New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-02
A DREARY DAY AT PELHAM
zANGBAR UNABLE TO Lo Sc THE CUP
MYSTIC DID NOT FINIsH-FoxHALL KEENE
AGAIN VICTORIOUS


AGAIN VICTORIOUS.
Weeping skies. a damp, southwesterIy wind. and
sticky claycy soil Of glue-like adhesvcness, augured
but III for The second and concluding day Of the Coun
try Clubs races At Pelham Nevertheless. large
and varied assortment OF city and country folk braved
all the icrfoYs threatened. and made respectable show
on the stands. The ladies', in particular. by their I'M
falling checriulncss and vivacity conrived to lcnd
something like brightness and cOlors. and life to an
otherwise dspnting and chceress scene. OF course
they displayed the most delightful ignorance of any
thing apperianing the science Of racing. and with
charming ingenuOusness mixed up the names OF horses
and Joe keys and trainers. and owners. In way that
would make a professional turtle desire to de
Equally Of course. each fair dame and maiden staked
her pin money upon the seed bestrdden BY her favor
Itc and viewed that callow youths wild cccenfrfctes
In the saddle with intense admiration.
Many Of the pretty faces and dainty figures that
formed so marked and delightful a feature in Satur
days proceedings were unhapply absent. but among
those who ran the risk Of drenching and subsequent
cold might have been noticed Mr. and Mrs Ellis. Col
onel and Mrs Alfred Wagstaf. Mr. and Mrs f. c.
Potter, James r. Kcene. Ernest staples and Messrs-
Allen, Winthrop and Reach. hackers of horses may
congratulate themselves particularly good time.
On saurday, four favortes out Of six got home. and
Yesterday the performance repeated with good
interest.
In the first the card a Champion Pony
Handicap fat race, with four pIngers with
avdity laid 3 TO on Wild Cat, with Foxhall Keene
up The start was wretched one. Little Ra,cars
head turned round the flag fell. while Mr..
Keene, who had been watching his opportunity, had
lengths 10 the good before the remainder Of the
field had fairly settled down. Wild Cat maintained
his advantage until nearly halfway up the home
stretch, when he vigorously challenged by Little
Rascal, who had made up lot Of ground and des-
pcrate home ended in favor of the first choice BY
half length, with Wild Tom third, double that dis
lance behind Wild Cat With anything like fair
start Little Rascal would have
The open Handicap fiat race which followed brought
out field of five. Ncptunus and Repartee, who had
each won on Saturday were at first all the rage, at
evcns and 2 respectively Later on, however,
Repartee dropped back TO and TO 1 offered, but
70 l may be taken as his closing figure. The race
easily described, for Mr. keene, Repartee, again
stole the start, and leading his field merry dance
from end to end brou ght his mount home the easiest
Of winners by five lengths from Neptunus, who in
turn had lengths the best Of Lorns third
The race for the sanford Challenge Cup, run over
the full steeplechase was all through one OF
the funniest farces witnessed any racecourse
in the known habtabe globe. There were only two run
Mystic and Zangbar, and It was at frs officially
announced that Mr. keene would ride the former
Backers accordingly rushed on to Mystic and she
quickly had l to chalked against her name, with
Zanghar only mildly supported at TO s. But Mr..
Keene positively declined ride Mystic, and there
was most unsecmy squabble with the manage
ment as 10 who should have the mount In the
meantime the booIies' were merrily dancing Mys-
tic up and down the board at all sorts of prices,
Is the probabilities of Mr. kecne's riding more grad
ually reccded into the dim distance. Ono jockey
after another was appealed to, but each in turn
either fatty declined declared his inability to
get the weight At last, when the patience Of spec
tators was completely exhausted Mr. Owens was
conjured or dug fshed up from some unknown
region and proceeded 10 give a Glowing exhibition
Of the most approved method. Being placed upon the
back Of Mystic he doubled himself up like monkey,
and having his gaze fixed upon the surrounding
scenery. when the flag dropped contrived to
lose six lengths at the start. However, It was pain
that Mystic liked the going better than his OPP
pone,t and she proceeded to make up her lost
ground. But Mr. Owens, who had been pulling
his mount all over the course took ~ide smee sp
at the turns. with the result OF again
losing all the ground the mare had made up
stand Mr. owens pulled the mare up, with the natural
result that she refused and yhen after being properly
put at the obstacle she easily cleared IT, zagnar
gled and again began to close win the leader
when coming around tie second time at mo ower
with the same result Again Mystic cleared the bank
at the second attempt. and then probably disguised
with her rider, or the race or the management WHICH
rendered such an absurdity possible, bolted right
out of the course and stubbornly declined further to
pursue Zangbar, who finished the Jumping oy himself
For the second open handicap fiat race, Repartee
who met nearly all her previous opponents on the same
terms, WAS strong order at TO 10, with Nat Good
win second choice and the remainder at all
kinds of outside prices. The result was
never for moment Ia DOUBT Aiier
waiting on Mckenzie into the hOmestretch. Repartee
drew away and won very easily By three lengths.
Mr. Keenc sitting perfectly still.
The Pelham steeplechase produced a field Of nine
competitors coming out to contest the $500 prize Tor
first and second. That the race was considered open
rras evirced by the fact that boOkmakers laid 5 TO
on the field right up to the close. AT this ngure
Hercules well backed. while with 4 ana . 10
ouocd aralnst them Elphin and SchOomaster did not
lack friends. The going was very slippery ana
trcacheroIs all through and that only Leroy Should
Lave fa,c1 Is rather moro than surprising Mentmore,
Iiercules and Jim Murphy bad the race pretty much
to themselves and In the end Mont more against whom
TO had been laid beat Hercules by three lengths.
Hercules in turn had half length the best Of Jim
Murphy. $500 IA, A..
result of the Two days racing and the luguDrOus
accs OF the b0oies7 the close OF yes eriay after
noon tod an eloquent tale. Altogether the meeting
may be- REGARDED highly successful. though IN con
ciuslon t must re said tia the management through
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