New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-21
RACING PAST AND TO COME.
WHAT LAST WEEKS CONTESTS PROVED.
A RrMoE ABOUT MONMOUTH PARx-rRosPECTs AT
sJrrPsUEAD

A RUMoE ABOUT MONMOUTH PARX-FRosfNCis Al
sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
Racing last week proved number OF things;
6rst that fremont is the best two-Vear-oiu sihco
fben he never ran after his twoyear- old form.
Hindoo was a remarkable two-year.old ana MS
Also the hero of his three-yrar-old year me nc
DIVERS purchased him from Daniel Swlger', vi
Kentucky Though they paid a large price Ior nun
m the fail of his two-year-old year. II proved a
oH:able investment for he swept everytnms pe
The Dryers are such plucky nIlse r pre sent
n is 10 be hoped that their PRE- P,es Son'
twoyear-old may prove second rd,uIS &c that The
Cnd thing that the week has PROVED Is Una, ~ s"e
three vear-olds so far as has been showii' are d
poor lot though there are lew use1m on's a,.ut !.
Them. Bggonette the WitherS ana Won II
hopd,Iv In aprcarance she is "unt.' bows
onv in fact mnch ike Bramblette. the SISTER OF her
sire who while not frst-class, won many a race
Inspector g. won the Belmont, beating ne Daiu.
Dry Wonopolc won the Green Grass Stakes Water
II. cap,urcd the Swift Stakes. Inspector Is. was
first under the wire in the iida' STAKES anu OF, az
nrday Ban Fox canght the judges eve mrs, III me
Concv Island Derby. This proves that the Eastern
threc-year ODDS as well as the Western, are poor
set Ban Fox won the Derby In hollow styie' e IiaE
ward made show Of Furnishing him ut the mn sn,
buf If was only a show. The third thing proved IS
that bookmakers can run Their horses stralgh' IL
they want to, and that the hoIs@s '[ainsu ny
Charles Bowie trains for the bookmakers Emery ~
Cotton the Richmond stable and so many otheIs
that 1t would make one weary 10 reme1I'J, tv
=" Twerv & Cotton. Strange to say Dry Monopoe
has been winner even when he mas neen
favoritc. He has not yet been att2cked W,,h ZIG
bookmaker>' fever, and though his birdie mas held
out and ne could have been pulled PACK ne 's o,eli
first under the wire every time he had chance M
Boy 'e's horses Randa3. Ten Booker ana >pilieheiu
also have won whenever they have had an oppor-
tunitv Frank Littefield rides for the stable. Last
year he was the greatest bungler that ever Eot III
The pc skin but this year he is dong well ana
shows that there is something in breeding. Ills
father was a good rider before him and as trainer
James +. Williams, the owner of Joe Cotton is
one of the most genial of Kentucky horsem"n
and also one of the most successful;
He has sighed for years to own horse that wonld
win LIKE Blackburn in the:eary summer Of his
two-vear-old form was his. Mr.. Williams, while he
thought well of him, when he was offered a goou
price for Luke. sold him to the DIVER BIoIheIs.
Sensation did not stanO training as three-Vear-
old consequently Luke Blackburn swept all before
him. Mr.. Williams had thrown aWav Ihg opn ;}Gs
tunity tnat be had long wished for. Bob Mics
was good two-year-old and the Dryers offered
Mr.. Williams $40 900 for the colt: Mr. Williams
refused it. Bob Mics never fulfilled his early
promise and If one can ever see sorrowful look IN
a Kentucky horseman's there was one in Mr. Will
iams's after the Kentucky Derby of 1852: Then
hop had at last been fulfilled Tic running of
threc-year-ods was uncertain last wear
as has loo, been so far J 1ni' c season
If not the best was at least one of the best ont.
Joe Cotton Is fast. There were. unfortuna ely ior
Mr. Williams; those that are faster fernaps his
owner has not recognized this fact yet. but SIM II
is so. The gallant Kentucky horseman backed ms
colt to win pile of money in the Suburban, when
the odds were long aud saved MN lot 'me e
nursed HIM and trained HIM to the Queens tase'
and privately and publicly told his friends that II
the colt beaten for the great race, Inc record
would have to be beaten. he colt was oeateh
and the record not broken, but then it was run
over Il holding track. On Saturday the colt was III
a wtepstakes ut a weight that made MS winning
a certainty. and he won II. he was also III me
Sheepshead Bay Handicap at the top weight OF ne
starters. He also started i'll that race but ne
did not win. Two races day Is more thah cor u
of Joe Cottons calihre can bear, when pfttfSd
against such good horse as SlrlnGneId,
especially when Springfield has such Jumps OF
weight Off , g.
News comes from Monmouth Park that 1t
has been hailed up the gates closed, and horses Ill
training there have been ordered away. lne re-
port causes much uneasiness among horseien ana
II is thontht that there must De some nils'ako
about II. Mr.. WIther~, who virtually cohiiols iHe
park. busy last week In arranging the pro-
pTaulmc for he coming meeting lie even sent TIE
copy for the books to the printers, ana thaI WIS
after an adverse decision as 10 the betthg PiNlI.
eyes had been rendered bv the supreme court OF
the State. OF course the outlook for pI0i'aDie
meeting was bad ii the authorities were TO threaten
to make arrests If books We're made or pools were
sold: but there no reason TO suspect that sucI
would DC the case, for the people OF monmouth
County were heart aud soul with the aSspciatlon
IL some time ago reported that Ilerle LoIiI-
lard who was made president o1 the a'socid'ion w
the death of his brother George, Lad resigned
If THIS Is So the resignation has not Nct bcc az
copied and ne is stll president there Is no u"uo'
that such d resignation mas Dech "InVic", '"'
jorlilard has been asked to reconsider II. MI
Ioriard Is bound up Ill his tuxedo PARK scn1i,ic
and - ON, of horse raclpg for at least year. ne
Mo,,nontb Park Association has added a great deal
OF money 10 the stakes Tor the coming ne',hg anu
hos received u great many entries i"r us races
Tbe contests that have already closed Will nave 10
he rnn or the ASSOCIATION VIII become responsive
10 the owners whose horses are entered NJ Nas-
.ntt S,Id toa TrIBINr reporter on rday that the
.forkholdcrs did not like the idea 81 keeping the
r,Ik opcn at loss and that the association ma.
The ught 10 Iun the races at any pace Which II
sLo, y came If Monmouth Park does close us
oitrs . supplementary meeting will be gwen 10y
The Coney Island Jockey Club
''i me- ,ac,n@ ms week al Sheepshcad Bay promises
Good snort ON Tuesday the Wctcr stakes, 3-lt
fnIles; the spring Stakes for twO-year-ods tHie'-
nnartcrs of a mile. and the stud Stakes, 3-lt
mi 'os will be ueclded. On Thursday the june
Sfales for two-ycar-olds three-qnarters oi a mic
and the Empoium. = miles, VIII he run Iol' Ji
S"fnr,av the Great Post Stakes Tor twO-yeai-oiGs
tLre,-nuarters of a mile ana the sporting STAKES
r.ii.o,,o tho attention of the club.