New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-15
GERHARD AS Al ATCH-MAkER
ONE OF TIE OLDEST RACES EVER SEEN
,r,.,n,xr prxs AWAY FROM RosARiUM-MR-

'""S' ~ TO o,i,,e curve and color. lie is
a prprnInent member of many ciups. oo"" "
delicate taste in many matters MS iuus","' y" :"
r-.at variety Of points would DC accep'ei os Ms "
ia,c with profound respect lie Is also uhuerS'oou W
"''s -, aarccr IN the management Of property.
=. 80. -. h.rcaftcr will ever consider Mr. Geohard
-. watch maker. When II was announcer ie"
a,r. m that he proposed to run his kosarium against
90 ,she,s Geraldine. smoker started among turf
.n IN New. Brunswick, broadencd into smile among
Tho followers OF the in Newfork expanded mo
c,raclous grin I'm Chicago, and eliminated N roar
:, h,s,crous laughter on the California coast Coral
s,n vps a wonderfully fast filly last year She
showed marvellous speed beating Emperor OF NoroiK
!, fast time Rosarum never did anything better
than defeating polo pony in match On what
r-roesouc and fantastic theory OF racing could ever
Mr. Gcbhard have been induced TO match such a
heast a. Rosarum against such hlly as Geraldine
for ~ 900 of good money This will undoubtedly
remain one Of the mysteries OF all time. like the
s,crct Of the identity Of the man in the Iron MASK the
authorship Of the letters of Junius the true purpose
Of tho Pyramids and other ecrnally unsolvcd problems
Only the worst of laundering could possibly
defeat Geraldine in such match. and
was hard 10 see, when the was run yesterday,
bow even tne worst jockey that the world ever pro-
dnccd could by any means help winning win inc
FLY She left Rosarum at the first stride, ana run
ming under double pull all the way los' h'ih' ana
cantercd home. Mclaughlin rode Rosarium, but nc
could do nothing with brute so hopelessly over
matched. 1t IS not likely that Mr.. Gcbhard VIII
make another match within a few days
THE BELMONT STABLE IN GREAT FORM
Mr. Bclmont's great stable is now on the top wave
If prosperity lie both the important STAKES
Yesterday the Atlantic with his flying FLY Lady Mar
carct AM the stockton with his good colt Price
Coyal Both won with surprising ease. Lady Mar
narct was the favorite She dill not get OIL first,
int in few strides she in fTont and Leading all
The way Without cxertng herself, came In pulled 70
a canter Aurania was much fancied for second
psiflon and was we'll backed by the DwycIs for the
place but Mclaughlin tried too hard in the hst haii-
mile the impossible task of catching Lady Margaret
and Aurana did not have quito enough left TO hnsh
with Tho result was that Mr.. Haggins
colt Winfield. we'll ridden by Donohue, deprived
her of second place Lady MARGARET Is
a great raldng. powerful FLY, something ZINC
Wanda in muscular development and wonneTlui e"e'
Of notion 1t + q feast for the eye of every thurman
70 soc her smooth action. that swallows up space be-
tore one can realize H. She may possibly prove inc
hest two-vear-cd fy ever on the American turl
since the DAYS of Spinaway. Certainly "heh shc
meets french Park and Mr. Withers's Faverdaie colt
There will be some tall travelling.
The general opinion on the course was tha' Mt.
Haggln's Fitziamcs, with only III pounds "oulu
defeat M Dclmont's Prince Royal. who carried 10
Wounds In the stockton stakes a mile and quarter
Fitziamcs carried a great deal of stable money and
rcat dca, q public money but he proved utterly uN
worthy q confidence, dying away again undcr pun
at the end of mile as he did in the Lorillard STAKES
Last year he a high-class racer AZ present nc
secn,s 10 he almost worthless but possibly may in-
rr1vc. As Nil Hsggn did not wish TO put up any
overweight Fitzjanes ard Garrison coun no' ~.
