New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-29
RACING IN MIST AND RAIN.
A DULL DAY AT THE BROOKLYN COURSE

YccENrRIc FENELoS AND DISGUSTING TEA ihAi-
FIVE FAvogITEs BEATEN.
II was g dark dismal and dreary day AT the brooF
I'm track and the hours passed chceressy IN iog' S'
rain and chill The starting was wretched' especi
ally in the second race, tho sport was poor uoloiu
house was almost deserted and the erand-stanu was
tbinly tenanted Even the bookmakers were blue al
the prospect Of losing heavy spectators wththe
opening Of Jerome Park to-day Some Of them were
On sa, that they wanted the Brooklyn Jockey Cup
10 continue racing all the week IN opposiuoh "
Jerome but as It would be impossible 10 Keep inc
horses at Gravesend 10 get the people down 'hee
after Memorial Day, this scheme found no favor
MANY men shut their eyes to the plain fact that
American racegoers are paying more than million
dollars every year out OF their pockets 70 pro
fessional gamblers simply for the privilege OF peths
with them when by the French and auction pools
they can do all their betting with each other, ana
have 10 rapacious body Of mddcmcn to enrich them-
selves at their expense Scores Of bookmakers have
rison from poverty to wealth in few years some
of them were running around with ragged trousers
and holes in their empty pockets only snort umo
ago who now own racing stables, occupy boxes a.
first nights Of plays ride In costly carriages oo o
Delmonico's and In every way lavish money wiz,
both hands. All this extravaganza comes OUT VI
the race going and racetetting public, and IN 'oo
many cases these men have brbed JOCKEYS anu
trainers bought stable secrets and praeusea every
sort Of fraud. How long VIII the puehc snuui0
thisi .ns
Pontiac was withdrawn from the first race anu
Portland ridden by Mclaughlin, was MADE inc iasoi-
ite but was failure hing ofa'
Royal Arch second. 49,. ,
sayinl led the betting on The second rsoo' w" W,
oh,usily ridden by bunglng lttie paoS '~i'oo
Doane while Sheridan, by shameful careioSsheS'' sa|
an outrageous start and almost left saIvim at 'ho
r,st walter GRATIS Fenelon won but IL was
rnost unpopular victory. Mr.. Gratz is an honoraoio
,n.n b,t Feneon is so crazy freak that the puonc
have M natience with him. Moreover, they dont
,ike To sec such horse ridden In one race Win So
little energy as was shown with fencion III 'ho Hie'
race on saturday, and then brought out again u rae
with The Bard and Hanover for the Brooklyn Cup
That Is not a popular way to manage racing stable
Montana Miner Morrlsseys stable won the thiru
race with Sam Wood, a big, powerful black colt oy
Lonriellow- Lucy Jackson, who was heavily bacAeu anu
outran Peril with ease. Goldfish and GYPSY queen
could do nothing In the mud and were lelt iar och'
Tea Tray, the $4,000 colt has become vile rogue
and will not try either in a race or In his WORK mo
hating on tho third opened with Tea Tray as inc
favorite but he found little support that specia'y
was soon at short quotations. and she won easily, al
thonsS Mclaughlin logged the knavsh Tea Tray o as
oSSt from France at cost of 100000, has not yet
sired good racehorse Dozens OF na"s scot,s Sne
mares but Of Democratic Free Is rae h pre-
ferred to import enormously expensive 1a' Oru'0
rather than to encourage home INDUSTRY; lana
Favor won the fifth race in a canter, Bessie June
second. The selling race was dividen' giVihs so'0h
The track was muddy, sticky and slow.
FIRST RACE-PURsE 5000. FIVE FURLoNGs'
O. oornehiscn's b. g. King Grab, by Kingnsh fS;
summit Saas' Stables SsS eS g. Royal Arch lis
e.ney & Co.'s blk h Portland, s. 121 CMcLaughlin} =
r. d. Withers's b. e. Salisbury ., lis t"vUIv,y
J. A. & A. H. Morris's blk G. Bnahhcii ,. =,
W. q. Days b. G. osccola, 4, Us -, Rsl@,eeg)
Ttme-1 :0i
Betting TO win-Portland to s, King Grab TO l.
Salisbury TO g Britannia to l, Royal Arch 10 TO j.
tsceola aud james A. III each 20 TO ]. Pace-Porlahd
Bto O. King Crab to 5, Salisbury to 8, Britannia
N p ROYAL Arch TO l. Osceoia and james A. III each
Gto1. - .
$40, Held ESQ.
Mutuals paid e22 3S
Pontiac, Harry Russell and Sam Harper IT, dia not
start Portland was inst Off, but Britannia passed MN
Immediately ard led at furong post Here Godfrey
by unwise but vigorous urging gh up Salisbury VINO
got OIL none WE'LL and the all black OF MI winners
showed the way into the homestretch The squirt was
too much Tory Premier ana he died away In the
nna struggle King dIew cut at the sixteenth pole
and won by half a length, Royal Arch, who seemed 10
drop from the clouds second half length before Port
land who was head before Salisbury. King Grab won
with
SECOND IACE-SwEEPSTAKES. s25 EACH, $3.50
ADDED ONE MILE.
W. Gratz's b. c. FenesOn by Reform Megars