New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-06
A JOCKEY IN DISTRESS
MCLAUGHLIN UNABLE TO REJOICE HIS
WEIGHT


n ninety four pound boy will ride Hanover IN .no
Brooklyn Jockey Club Handicap on May 10 Inc
gallant chestnut has not been considered hitherto
certain starter, doubt having been cast upon .uo
stability of his legs, but was informed Sestorue'
by one who seldom makes mistakes in matters per
tanning to the turf that the Dwyer coors viii be poro
ON that occasion by the champion OF 1887 " Ana'
added this person, "he will win 70 q certainty
see nothing else in the race This opinion has be-
come startlIngy common One hears 1t e1prossou
on every hand, generally accompanied, however,
with a saving clause like. The horse that pea''
Hanover III think he's been to the races"
But should Hanover win without Mclaughlin In inc
saddle feeling of sadness would come over tho
10000 spectators who are expected to crowd 'ho
grand stand and quarterstrctch. Yet much iesr
that Mclaughlin will not have mount on that day.
At this moment the turf is in danger of losing tho
services Of its champion jockey whose condition II
much more serious than the public imagInes. For tho
first time in his life Mclaughlin finds himself unable
TO train down His is no longer case Of mind over
matter but ono Of matter over mind On Saturday no
weighed 100 pounds, with no prospect Of reduction
He went to Washington ten days with the inton-
ton Of riding at Ivy City. There his stomach re-
belled, persistently refusing to retain the
food of which he sparingly partook IL
you can't eat you can't work. Is
one of Frank McCabe's maxms. Mclaughlin soon
found himself too weak to undergo those dreadful
exhaustive sweats which were necessary pull down
a
Jackets. followed by Turkish bath. was too much
He gave up the fight on the fifth day and returning
to Brooklyn placed himself in the hands OF his doctor
Medical skill must do wonders to fit him Tor mo
saddle in ten days. I have known Mclaughlin u
throw off fifteen pounds Of flesh in less than week
and feel ali the better for It To reduce his weight
four pounds day used TO De a regular spring frohc
But he is older now and his corporety refuses 10
diminish with becoming alacrty. Certain doctors
say that the trouble with his bones. the structure
OF which. as In the case Of many athletes. mas Oe
come exceptionally dense owing to his advancing years
and his long periods OF abstinence from food
Hanover Is handicapped at 1875 pounds. II New
meyer rides him he will carry thrty-one pounds Oh
lead in his saddle. Yet it is said that the D"yois
would rather trust him to the guidance OF their hsn
weight who. for the entire winter. has been on most
familiar terms with Hanover than to outside heaVy
weight who, however skful he might be. does no'
understand the temper OF the horse NeWmeSer -
the lad who has shown OF late such amazing Judgment
OF pace in exercising the strappng Chestnut carSnS
him over an appointed distance In an appointed 'ih'
with the precision Of a marksman who scores bulls
eve Such feather Hanover in the BroohIn
Jockey Club Handicap would be strange sigh-
II the feather should land his mount winner by nose
or a neck It would be stranger still
II it had been the purpose OF the Dryers 10 nia'n
Kingston they could not have come nearer doing IL
certainly have two OF a kind Kingston year ago.
but for his slightly darker coat might very reaiiy
have passed for the Sir Dixon Of to-day Inc mere's
tyro cannot fail to notice the hnshp between 'nen
the same head. the same neck. the same OacA' 'he
same barrel, quarters, legs, feet ana oisposI'ioN
In both the bennington crops out all over Every
conformation shows the higher type thoroughbred not
the gross hardy stock, but the fine grained the ue
cate the sensitive. Sir Dixons only marx IS
white spot in the forehead. his only bemlsh warI
IN the law | was surprised TO see him so smaH'
ha7ing read somewhere that he was larger than fa'or
Everybody knows that the son OF Pat MaIioy Is
big horse Sir Dixon will not come within 200 pounus
of him He Is in fine fettle aud looks as heet as
swallow I do not like his eye, which appears weak
altbouch there was fire enough in 1t when he sprans
to the door to tell me goodbye McCaoe doesn't
think the Dwycrs Will send him to Louisville Ihsy
do not yet know what he do. He Is to De tried
In a few days the Suburban distance
The prookIyn Jockey Club occupies new quarters
IN the V-shaped building which stands, facing the
City Hail. in the sharp angle formed by the junction
of Fulton and Washington SITS. The rooms are on
the second floor. and although small are exceedingly
neat we'll lighted, and tastefully decorated Inc
walls are hung with paper of cheerful pattern WIDE
spaces being relieved by oil portraits OF celebrated
thorouehbreds Prominent among the paintings IS
an alleged likeness Of Hanover, represented In the
act Of racing, with Mclaughlin up, wearing the req
and blue Of the Dryers. 4 picture OF old GonlaIon
Is uonted out TO visitors fremont the black wonder.
A youRgster with plated mane and hind leg HAe
that OF hound is called Kingash, the Junior Champion
In another room finds staring over the moon
weather-beaten ploughhorse, his dilapidated body
resting on three legs the fourth being adjusted as
brace TO keep the wind from blowing down the
structure In o miniature stable Immediately behind
this masterpiece stands colt in blankets. While IN
the dim and distant background about half mile
OFF the breeze with ghosty vision whose Identity
Mr. Fogarty refuses TO discover to the casual IN
quirer. The moongazing piece OF equine architecture
he tm!dy pronounces to be Richmond. whom all VIII
recoect as Secretary McInyre's copperllned tip for
the Brooklyn Handicap year ago.
The official programme of the spring meeting al
Gravesend is given below:
FIRST DAY-TUEsDAr. MAY Is
First RECOURSE 5000; five furlongs.
Second race-Handicap Sweepstakes; s2o eaeh s'oo
added 1-16 miles
Third race-Expectation Stakes; twoyearods $50 each
81, 500 added; IL mile.
Fourth race-Brooklyn Jockey Club Handicap; 800
each. IS. 600 added penalties IA miles
Fifth race-Purse $3.50 tvoyear-olds selling IL mile
Sixth race-Purse 5000; selling; mile.
SECOND DAY-wEDNESDAY MAY 16
First recourse 5000 six furlongs
Second race-Handicap Sweepstakes; $50 each, s7oo
added; l 1-S miles.
Third race-Myrtle Stakes $50 eaeh 81 600 added sell
ing 1-1G miles.
Fourth rsce-Carton Stakes; three ods $50 each
81, 500 added mile.
Fifth race-Purse $3.50; two-yearolds; 10 mile.
Sixth race-weter Handicap Sweepstakes; eos each.
e6oo added; six furlonga
THIRD DAY-THURSDAY, MAY IT.
First recourse 5000 penalties; seven furonss.
Second race-Handicap Sweepstakes; s25 each $3.50
added mile.
Third race-Hudson Stakes; two-year-olds; $50 each
81, 500 added i've furlongs
Fourth race-Brookdale Handicap ESQ each. 81, $50
added l Is miles
Fifth race-Purse $3.50: woyear-ods selling Ave fur
longs
Sixth race-Purse sGoo selling; six furlongA