New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-23
/ BIG PRIZE FOR Mr.. BELMONT
HIS III LUCK CHANGES AT LAST

II the superhcacd sufferers In the Drazch iuihd0o
nj Manhattan Island had known that the sheepsheaa
nav course was delightfully."- cool with fresh, sait
,,,e,s h,ovinr In straight from the sea- they would
have fed In swarms this green spot In THIRSTY
land Concy Island and all the ncighoorlhs eoa"
were refreshing indeed TO the seaming wasiarcis VINO
left the intolcable glare and heat OF inc CITY soo'
behind Every friend of the turf VIII hopc LOT
similar GOODNESS at the course 'o'ud'' VINO"
racing is promised
A few thousand people saw Prince Royal win the
,,ch Coney Island Derby, worth SSl1o 10 inc wiuncr
but the attendance would have been FAR larger race
eoers had expected lively and stirring results as
occurred Mr. Belmont much missed, but IN
truth neither he hts trainer expected 10 deiea'
Str NIXON But as The Tribune" said yesterday, Sir
Dixon stepped on a stone after the Belmont STAKES %
Jerome Park, and lamcness and Inflammation se' III
lie was not nearly good colt as on bchhon' ua'
and did not look But the Dryers ana the ma
torIty 81 heavy betting men undcrra'cd frhcc hos
and backed the son of Billet against the son OF Mig
fisher 1t was reported that the Dryers put s2o'ooo
on tbe,r colt However that may be, he was backed
in big sums and at big odds on while Pi1nce no!
almost went begging for bachers.N James rowe saio
in the morning that the Belmont stable wouiu ha'o
, g, 600 in foreits to pay at that meeting, ana nc
Thought tho prospect Of winning that amount was
moor Rut a few hours later one colt in the staole
had won more than Ss 900. Such is the glorious I'M
certainty of racing.
The field was small in the Derby, the starters being
Sir Dixon Prince Royal, Defence, Kcrnaghans berna
b. colt and Senator Hearsts black FLY Gorge py inc
great English racehorso Isonomy out OF FIT. Inc
start was made in a part of the new straigh'awa!
course where the ground heavy. Sir Dixon sci
ont 10 make the pace and opened big gap ou'
the speed was slow, the first half mile beihg run III
Sc seconds the three quarters In :23 "a ana 'he mic
: IN AZ L. As Prince Royal had been beaten OH
I'm the Belmont by trying 10 keep pace with I'll DNoh
for the first mile, Garrison, who rode inc bcihoh'
. colt prudently lay back ard bided his time DO
fence with his sprawlng, numbering, awkward acuon,
! cannot stay a mile and a half and was never ieal!
m the race although ridden by Hayward, while The
: BERTHA b. colt was never bit dangerous But nan
mile from the end Gorge amazed nearly all Inc
, SPECTATORS by shooting up 10 Sir Dixons hcad anu
! racing with him hot and hard. bead and head for
more than quarter mile. She was beaten IN me
homesretch where Garrison brought up Prince koyai
. with a well-timed rush, soon forcing Mclaughlin 10
the WHIP Garrison also used whip and spur freely
and rode with magnificent force and determination.
Lack of condition told on Sir Dixon ana Prh'o hoSa
won well-fought and wellrldden race.
! But II took Jockey TO do II. II Garrison had
been in Prince Royals saddle in the Withers and
Tidal Stakes, Mr. Belmont would surely have won
them both. 1t is true that just after the start IN
the Tidal Godfrey forced into tho fences ana
one of his legs was badly bruised and Prince Royal
lost much ground Yet with a crack Jockey In the
saddle he would have In spite of the accident,
and crack jockeys never get crowded mo fohoes'
When did such an accident occur TO Mclaughlin, hay
ward. Garrison or Murphy competent Jockey
handles his horses with such SIKH that thcy can
never be crowded into fences.
Mr. Belmont ought to have seen the brilliant VIC
tory of Garrison and Prince Royal 1t was highly
popular and heartily applaudod Among those
who saw 1t were John Hunter D. ID. Wihers,
Senator Hearst, Leonard W. Jerome, Major Dosweis
j. H. Bradford, j. G. X. Lawrence, Colonel hlp,
A. L. wolcot, Colonel Frank Hall, Z. feilowes'
III III,
Frederick Gerhard, Berry Wall. Captain 5. S. Brown,
Mr. Galway, the Dryers and many more.
In the first race the second choice, Bess, easily
defeated the favolite Tclie Doc, who ran second.
But Bess was getting seven pounds from Teile DOC
Fourteen pounds more than he carried IN MS iasC
previous stopped the fleet colt Rapinc'
Although Aurana the favOrio for the spring
Stakes and a rather easy winner, Captain Browhs
j. A. b., j. B. Haggn's Marsac, and Mr.. Blunfs
Seymour were also well backed. All ran badly
Harrisburg got second place easily enough
Grover Cleveland ran his best race so lar In the
East in the fourth race, In which he was good
second to the favorite. Favor, whom Mclaughlin was
forced to drive at top speed to win Connemara
seemed to be in superb condition, but she suked ana
would not try.
Swift with her light weight, romped home In front
of Inspector 3. in the fifth race. Rupert was
miseraby ridden by stable boy and dawdled along
instead of rushing out from the fall OF the nag ana
taking a long lead promptly-his only chance
Volunteer, the favorite won the race on the grass
easily VICTORIES second.
IL the Dryers lost heavily on Sir Dixon they won
largely on Aurania, Favor and Volunteer. They
almost invariably back Favor boldly when he Is
ridden by Mclaughlin. They thought so We'll CT
G. g. MOrrs's Volunteer that they and their ii1ends
forced the odds against him in the books down from
3 10 10 to 3.
Mr.. Caldwell was in great form and the starlng
was prompt and perfect
bo desflv md mentioned
The Tlibunes racing column yesterday predicted
that Bcss would win and Telie Doc would run
second; that Aurania would win and that Harris
burg would run second; that Prince Royal woum
win and the Dwyer entry run second; that Favor
would wn that Inspector B. would run second that
Volunteer would win with the Dwyer colOrs second.
II thus named first horse in five out OF six races
second horse in five out of six races. Now let some
other paper equal that!
in training and it's poitenous lists Of forfeits has
not won a race at this meeting. This is Ill fortune
indeed
Senator Hearst ought 10 get crack Jockey to ride
his fast FLY Gorge to-day. If we'll ridden she
ought to win the Mermaid Stakes, even against Bella
3. But she needs jockey OF IIaywards skill TO
do her justice.
Everybody is praising John Higgins enthusias tcay
for the superb condition in which he brings The Bard
10 the post In all his races Nothing has vet been
accomplished in regard TO a match with Terra Gotta
The Chicago people are too tfmid
A false report gained currency that Colonel Frank
Halls Patrocles had been poisoned. Nothing In IT.
He was ang slightly but is now all right
Laggard who stricken on Thursday with
serious iuess-a horse disease called ozoturia which
affects the brain, spinal cord and kdDeys-is much
better.
Following are the conditions of the Great Long Island
stakes 10 be run at the fall meeting of tho Coney
Island Jockey Club
handicap sweepstakes for three-year.olds and up
ward OF 800 each s25 forfeit for horses entered by
July Is, or 1850 EACH 800 forfeit, II entered by
date during the meeting 10 be announced later; with
added the second 10 receive 81 900 Of the added
money 90 per cent of the stakes, the third $500
Of the added money and 10 pc cent of the stakes Two
miles and quarter. 80
The club announces that for the fall meeting 81 900
will be added for each whether purse or