which
would have been, not alone scandal to the place.
but. perhaps. in view of the nature Of the crowd
present, a serious disturbance. There present
a mixed crowd of some fifteen hundred people,
Its elements were not quite those which CON-
pose the field Of spectators at Jerome or
Saratoga meetings. but were. in measure
such as had boen drawn thither by the
fact that there racing-that there was
o chance to bet-s possibility to win. and pool
box in which to drop their dollars. There was
conspicuous of that easily recognized turf
clientele which meets at recognized racing meet
ings. and which acts as o "law and order associa-
ton Of itself by its very presence. and has its
strength in it's positive love of racing, not betting
This latter class of spectators are drawn together
chiefly for the interest in the turf for the turfs
sake, which obtains with them as prime
motive The former class are more nearly
absorbed by saer hears an open charge of
fixing selling race they are quick to take sides
way or the other. and no matter now the matter
is finally settled there is apt to be in the interim
serious disturbance. which only strong effort OF
those in charge can subdue. Fortunately. yester-
day there no open trouble. though the wrangies
that occurred over the matter already mentioned.
and again claim of unfair treatment OF Bow
string in the mile race. added to the remarkable con-
ciuson of the handicap sweepstakes made the quar-
rel in the judges stand topic of general CONVERSE
ton and the basis of many unpleasant remarks as to
the management.
The crowd that had come to the races had gath
cred at little before three o'clock and had, aim ost
to man, posted itself before the "Paris mutual"
or .auction pool stands. 1t had evidently come to
@ nre whichever it was. Knots Of mon were gathered
here and there in odd corners earnestly discussing
their plans and were ,o% ths tasa
| by one who had been occupying seat
in front of the auctiorecr Their plans
| settled upon, they moved the auctioneer in
| solid body; heavy amounts were staked. and the
auctioneer was kept moro than busy until the bell
summoned them to the race. rush was made for
the track, the contest was witnessed. and
man, the crowd moved back on the pool box. There
was no relief from the monotonous move
ment-it was simply betting and racing.
racing and betting. There was no time
lost in chatting with old friends over turf
pairing theories OF breeding handling, no thought
of the horse of the past or presentno thought
1x,rfa f1,n I1a nf Tn fho Gr.t
race-one mile. for purse of s25o-Egypt. bay
horse aged. by Planet out OF Lady Barry. weighted
at los lbs, and Mark L, chestnut horse. years,
by Monday out of Jennie G, and carrying 1ol lbs.
were first and second tavorites
had been buying pool on Egypt ''that the race is
to be theirs, and there Is On arrangement I'm told,
that there is to bo bidding up OF the price after
the race when the horse is sold. So I've bought q
quiet little pool"
Bowstring. a threcyear-old bay colt by Harry Bas-
sett, with only 81 pounds on, was sought after how
ever. by many in the betting but the affair ter
minated, the quict little pool on Egypt "was about
| right. Bowstring finished third. There were
twelve in the race. and. despite the cries.
jeers and Kisses of the crowd, threequarters of
hour was wasted in Intellectual attempts q start the
| horses. '.If there is here who can start
| this race" shouted one man in the crowd, 1--WE
better go over and do it ourselves" remark which
called out . loud call OF approval from the noisy
waiting spectators. When. finally. at four o'clock
hour behind the appointed time, the starters flag
to foot from her nervousness at the de-
| lay and frequent breaks-away. Still she
she was third as she around the rurn into the
homestretch. But here the two favorites, as 1t
understood" by the wise pool purchaser came close
turn swerved over in front of and almost to Bow
string, who was compelled to hold in. and thus
neatly pocketng her they carried her in third.
COMPLAINT OF UNFAIR DEALING.
A complaint entered; the two offending riders
admitted it ALL but the judges declined to take any
action. There were loud grumblings the part Of
Bowstring's friends and unpleasant innuendoes but
the little knots OF men gathered again in the corner;
| i'm Ia 1lia M n 10
| move made the pool box. 1t was at
this point that the disturbance occurred in the
| Judges stand, and for o while 1t occupied some
| attention. But "business before pleasure" the
rule of the day, and no matter how spicy was the
| the way things were being fixed" the main body
of the crowd held to their business front of tho
on the next race. sve.sixths Of the money
bet. bet being being placed on the rS two horses
contributed the balance aud went home wiser men
| by that much. The sweepstakes for all ages, one
mile and furlong was the betting event of the day
the result Of which brought forth hovls even from
the initiated. or perhaps we should say those who
ought have been initiated. There nine
| tries. among which Checkinate and Baton Rouge
were fancied up to race day. Both were
| scratched the night before. short time before
| the race there was an unwonted sir among the
betting men. Every pocket was emptied Of its con-
tents. and when the auctionecr asked for a bid a
hundred hands were ready with money. Pools had
oner for first choice. How much for first
chocey' asked the gentleman with the
hs 'ee secured T $3.50 ~" for arss choics choice and and
warfed named Gabriel bringing $50 and Lady
Middleton $40. Pool after pool was sold rapidly
the could handle the money. The betting Of
the day and the money of the crowd was centred on
this race All that men could beg or borrow was
pledged and whom the bell rung warheld was backed
by ninetynine of every hundred OF the betting men
present. To be sure, quiet little set Of mon in tho
corner had been unostentatieusly dropping u nifty
dollar note into the large wardeld pools but they
were hardly noticed. as they took Gabriel.
| EXTRAORDINARY RACE.
The horses were OF well together, Gabriel in the
rear they passed the stand, Wareld In tho
and Middleton leading. The atters hackers were
regarding her closely and hopefully. when, as she
assumed decided lead going around the turn, they
were surprised to her JOCKEY deliberately "pull
her. and allow Warheld to come up and take the
| inside place alongside. Gabrels rider seemed to
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