New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-21
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
RACING AT sHEEPsHEAD BAY.

Tho second week of the June meeting o!
tAe Coney Island Jockey Club opened well Inc usy
was the most delightful YET enjoyed In weather 'or w
air VIA neither too hot nor too chilly and no dust was
blowing. Nth generous attendance, with at'i"0' 20
contests and with unfaggng interest the ai'einoo"
passed swiftly. But there good cause Tor some "'P
fauitfndng. The starter Mr.. Sheridan has gener'iy
been very m in keeping The Jockeys in order anu
starting fairly, but yesterday ne Aaue INC
worst blunder OF his career, ono Dah ehouS" W
be worthy even OF Mr.. simmons He alo"eu
the Jockeys to make q laugbng-stock OF him.
and in two races, the first and seconh' he
vas GROSSLY unjust to Of several fast ANIMAL
who,e chances were wholly ned by his evil starts
Indeed no may be said TO have made present OF ire
surf Stakes to James T.. Kelly the bookmaker; Tor
was through tho great advantage given to us cot ia
cobus tho start that the race was Won Inc hos'
trick and unscrupulous Of ockeys-hu les-roue 'He
winol Hughes has alv ava been noted fer his contempt
for starters but it shoug Sheridan had taush MN
q Ht.le humility This was proved an error ior
Hughes had the best Of every breakaway made no pre-
tencC OF paying least attention To any orders from inc
starter and finally stole such lead that he coma not DC
caught.
Another bad blot on the day the stespec5aso One
horse ran into tree and inured,woile his wetched
rider ]. Meany, picked up seuseless' Fagr'h'
tunbled over a wall and on his rider poor reno"
named Brown, who suffered serious iniuIles Ih'S c'o
insists on closing days sport with ono Oh eSe
barbarDus scepechases to Oh peril OF horses Sho rde
and to the disgust If every sensible admrer Of Coca
earnest racing by sound, swift horses The result OF
having - many pechases l. that every OLD wreck Oh
ed in the country when he becomes useless
for fla, racing is cnbbed up and patched together and
nut TO jumping Too often he comes to romedess gr1et
and his rider with him.
Fair Count won the selling race from g nei1 OF sew
eneen IN the style in which he ran in his beat estate
last year Thanks 10 Mr.. Sheridan, Jaccbus got che
for CIroe ard Arthur Hunter, Vampire, was hrst o.
the gentlemen ridcrs Then a fayorite was beaten IN
Greenland He has plainly fallen OF greatly since MS
dnc running at jerome Park, and could net set place.
The iong-w allied for General Monroe winning at last
The steeplochase was won by the fayOrte. Ohio Boy.
IN amazing incident o. the day was that Plunger
Walton lost heavily, ct least was said to have done
So The bookmakers had become 80 accustomed to on
rchng lin that tho change In the current startled while
1t deligu ted them
First race-One mile or purse OF $500, selling allow
ances Seventeen starters-Engemans gelding Baton
aged 90 pounds, ridden by Meaee) LittiehedS cot
Clqr,nce "A, ss, Barretp HarbecEs geliing Marathon
"a. IO5 w. Donohue); Petten ills gedlng Fair Count
g. lO3 Baylock p. Lorillards gelding Itaska g. 80
Onley LakelanG's col; Babcock g. 103 QuantrelD G
L. J.orllard's geldng Sir Hugh a, 105 UrD; DAVIES
FLY Constantine a, SO, Cushing; Pelham etaDle
fllv Godiva g, SO, Brennan; NJ d.
Days colt strathsbey "a, 3d. MckinneyG FREAK
BlccaneeI
gIly Bona Eide a. 3d. NJ Donohue); Osborn's gelding
Reporter Is, So. Mccarthy; W. c. Days gelding monk
a 80 Haggerty); Harris's mare Mamie fIelds
aged 90 j. Donohue) Dwyer Brothers geding Charlie
Gorham (aged, 93, F. McLauShlinG and s0mer'iuos
FLY La Belle N. g, 10, DaltonJ PooIs-Maia-
tbou 1886 Clarence $780, Fair Count $50, Baton Rouge
$50 Itaska S25 Field 500. BOoks-Clarence to l.
Baton Rouge to l, Itaska to l, Fair Count SO l.
