New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-29
RACING Ar sHEEPSHEAD BAY.
OPENING DAY OF THE FALL MEETING.
vAsr TINE But POOR sTARrING-FFRENzI WINS
THE AUTUMN STAKES

TIE AUTUMN STAKES.
The first day Of the fall meeting OF the Coney
r.lspd Jockey Club suffered somewhat by compar'so"
with the opening day OF the Brooklyn Jockey Oiup' W
more horses bgh class Thursday ana the star
Ing was far better After fret yesterday the
opinion was general that the Brooklyn CLUB hso SNOW"
much discretion In selecting Mr.. sheridan ~
starter and not Mr. Caldwell for no worse
start in field OF seven horses
been seen this year. Mr.. Caldwell gave inc r"0e "
Itiala by flying start in front with whch no N"u'
favored her. while Little Minch and Cleaner Tue s0
horses In the race back that neither hsu ~
chance o, place. and Cleaners hea was 's
this wrong way. Mclaughlin, who was riding "oA"'.
ms &c no effort after the dag fell for he 50" ~ -
hopeless casa Garrison did his best with Liti'e M,"
but could get only third place. As ooth L''o -,
and Cleaner hal been backed prodigay oo'" " w."
and for place. Mr.. Cauldwers peeuhar e'"'' co
greatest boon he could confer upon the betting rms n,
things make hackers feel sore for long time. on0 V
bookmsker was especially happy for In addi.'o. "
the money he made by the practical iea'ins ~ nj.
OF Little Mnch aud cleaner, he bacXeu i''i"'~ Va
own account heavily. ~, c.,,,
The starting was poor throughout the uay' "' - ~
.eu r.,.lv I'm suoh wretched form, which seeheo All
M. vor.e in romparson with Sherid ans brilliant sue
cess Thursday. - ,,,,,.,,.
,,,...,. ar old race was won by J. II. McCormicks
vastly improved aly Fswn with Bess second "arueS
.nd linn GRAY dumped great deal OF money into the
slouyh of Despond stu they ran tolerably we'll bu'
wbv ia Portland allowed longer to cumDer
the course except as an assistant 10 'n0
mu,es that drag the hsrrows and sprinkhnE
CART That Is all no is fit for. and Eoian seems little
better.
swift was not swift in tho third race. which won
nv the Fairfax Stables colt Housatonic with ODDS OF
10 l axsnst HIM. HousatOnic Is out cot Vandalite
mare, aud may yetprove hinse auno
SLAYER. lie was under the whip half mile from tho
finish bu; lasted well. Swfts running was a puzzie
Cn Thursday she away from Oster field than she
met yesterday aud sho wed great speed and fine FORM
Yesterday she failed defeat that common cur Pom
cO for second place Lteheld rode her queery in 'ne
homestrelch lie seemed to have no ambition or energy
At least OF jockeys on that track VINO
could have ridden Swift l03 pounds and beaten Pom
tico. IL Is passing strange. swift like Little Mlhch'
great tayoritc. and her failure to run hrs' OF
second was the richest OF gifts to the bookmakers
But the bookmakers were hard hit In the next race
when IAttthrld rode Mr.. Higgins fine hlly terenzi
with plenty Of ambition aud energy and she won easily
Pr Haydn gained largo sums BY her victory aud her
splendid race Thursday made hor pet OF the puOhc
also Hardly 5ookmaker in the whole big troop MADE
ANY profit on the FeTenz race. Lady Primrose Ori-
famme and MontIose carried some money hut not much
10 VIM principally for place. That was all ost Ior MI
Galways colt Belvedere secured second place easily
enough, though he got lad start Orhamme having
much the best OF tho send of, But Orihamme Is OF
rather common clay, while Ferenzi comes close to the
class of Kingston. King Fox and Hanover, and would
give the best OF them lively race
Mr. Belmout's new English jockey, Henry Luke, rode
Florence T. in the third and Lady Primrose IN the
fourth. He go Cd seat and neat hands, but is as
yet a poor judge OF pace on an American track lie
waited much TOO long with Lady Primrose. who couid
not have beaten Ferenz anyway, but who would nave
been much front II she had been ridden Us
she was IL her last at Monmouth which she won.
