New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-27
MONMOUTH'S WORST DAY.
THE STARTER MAKES A NESS OF 1T.
THE NAvEsINK HANDICAP SETTLED WHEN TIRE
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THE NAvESINK HANDICAP SETTLED WHEN TIRE
FLAG FELL.
For the first time this year the goers at Mon
mouth PARK he'd Just for serious dissatisfaction,
and Mr. Caldwell tho starter whose work hitherto has
deserved the highest praise, yesterday an utter
failure. His start in the Navcsnk Handicap. ut
mile and half, Of the worst possible sort of
course Ffrenzi Great favoriic she deserved 10
no on her previous running. but Mr. Caldwell dropped
the flag with Connemara far in front that neither
ffrcnzi, Bclvidcrc Eurus ever had the slightest
chance. This simple objectionable. At milo
and half II nsht always be easy 10 secure at least
a tolerab,c start, and Mr. Caldwell might have known
that the amount OF money put on the lagein hly was
great that II HIS clear duty TO see that she was
not shut out OF the when the signal was given.
A starter who has done so much GOOD work may de-
some indulgence for mistakes. but not only was
The start for the Optional Stakes Objectionable but
that for the Trenton bad, and the signal for the
Navcsin could By means be overlooked excused.
There occasion for excessive hurr In tho Navc
sink aud reason for negligent or careless work
IL is not easy TO understand how man
OF much experience much ability and
Of many successes on the racccourse could by any
possibility send of such field scattered great
dis TANGO, with conceivable opportunity for tho
favore TO win. Fircnzi carried 121 pounds, Come
mara had 100 pounds in the saddle. Nothing could
possibly be palmer In racing than that with twenty
one pounds difference between the two FLIES the top
weight and the favorte should have fair chance at
the outset. But neither Firenzi, BclvdeTc nor Eurus
had the slightest claim the race when the nag
dropped. They were absolutely shut out by the reck
less abuse Of the powers of the starter Mr. Withers
and the other judges made some investigation after
the race and heard Mr. Caldwelrs explanation 1t
was in no way satisfactory No matter how much
good work a man may have done in the past, such a
wretchcd piece of bungling as this cannot be OK
planned away.
Tho air was hot but the attendance was good. among
those present being d. D. wthers, J. Galway, Colonel
Simmons, Clarence Mcdowell Captain 5. s. Brown,
William Goadby. H. o. Barnard, Major boswell, " H.
Stevenson Colonel william L. Brown, u. French, Fred
erck Gerhard, Porter Ashe, District Attorney Walker,
General Mcmahon, General Pryor, and Others.
Porter Ashes Geraldine was great favorite for
the first race, but Pulsifei's Grimald showed unex
pcccd speed and easily in the startling time of
:l3 81 the best record ever made a. Monmouth Park
Grimadi carried 112 pounds and this was really re-
matkabie performance There was long delay az the
start and the signal given to struggling rush.
Geraldine did UP to expects tion, nor did many
Of the horses in the race Britannia of first and
led dunng a large part of the run, but Grimald came
with dash at the end and won easily, with shoovcr
second F,zroy a close third the favorite Geraldine
fourth.
There was so much uncertainty about the result OF
the Optional Stakes for two-yearods, with selling al
lowancos, that a number of entries were backed on
almost even forms. David Cidcon's colt Groomsman
won readily the end, although he swcrved badly IN
the home stretch Mr. Belmonts hlly Cla1ssa eot
second place. That start by no means one OF Mr.
Ca,duclps successfnl efforts IL is much to be re-
creted in every way that the best of American starters
should have been suffering from severe illheath ana
should have made mess of the worst sort OF almost
every send-of OF the day a starter nceds 10 nave
all his wits about him and TO be In the best hcai'h
otherwise he is sure TO make mistakes of kind that
bring about the most deplorable results
If any invalid attempts 10 hold the
flag he is In the wrong. He should commit his duties
10 some one perfect health and with perfect controi
of all his faculties.
In the third race Captain Browns Defaulter won
neatly, with Little jim second and Mr. "hherss
Minority colt In third place. tremendous plunge
was made in the betting ring on the Minority colt,
who was backed down from 10 TO to o. He was
ridden with little judgment by Palmer, who made no
use of his we'll known speed but tried to make up for
tho deficiency his ssgacity by the free use OF
the WHIP first with the right hand then with the left
The Minority colt docs not fancy punishment and tho
more he whipped the slower no went.
Then came the Navcsirk Handicap one of the most
dcplorabe catastrophes ever seen on a racecourse.
With fair start Firenzi could not have lost this She
was well ridden but when the starter faunted that
rcd flag in her face, the race was over She was so
far behind tho wreched rogue Connsmara, that even
The Bard could never have caught up. 1t Is
well known fact that the worst OF rogucs, If
given an advantage of twcnt- thirty lengths. with
nothing near him her. kce. and Just get home
against the best Of horses. This was the case with
Connemara. She extremely tired FLY at the
end, but Mr. Caldwell presented her with the race whom
he dropped the flag Mr.. Galway and Mr. Haggn were
extremely angry this piece of business, and there
was long and heated discussion after the in re-
gard 10 the dement's OF the start. Gurus was IN cs
iecslly bad temper and tried TO bore into the fence
iocI5. could do with him. but EnIus was not by any
means his best behavior and cot so angry with the
not make any effort to win. shauer was ordered to
lie back with Bclvderc at Fircnz's side As they both
hpa
no chance. Senator Iearsfs sur1pam did not like
milo and half This colt may do something fairly
brilliant yet at a mile or mile and flrlong, but
mile and a half is too far for him THIS Is true also
post in such wrcchcd condition every time that he
has run this year that no sensible man expected any
Porter Ashc thought that his ,fll- snowdroo would
run wei Ho in the h race but she acted SSh s the
mile Joe Lee won easily, although an outsider
Second place eo9 Sodoe "G Showed SPEED G@t
was not IN the final struggle Kaloolal. owing to
Pierre LoIillard, 1rs. Benedicn was well backed,
but his condition was by 40 means satisfactory and
and Kaloolah cannot 60 better with them than he
has been able TO DO far this year. he ought send
the he Nail anG few monRs a% r
that sort Of o,cuaipn seems best suited for their
The worst ana most incxcusablc Of blunders was
made with the programmes, which were full of
did The programmes have the Trenton Stakes entries
but they were So far out Of the way in tho
did not sSree AZ all with the number which appeared
on most OF the Official programmes, and great
many hackers ~ Grenadicr thought that Malaria
had won the selling race There is no excuse for
such stupid bungling this. At least the pro-
grammes at any respectable track ought always
10 be correct.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. s25
EACH. $3.50 ADDED. SIX FURLoNGs.
D. T. Pulsifer's br. h. GIInald, by LisbonNora,
oriole Stables b. c. shotover 4. i'll (Biayiockj
p. D: Wlthcrs's b. c.. Ffnroy, 4. III go. Palmer
L. =. Ashes en-. f. Geraldine 3. 1o3 Gar 100
J. A. and A; II. Morrls's blk. c. Britannia; 4. ii3
A. Belrnonps b. f. LADY Primrose a. 1o7 tchurch}
NJ Jordans b, +. Fageoleta 4, 102 (Chappep
Madison Stables CHI T. Lackawanna 4, l02 anderson 0
r McCaulls b. h. Chocaw, aged, 11j Garrison
Mrs G. j.. LOrillards b. T. Fltaway. B. 90