Sir Hugh 10 to Marathon 10 TO Babcock 10 to l. and
from II to 40 to against any other or course 1t was
very hard to get so large field away evenly, ana AFTER
many breaksways Sheridan gave the slghal 10 very
bad start Sir Hugh, La Belle N. and Godiva were IN
front, and Clarence and Itaska were far Dack,
while the horses between the leaders and
this rearguard were struggling. Sir Hugh
ran In the lead for time, but Joined by strahspey
and the two made lively contest up to the homestretch
where Sir Hugh fell out OF it and Clarence aud Far
Count ran up having previously been lying back strath
nor rival Fair Count. and Fair Count won easily by
length in LAG, strathsPey second many t"S ona is
6fth. Marathon SIXTH followed by Gharne GoIIl.ln'
7" Bniie n. Baocock. Itaska Baton Rouge and Re
porter in the order named Mutual pools, $37 70
second 70 Sa With 81 900 aided 800 to tho second
distance furongs sxty-nyc supSciioes anu 9,even
mpor raI' colt Pzarfo formerly
BDccaneer, by Adventurer-Min llo pounds,
FGafR Berry Go7 sha9er Dwyer Brothers
colt GeOrgr Kenney by Bonnie Scotand-AlthleeI (Ilo
susan BeanG QO7, Donohue) G. |" LorlIard's c}Its
The Marshal by Pat Ma9y-hageentfa r 90 SoseO
JaC,bns by ul-Used-Nclie James IiO. hu%heel
Tcrs colts R9neSa9 iS, Fnasth N6 Bow, eG
my Bessie, by Dlckens-i}elle Meade tVI, HOLLOWAY;
aud Banyaynes Guy VIVA Dihs eTfre. si0o
George Kenney SO, SOubrette 80, II. l." Lorl"rus
c"iries 35 the field $40 Books-P. Lorillards entres
ys, STorye Kenney 3 to /. joubrette to !, O. L.
Lornard's entries TO l. JacoDnS 10 l, tne n th
ter seemed to have lost control Of the jockeys and
after many DreaAa"ays, III wnc. no lu t "a m tHe
starter with ut contempt he dropped inc nag 70 .Io
worst start on an Eastern rae course WIS seahO
Jacobus first by three ienE.hs ano ~ Iul 9ee
wnon others were bardIy uhItr way. IL]llV %nu
lnconstant were among the last, eoIDtet,e 3 9enS
actually tho furthGSt 6g IRON the star Ia ac5b ss
wa, fret 10y four lengths htei 81, 'uI To1nSnS
he over turn and d. four at the tarce-qurter post 50
fast d GeorLe Keuney gain on him IN 20 last quarter
secon three lengths before The Marshal third he four
lengths before M-Snate fourth. Nnu1 Ding was attn,
Eencgae sixth, PizArrO seventh RotOrt eighth Bessie
,it AZ o1 FeaEes aid not perseyere with P.zarro
I'm n became eerrain that he could not get place
bu Ill must be admitted IN spite OF the wretchtd sf',
that Pzarro made miserable snow IOr a COY Use
"a 'ners s,uIratte also was a serious disappOnt-
neut She showed aOt trace OF the speed "hich me
lad at jerome Park. Geoge kenney dd we' ahd would
Third race-ll miles, for purse OF $780, Tor all ages,
| special weight conditions. SIX STARTERS lrleAei
mar Ciirole By Leamn on-Ratano ears lO2 pounds,
| W D1mohue,; W1hc-s's gelding Duplex by Macaroon-
1no Is, g5 jronnan); Spshhins colt HlArity, by Bon
| me sc5tl~nd-Beulah 10, %, J. DonOhueG Dwyer
Erothers' hy Francesca, BY LeainlngtD D.
| n az 93, +. McLaughlin); Bowie's my WIG
IRE. ''by Leamnston~M sdge Is, 81, Onley); and w.
| Wsldenjs dlly Minerva, by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
" ~ Icary1 So sure was CIRCLE to win taat sue Was
eil ont Of he auction pools. Wan her out, Francesca
| oroagnt $50, uLarity SO, Duplex 500 heu 200
KorEs-GioGe2 10 ,, Duplex W ,Huarlty ana fran
to eaon Mineya Is l, wildhre 70 to l. Wild
nro led for three-q quarters OF mile w9en Duplex TOOK
nor Mace with Hfarity his and CIRCLE close
| third Duplex was irst in tie hoinesue;ch oy
| head but could not keep up the pa's ana
- 80 ed both by Grots and 1narlty. CIRCLE Won
NJ Scr leisure in 2f3 three lengths before Hilary see
md duplex third lengths back OF ilarty hhdnre
Er haeE fourfh Mnerya nth and francesca last Nh
| tual pools ~ ID. =, $500 ,... .,,,s o,,
Jerweg allowed, so play Or pay, with ZOO added
.arInr of a 10 Sly -tArlNrh-