New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-07
MORE UPSETS IN RACING.
ONE FAvoRrrE WINS IN THREE DAYS.
F1RENzrs MAGNIFICENT RAcE-PEc woTF1Na'


It was cold and gloomy weather at shecpshe'a
Bay yesterday and nearly all the goers shVcreu
before the racing began. They trembed aud shlVereu
even more however, as Il went on and BY the tlino
they started for homo cold chill OF the seveesl SUIT
had struck into their hearts. while famine hau u'
scended upon their pocket-boobs. 1t IS really a'
most without precedent the series Of revcrscs that
has bofaen the favortcs at this course In the ia'
three days, OF eighteen first choices only ono al
them las carried of first moncy-Fircnzi IN the Aver
age Stakes. This great hlly proved again her sur
passing greatness IN her own Incompatible style IL
was a Respondent exploit OF hers to take up L.
pounds TO conccdo IL pounds TO Terra GOTTA II ~
Montrose. - to Lelex 90 to Wary and 81 to Brown
luke But this she did in her own imperial fashion
Queen OF the Turf she surely Is. and FLY on earth
can pretend to rank with her Lelex has recovered
his last years speed and good race In the Aver
age Stakes getting second place By head from Terra
Gotta Terra Gotta, however, was concedlnS nun
about dozen pounds.
The owners OF tho Chicago Stable and their irenl'
thou ght that Terra Gotta had great chance Tor peat
ing Firenzi Mclaughlin told those intimate with him
that he felt certain OF getting second place at least
and hoped to beat the peerless FLY. But the sures'
things are always going astray In these days. Leeh
went out and made the pace from the start CLOSELY
attended By Wary. Fircnz lay back at the rear Vi
the Geld with Brown Duke. but Garrison rode nor
with exquisite judgment, and Skill. and never permit
sure striking distance of the leader. On the lower
turn. when nearly mile had been run, he gave the
royal FLY her head and she moved up Delex ana
Wary had been fighting for the iead up
to the last hafmIle, when Leex Drew
away from Wary, who then dropped
out OF the race Terra Gotta moved up when Fiienhi
went forward and these three Lele1. Terra Gotta
and Firenzl came into the homestretch on nearly
even terms. rrenzi drew away In the easiest posi-
bic manner IL tho last firlong and won By hali
length Terra Gotta apparently in good connl
ZION His owners and trainer had no fault 10 nnu
with him. ard he showed spirit. life and Ire before
his run And yet he certainly has not shred eit
Of the overwhelming speed with which he hnishea
in his June races At that time there thorough
bred that could be got 10 meet him that could s'and
the pace AZ which Terra Gotta came down the home
stretch Firenz tried f, twice and failed utterly
OF course she not so fast then as she Is no"
and not nearly superb racing mac nine. h"t
Terra Gotta beat her easily, so fast and so lar
at that time that the transformation In the relative
speed Of the two animals is really astounding. NO
one who saw the Sheepshead Bay Handicap IL June
can ever forget how Terra Gotta. with l24
pounds LEFT Fircnz, with 119 pounds struggling
hopecssly IN The rear, and won the race
by four fun lengths Fren1 IN second place WHAT
contrast what revolution there between the hn-
lsh In that race and the finish In which Terra Gotta
could not keep pare with Frenz at all and even failed
IelcN a
horse and shows striking flights Of speed But never
dd his highest speed approach the swftest flight Of
Terra Coas Perhaps Terra Gotta Will never recover
the dazzling spurts which he showed more than once
June, he failed completely 10 give tienz race
Yesterday although he carried only ia pounds to her
100 pounds. It idle now 10 expect that he can
ever have any chance with her at any weight and us
lance at which they likely to meet II tienN
keeps her present form the close Of the season as
she Is almost certain 10 do no horse that possibly
be brought against her Will be able to hurry her
Firenz was a strong favorlte at odds on. and. as
stated already was the only one 10 get home saiely
In front In the first Niagara lei IN the betting
