New-York tribune., 1888-08-24
IITTLE MINCH BEATS EURUS.
.rAsrIrNa IMPROVEMENT IN FIVE DAYS.

Tho weather was delightful, the attonusnos 'e'
ana th> racing coed at Monmouth yesterday a~'A.'S ~
Nth suoxcindelds The track had dried wond'ri"n'
since Tpli he's heavy rains and was dusty on ,op
but heavsday'd sticky beneath. Tho Chicago o'so'o
won two anes, with Egmont and lltie Mih0I' '~'
lost one racth they expected to get Win "h'0''i
The. admyh hilton for the riding OF little bsrhos si
stronger daily. He rode Egmont hypocr'o' L''o
Mfuch and Freedom fonr winning mounts '"' VI ga
rsres He is first favorite with most OF the OWE"
ana trainers AZ present and many OF them prefer nm
avon to N,cLanghl,n Hayward, Garrison or Murphy
fbe owners of Egmont told their friends that thcy
hardly expected their horse to win Win INC "p
we,sht of 100 pounds, and would not oach n'l.''
Rut Ermont got OF well In mont, ana Win h''ic
p.rnes,. shilnl handling very easily, Goano,
WITH only nacty-three pounds up, getting sccoha
p,.ca Mr. Bradley thought lie Loecs would run
vrs, hut both Le Losos and Ten Booker moved Ike
camels with all four legs paralyaed ihey "eio
bessen of nearly furlong. Banourg looked "ei''
hut whom the pinch came swervcd and quit oed'y'
IT "a strange indeed that horse which beat Hanover
and Elkwood and other well-kDOwn racers Handsomely
last year cannot win single race in 1883.
The favorite Maidstone. won tho handicap for t"o-
war olds easily, Redlight getting second place.
David Cideon's Groomsman was strong secoi"
choice but either broke down or was cut ao"h
Mr.. Gideon thought It cut-down. GARRISON
who rode him. thoug ght 1t breakdown "natcfcr
tho accident was, IT prevented Groomsman rom ee''
ting near a place, although he was almost certain 10
run second. at least, bat for this.
The favoric, Hypociite. had an easy Vc'or! Ill
the third race, with Ocean In second place ana No"
or Never third. There was lively betting on inc
fourth race and much interest Eurus and Lhte
Mfnch were on almost eqnal terms IN the betting
ring. but moro public money went on Enrns than
on Little Minch. The latter acted badly al tho
post and one of his owncrs, Mr. Campbcil
was obliged to take him by the Bride ana
thrash him soundy with cane before he coniu
gst him OIL He moved off slowly behind the rest
OF. the field but ran straight and true made up his
ground without effort and won With amazing facility
Tuus was In bad temper ard sulhod on the lower
turn and swerved In the homestrcich. but got second
plsce Thousands Of eoers have often re-
cretted that Little Minch not owned and run by
some turfman of the highest reputation for harness
and honorable dealing such Mr. Whers,sMr Bel
mont Mr. Cassatt or Mr.. Galway Mr Canpoch ana
Mr. Uarklns owners OF the Chicago stable, may al
ways act fairly tow ard the public AMI may always run
their horses to win. They say they do at any fa'e
Idttle Mnch's performance at Saratoga on sa'uiuas
last when he beaten OF in boih meats TOY 'ho
Concrrss Hall Stakes by Grisetto and Wary, was
purrl,ns His owners say that they bet sj''oo on
him for that race and lost 1t. They a,uiDu'e MS
bsa defeat 10 his sulkirg. Well, they ought 10 oe
glad to sell horse promptly which causes 50 h'u0"
criticism Of their stable, which eXcites so many u'
plsas.rt remarks and which fills the a'E WIN ~
fonl . stencil ss Little Minch gave out ON SATURDAY.
