New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-27
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TYRANT WINS THE WITHERS.
CALIFORNIA CAPTURES THE GREAT RACE
OPENING DAY AT JEROME PARK-A HOST OF DE.
LIGHTED sPECTAIORS

in fathomless depths of woe. They we're Ii. D. Ber-
nard the owner of Goano, and E. Berry Wall, the
| possessor OF Wallhower All winter Mr.. Bernard
has had his eye the great Withers Stakes and has
exuted daily the progress of his big chestnut son
of Springbok who last year at time and another
outran the best yearolds in the East though he
was never the acknow edged champion. There has
been great deal of betting the Withers for months,
and most of the time Goano has been first In favor.
Mr.. Bernard backed him heavily and he went to the
course yesterday with rich color bright eye and
.welling heart Goano in binkers and got SO bad
start be well nigh LETT at the post He lost too
much ground to make up and was never conspicuous
in the race. Mr. Bernrad seemed as one dazed. 1t
was not so lnuch the money he had lost that his
| pride and self-confdence had received the most
staggering of blows. He gazed at Goano with bewil-
dered hafawake air, and after the colt had been led
back to his stable he went to the inner rail and leaned
over it, looking like unhappy voyager on the
English Channel in the direst agony of seasckness, the
picture of desOation and despair.
Mr.. Walls calamity equally crushing. BY day
he bad schemed and by night he had dreamed that his
pet and prize the adored the wildly worshipped
| Wa6ower might win the FOrdham Handicap. He
had infected all the scons of the English nobility who
haunt Delmonico's cafe with his fiery enthusiasm. 1t
is true some of them too slender and slight to get
up much of a blaze or even a sparkle. But every one
of them was bathed 10 lambent little glow and every
one of them speeulated wildly the betting ring And
| where did Wallaower in Well, there were
round dozen IN the race, and Waaower was moi IN the
first eleven IL Is believed that II he has good luck ne
| NAV arrive in time for the autumn meeting.
| jerome Park has seen many gay, lively and piotnr-
esque racing days, but never was more enjoyable
Tuesday spent within its gates. The opening oi the
spring meeting could not have been more auspicious
| and fruitful The clubhouse side of the course
presented dazzling troop OF faces and figures that
have been gracing the most brilliant balls receptions
and dinners of the past season. Four-inhand coaches
were drawn up on the turf There we're lawn rarues
all about the HILL On the other SIDE OF the track, tne
grand stand the space in front and the betting rng
| were thronged with eager thousands All the faces
familiar the most attractive turf gatherings were TO
The racing was of uncommon merit over fast
track. Its progress was attended with the keeness
interest and constant enthusiasm Betting was neavy
| the bOokmakers being Protected by the mJunctijn
| granted last year. which is still IN force
People were talking aoou % tSs io "n '"s o sSs Bs
| Gum has not had work enough. His ammunition was
exhausted at short range. James Californian aud
came over the mountains. California had her revenge
| LATER Little Mineh a smashing fayorlte but his
| hackers elutched fences and wnthed IN anguish as
| thev saw Mr. Withers's fly Nonage hold appalling
lead half way dow the stretch. The butcher boys
colt from Washington Market however fairly whizzed
through the air in the last furlonS and Just snatcned
the prize from Nonage's pretty head. What a horse
| Little Mlnch will be tor driving in butchers cart
after his racing days over The time he VIII make
in the delivery OF rump steaks ana Iamo chops WIN 90
amazing. lie runs with marvellous ceierlty ior
mile or less Longer spaces don't interest him Nonage
seems TO be getting back her two yearold FORM As
| the Minority lilly in 1888 she was hard TO beat.
| But Mr. Withers showed the aDpaudng spectators o
better than Nonage Pampero who ran mile easily
in 144a great feat on tnat TTackand aarSana too
| much flesh lie also carried too much money Tor the
comfort OF the many who backed him ior "itn n.
