New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-02
SEPTEMBER RACING BEGUN.
OPENING DAY AT COMFY ISLAND.
HALF THE RACES WON by FAvoRIrEs-AN UNsUs-
pFCTED SISTER.


The principal jockey clubs of the East nave
various distinguishing features Inc Aineiic@n
Jockey Club is conservative, deliberate and dsnhed
and has picturesque park within the city limits, which
must inevitably be built upon in few yeaTs The Mon
mouth Park Association has fine buildings, spacious
grounds-rather difficult of access from IoIK-anu
is known as the association OF monDares NO one win
property represented by less than SIX figures thinks OF
connection with it. The Maryland Jockey Club has
fac old aristOcratic Baltimore favor of teTrapn ana
burgundy about st. The Saratoga is IN TIE nam
well managed, though there have been lew
funny races or It's grounds this year. 1t is conducted
as a branch of the Saratoga Club House by tie we'll
known gambling firm composed OF Charles Reed and
Albert Spencer, though IL has highly Respectable ooaru
OF stewards The Coney Island Jockey Club has pretty
grove. easily reached from the metropolis, with narrow
badly laid track, winding among tie big trees the
honestretch being much too short There Is strong
SAVIOR Of Wall Street about the whole organization and
nearly all the governors may be found within a few
steps OF the Stock Exchange almost any morning
But what the club Is especially no'eu
for is the dazzling array OF manly beauty
in its board OF governors No other racing association
in the world can match it, III Colonel Kip, j. u h.
Lawrence, ]. H. Bradford William H. Vanderbilt, a. D.
Cassat j. o. Bonner and others, not to mention General
ButterGeld, John G. Heckscher, Wright Sanford ana
Sklpwitn Gordon, the cub show constellation or
figures be any other organization
connected with the turf.
This young. prosperous and growing club opened It's
September meeting yesterday. Most of its governors
nearly all of its members, and many thousands OF men,
women and children from New.York Brooklyn ana the
region present and enjoyed the six racse
with uncommon zest Colonel Kip Mr.. Lawrence ana
Mr.. Bradford were the judges Mr. CSdweli, OF brsh
ton Beach, the starter, and handled the dnlcult
fields moderately well In the MAN, though there were
long delays in getting the fourth and firth races under
way, and welcher left at the post III the
Autmunn stakes But both the colt
and his rider Balyock, were stubborn and deserved
their fate The result of the delays and Of the failure
to have boat at Bay Ridge when the train which left
the course at arrived there was that people return
ing by that route did not reach the city any
earlier than the visitors to Monmouth Park usually
did, though Monmouth Is more than twice as far away
and the racing there began half an hour later than at
sheepshead Bay. But it was great. good-nstured,
exuberant crowd and there much wrath wasted
IT, however this good-humored host had fallen upon
contemplate scOundrel who went about the grounds
believing hoarsey bogus extra and falsely ann0uuc
ing great disaster the steamship City OF Richmond.
q terrible explosion with great loss Of lfe," and
had 80 malreated him that he would
never show face there again. 1t would have
been case of righteous indignation The club officers
are much IN fault in allowing this rascal within the
gates alarming cries caused much nervous terror
among the and an eager demand for his papers
among the men, until the cleat was fonnd OUT
Bootjack scrambled five furlongs In front OF nine
ohers this opened the sport The nine were all of
class much below his. Aranzs was equally successful
with her field, though the grotesquely named Cardinal
McCloskey was pretty freely backed to beat her The
venerable preate whose taken ia vain for the
benefit of fourthclass animal probably does not know
a thoroughbred from Shetland pony, and OF course
never gave his consent TO any such impuden chrseD-
ing Racing men generally consider the proceeding an
outrage.
Monitor was the favorite for the third OF and
hall miles, but many persons thought that either
Mediator feet Of Buckden. or Little Jack of
Hearts would take the trick But the quldruped that
defeats Monitor at a mile and half must
rise before carry Is astir unless he belongs
to highest type OF horse MeditatOrs OF fore
leg extremely shaky That s the reason why Daren
d Co. sold him to Green Morris q few days ago for
$4,000 Mr. Morris Is noted for his success IN getting
good races out OF the halt MANNED and blud. but
those who observed the In which Mediator
limped about the paddock hardly prepared to sec
him run even so well : he did, Applcby Johnson
had great con Jack OF Hearts and his defeat cost
them 10 trivial sum. Their jockey Hayward, has
ridden Monitor OF late that they thought they
had through him "a good notion o. exactly what the old
geldng could 90 and he could he beaten. But Jack
Of Hearts in some singular way succeeded in crossing
bis legs while the post. and down he went. This
naturally made him aud be ran much below bis
best form Neither he nor Mediator could
ever catch Monitor, tue old whlte-iaced
chestnut lea ling FROM first to last The bookmakers
were a happy lot when Mr.. KeIys FLY Sister won the
Autumn Stakes for twoyear-Ods with Thackeray
Burton, Leo Welcher AMI i've other behind
her The money piled 10 heaps on the
entries OF the Dryers and George l. Lorilard
while Pierre LorillOrds Leo aud Commodore, kttsons
St. Paul were also generally supported. Hardly bet
was made on Sister IN the books Her had no
Rarsa M "A
French pool ticket on her. and had thought OF scratch
iuop her in the morning lie would have earned the
gratitude of all the Of Leo II he hal so little
was she bought OF That French pools tickets ON Sister
paid S276 70 for S. only ftythree having been sold
IN at the race WAS the worst kind OF uke"
he denied Sister had the best OF the
start and oney's clumsy of handling LEO helpedhe
10 Success Burton ran than In any other race
this year.
strathspey won the Great Fall Selling Stakes after a
close finish with Breeze, the fayore. Brighton Beach
IN a man was on Topsy. but Mukcy's mare was not
berse1 and was beaten before she had run three
quarters of a mile. If Topsy cast down tho
pr,de of Brighton Jim McG0wan, by his victory over
Postuard in the seepcchase. set on high again The
imoresson was widespread that Postgnard was the
hest steepechaser America, but jim MCGOWAN easily
prevailed over him.
The coors William L. Scott, OF Erie, the friend and
ay of Mr. Ilden, appeared for the first time at Coney
Island They rcd ana bue combined III a gaudy
way Greystone, a plain gray Ally bore them IN the
Autumn Stakes. There no doubt about
her condition of robust activity. but If the
sage whose country gave her the she bears,
makes no better running in the next Democratic Ma
onal Convention than she made in the race. he will
Just place on the tlcket lOF t1c my cams III hfo'
Yet sue showed PROMISE
The betting was lively and the bookmakers won heav-
v on the lat three races In the French pools 1l7Ol
tickets we're sold. largest number. 1877. being ON
the fifth race which Strathspey won.
BooTJACK FIRST ALL THE WAY.
First Race-Purss $780, all ages, five furlongs Ten
etarters-Dwyer Brothcrs's gelding BooJack' D. 49,
Mclaughlin: Corrigans mare Pearl Jennings A, u.s.
sneilman; Cooks xeldIng Weasel formerly Wakefield. s.
IL uenderson: Martina geding Granite, 2, 50, Cald