P,incc Rdyal. Garrison rode the colt supeIhly He
seems TO DC able TO get far more out OF Prince
ROYAL than any other Jockey who mounts MOUNTS
lin II was great feat when he won the Coney
l-lsnd Derby with this colt. II was great lcas
when he won the Stockton Stakes Prince ItoyM ran
n capiisl race with so heavy weight He covered me
distance in 10 and finished strongly beating on the
e9 has ee%eG lard 10 to sS how sir
could have beaten him so eXiav agsnty IN Do,9 anS S
Inc Lorinard he ridden by Godfrey wing docs nor
that Prince Royals limit was mile and dnaT.er
It had been for his victory IN INC Comes nart
nav ie nee cssary before II easy 70 place him In his
exact rank among the threo-y -oqs. ,.,-. 80 ,h,
manager of Mr. Bahwin's stable could not got Hay,
ward or any other jockey 10 rdc who suited MN;
i@ron1 A. might POSSIBLY have beaten Prince Royal
although ta.S is doubtful, Taragon was weak Sue
Nj Bclnlont was present: with pleasant WORD
and smile or every one c was hea poW sgceeeed
II, ctiiu- his horses into fine condition and the STAPLE
IS 20 strong both in twoycarods and three-yea 0dS,
that il viii capture many OF the Valnaoe std"s' Looh
out for Raccand when he next runs
SOME OF THOSE WHO LOOKED ON.
II was day Of perfect July weather not uncom-
fortably hot but with bright sun and GEAR shy
The ATTENDANCE was enormous and the racing OF high
oualy Most of tho Eastern pillars OF the Turf "ere
present. and from other parts OF the country
Amonr those who enjoyed the sport were Pierre
1o.ulsrd Leonard W jerome, D. D. Withers, Captain
rce.cr I Galway washington Booth. OF baltimore
Cororol frank Hall. j. G. K. Lawrence, ~ L.
Vo,cott Captain Conner James keene' INC D"Scf
feathers. T. 4 Hagein. Porter Ashe, Colonel SIM
mons j. T. stewart. d. j. McCary'
Colonel : D. Bruce and L. c. Bruce son ana Ia.noI,'
ham Walden r W. Croft. Jctor Walden MAJOR hoDcr''
.or e II RAYMOND Colonel Comcgys, Mr.. Barrelo'
Coo, T. Morris W f. Britain Clement sharpe v
( .tevcrson Byron A. Cohen. H. Whiting A. \.
Bcadcston Edward Kelly, Henry HurIey' WI " e
iIurIoy Clancncc Rutan. W. T. Rutan, Berry au H.
g LIVINGSTON r. LoIillard IT.. Colonel Lewis, D. Lang
J. b. Hagcn absent. he has gone oH ,h INC
sea f,r trim in Europe. not at all pleased Win INC
nsuccess Of his stable at sheepshead Bay u. is
S M ni55pS Of the turf with cheerful composurc,
although the ahec failure of Fzlames was greVio Gus
disappointment. But the most dsappoInttee 1 Sau
wcsncholy group anywhere within the sateS MdS
That which ga,heed around Mn mr. house, after
Rcsarnm astonishing exhibition OF compete WAS
Of speed in thorogShered nGise feathers al the front
her straw bet which gave II Sd ee eef %a ex
tremely becoming 10 her pale but Fascinating race
p1-prRr WINS AND BELvIDERE LOSES.
The old rogue Rupert got fine rye whisRey 10
drink Yesterday His indulgent owner had got weary
of spending a dollar and half day for drinks iof
tho old drunkard. Rupert was so surprised at TINS
abstinence treatment. at being confined TO FRO
hlbtion dict Of cold that he actually forgot 10
suk IN the first race. and to the unbounded amazemcnt
OF his owner trainer and all the friends OF the Freak
ness stable who thought from his recent running that
he would have the ghost Of a chance he got OF
first the fall OF the flag, led easily all the way ana
handsomely. Mr. Galway advised all MS Hehus
not to risk dollar the suy fellows chances but
he thought that Il there ever certainty in racing
he had il In tho fourth with his capital handicap
horse Bovidcrc. and backed the horse for about as
much he ever bets a race.
Int pc lcr ioned without bis Jockey, Shauer Bel
yidcrc would have won If Shancr had not given one
o. ga,tIrsi display 81 buIfcring In the sadie
seen for long time. II seems almost incredible that
only nvc horses n the race This jockey should
have succeeded In getting pOckcted IN the home
stretch but he did accomplish that almost Impossible
feat He rode the horse with Incompatible clunsi