That before Like ever saw her, as ne landed from
the steamship America on Friday
1nolu Inv mi
sure things IN the fifth race, but he could not run BIT
and last next to last all the way Font, who has
well at Brighton, won easily.
Lakelands Exile a clever performer on the circus
track on turf and the exhibition which closed
the days sport. Running the pretty sight,
but in II will never be genuine racing Yet 1t
makes the ladies smle and the babies crow, ano why
should they not have their fun
Fast time was made in all the races, the track now
being speed But the 14 q for the
NTH race is little queer, the timing flag was not
dropped until far beyond 1t. The exit
lon the turf beat the record at g. miles, but that
Brighton Beach be walled the defeats OF Little Mlnch
and swift, but rejoced over the tumphs OF Fawn Font
and Exile. DO hOnOrs were easy.
Following the detailsi
FIRST RAcE-PuRsG $500 ALL AGES FIVE FURIoNGs.
N W Kittson's oh. Itlaa by Reform Essayez IL,
Lone one star Stables B. & B stcirii GeaTy
"a Keishsm's Sk m MaTv Kennedy l. iIS (TRayerl
Hayden Barrys eh Cleaner aged ~ NcIaughinl W
J. NJ Browns e e G0yfTnSr ISSeT,' T. 10'H'mi'On
to MGsq h 81 ssP qsr 30 to to RsSalSc
25to l. Mary Kennedy 20 to l.
To- dssracefn start Ittlala was off length in front Bill
steT second Repariee third Governor Roberts fourth Lit
The post Iaas start gave her the race Little Mnch had
While Mclaughlin made no eact on Cleaner giving up the
sone fn ne sta n S @ before Nth peb
the others struggling in
SECOND RAcr-roR THREE YEAROLps s25 EACH, 500;
J. II. McComacks b. f. Fawn by virgiBlunder, 81 b2
Davis Halls e:s isisasliin
National stables b. c Lancaster, d05 ulamlton( Q
W b Jennmgss b. c. Frank Ward. lol 2 II over
Fairfax Stables ch C. Gardcy 100 ........... CaidweD
G,sI h n :, 5Si l6
Barnes COS S S BSa1 io5 ~
{. Askeys b. c. flanz. 100 az; ...(Palmer
Botting-Garlcy to l. Fa%n to Bess 7tol jim Gray
7ol, ss1ony 10 l. Lancaster II to Frank Ward l2to J.
me start 5Fs@ey badd AaonGgs being first off, Fawn
Struggling along Adoncus hall mile then gave
iup Gaey showed speed and Pawn and Bess had the
two lengths before jim Gray the others drifting in with broad
Mes9 H.aasT;Sn and Taylor were suspended for the
THIRD RAcE-s2j EACH $3.50 ADDED. SPECIAL WEIGHTS
Fairfax stables b. Housatonic, by Mortimer Vandalite
Dryer BROS b. Pcnco s. sS ... tI,a iseiry5
J MeMalOn's 6r m. swif! 8 LOG, Gtiehed)
G. ii. PetteDglls b. Valet aged 96. WliaIns)
Fcncine stud Stables b. Florence e., lOl.... Quke)
Campbell fcntOns CHI Punka, (CovingtOn)
Toronto stables Ten Booker, A, lOl...W Donohue)
Time-l:Jj2.
Bettng-swu to 10 Valet 10 l. Punka to l. Florence
j. TO Housatonc TO l. Ten Booker ~ TO Pontico
1910
ChOlula withdrawn.
Pont!cO hTst on Florence f. second Ten Booker
third Iittleheid quickly sent swift up to Ponticos
Housatonio third 1t was amazing swifts
inability 20 when the mare
speed Thursday HOusatonic was wiuned
freely on 6ackstrcch lower turn and bv sheer
Shaving succeeded IN wifi and
Ponco the last furlong though il admitted that
Swift ridden all the the hOmestretch with sngu
lar Of HOusatOniC by lengths Pontiac
tecOnd neck before swift, who four gths before
Valet
FOURTH RACR-AUTUMN STAKES FOR Two-Y RARoLDs 500
EACH $500 ADDED. SPECIAL WEIGHS; . MILK.
J. b. Hsggins b. Frenz. by Glenelg Florida. lbs
Relvedere (Blaylock)
A BelmOnts T. Lady Primrose, (Lukej
Orlnanme los aldwclD