New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-30
RAISE THE WEIGHTS.
GREAT JOCKEYS BEING DRIVEN FROM THE
SADDLE
HAywARDs HEROIC EFFORTS TO GET DOWN
NEW RACE COURSE IN JERSEY-IM'
pROVFNFSTS AT JEROME PARK.

HAYwARD's HEROIC EFFORTS TO GET DOWN.
NEW RACE COURSE IN JERsEY-IM'
PRovEMENTS AT JEROME PARK
The heavy weights in England arc carrying all
before them Safety won the Liverpool Cup win
1c5 pounds on his back giving Jumps OF welsn' 10
older horses. and Captain Machcll openly dcelaicu
that he was the best thrceycarold In training oro
won the great Eclipse Stakes carrying 12f pounds'
aud Ossor. with lo7 ran second beating the eraohs
Marley. Eirdspori Krahatoa, LoVeriuiono'S'
Florcntnc and Others. MlntIng's handsome Vic'orS
with 14O rounds up is st talked about on oo,h socs
OF The Atlantic. Noble ChIeftain won the HoSiaho
Handicap with top wcicht-16o pounds fomarhaoo
ncrformance for n three-yearod. AT Monmouth
park on Saturday, Britannia. light barreiicd'
delicate colt subject to fits OF bleeding IN the heau.
won the scud Stakes in fast time with crushor OF
143 pounds on his back Speedweil a thrce-yearoia
III, won the second division Of the same race carry
ing 1c4 pounds making as good time as britannia ana
winning with greater ease
Twenty-thrce horses were entered for the scno
Stakes (welerwcght handicap an entry list so fargo
that n had 10 be divided Yet 1t is assorted that
owners do not like to run their horses with heavy
weights It is contended that animals break u'""
under heavy weights 1T is maintained that the scale
NJ weights Is kept low because owners object 10
raising it! whence come these reasons, and who are
r.snonsihIe for them1 The time is close at hand
when Americas leading Jockeys will be drivrh
the saddle by this absurd persistence In keeping
the champion Of them ALL expects to ride no more
after this year. but is going TO turn trainer, as
o,her great Jockeys have been Obliged TO do hay
ward is killing himself by heroic efforts 10 rue az
10 pounds. Fitzpatrick's corpse-like face, with
the bones almost cutting through the SKIN, his inc
hardest heart with pity. Murphy has long since
abandoned suicidal attempts to get below 1l5 pounds
Even Garrison the youngest and lgh'es OF inc Io''
begins tn feel the effect of excessive wasting, ana IL
is only a question of months when he VIII be d1Vcn
into retirement. Last year he rode al lo' Pouhus'
but now II troubles him to make IL why
should these Jockeys stand down. Inc many sehSo
less objections advanced against raising the scaie
secm Nike a conspiracy to keep babies In the sadoo
and men ont OF IT,
Frc's weight I'm the Sapling Stakes was loo pouu''
Mr. IorillaId engaged Hayward to ride
81 can't make the weight" said Hayward
"You can get within the limit-1l3? am Wiling
10 start the colt at five over Mr. Lorllard replied
HAYWARD thought he could do us, or even l12, ana
he forthwith set about 1t. He weighed 119 as ne
smoke which meant reduction Of six or seven pourus'
Not mouthful of food passed his lips on SATURDAY
nornng though his famlshed stomach cried ior nour-
,sbmcnt With Spartan courage, he sat at the preaK
fast table and helped the plates OF HIS wife ana chiioei
The bIoiled chicken the fresh vegetables from MS OWN
little garden the sweet milk from his Guernsey cow
the fr1dt-all tempted him IN vain. Ills
Owe could not leave the good things, but ne dare
not touch them With a sigh he left the BOARD anu
drcssed for a walk -Four channels sweating jackets
did he put on. one another and on Top OF 'hem
a thick woocn coat, which he ou''obeu up " MS
chin lie walked fast, even furiously, drawing niS
belt very tight TO check the yearnng OF his stomach
milo from home he overlook Fitzpatrick, who' sim
,.rlv clad was trudCing along with sweeping stride
~ cet of weight In order that he might ride inc
Favcrdale colt. They ourncyed toge'her
over the dusty road until their pod'es
became furnaces and perspirauon oozcu
from every pore. "Fitz's7 canvas shoes were SOON
saturated with the drip, which left a thin ra'l oy
which tho pair might have been "aon eu ioi -
Not until fifteen miles covered did they ie'un
7, yas then high noon Both looked as II ready 10
drop from fatigue. Hayward took oil the "oolo"
coat and wrang the perspiration from IL IN sucdi
Tho four channels jackets were removed eaeh as we,
and heavy as II soaked in water for week. inc"
came a bath and rubbing down with towels s'oepoo III
alcohol The scales followed and TO his irtense di,
annointment the beam kicked at lis pounds Fresh
,,ckes were put on, a dry coat was bu,toned uehty
over thrrn and another weary journey MADE III inc
broilng sun.
