New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-05
MONMOUTH PARKS BIG DAY.
TIE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN IT'S HISTORY.
An IMMENSE CROWD ENJOYS soIcE srosT-THE
BAER's TRIUMPH

yesterday with a more briViant ana '"P''s
sive than that OF any previous day in tho history u
this course The attendance was enormous, ''"""
ing every foot Of the immense gran', stand WIN us
$50 fec; Of 'front.' films the long clubhouse oaeonS'
swsrnirc to the inner field and pac hing the pe'h9
ring to tho squeezing limit. The W sather was P''-
fcct Almost invariably Fourth OF July al "oSr
mouth has been ci;hor tormcnns nom excessive
heat or annoying from heavy showcrsl ort 'h's 'nc
brisk cool broczc was blowing from ale sea- whiic
no. cloud an,csroI on the sky. The, management
was admirable In every point. and deserves inc
hcarticst praise The first was dc taycd snort
time, because at o'clock four trains \'eio Oh "o''
way TO tho track, and the management thouen"uiN
ard generously decided to give tho belacn passengers
an opportunity 20 sec this Yet the railroad ana
steamboat routes did remarkably Wei WI INC hoss
that poured IN upon them. They took up trc-
mendous burden and carried 1t gallanty. In all ic-
spccts the train ard boat service was an improve
mont previous years
After the calling Of the first race, all cish' "cro
run of with prompncss and energy. 10 manage
mcnt could be moro efficient ard succt isfu Inc
promises made 10 the public were fuiil'M ihc'c
wore really misc races, the deal hca~ hctwcc"
Orlway AID Bessie off before the stccpc-
chase. The ardent lovcr Of tho turi certainly
had his fill of racing with so long programme as
this Emf Icing as I. was. 1t handled with 80
much decision so much skill and executive aon'9'
that the last race was few minutes aver
O'Clock and the great multitude was soon on The
trains homcwasd.
Ccltanly Mr.. wthers and Mr. Galway, VINO con-
troll and direct the affairs Of Monmouth ParK, anu
their efficient assistant Thomas w. Croft tho gch-
cral manager, deserve vote of cordial THANKS iroh
the race going public. So does Colonel simmons
the presiding Judge. SO docs Mr. Caldwell the
starter, who handled his fields quickly and Sharply
and prevented any delays at the post
It was not only an enthusiastic racing crowd, but
the general public outside of the votares OF the 'rl'
which IS not usually largely represented at tho race
course except on holidays, camc out in great troops
The crowded tiers of the grand stand and the long
spaces Of the clubhouse balcony contained many be-
wiiching faces and figures, as among the spectators
thc,c wcre great numbers pretty women In dainty
summer gowns.
A GLANCE AT THE BETTING.
The betting went brisEly thrDu ghout the after
noon The intervals between the were so short
and the crowds in the betting ring were so large that
the bookmakcrs had their hands full from half past
i O'Clock TO 9. Tho majority of them took advantage
OF tho enormous speculative demand as they always
do, by giving extremely short odds against the "a
vortcs and against all the horses in place betting.
There were no mutual o auction pools sold. Under
the last decision subject In NcwJcrscy court,
the Monmouth Park management docs not feel at lib
criy have any of betting on its grounds ex-
ccpt booImaling. This is unfortunate, for WITHOUT
the competition of the French pools few of the book
makers ever give decent odds. In the MAN, they arc
graspng. avaricous gang, and most Of them try to
squeeze last dollar possible out of tho public on
every race. But It may be noted with satisfaction
that probably of them lost yesterday, ds six out
Of eight favoritcs successful saxony Lady Mar
garct The Bard, Bessie june Prospect and Major
Pickett.
SAXoNY'S SWIFT SPRINTING.
Kingston was withdrawn from the first race and
this made Saxony a tremendous favoritc The Dryers
expected that Tiny Williams, the best lightweight
Jockey in the country, would ride Kingston In this
race Brussels in the Independence Stakes and Bessie
juno in the fifth race, but they received a telc-
gram from him saying that nc could not como to
Monmouth, so they put little Spider Anderson up on
Brussels and Bessie juno. lie could do nothing with
big awkward, spiawling Brussels, but he scored
success with Bessie. Saxony took the lead at tho
fall of the flag the first quarter mile in less than
"a seconds the half in less than DO, and with the
greatest ease 10, of the others being able to
catch him. Frederick Gcbhard's Volunteer got Sec
ord place and Pulsifcr's Sir Joseph close third
britannia nearly TO the post and then began TO
bleed. lie in the hands of tho starter,
hence all bets on him ordered by the judges 10
be refunded. This caused some grumbling among the
bookmakcrs, but 1t was just and proper
MR. BELMoNTs FLYING FILLY.
At Brooklyn and Jerome Park Mr. Belmont re-
marked that he had at least two flies in his stable
could beat Fides. 1t is understood that one OF
them Is Magnetic, now unfortunately disabled by
rheumatism. Tho other certainly must be Lady
Margaret who won the independence Stakes without
any difficulty, showing lightning speed with light
weight. She got oil first in good start, led al
the way, and easily In / 10 IL with Captain
Browns buddhist second. So high opinion had
generally formed Of the merits Of Mr.. Bclnont's
two-year-od and widely had it been reported that
Lady Margaret was extremely fast that the tly was
the favoIe in the betting, although 1t was nor
fist race, while buddhist was second choice. Mr.
wltherss Tom Ochiltrco- Cyclone colt showed much
speed but ran in rather green and awkward way,
hon wifi eyfpo
pell, who lost immense amount Of ground at tho
turns. This Cyclone colt Will kcar- watching
AURELiA AND EoLIAN.
Mr. Haggnss FLY Auicia, was The favorite Tor
the Fourth OF July Handicap, but the i'll luck which
pursued the Iiaggin stable at Shcepshcad Day seemed
sim 70 cling 10 it yesterday. and 1t failed to get any
one of the eight prizes. 1t must be said, however,
that Garrfsons riding of Aurclia open to criti-
cism. lie failed TO finish with his usual
energy. HIS horse, Eollan, was In nc
race. ridden by Sheridan. 1t is wrong
that any Jockey should be permitted to run horse
of his own in a race IN which he has mount, just
as wrong as 4, would be TO permit judge TO sit in
tho stand In judgment on race who had horse In
II. 1t Is amazing that American jockey clubs have
neglected long 10 alopt so simple, Obvious ana
necessary reform to forbid the running of Jockeys
horses in 4 In which the owners have mounts
on other horses 1t is perfectly clear that a
practice like this may lead to the most aDoninable
scandals, that there Is absolutely argument what
eyer In favor OF permitting such proceedings, while
there countless arguments against 1t, and there
should be no delay in adopting this rule
Eolian ran far better than he ran at Shccpshead
Bay Saturday, ard at the furlong post looked like
the winner But Hayward brought up the rogue
Eurus with tremendous rush. and captured the race
although Eurs did his best 10 swcrvo into the nnci
rails Ftzruy got second place and Richmond
thrd-Eichmond ridden by Mclaughlin. lie
seemed lame in his preliminary galop and
an effort made TO withdraw him
but the judges would not permit this. and he rar
fairly well but pulled UP very lame. and tie lime Of
this amazingly slow. for the quality
Of the horses engaged in II. The track was fast a