ALWAYS believe, no matter what Mr CampDeh 'nN
Mr. u.nkins may say, that Little Minch could nav
won both heats Of the Congress Hall STAKES III a a
canter, II owners. trainer and Jockey "au "
desired that result and ircd 10 "'oon' ni.
rnsh It. Now, the scepu0 CT,
=. -rolv wrong but tine Chicago s's'p'e
must see what ali advantage 1t would De 'o 'uin "
n .oue other owners a horse without conscience, sch
r.n.ct or tecing @. responsibility. Littlo Mhc"
orsn wins races when he IS tremendous 1aVol'e'
but stl 1, must be considered an odd concdcnco u'S
when he does sulk It is almost lnvaraoy "hc" 'i0
odds him heavy ard the pn,s ,,s Wsch % Trough
oon,sc Of moral t1a,nnc under tho guidance O. some
good lakeside theoloelsn, who viii III MS nm lI W.;
Ps,sys Evidence Jeremy Tsylors Holy Lying sn1
Dying and the works Of other pons storm
~ addition few texts were read to him every DAY
Either that ought to be done win nun vi M % ~,
IN be sold or shot for II Is CRYING scdius VI WV
,v,f 10 sec horse run such races within ' 9n'
week az that Of last Saturday at saratoga -iio u-
r,sn1 co. The best Of the start the nth race
land ridden with skill ana h1nr ssmry o wht
v,s head before wheeler 1. The faVollW I ne ~,
T. got of badly and many people attributed ocE ns H
feat to this Perhaps however he Is not a. gucn m
starter as are Britannia and salisbury who Jump n,'
their stride with extreme rapidly Wheeler L. So SDSi
aer his bad start Barncs had not taken him in clos
to tho inner rails on swnsns Into ,t%. tine homfs'c''H
while Brsnnc and salisbury went VIDE . a.,
The selling race proved al easy victory Tor ,n'
fayorte Freedom. ridden by Barnes me s.d,s rscE, u
the nuisance Of stcopiechase vas absent and every
| han" I'M Ina 0 ,Tsys e ra pcs se"s ali owners bu
is only justice Captain Coser and Mr. LAIRD /,
be not In the least excessive aner all o.
neSS will S b Se two mS5s aaSs G
and attractive s haTs Nmssrad Sn PPr5dnc
ssshes as es'H viii fA sc rn w6 viii probably fan to Mr
withes, and may possibly be a walkovcr. In III
ana half Will 30 decided. new race has bec ,si
sddcd for horses that have not won MSnmonth @ ta @
sas blaze ys OF glory The carice, Handicap
sod: and The & Jersey sSads aa1HaR w Rs for pn s
Socstion win give that day $500 added money 1e
sa 9th BOO the 70 m @sea sdd a@cns
Certainly there could be stronger ,shs ina na
Sess fos fsess o tho oI last day at Lons Banch
socy key @ cs 1ss syfn ve out eo9ed ,s
%ssu.s ss Sf H. is' 'Psss Thsss 70, ss II '
ihs ae1sors are agsn A. sfmG oa VITA H. Scott
;on Stable 9s D. D. withes. ca santa Anita , sta9lI
dssds Ier95S stsSd II K; cSesso }H sSsas :
,a S Tas sans sST
last year For instance, for the Wiihes TO bG run ~
WttSsrs Of 1880. i3s have been received; For III
belmont of 1885, - came ~ ,es eF d t1 ssS sii9 7s 20
The jeron. Of is9o i26. For the Juvenile Of Iss
60 entries received for 1852 log have cone y, II =
These figures naturally give Rrcat satiSioNt'VH :" u
LSw management OF Jerome Park.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-HANDICAp SWEEPSTAKES. e.
EACH $3.50 ADDED. ONE MILE
Chicago Stables b. h EsmOns by Enquirer; sMeli;a
Il Wscorn.:ckS ch h. Goano, G. 93 (Andersonj
d ~ "'i'''~' ~ (FitJatrickD
G. Fo,bes,s b. C. St Valentine. 4, 90 Douglass
II W 4 W. II. Feninore's b. h. Leather St"cnne
d. sBe witheia's ch T. Anomaly 9, 'o5 (car. asl2(
eueldi
n n Milief's b. e. Ten Booker 96 (ear 9s) (Eiike)
" Time-l "A l."
Post odds: To win-Egront II TO D hamburg 10
lie Logon to Anomaly 10 J. Coano 10 20 -, e
booker % / Valentine L. 70 l. Leather Stochih
f5to / Piace-Eg1nont 10 TO- GoanO to l.