New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-10
CHAT OF THE HORSEMEN.
WHAT IS SAID OF VARIOUS STABLES.
MAJOR HUDBARD's VIEWS ON rnAINING-THE CON-
ING LORILLARD SALE.

MAJOR HUBBARDs VIEWS ON rnAINING-rHE CON-
ING LORILLARD SALE.
The beautiful weather that Is accompanying
the racing South and West makes business livey Win
the bookmakers That Ia, the uptown pooRnakfrA
Those who have rooms in the neighborhcod OF the Ciy
Hall have been worried by the police for the last rev
days that they hard dare to quote the odds 10 we
knovn betters Tie bookmakers are not seriously
alarmed however AS periodical freaks OF virtue on the
part OF the authorities have often been known oeoIo'
yet bookmaklng still prospors. Inc form SHOWN W
Green b. Morriss pair Favor aud Bersain. a ""snpe
ton was something OF revelation to sporsmch. "ne"
they cone North however. they will meet better class
NJ horses than they met at Washington and will have I"
RIM faster than they did there they place races TO he
credit
The es.v way in which Grimald beat Blue Wing one
of the Kentucky Derby favores. the other day. maze
those who had put up their money Oh 'n'
son OF Billet and Mundane for Ken
tuctv.s blue ribbon extremely tired" The
colt will have to improve form and show more speed
before he can win money and glory for bis stable.
Major Hubbard. manager Of Commodore Knt'ons
stable OF runners In town the other day. 10 near
the Major talk would not he particularly impressed
with the chances any member Of tho stable winning
any Of the prominent stakes Ii was always 80, nov"
ever; the Major is not sanguine man. Inc h'soh
string however, all dong well Pardee Is gaining
wonderfully fast and looks to he III fine FORM Ills ike
" that he will at Jerome Park In the early spring
IL was Intended prepare him especially Tor the ouour
ban The colt passed the winter at torgnsons STABLES I'D
this civ having his front foot treated The treatment
wasa and the colt daily given good exercise
and went AS rauare as Q die. Some shrewd horsemen
who had the colt realized that he was n right
before the secrets OF the stable were aware oi
the fact and they pumped" on him for the suburoah
and hammered down the odds This was con-
sidered objectionable by the Major, who when
he gets a good thing likes to keep
for himself and his friends and he says the colt Will not
be started for the great race.
That the friends OF stable are not always on the IN
side s evidenced by the fact that some OF Commodore
Ktsons friends backed the lilly Luminous for the subur-
BAN The odds were extremely tempting C$lOO to So.
She showed great deal of speed last year as at~o-
yearold and it looked II she ought to have good
chance for at the weight assigned TO her Der
hackers money has probably been thrown away, nov
ever as she will In the race When she LETT
Erdenheim che seemed 10 be In cpl, ndd condition. nut
the from pe ao and Worried until she lost more
than 100 pounds of flesh In the past two weeks nov"
she has been picking up ana Is once more sohS
Major Hubbard was serious the other day. lie drew
his face down to such an extent that II looked
as formidable Philadelphia searcll.warrant
and he casually remarked that ne ne
WAS surrounded by circle OF friends who believed that
what the Major doesn't know about running horses isn
worth knowing. OF course they all knew mat what Inc
Major said the Interest Of sarcasm and.wth one
MANAGER OF The KitIsun string down Monmouth Park
the whipped and spurred u their trials
even n they were old horses and II that is the way To
train lhem. then know nothing about tue business
before the Jerome Park meeting began, nut Wnrn
the did oesn they were AL OIL This mistake WI
are being gwen careful preparation. tney are
not being hurried in fact they arc arc, mot mot
Their breeding justes the belief ina they can
fast enough II they are in RIM. and putting them
/, all the Major IL looking To. 3,
MAT byrnes has arrived at ener pshead Bay with ms
We
MIN and his hafbrother P0ntico has a way Of gong
that is extremely taking With the exception OF Dew
Drop Pontco appears be The best OF the hreeycar
ods yet the way he Is put together ustes the belief
thing ike fast pace The $4,000 brother to Wanda
Wnrcd-does not impress the observers OF horses as
being either particularly III or particularly promising.
AMI may prove he much OF disappointment rs
The horses of MI, George Loriilard doing well and
the an orange colOrs are likely 10 De III front
tric mas grown he lar-e horse and has world OF
speed. 81. Augustine. too. is wondr riuy Improved
na ea ont and Saws NOR. character than ever br.
fore Tne twO-yeor0Is or this Stable are small IL is
that 1t should be So for their SIRE the unbeaen
and he should stamp Individuality upon pro-emy.
But 10 look our Northern youngsters aud then at
as II we do not understand the cardinal prineipcs
of raising colts We have just as good stations as they
have the south and mares whose breeding cannot he
exceed and yet fan when IL comes to SIZE and de-
BE lront first started his breeding establishment at
l. L. that IL would be failure because the SOL
Ia
not De GeI b rne; r.n, of real meritsoDe of the
best OF tnem-have fallen IN the hands or bookntSers
mo them for their own profit, regardless or the
public Forester proved himself To be one OF the best
OF his year. and Jack-of-llcarts, by his finish III
tho Suburban two years ago. more III IN Justified
the most sanguins hopes OF his breeder Mr. Belmont.
owevrr practically admits the failure Of his breeding
venture Long island by moving his establishment 10
Kentucky that about tho time when he purchased
Inc Derby winner ST. Blse, VINO Will hereafter be the
head OF his stud
The original intention Of Pierre Lorard was to
hold his regular annual sale OF ye irlings at
Madison Square Garden but he has changed his mind,
will Id held at his farm at JObstOwn y. j. The
of the when he disposed OF his stable
OF runners on February 81 caused him to make tho
Change He that perhaps will not he large
"A crowd present At the farm as there would he at
the Garden but that those there there for
business" Now that Mr.. Lorari has given mp racing !
horses Is to be hoped that his stock VIII bring
prices VIII Justify him in maintaining his breed
Ing establishment at the high standard he has
set for As long AS Mr. Lprllari raced
horses the public In general OF course he
lIeved that he saved the PICK OF the youngsters
Tor himself, that his co0rs might be borne 10 the
front every possible. Now. however that he
nnos himself only 10 breeding and none OF the young
reserved, the field is clear and purchasers will
only glad the results OF such breed
ing.