Mclaughlin in the saddle the plungers thought his
victory PAM ero was nYlng two-{eai-Ca IN N
Nonages year but out OF f0r IN 1854 he Is in the
| Croton Handicap at lOo pounds. lhe distance Is
mile II he in the Croton as he ran yesterday the
| race Is his
Still another four-ye old that capable of great
things in 1888 came the front in the third race-the
| Fordbam Handicap This George l.. LOrillards
| Pat Malloy colt Reveler, winner of the Juvenile two
wears ago Jewellers feet gave him so much trouble
| that he did not run last year. Duchess was great
tayorte the Fordham but she was badly treated ae
the start and Reveler won III style that will make
him much respected in future handicaps and purses.
He too Is in the CrotOn but his victory yesterday
gave him a penalty while Pampero has none, he VIII
meet Pampero at great ai'adyantage II ne runs. runs.
| lie must carry lib pounds including nVe POUNDS
peualty That unlucky colt liimalaya was second TO
Reyeller and that vicious uckjGmper Comauche was
third The success of the famous cOlOrs OF George L.
Lorillard was extremely popular.
Neither Reveller nor Pampero is in the great Su-
burban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay. How their
owners must regret their absence -
II was gorlous group OF eleven-all colts-that
gathered for the ned Withers Stakes. Iyrant
sou OF Great Tom and Moselie. a superply iormea,
powerful chestnut, born in Tennessee, bought oy J D.
agdn from Colonel ). ID. Bruce, sent 10 Cantornia
and brought East again. was the tayorite, tor hs
private trials had been astounding enough 10 Oeat
any in America, his owner trainer and
friends said Close to Tyrani in the betting tho
DIVER Brothers Richmond and LttleheIds Iecumsen
while next came the str2pplng Goano and the little
black gentleman BrOokwO0d. The California party
heaped money on Tyrant Never horse made his trst
bow TO the public at Jerome Park that vas backed with
so lavish confidence Iyrant deserved IL. lie was
first at the start but was pulled back ana Richmond
and Tecumseh made desperate struggle 10 tee Iase
flrlong where Tyrant easily passed them, showing an
impressye flight speed Ot course unnl lyrant ha
won at q greater distance and until he has proved
himself by repeated tests superior TO the colts that met
L., hiq tO
horse will be disputed But he certainly showed rare
sueed The excuse might be made tor Richmond that
Mclaughlin made much use of him IN the hrst nalt-
mile for Tecuinseh that his repeated races WITHIN
few davs at Washington and baltimore and his
tourney North had taken too much out Of MN lor
Goano that he was practically lett ut the post for
Brookwood that he has nasty temper ana WIZ only
run when the humor for ST. Augustine, Ooidieiiow,
Satpetre barefoot and the Nithers pair that thcy had
no business in the anyway bat the fact remains
that 1yrant is a colt not 10 be triHed with;
The selling race Won by Abba aud the steepe-
{" Plu1qerD Walton's imported colt Richmond ran in
the second In looks he is the picture OF race
horse In running his chlel iiult seems 10 oe tnat uo
does not run fast enough.
DETAILS oP THE CONTESTS.
The first race was threefourths of mile for purse
Of $500 weight allowances for maidens. Eight Pan
Blohms horse Little Mnch 5 years 100 pounds, ridden
by Sheridau); Appeby Johnson's gelding Mammohiss
aged III, Haywardl; Witherss hlly homage "a, li5'
sbauer; Buchanan's geding Jim Renwlck (aged, III,
Kelsos geding Warder %, 93, Leach) Besoonsheid
stables nlly Queen Fan a, 93. McEwen; and Freak
ness Stables lilly Hcartsease Is. 81, Rlcnardson).
Retting-Iirtle Minch to ). Mammonst to l. homage
3 70 L sandoval 10 to l. Jim Renwck 10 TO l, 30 to
against the others. After much delay the flag fell TO
straggling start Queen Fan first away, homage second
Heartsease left the post shauer lost no time and
hurried Nonage fast that she led to the last two
strides when Little Minch caught her and won by
head in 1l7iq Nonage second six lengths before Mann
monst who ran well up to the last furlong, where he