with sam Harper second choice sam Harper led
through most Of the journey and won clevery as he
on chit have in his last two previous races boh
Of which we're thrown away by Ellke's stupid riding
II was paddock ruor that after lke's horrible boch
work on this horse on Tuesday Green b. Morris took
the lad into the stable and nsed some Intelligence
into him through the medium o. heavy strap. THIS
does not seem improbable E.lke IS appreniiced 70
Morris who has complete control over him. and who
never lets him leave the stable without good reason
Morris has had some bitter experience with the So
called crack jockeys and expresses his opinion Of
them freely. lie find language too strong to
embody hi, dis gust jockeys who spend all night at
prize fights get arrested by the police occupy all their
leisure in dissipation and debauchery and drunkenness
and get Into the saddle IN important races with
their hands trembling, their nerves shattered, and
their brains reelng from previous eNcesses 1t Is
highly entertaining 10 hear tho old man talk about
such fellows as these He said at Monmouth Park
that he never proposed again to engage any rum
soaked jockey ride bis horses, no matter how high
the reputation Of that jockey might be- He declared
that he intended pursue the policy OF putting upon
his horses only boys whom be could keep In his stable
and watch at all times, having them always under
his eve seeing that they were not Weakening their
muscles and spelling their scfcontrol by drnkne and
other forms Of vice. Eilbe Is stupid yet, and makes
many lad bunders but under Morriss careful training
and with liberal use of the strap whenever be
deserves IT, the boy may become fair rider 10 time.
The suggestion may BE made In
connection with the first race, that hackers Will do
well to look out for Grmaldi, who Is again running
himself into form. and is likely to win good race
when wanted lie can show exceptional speed when
it, and when the money IS
The second race, the Dash Stakes, for two-year
olds was won easily by Champagne Charlie, with a
burst of speed the end. MI Withers's EccOla FLY
and sam Wood led the betting but Champagne Charlie
was well backed IN the books Neither the Wihers
FLY nor sam Wood showed any speed or form This
race was run on the Fuuriy course. Nearly all the
Jockeys are utterly los, 20 the proper handling
of their horses on the straGhtaway course. 1his f.
shown In every which IS run upon H. 1t was
especially clear In the rdins in the Autumn Stakes on
Wednesday Most Of the jockey, seem to think the
only 10 ride on a SidEuldMa ~ 'D"iS sc - ~ rus"
nrIr mounts A. AZ al top ED. ana keep them m lns
as fast a. they possibly run from he ial Of M
flag This was tie policy pursued In most cases with
the Youngsters IN the Autumn Stakes. They were
timed for the first talf-milc In tsseven AMI one,haf
seconds. Til, va, simply iIlgh iu and APPALLING
To run fwoycar-OldS with m weights M a. such a
pace as this they have stll quarter OF mile
20. i.lnuu. lhr res alt Of such speed 90 the nl-t
half-rne was shown 10 the fact thai twrny."v"n ana
halt seconds required for the LAT quarermile
OF IN. Autumn stakes. " hat son oi fl.ns ~hal roIi
OF racing Is thls7 While the owners almost to man
like the Futurity course. on account OF is freedom
from fouls pOchcting and accidents th' dislike OF tho
general Public 10 h 10 81. 'f t5c whole Of
a race, start and an They do not enjoy seeing
horses emerge from cloud Of dust whom race j.
moro than half over. and come toward them face on
They rei no idea all Of the real form Of the horses
Of the merits OF the riding, or the incidents OF re
race No mater how enthusiastic owners mas be
about the Futurity course the COney Island JOCKEY
Club viii diminish lis popularity. lis attendance ana
lis gate receipts by insisting upon running races on H.
The expressions Of speasurc and disgust with II are
almost universal throughout the grand stand.
There been great deal OF doubt a. 10 The true
quality and class Of William Lakelsnds lilly Pee
has a varied ranging