When Hayward reached the course three quarters
Of an hour before the race for the oapnn y,
Stakes he put on the lemon ana al 4laG ,n N
barlequin' and stepping upon the Scales sadule III
hand nervously watched the beam as captain Oos'ot
slid the pea the proper point FROM loo II mo'ca
on TO 100 then to 40, III, 112 and 113-the limit
SIN the beam moved not. AT Ia It fell. and Hay
INT II might as we'll have been fifty. He could not
psss and Eric went to the post with Whyburn on his
back.
Behind the walking shed buggy stood, ana hold
ing the lines over patient horse sat Mrs Hayward,
waiting Before the buge call sounded her husDan1
snranr into the vehicle beside her, the horse waed
into 0cht the wheels ratified mer1ily, and in twenty
minutes the famished jockey was Teasing as II earn
had no cares Nor did he push oash ms o9a III
100 Then he returned 10 me track dnu iGue -, %
Cochc the scud Stakes at 124 ana 1onnd t the
effort so weakened him that he was OF Atuc moIo us'
10 his mount than log OF wood
Gentlemen of the jockey clubs, put stop to this this
distress. Let INC WelshS NO i"iS0" "'N f ~
men in the saddle!
The old betting sheds at Jerome Park are being torn
down to make room for handsome INV pcb like
turning the park into reservoir Ihefe VIII SURF, u.
he racing at the famous course or years 10 coo
chester track, which IS rapidly approacnng nnIo
ticn. Ono thing certaihefc % Dc no thew are
likely 10 combine against all rivals in NeW'JerseY ana
on Long Island
There Is nothing in that sccaucus story beyond the
f,r new race course in NewJersey visited the spo 10
look At n6 a Snd m HaRd ,"Tned his
elsewhere 1t is reported that tract OF efouhu % 'v
he association for which Mr. Dwyer Is acting part OF
the purchase money-s2, 5O0-being already PAID Inc
properly Is s, wi, Wound be- dangerous rival Of Monmouth
PARK But there will be room enough for both should
the Ives Pool law be repealed possibility tna' ma,
feen limited more than once this year. "lthout thdl
law the great courses on Long Island Woo soon
disannear Hence the advantage OF having a new
coTsr in Jersey all ready for business An Albany
politician is authority for the statement ina. me &c
Jockey clubs tired OF paying S2o'ooo 1oar ~
keep the Ives law on the statute BOOKS
Following is a complete list Of the stakes offered
by the Broollyn Jockey Club for It's fall meeting;
First Specisl-For three year-olds and upward sioo
.ocb a. IA aided One mile ard furlong -,no
second Special-For three yeaTolds ana up"stu
each a. added weights hN' pouioS 'Oo'e VIZ '~
one mile and furlong. - -. Ia. and inward
400 earS a. 500 aided One mile and o quarter
Woodawn Iiondicap-For three yeaoids ana upwn ,ns
so each II 80 added One mile ana three
boulevard Ilandcap-For three yesroids anu upH"ru
40 each. 81 $50 added one mile and hAl ..a
Parkvle IIandicap-For three yeai;oias ana up""'u
.Intn. lhINe Obs anu uDMdIu