The Penn's Grove record., 1885-01-24
Racer, suc trainers,

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after his recent domestic bereavement.
At the same time his ''air1shness' is
rather peculiar, coming IS II does from
one Of his profession. still, n can
hardly be surprised at The selt-suihCleuCy
Of fashionable jockeys considering no"
much they are made Of by the racing
public, racing officials and owners gene
rally. The Brighton Beach Association
on Thanksgiving day,sent a telegram to
Archer inviting him 10 the hospitalties
Of the track. lie did not even answer
it. OF course. they have no one To
blame hut themselves for the snub.
The system Of giving the jockeys
presents Of immense sums OF money foT
winning a rich stake is at he root OF
this evil. Things have come to such a
pass that a jockey thinks himself very
badly used if he gets less than $500 for
landing one Of the classic events. One
Of them this year got only 500, and his
nieg,ls raised quite a hue and a cry
over the niggardliuess of his employers.
If ANYBODY is entitled 70 a rich dOuceHr
from au owner il is the trainer, lie II
is who, 10y his skill, patience and ndus-
tuy, lifted the horse for the task WAlch
pruited the owner 80 largely.
Nlr. Pierre LOriilard is one Df these
men who believe in giving substantial
credit where credit is due. He pre-
scented Matt Bytnes, ms trainer, 10 per
cent. of the gross winnings Of his stable
tins year. As these amount to $751; 600
BVrueS got a very substantial present.
As his salary IS $1,000 per annum the
trainer can look back upon the season
with q great deal of satisfaction. with
suuh an employer it IS no wonder that
MI. Loritlard's people are devoted to
him.
But thel, on the otherhand, the posi-
ton of a man like Mr.. Byrnes Is one OF
immense responsibility. RancOcas IS a
vast establishment. There are from
thirty to forty yearlings to be tried
every season, and it requires very supe-
rior skill and knowledge to pick out
the wheat from the chatf from such a
lot o. juveniles. y hasty judgment
mag result in the d%iscarding as d weed
or for a song a %youngster who may turn
a diamond Of pure water, Then, to
watch the movements of twelve or
fifteen twO-yeaI. olns and as many older
horses during a season, 10 see that they
get their proper work, feed and care,
and above all To place them so that they
can vim races, is no child's play.
As was to have been expected, the
recent year,ing race in Tennessee has
encouraged other similar trials of speed.
On the Lexington. Ky, track III the
early part of last week Mr.. John C'aTk's
chestnut tjlly and Mr.. Preston's bay
lilly were sent a quarter of a mile, the
4a- -.4.F.r hF fa,s tgrfnfha IN ~
seconds. The chestnut got the whip
from the start. The event WAS tIr
wager of a basket of champagne, Now,
such contests are not sport, and pubic
opinion Of the IF should be set dead
against them. Racing authorities can
hardly do anythiugto stop them, except
in the way of penalizing the winners
when they get to be two-year'olds.
This, however, would involve an official
recognition OF such races, which would
open the door wide for more events Of
this kind. and thus the remedy would
perhapstur out worse than the disease.
Messrs Mccullough Il Savage, who
some years ago formed a breeding eS-
tablishmeut at Urbana, Ill, have dis
solved partnership, and thus = very
choice collection of bTOOd-mareS, " o
and three-yedr olus, and the stallion
Elias Lawrence are fer sale at private
contract. Elias Lawrence is "
brother to FoituTno. HIS performance
. AS a racehorse when he carried the
DWyer coloTs are OF two recent 0ccur-
. to need enumeration here. HIS
IS - was fer the Great Long Island
takes. four mile meats, when he broke
=% M. l,w-n iF 10 "a, no hpHp1
viii 60 where he viii have 4 chance to
distinguish himself.
met Alderman Grant the other day
and asked him about his trOtter kenil-
worth. lie is a great horse said he,
enthusiastically, Outside of Maud
S. [ do not think that he has a supe-
rior in the country. He has done well
this year. but that is nothing TO what
ne can do" what do you suppose be
Is WUrth?N Il could not say that, but
he 10 worth a fortune" Johnny Muir
"a on Wednesday last sent the young
horse Il nile in 2.2S4, at the New York
Driving Park, and repeated it IN 2,244.
Moreover, on account OF the condition
Of the track, he had to drive nearly fiji
Teen feet from the pole. This Is really
a remarkable performance for this sea-
son of the year, and Mr.. Grant may
well feel proud of owning such a horse.
lie is anything but good looking, being
big, rawboued and ungainly, but in ac-
ton he is a veritable flyer.
/ was speaking with a very shrewd
horseman about the relative merits of
Maxey Cobb and Phallas the other day,
~>A the progPeot OF coming together
next year. SAID he: There is no doubt
i'll my mind that Phalias is the better
horse of the two, and that when they
come to meet in a regular race, three
in five, Phallas viii beat Maxey Cobb
every time, both good. MaXey Cobb
may snow a fast, an exceedingly fast
mile. but do not think that lie a re-
peat. Moreover, it seems to me that
there is u soft spot somewhere in his
constitution. In the trot when he and
Nita Medium beat the team record, II e
mare was in her collar the entire dis
lance, while he had TO get the whip
pretty lively to make him stick to his
work.
A new driving association has been
formed at Flushing, l.. l. The capital
stock is 1000, divided in S25 shares.
Mr.. :. MCCreery is President, and A.
w. Smith, Jr Treasurer. A half mile
track is now III course of construction
at the Higgins Nurseries on the White
stone road.
Some weeks ago 1 suggested that the
Prospect Park Fair Grounds ought tC
be put in good shape and properly
utilized for racing purposes. Thetrach
is a capital one, and good enough fol-
both galloping and trotting purposes,
The grand, judges and timers stands,
however, are all rlckety, and need to bt
torn down, and the stables are also Il
poor condition and insignificant ii
number. Mr.. Engeman, of Brighton
Beach is the present lessee of th'
grounds. l hear that by next year
syndicate of New York and Brooklyn
politicians and capitalists will take thu
lease, put all the buildings i'll goot
shape, and by offering larger purse
than the Brighton Beach Association
does, hope TO attract good horses ant