New-York tribune., 1888-08-26
mRENZrs GREAT VICTORY.
,rrARxABLE RACING AT MONMOUTH.
.,n.r M THE yAvoRrrxs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
RAD RIDING.


~. most successful racing season sver siven N
Ine NV" -r,nr ,o . close. Tuesday will be the
49, =, Monmouth Park. Although tho noso
- - - nth much inconsistency, ana tnere nave
n~ ~ -. .x,.nsve and startling variations OF iorm az
,c Rranch in 1855 than In any previous year, 'nA'
=. A., M wav the fault of the associauon. Is uuo "
s...s.,ve racing begun on the 10Th OF may anu car
d IN without cessation TIL the era OF August Ana "
.n,,nu.d nm 10 the middle Of October Horses that
% 80 r,uch IN all sorts OF weather, on every kind
ana under every diversity Of condition. cannot
% .ct.a IN do themselves their owners or their
.,r.r. tusttce Then, too. American trainers arc
.-,.rsv ,rnoraut as to the true condition OF the
.,,mals in their charge They are con-
.,,.,,v misleading owners As to tho performances
.d the fitness tho thoroughbreds committed 70 .heT
Far these and other reasons there have oeon
.,.-t,,nc and puzzling notifications Of the true
~. -. a, horses this summer than any season before
.n . Nearly all the running 1T Monmouth Park
- neen honest 1t could hardly Be otherwise In
-...tracx managed by Mr. wfthers, Mr.. Galway and
~. c.ssatt and with such judges rs Colonel Simmons,
a.-.ncs Mcdowell and others in tho stand The
r.eencnt as has been stated before Is more prompt
sor. comprehensive. moro efficient and more
~S ,.,,, IN results than in any other years
-. ,udging has been good as It could possibly BE-
co,oncl simmons and Mr. Mcdowell have earned the
most cordial praises that racing mon can give Inc
..-t,ne also has been excellent In fact tho many
dmirable features Of the racing ss Monmouth might
=. dvelt upon at great length, but a all racing
,n are familiar with its merits Is not necessary u
nncer upon them here
The weather again as hne ~ August could
.or the earth with and the racing Of rare interest
rh. rrrat feature Of the sport was the wonderful
running of Firenzl in the Monmouth Handicap IL is
lard 10 refrain from the widest enthusiasm concern
,nr this fly's marvellous performances eince sne
~ reached the position which truly belongs to her IN
the racing world her feas have been dazzling noeeo
usr triumph over The Bard in "a, her easy victory
over Kingston In Q :35. and greatest OF all her
.nccess in tho Monmouth Handicap yesterday with
500 pounds In SO, will long remain In me
annals Of the American turf as achievements
h,ch the best OF racehorses will find It almost I'm
nossibe 10 equal and beyond their powers 10 surpass
q. course Frenz the favorite. with Beividcre
second choice Mclaughlin came down from Sara
tora and rode Egmont. Lakeland wanted Hamilton
to- Exile. but Mr. Haggin thought 1t unwisc to allow
ME own Jockey to ride this horse against his great
civ Ftrenzi and Lakeland was compelled TO put
raylor on his horse James Rowe thought he had
chance with George Oyster, but he was widely mis-
taken Little Mnch took part in the race with
little BIT of a boy, NJ Covington, in the saddle. There
was long delay at the start, owing to the TRICKS,
antics and wild freaks of Little Minch, connemara ana
Exile but finally good start obtained, although
connemara was somewhat back But this crazy
mare ran through her field they were all anchored,
and was first at the end Of the opening halfmie In
fast time She still leading on the back stretch
but whea the first mile was finished tho field drew
ND to hex On the lower turn Exile rushed out with
striking burst Of speed, and fully three lengths
IN advance Of all others at the head Of the home
stretch Firenzi dashed away from the rest
IN pursuit. and without the slightest friction or ex
cessive effort caught Exile in the honestretch and
came IN at her In canter length before Exile
IN SO, with ten pounds above the schedule weight
