New-York tribune., 1886-04-05
TRAINING AT JEROME PARK
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POOR TRACK.


weather alone that makes them sad, for bad
weather at this time Of the year certainly not an
unusual thing and they rather expect It, he cause
Of their sorrow Is the condition of the track. II is
not fit to work upon nor will 1t be for some time 10
come. In making the alterations in the turns ana
backstretch of the course, great deal OF grauihg
had to he done during the winter months and alter
nate freezing and thawing have made the new por-
tIons more like muck bed than anything e!se, Use
That section of the old track which remains tine
LomestIetchl is well enough. but there is not
enough of it for training purposes ne fonus aus
about the park are good trainers however, 90 hot
like TO trust hlgh-strung thorougbhreds On tne
roads with the boys mp. On track they can see
every move that their charges max ss su mPw
Some of the trainers have lately been giving their
horses work at Fleetwood Park. This Is but htte
better and il is doing their business at arms length
and they do not like It. Some of them are gong
away from Jerome Park to train else where The
probab les are that those that 40 ieaNe the piace
will 90 20 Sheepshead Bay.
lanes Rowe is going to take his string 10 the Bay
this week He is now at the Clipsiana Stable
which is in Jerome-ave., about half mile from t
track His horses all look well aud tie twoyear-
olus are especially forward III appear1nce; lheTr
are six Of them and they are hne-iooking Iot. ne
saws that they are about as good material as man
need wish to work upon. Stockton by spend
thrift dam Doubt, who brought 6.lOO at auction
last fall heads the list. He chestnut OF large
tize and magnificent mover He is the pride OF ali
who are connected with the stable; lnen come come
the sasbug chestnut hy Aimet. by SprnscOhi l,t "m
speedy looking. King George by King Ban, dam a
Tom Bowling mare, is bav and is also large, nc m
IL u
fonso, dam Esther, the dam OF Springo0k, is lh'
smallest ole of the lot but he is wei-deVeoped anu
looks strong and able to take care 81 "l hlhsen
Cbo isk is big bay colt also by KING Alfonso daii
Mollie Wood Red Prince is chestnut colt, also
by King Alfonso, dam imported Qneencralt ne
too ia large and smooth mover All the colts looh
as if few sharp gallops would put then III perfect
racing shape. Rowes success Win Two yea oIus
when with the Dwyers Will cause TINS iot OF
Youngsters to he closely watched lie has nv,
hprses besides the two ycar-olds. G0ano, VINO
year ago was the favorte for tine WIthers stakes
ingly high in flesh. Tdey say that his temper Is
mIlder than it WAS year ago. Llttit Mlhcn, tn'
famous sprinter, never looked better AT ms time oi
the wear and will be a bard horse 10 beat at MS
fayOrite distances. The little gray My Crcket IL
as spry as ever and looks ell She doesn't appear
to have grown at all SINCE she was tw"Iyear-oi9
two wears ago. Saudova is troubled with his Ola
cough; it is chronic. but howe expects lac VIII 90
good service over the timber" War Eagle, who
seems TO be just fast enough 10 he beaten, locks
splendldly and unless his bad luck continues TO
nm, sue him. he ought to repay bis owner some oi
the money he has wasted on hlin HIS ola nlehds'
however, who stuck to him 50 faithfully last seas4"
only to see him beaten lime and time again III inc
fields and at weights that ought to have vqaIan1
teed him easy victory, will doubt ,he wisdom sac Oh
backing him He looked well last fall too. but was
a DISAPPOINTMENT Rowe has worked his horses ~
Jerom cave every day when the weather would
ealops at Fleetwood at half speed.
