New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-27
OPENING AT JEROME PARK
p,xcocAs WINS TWO STAKES.

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Ai'oi w ar enormous fields with bad starts ana
'ne so' Of form at sheepshead Bay, 1t was Win
+ va" -, o,tept that turfmen turned their steps :"
,,o hills of Jerome Park yesterday ~
s.,na the lovely grounds radlan' N nc II-, go
s....r,, ibeauty and they found an ar Oh hsn 80
o. nt ease and grace and dignity al inc
-. srmptuous OF American race-course'' 'no 49,
:. ..,. s;ds Of the Atlantic. There was no yeAns, 10
faxerish haste. 10 pushing ana scrnoDAs' Nv 800
temper The troops OF ooiu-isoeu o 1T ond
..oort.. who disgrace Brighton Beach, ana
avsn invaded Sheepshead Bay, wero absent,
- ~ "a No fouls no doubtful decisions ana no pau
~ n, Green the new starter, had small heids 10
handle and his task was easy ... ohor,
Thsre was something exceedingly interesting aVO.
he group in the timers stand when fierre NJ,
,,;,hsrs- Judge Monson, w. K Vanderbilt, MI
pn,dv and ]. o. Bonner grathered the'e Az"
a nod sage reflections on breeding 'rainas " ~
,,st interests Of the turf. There was sioa 1i-1
~~.,,o,os and great deal Of ability in that h''ie
group. -, 4. ;nr the burdens
-. 80, pennsylvania Reilroad on his lofty
sholders. but h. makes some strange MISTAKES III INC
--s..,,soeut of his racirg stable. The affairs OF
hre cornoration were not too heavy lr hin' ou' ms
x,,ero,ohbreds seem TO puzzle him lie hs'enou ="
,noat extraordinary and unwise counsei "heh no '
Iorgv;ew by far the best long distance morse he u
he sold him cheaply only two weeks ago. anu yeS@
dav Iongyiew won the Jerome STAKES AZ niiio anu
t,reeouarters with impressive ease Inns was pr
.~art, winning and Longview had shown enough
WIZ 80 While Mr.. Ca. satt owned bin TO make
=. Aos for the Jerome seem bright SaltpeIe
v have beaten Longview in private trais' tut ~
ss Mt distance Longyiew has repeatedly PIIJy'IIo
h;n,seit far the better colt Ii Saitpetre snJ ~
ta.aS ensiby ana carefully humored 10 race ne NAY
vet show some speed. The Dryers hchon S d,tance
3syorite for the Jerome bnt inc nseb cot second
oollo
place au ilIard won the Nursery Stakes with Dew
~ and the Manhattan Handicap with Ponuae. Al
Dew Drop and Walter ii. MT Lorhlare P iooe,s
fhe hest in active tralDiug any 49,
.: America Ban Fox and Luminous are out OF io, i.
IA por,Iand has been retired for the year. OnaiIY
ran secondto Dew Drop and biggonness'e, .n tba
Fegpnne to seems never to have recoveeu o"i 49,
esects of the accident at Saratoga wheh she Ian INV
fbe fence and badly hnit - ~, - L. A..
Snly Pontiac Heel and Toe and Enchd ran loi .he
Manhattan Handicap. and II was amusing 70 seo .oS
sr;s,oratc blue-bloOded style in when lne inPoecu
colt cane in every inch a nobleman heeiahu 'oe was
good second and Euclid bad third -, ~,
was The iayorit for the first race. but Mr.
Witners's Blackstone won hands9nely-lo .he tiee
delight Of the many friends OF the owner "n0 nav S
rr;aTed greatly over tho almost unDroken serir Oh
sst,nss which have afflicted Brookdale all this
rear. Mr. withers is the most unselhsh devoted ana
rdannted of turfnen and deserves lar more success
The tayorite wandering the selling race and the
steeplechase fell 70 greater fayoil'e p0uAo 6oiJ'
shoaoh he went out of the course III the south hed
Rat ke was quickly pulled back and made up the lost
ground in style that displayed M II. hSst
peonle who follow the suggestions OF fiE IRIBUNEs
racing column to winners and second HORSES haI
pocket filling day, for The IRiBUNr on oaluruN
r,norninq named FIVE of the six ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dew DION Longview Pontiac and Boorke CocRfah-
and of the six sec0 Mov ga@op While Jim Nc,
Cowan its selection for second place In the s'eepie
chase was withdrawn. e ~.
