New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16
FIRENZI IN TWO HEATS.
WINNING THE GREAT LONG ISLAND STAkEs'
A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE WITH HEAVY
WEIGHT


ruost Admirers were doubtful of her ability to
take ,p Ic5 pounds and win heats at nile anu
furlong against strong a field win 50 cA'e"si0
conces sions OF weight 10 her adversailes' ou' s"o
not only accomplished II in two siras-t hea's gu, uu
=, An fast time and rompcd home in each heat There
was no race at all indeed. so far as she was 0o'I
cerned Never was a gamer, faster, nObler MY preu
Before her achievements tho glories OF Binh bohhS'
Alice Hawthorne. Crucfx, shotoNer, Pia sen'ci'o'
splnaway, Miss WoodiOrd, Thora, ana all th' o'"V'
famous fles in the annals Of the turf pale ana grow
dim. She Is little thing but she is diamond
edition of al that best I'm racing OF course, sho
vss the fayo,ite In the betting and the pet OF inc
pub,ic: and yet the task set her was so heavy ina,
tbe was backed with some doubt and uncertainty an"
the booknakcTs before the first heat, Freely oet "
10 and even 10 TO 100 against her 1t Is prooaoio
that never again at least in the autumn months wheh
she is fully herself, such betting be oo'ahcu
against this queen OF the running turf IN any con
many with any weight al any distance, In any 'lFcu-
stances. Al honor to Fircnzi No praise SceihS 'oo
high for her, culogy overdone
Mr. Hasgin made up his mind that there shouiu w
no danger of losing this prize through any careless
ness or bad judgment In riding Inc INSTRUCTIONS
uh,ob were given 10 Garrison were OF the dearest
and most positive sort. He was told both by inc
owner of FircnzI and by the presiding Judge 'ap'a'
bradford that If he did not obey those INSTRUCTIONS
there would be trouble. He rode her 10 perlcton
There was mono of the silly nonsense that has been
.,ake races this year, as in the handling OF man!
ether horses by all the socaed crack jockeys except
Mclaughlin of waiting far behind the heid ana Vi Try
Ing TO make up an impossible amount OF ground WIN
rush at the finish GarrisOns orders were 100 shuP an
stronp for that and he knew that IL he threw away
tbe race by dlsobedence his the turf woud
Ia Suddenly and swiftly closed. That TO be The
iudcous way to treat Independent and vangorions
Jockeys. Firenzi we'll up with the leading horses
in every stride of both heats and In both heats she
simply cantered home the easiest possible OF winners
What might have happened If the goose-s'ep
policy had been pursued with her Whch
was pursued with Dunboyne may be Ni
10 the imagination. Even Firenzl can be made to
lose races by careless and njudcious riding
SOME OF THE MYSTERIES OF THE TURF
Only a few days ago Hayward on Eurus rode one
Of the best races OF the Yesterday on Dunooyne
he rode one Of the 1t is hard 10 consider such
botchng with any patience or federation lie hshaled
this horse as blindy and badly as he handled ReN
dere IN his last race at MOnmouthPark n Sky he
terrier could have ridden Bclvidcrc better than lie
WAS ridden be Hayward at Monmouth, and Prince
Charles spaniel could have ridden Dunhoyne better
than he was ridden by Hayward YESTERDAY II was
indeed plain for those who have praised the skill
of this jochey warmly and cordially In the past 10
see SO inane and mbecle failure as this DunDoyhc
last wear he made his reputation as a slayer lie ran
some wonderful races then. lie ran an cYcelicn'
race against Exile Friday. when he led all
the way and Exile could not catch hT as uefo
aav sense then in keeping Dunboyno far back IN Inc
second yesterday and trying {" get second place Dy
a rush in the homesretch allowing that rstte-pa'ed
fash-in-the-pan beast. Brown Duke to get second
place? What made this wrctched riding particularly
Jeprehensibe and particularly unfortunate was The
fact that DunbOyne was great favon'e IN every loiln
of betting for the place lie was laid up In the FIRST
heat No effort made 10 get first or second place
with him. That was proper enough The place de-
pended the position in tho second heat. II flirnz
won the straight heats. II Mclaughlin had
been on Dunboync instead of on Exile no man in his
senses doubt that Dunboyne would have got second
position TO Frcnzl ia the second Leaf and carried Off
second money. What boon TO the bookmakeis 1t
was that Hayward rode this horse fooshiy and so
wildly His laundering gave second place to Brown
Duke the rankcst OF outsiders, on whom hardly dol
lar was bet either straight place. while Dunboyne
carried much money for the place all through the bet
ting ring Day afor day II becomes clearer that Of
all the jockeys in the country who ride Al over 40
pounds Mclaughlin Is the only that hc trusted
not 70 throw away by pulling lis horses back out
of the race as done with Beviderc and Dunboyne
Dunboyne is horse that will stand driving for every
stride He should have been ridden all the way in the
second heat. He could not possibly have beaten
Firenzl but he would have made her run faster than
Brown Duke did, and he would have got second
place beyond the possibility of question.
TIE MANAGEMENT MUCH COMMENDED.
The attendance good, the interest keen the
weather perfect autumn and there was great deal to
enjoy admire, and to grow enthusiastic over In the
sport of the day. Mr.. Caldwelps starts were again
fsutess and the management gave no opportunity for
criticism. Expressions of gratitude TO the COney
Island Jockey Club for having afforded Iaccgoeis
two weeks Of so varied picturesque. dveitng and
attractive sport heard on all sides.
Next TO The great Long Island stakes the interest
Of the day clustered chiefly about the Campaign Stakes
for twoy year olds although it diminished by the
absence Of both of Mr. Haggins entries, Salvador and
Fresno. Salvador was slightly cut In one Les The
other day, and Withdrawn on that account
Flesno's form in his last race seemed TO make his
chances for the Campaign hopeless. Mad
stone was strong favorte, with fair
amounts put Long Dance, Philander and Once
Again. Eric, the winner, was an outsider at long
odds, and his previous running had 10 chance.
He IS 10 be sold in few days in the closing cut sale
OF the stable Of Pierre Lorillad, H. OF course, his
victory in the Campaign will enhance his price, and
yet be by means the best horse I'm this
The incidents and accidents Of this race hurt the
Futurity course. both with owners and the pub
lie. II Will take years 10 get jockeys accustomed
10 It so that they ride with any judgment, self
control and Skill 1t will take generation two
to make 1t popular with the public who like 10 see
every stride OF race 1t viii take a long time to
get the horses so familiar with It that they
straight and well upon if. Horses are WORT on
pvai courses jockeys ride them usually Oh oval
courses. Then when they run rs
F,tuity both Jockeys and horses make tho widest
mess of It. The advocates of the Futurlty course
claim that It prevents tostlng, cIowdng and pocket
ing and yet In 10 race oval this
year was there much josng, pocheting and foul
ing as in the Campaign Stakes on the Futry. Lewis,
who rode Maidstone, about as much al home
this course as a whale would be IN the middle of the
great Sahara He rode Maidstone madly and furl0usy
In the uphill part of the run, taking most of the fe
and speed out of him. and yet the horse would prob
sblv baVe
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