John Hyland has the largest string OF horses OF
any trainer at jerome Park he controls sev 9nteen
head He too. goes to Fleetwood to give hls
Charges a5reathefs." Blast heads the list, Then
EndymlOn, Royal Arch fl:th~ Va Muibu' "ur
banana and the three year-olds, Bnnacle by AL
gerine, and ancy by Genes. lie also has seven
two year-olds and the nmpers arqmln, Mesi f, Ell"
OF melancholy yesterday, as lie gaZed at me 'aIig
snow and there was mournfni accent 10 ms voice
as he told TRIBUNE reporter that he ddn know
that he would much this year; the best part
OF his stabie-Eoe, Eolist and ST Savior.Were
crippes aud probably wouldn't stand training
anyway if they would. there was no place at
Jerome TO train them goodness only knew when
the track would be III fit shape to work upon
"Eph's" melancholy is chronic when he talks a1o9t
his horses: his oldest and most intimate trends 90
not r. collect his ever having stated that ms stable
was doing well. and even after carrying on some OF
the best stakes, he declared that he Is the most
snrnrised man in the world He must he used 10
surprises however. for he has given the pubic
more of them than anv other trainer and Is con
si'ier,d TO be the widest of them all EC lie, Eollst
and II. Savior have all been iiIed hev ne LOOK wen
but have been given onv MaIkng an' Josg,hs are ,He
Brier, by Bramble, dam quartet f%trol' ny "len-
elg, dam Lady Planet; kalula by Hing Alfonso,
Mamie Black. he two-year-olds are spend
thrift colt dam the dam of kaulh ana one Dy
Bramble In the stable aus" Is E!gin 'nn 'ec,,nsGn f m
he two latter horses AMI Neptunns are o"he D!
the Jockey Billy" DOnohue. Snedeker SAYS that
unless the chanc for getting 10 Work Oh the tiack
improves. lie will 90 10 ShecpsDead BaV To put HlN
horses in ape. James McCreary is another Tram
er who is gong to take his horses to Coney island
WaI,Uower heads his string ard looks well an
cn~r the Mortemrr-Frhcit flly, the pride Of the
ex-Klng of Dudes. Berry Wal. comes next lie is
pretty though rather small. He al so has the three
Tins colt is doing well and his owner, Charles Ma
gnire. tniuks highly of him. There are two two
year-ods IN the stabieCLe , 2SG py "SIMIIeh W;IIiet
stoops has a stablr of seven. including Tornado.
Bill Owens and the old canlpaguer' Knight lem en-
plar The old geldins looks hnei than ne 1a mas
io0ked for years and he may win purses yet. ROD-
ert Glare is training a stable OF Twelve among
them some excepiionaiiA weiiIpLea io ", e"
I.lucca: Queen of Hearts, by klng rIshei' oaii
Nellie James the dam OF Jazz OF HeaftI rs anu ana
Ophelia by King Fisher. dam Ohtipa he ola war
horse General Monroe, is at the park lie Is look
Ing splendldy. If he conld only have such care
Sent91 @ aRa WSo 'ra ahe suSSrb%n @ M Handcap With IA
rounds up from good field OF horses, he would
probably do well again e.
The seven California horses who are to form part
of the Fairfax stable arrived at Sheepshead Bay on
Saturday afternoon in charge OF g. A. Buchanan
Among Them are the four-y year-od Bishop, by shan
non dam Betty Bishop; Gardez. three year old.
by Flood dam Sally Gardner; Plantress by Flood,
dam Planeta and OrtaDme Rowland ana SHASTA
DEBATING THE QUESTION OF LICENSE.
The Manhattan Temperance Union varied its
usual sunday afternoon discussions yesterday win
debate in the Masonic Temple On iiem LCeiiS1 Sc
the rrotes, ant Episcopal Churcn Temperance So
ciety taking the side of High License for thlrty
n,inntes and the Rev. DIR. |. X Funk, Editor OF ne
Toce. that of "No License " for thirty more Mr.
Graham began with an account of the WORK oil the
CuuTch Temperance Society, which had always pro-
ceeded. he SAID, persona and religious, not
poln zeal, basis, ana cOntinueu'
Irecogrize the evil of the liquor traffic as well as any
and only hfE stores food sold
ogpze the magnitude ana political power or me liquor
well How, thtn is thls trainc 10
lie redrced or crippled do not believe II can be
done simply by prohibory legislation Is lmpossiDe
to carry prohbitory in New York state or TO en-
force H. II carried this city. law 10 meant 10 40
II It's execution ia donbtlul wise men
.tii moi mess H. but wait public opinion TO gather
force enough TO support It, A prohibition aw To-Day
would be a nullty and last state would be worse
than our frst believe In local option for counties ana
hivh license for citrs In Davenport. Iowa town OF
nnn nh.
1893 TO l6l, in Burlington from 90 TO l59 ID
Keokuk from 81 to 40. IN Dee Mones from
20 10 I75. Conncil Buns alone the
humber OF saloons has not grown, and that IL
because. under tue guse or tax on the sale OF Pop