serb California colt Alta, says that ne VIII maieh
Alta against any three-year-old IN America LOT
$1,000 SIDE the race to be run a, baunlore so S
Gay and track. The and money are at inc 81
james Hotel in this city, Here's tempting ensnee
for Pierre Lorillsrd with Wanda and for z j. BALDWIN
with yolante Ii is greatly to be hoped 10 ~ ts e3
lenge viii be accepted. The match would be OF the
greatest interest,"
DETAILS OF THE CONTESTS.
The first race was for purse Of $780, special weights
distance mile. There eight starters-zeioeg's
: col, Colonel CLARK g. o. Keiy) McDonald's mare
Poonia Is. iO2, Arnold; Graham's gelding Haledon
faged. 1922 Wniams) Withers's horse Blackstone TO-
1o5 Green); Curran's gelding Sovereign Pat %, 1O1
Duffy) Raneocas Stables gelding Parole aged lOZ
Olney1; spellmans horse strathspey (ased, ilo' W.
Donohue,; and Ehlers's fly Florence Z. 49, 81
RAFFERTY,.
MISUNDERSTANDING Sto 5, Parole to 2, Blackstone
70 l. 10 to 90 to / against the others.
The eight went of fair start. Haledon
quickly took the lead, but Blackstone
shot into first place az the halfne post and remained
IA ffont easily the END, though little Green grew
careless at the finish and et strathpey reach Buck
sny senond six lengths before Florence e. Parole
fourth half-length behind Florence E., Colonel Clark
The second race Was Tor the Nursery Stakes
yearolds 500 each. 81 600 added, 900 to second;
ihreeoIsarters of mile Brown withdrawn and
four ranRancoeas stables MY Dew Drop d., DhsyG
Biegonnete Q12, Maynard and snedekershuy Kalula
BeitinsNpsT Drop So to 100, Charity to 1, BisgOn
neie 4 to l. Kalula Is TO L.
Dew Drop and Kaula In close attendance, Charity wait
ing the Dew Drop disposed Of Biagonet when
with Charity until be reached the last quarter mile
Charity well down the honesiretch but Dew Prep
Charity second two ngs before 6 sa BsSTs s waC S9
The for The Jerome STAKE: for three
special weight ss lsS 1ah al S4
ss Tdensssh s Don Ls%asne bTo
trs LoDgyiey Mls FtzPat5esl kes9s sal!pgTs lS'
Betting Richmond to s. Iecumseh ~ TO D, Long
view TO /, saltpetre 10 to !. barefoot 20 to ],
took the lead Immediately and kept, 70 tns end Nc
iAnghlin made his effort with Richmond in the home,
and could no. get pae1 e E xSen M %ep
np but could %i get third place only Lonsyew won with
the greatest ease by Two lengths in $780, Tecumseh
ssore scSnGn sio'Y & The value Of
Next came the Manhattan handicap. $50 each. $1,000
added $500 TO second; one mile and quarter Abba
Rancocas Stables Imported colt Pontiac a years, l2l
pounds ridden by Oneyl Preak1ess Staples geerns
g. 100, MeatOnl. 49,
Betting-Pontiac 8 10 5, HeeLand-Toe to l, Euclid
to2. Heeland-Toe made the running holding "a lead OF
oad place. while Olney made the hackers
OF Pontiac little BY pulling the black colt four
lengths behind Euclid. But as they passed the club
house up with such squirt that expert turf
men then that he bad the race at MS mercy
Olney kept length behind Hee-andToe until they
reached the final furlong when lie gave him his bead
and the English colts was BY the side OF Heeand-
strides Pontiac held the race safe to the
end, winning by neck in 2l4, Heeland-Toe second,
lengths before Euclid.
Eight ran in the selling race at l-lG miles for a
purse OF S5O0-spellman's geiding Wandering 5, 05.
Hogan; Appleby & JOhnsons horse Jack OF Hearts
tagged lis, Hayward) McDoDalds hlly Mary Hamilton
g. "a. Arnold; Dryer Brothers's colt ElInen-