l23 pounds
Exile ran we'll, beating of the rest Of the neld
hut one universal chorus Of condemnation OF Hay
wards extraordinary and inexcusable riding OF
pevtdcre was heard on all sides. shaucr could not
have ridden him Indeed II IS doubtful II the
inconceivable Armstrong could have made vlier
uuddle In this handicap than the famous Hayward
did He lay out of the all the way. When
Garrison moved up with FreDI 10 ovcrtakc tho flying
Exile Hayward apparently madc no effort at al,
20 far Is could He seemed to think that with
Belvdere he could beat Frenzi for speed IN the last
furqone was HIS mind under spell, What hal
Inclination took possession of himi What
most fantastic Of delusions possessed himi
Every movement of his, every stride Of Belvidcres,
was watched with the closest and sharpest Interest
through many glasses. No one could observe that
he tried to close up his lost ground until he reached
the hof16sdetch. Then he was many lengths behind
Exile and Firenzt How on earth could he expect
that sven with so good handicap horse as Belvdcre
he could then make up the immense
quantity Of space that he had lostl Belvoere
ran weI badly as he ridden and was good third
Perhaps the horse could not answer Hayward's call,
tnt II Hayward called him no one could see It be-
fore the homestrctch reached 1t was the pianest
o. all duties for any competent Jockey riding this
horse 10 move up, II the horse could move up AZ
ALL when Garrison went forward with FircnzL This
vas Belvideres only chance for place Apparently
II was wantony sacrificed by Hayward's indefensible
nlo dtcfa xxa m
far for Little Minch and Egmont Connemara Kaloolah
and George Oyster were outrun and outclassed
There were only three the race, Fircnzl, Exile and
Belvidere and Frenz was enormously Tor TO The
others But 1t will remain a puzzle until Mr. Hay
ward explains his extraordinary and stupeiyng per
formance why Delvfdere Was not better ridden and
Why he remained behind the whole field when Ffrenzi
moved up to challenge Exile.
II IS not necessary TO dwcu ione
on the other races. The bookmakcrs lost heavily, as
nearly all the favorites won Brahmin In the hrst
race had easy victory Mr.. Withers only ran ohc'
The Faverdale colt in the Homebred Produce staKes
for II he had two Viente would not have started
and IT would have been walkovcr. OF course the
wretched beast viente could do nothing with so
good . two oyear-old as the Favcrtsle colt
The favortte Aurelia was badly beaten in the third
race By Dr. Streets Niagara whose legs wcrc covered
with pipe clay, one OF the freaks OF the eccentric
doctor. Niagara has improved vastly since the
Dwyers sold him under the name Of Atlantic, and he
won easily enough, while Aurcla was a bad second
and Speciality third. . 49,
Rupert, ridden by Garrison, was the favorte for
the nth race and won without the least difficulty
Maroon getting second place Arctino third 1t must
be admitted that Garrison has come on impressivcy
in bis riding during the last fortnight while Nc
Laughlin has gone back Carrison's riding yesterday
was strkingy superior IN ever, way 70 MeLaughn IN s.
fison handles him. Tho horse needs just such trc-
mendous grip and such energetic riding Is Garrison
gives him
In Salisbury Mr.. withers has one OF the fastest
bprinters in the country outside OF the great STAKE
hones and Salisbury, the fayorite won the I'VE fur
longs in canter Umpire the second choice, got
on badly and got third place only but never could nave
beaten Salisbury even II he han secured much
the best Of the start The selling race went to the
fzvorite Tudor, but IL a close thing
1t does seem indeed a pity that 500 snouid pc
wasted such an abominablc farce as the steeple,
chase was. Only three ran, Puritan. Leroy ana
Alexander 7. Both Leroy and Alexander T. feli,
End Puritan came IN alone. Leroy, however, was re-
mounted and his rider succeeded In getting over tho