New-York tribune., 1885-09-22
sHEEpSHEAD GATES SHUT.
ep,vEsESp RACES OVER FOR THE YEAR.


.ot,.factory meeting It has ever given NO nee"s oo
,a,v moro astounding variations OF FORM III
and never was there worse starting MI i -,
o,hor ilstarred blunderers with the nag ireq"ei",
left outsiders at the post nut MI 1i'iA -
s,en further and let few days pass without HVius
bon some fayorite that carried the hopes ana
en- on.v Of thou sands was standing mo:oness OF hao
hIs head turnea the wrong way The young mau
resembes crows. He can't count III most oi 'o n'i'
oro I'm motion he s sure to miss q few'
The racing has been poor and cheap The oooSm"Aors ~
,nd pierre Lorillari have prospered tho bookmaKefs
proat,ng enormously by Mr. Carks habit OF leaving wen
backed horses at the rost and by the eeeeHtiro
NJ sueh uncertain apmas Green Morrss Favor "hle
Afr Iorllard won couple OF small lor'une'
on Unrest and Dew Drop But the Deneht OF 'uo i"0e
ing one ese has been proosSmatea S rs has pad
sI0OO0 Tor the fast and fine twoyear-Oid cot 80
aRa went to the Stable for $500
That big price, Tor IL was sotY US ~ snd MAJ
improve with age Walter H. is worth the SloVoo tn"'
he cost. ,,u r,oo,l,, put tho end
,,,s have been groat relief 10 judges and governors
They need not look pretty any more ,o uo.t1o,t
IN was benefit dag for Leonard W; Jerone, PIoeoi i
n, the Coney island Jockey Club. Why Mr. Jerome, VINO
recently returned from visit TO bis bOnhe'ng % sV sn
india shond need q benefit was not made clear. can m
it be that Lord Randolph wants funds Tor he ioreS & ~
The British campagal II the gentlemen OF lflsh Dltth
and descent who crowd race tracks had snspeeted
that BY going TO bdy scSemes of saxon
ford no doubt they would have stayed away 20 1 .
But Mr. Jerome has spent much for the American tu
and has done much, and done 1t so we thaV nc ue
serves a benefit, and a big one, too, -. o..,.. ,d
den by his clumsy English jockey Rawlinson was beaten
by Decoy Duck in the rst race, pnt tne my bd Id Os
nspector b. and Bggonet led the betting on tho two
yearod race, but the Dwyer colt ouran the My WIN
ease Md Falling around in Decoy Ducks saddle
n was refreshing to see BookmaRer McDonad's big
bor Knight beaten Dy MS owner lOHy ~
giving the mount TO his feeble lite plck-
ssninnyy Arnold with Donohue in the sad
die with CovngtOn, with Church, with any
of the light weights who have fair amount or musce
and slight suspicion OF intelligence, Long knight would
slrewd. They become wealthy oscdllse the men Mno
bet with them exceptionally unwise A fainS gleain
of the common sense which teaches man to come IN
when the weather is wet would have taught McDonau
The foundation of McDOnalds fortune laid amid the
froth of lager Deerl Fitzpatrick. riding Tom Martin
the rce solely because he could hnish po'er 'nan
Then Greenfield outran Unrest PunKa ana EmsnuOa Sd
Emendorf once defeated sam Brown. tt vcSotS r. t ~
more humor in it than any other thls year. Ior b
inendorf never defeated horse of the eighteenth mag
story was carefully circulated that Freeland was
lame He did not limp nearly as much as dld the hlhe
ducks who backed horses because OF this report
Freeland the fifth race In cauter WIN ooIeeis.
Pat tho representative Of tho woes OF suffering eau'
TIigSs rider of Longvew. favorite and winner in the
' s was coming IN the homestretch four lengths
in front OF Parole. Santa Claus and King Fan;
Ionsvew to slow caner let the others get so near
him 20 make close finish No sooner th9ns9b tha
three strides Higgs had TO lash Longyew to get hm IN
motion again aud he won the race py NECK, r.oio %
III Hggs had lost the race by his reckless 1oy ne ugut
have had chance reflect over it during an indefinite
Mr.. Cassatt has sold Longvew to Lanasney Brotners.
t Mr. Cassatt has often been sngu-
larry ill-adyised in his turf career
TIE CONTESTS IN DETAIL.
