New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-02
RACING AT JEROME PARK
BRILLIANT CONTESTS BUT LONG DELAYS.
cRIcKxoRE WINS rHE wITHERs AND oiRofLh in+
roRpnAM HANDiCAP-LUsE BlACkDuhS' o"

fBRIILIANT CONTESTS BUT LONG DELAie'
rp,rvwopr WINS THE wrTHRRs AND oIRoFLR THE
WORKMAN HANpIcAP-LraE BLACKBURN, oSoN-
pAaA AND GRENADA THE OTHER wlNNhRs'
{ r,b,, snort was excellent at jerome Pars yes
serdeY but the weather uncertain ana 'i'e "S
auoe was smaller than It should have Teen WIN -
-. nrosramms LIKE blackburn ran his nrst race
an,. wear and won II In his old unrvalled Hyie' no
rocked 10 be I'm perfect condition Ireehiauu e"o"O
4hat he hsd been overraten U! "o' e0's
= p,ace IN the Fordham Handicap for which DE @areu
lsh vorite but which graceful chestnut hy CHROME
xron An a dashng The fsvontes CricKmore cap
s,,ed the ythers without doing his best In las u VIII
ae @ great race when EindoO and Criekmore mee~
<)nondaga the brother OF Sensation, took tue Iu'e
Stakes In a way that recalled the tr1umphS oi nis So
brother and Grenada ended the sport oy "'nii"S
handicap of Ia mlcs 1t was good day I'r 'no o"1l
-. :, ,ha, ,rora old sire Harrington. bennington
,o,t Iroouois won the English Derby a Lesmins'on
INV C,roNe took the Fordhsm Handicap ana SUI VI
1esmngton. ODondsga, got the juvenile otaHes-
the Great drawback the pleasure OF the DAY was n
Che long delays between the starts Inc s'ar'er was "
BceDt and did not keep the Jockeys In ORDER ana Tue
s..t race was not run until 7l5the latest time ever
known I'm Jerome Park-and the cause OF genera con"
a,pt n was unfortunate that such fault shond nave
aeen allowed TO mar day otherwise 30 sahs'ae'oiy
The first race was merely exercising gailop ior
dnke Blackburn. though he-rnsde the fhie III go
n hounds up Three mile for purse oi @o.o
Dvver BROTHERS colt Luke Blackburn "a years ~
sounds) q. L. Lorlllards hly Iopsy TO- pd TO- "a
IN Tnts led ali the way under pull. and gaoped IN
sht lengths before Topsy she dozen lengths before
10 against Topsy. and 30 to against Potomac .oo,
FIFTEEN ran IN the second race the Fordnsm naac Sd
rsrT ont by MAY 20 with $500 added the second 70 re-
ceive 500; distance miles Inc ni,cen n"npdsc2is
pounds overweight and geding BIT hns md aly slne
naSe "a io cisboashs colt 6den a. iO sncdessTs
Aly GroGe Is, 1851 Keenes nnIre 70 iI Pierre Lori
% h,o' sy p ssSins r1 ic colt CsTs
don a. 94,. Beyins hy Emily e a. x "T, a. ioo,
Terriss horse stare g. 1901 and s5aw y s{ y, 5Se
BY a. io2 Il was an hour S sIter t O The "cSeys b.
Sayed very badly causing the tedious delay pS ' no
%s and ss. Hugh n shot Of 'front.' Hugh los, 20
time and after quarter had been run mo .oI noe
sa1 lain tSs last S ST"Ss G Sr p s:
ton came easily. and passing SIR hugh eN w1tpo IN
q the whip won Sc gy oSe bpe
Dan sparling close fourth, foraGer hith to1o~rd w
3Sen Sly p Sss Gres ssre E%y aud waraed
last warfed Was pulled MP In the homsS,esc S4
Tbs betting TO against the winner urees 'hi
being the favorite at To l. This RAE swcsd r,s
ths wessSreos party thought i also showed that hat
Grone had improved over last years for' though Se
The third race was for the r1ch wthers Stakes, one
mile for 1884 ssG and h declared By
MAY rs issi with 81 900 added, 500 going 10 the
'necopd Six ran-BOwie's geding CrckLs"re' ". 4.
colt banter Morrss colt Pram ana seopn n uy
Piette Crickmore an overpowerihR InN "i.Iy
one 10 three being given against hitb. Intoe W uno
was bet against Saunterer, ana long ona- sEHlnsSi
the rest The was struggling. Priam and ana
Brambaletta getting the best OF II, ana Hauh
.ferer being much behind. Priatn, Bramnaltt'a
and the Withers colt made hards8ght OF ~ or han
mile CrickInore being fourth In the thru quarter
had matters all his way. Crickmore won easily ny
shree-quarters Of a length In the slow uhe o, -;
Priam second, Fillete only quarter OF iehS,h
a Priam Saunterer length behind tlette ana tne TWO
me could evidently have won by much longer lead II
urged Priam surprised every one oy running seconu
There "a short, sharp scramble OF haii INT W
fifteen Youngsters the Juvenile Stakes Tor twOyear
70 the second The fifteen Dwyer Brothers colt,
OnOndaga, the fayOrite, O. l.. Dorllards cot Ohhua
and fly Mmento Pierre Lorilarde colt Gerald "a, ana
dly Flight, BelmOnt's colt Bandit and MY OhNla'
Jeromes hiies Wiidnre and La Belle ~; with
erss geldings Duplex and hacarooi-r a.eruste
My, Doswes FLY Virgo and Thompson colt > y Nay.
Hughes, who riding Jeromes Oily Wildhre, Was
boses but though suffering intense pain he gallanty
rode the race Duplex, Wildhre and Gerald were IN
the front rank till the last urioDg, with ononuhSa
close attendant them. Then Onondaga shoi IorN
thres lengths In 50l2 seconds, Gerald secOua heau
before MeD.ento. Duplex fourth CaIiey B'hih Tue res
-Four ran in the free handicap sweepstakes s25 each
dorillard's colt Grenada "a years, III pOnnusl .
great !ayOrite BabcOcks colt NentrlWlnlsl a. IVol
athcarts mare Juanita Is 9Sl, and Ltetrds geldnt
Wave o. Light "A, s5l. Grenada easily in 81 519
VentrilOquist second. Wave Light thlrd, ana JuAits
The next days racing viii he on Saturday.