The first race was furlongs for purse OF $500;
special weight conditions. Froic, Miss Baldwin and
Lady Loud were withdrawn Six ran-Raneocas stables
colt Pontiac years. llS pounds, ridden by Rawlinson
McDonald's horse Sam Brown Is, u.s. Murphy Fan
Minis aily Decoy Duck a, lo3 Maynard Rowes horse
War Eagle @, no. 4 over. McLaughnl; Wilson'S fly
Nonage a, 1Os, Donohue, and w. C. Daeys ally Ba-
hama g. 97. Palmer.
Pools-Pontiae S9O Sam Brown $40 Decoy Duck $50,
field $50 Books-Pontiac z to s. Sam Brown % 2,
Decoy Dnek to 2, homage 10 TO l. War Eagle 10 10 i
sam Brown led for furlong. Bahama then in.
in advance on the lower turn, but Dcooy Duck caught
him hundred yards from the line. and the two made
close hnsh DecOy Duck winning by a head, Pontiac
second, two lengths before sam Brown. who was ten
lengths before Bahama; the others pulled up. War
French pools S23 95.
The second race was for two-yearolds $50 eAeh $3.50
added; special weights; three-qnarters of mile Kitty
NJ. Withdrawn aud seven ran-Bnrche hlly Big
b. QlG 2 over, McLaughlnl; Raneocas stables colt
Winfred u02i2 ga over, olncy, W. l. scotts dy
Restless c'7. COvlngoD; W Daley's my Bessie Il.
(97 church,. and TObins colt Rednette 400, Greenl.
SCOTTISH hass si5 Bessie H Io asG ed sio Books
Inspector b. to 8 Biggonet 9 to O. Wisfred to !,
winfred first Of, Inspector b second and Scot,
tish Lass third Scottish Lass quickly took the lead and
Biggonet joined her. Inspector b. caught them st the
fuong post in the homestreteh and OF MAYNARD
Inspector b. won by length In l7 Biggonet second,
three lengths before Scottish Lass Restless fourth Bes
sic b. hith Rednette SIXTH aud Winfred last French
there were seven in tho third race e miles, $50
EACH $3.50 added. Richard i. being withdrawn. They
were Fox's colt Tom Martin g. III, Fitzpatrick; Me-
Brothers colt Richmond g. ll0. 2 over McLaughlinJ
=: MeMahon,s mare Swift %, l0l, n9ustoID summit
Donohuel Campbells gcdlng Ligan e. l0l, Coving
toni aud Kernaghan's geldng Burch l5 l02. 1 over.
Pools-Long Knight slIo Tom Martin $40. Richmond
$35, swift $50 IAgan $50, ncld SO Books-Long
to l. Royal Arch 10 70 Lgan ~ to Blrch 20 to l.
Burch Jumped of with the lead and held
he retired. RlchmOnd was well up as they
entered tho fnal quarter mile, but was ontrun at the
Knight The latter the faster horse at the weightS
but Fitzpatrick has much more strength and skill
nisher than little Arnold that he got Tom Martin home
te winner by short head in l:5S Long Knight second
aichaond coming in nth French pools SIS o5
The fourth race was sweepstakes for threeyear olds
ances; 1ss miles -Four -hansocas Stables mis- Unrest
Held N06, W. Donohuel Dwyer Brothers colt Emendorf
Q1l McIaughlin); and Camp0efs fly Punka (98.
Coyingtonl.
Pools Unrest $50, Greenfield $25 Elmendorf $25,
punka $l5. Books-Unrest to 5, Greenfield to 2,
Elmendorf to l, Punka 3 to 1.
Unrest ed up TO tue last quarter mile when Greenfield
closed with her and onran her TO the end. winning in
by three lengths IN 2:284, Unrest second,
lengths before Punka who In ten lengths before
Emendorf. French pools SO 20. Greenfield was
tered to be sold for $1,000, and bought for $500
by Pierre Lorillard,
The ffth race was sweepstakes at II. miles. S35
each, 81 900 added selling allowances horses entered
be sold to carry three pounds extra Frankie b.
and WhiZgig Withdrawn and seven ran-Corrgans
gelding Freeland g. lls, Murphy Currans geldng
Soyercign Pat %. l0l, w. DoDohueI Walterss y Ss-
a. "a. Potter; Csmpbels horse Kiohba (5 97 Cow
tngton); Horns lly windssl g, 81, Williansl; W. b.
Jennngs's gelding Ten Strike a. o. Church) and Bry-
sons gediDg Corsair %, 11S. McLamghln).
Pools-Freeland $780, field $50. Books-Freeland to
g. Sovereign Pat TO ~ to 20 against the others
Freeand under a hard pull by length in 2:l2is
Sovereign Pat second, neck before Ten Strike third
Kiohba poor fourth C0rsair fifth Sister sixth Wind