New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-21
UPSETS AT THE RACES.
STARTLING RESULTS AT COMFY ISLAND.
succEssEs OF BENDIGo AND RAFINE-MANy
BAD LOSERS.

.uccrssEs OF BENDIeo AND RAFINE-MANy
BAD LOSERS.
The spectators at the Coney Island JOCKEY CLUB
races yesterday werc fewer In number and saddcr IN
look than on Tuesday. The first and last races were
won BY the favores but all the others were startling
upses and as the great majority Of goers bet on
the favorites there few winners and many losers
among them. The followers Of the turf have met
with so many crushing at this meeting that
their financial ability is getting severely strained,
and unless results favorable TO them In the
next few days there viii be lamentable falling on
In attendance and in enthusiasm.
Sixteen started In the first race, with Amalgam
slght favorte, and he won after hot contest with
Tattler Duke of Bourbon threw Church before tho
race and climbed over tho outside rail- but neither
horse nor Jockey was hurt.
In the Zephyr Stakes, the running OF Auranla mado
every friend of the Dwyer stable mourn. She got
bad start, Mclaughlin was caught mapping When
he passed the starter. Mr. Belmonts FLY Glory was
so far front that MCLAUGHLIN thought it would DO no
start, and began to pull up Aurana. But as all the
rest well In motion, Mr. Caldwell gave the signal
Aurania lost much ground that she was never In
the race, but II she were another fremont the bad
start would have made no difference. The black won
Ger of the turf two years ago got far start In
similar race and came In alone before field beaten
far away. Glory swiftly, well in front for half
mile, and then retired. IL was her first race, and
she shows speed she may win hereafter TOT MI Del
mont. Holiday took the lead after Glory RETIRED
and Godfrey could never get up with Buddhist
Aurana the favore, with Buddhist second choice.
In the rich Volunteer Handicap for three yearolds,
Raceland and Flziames withdrawn, but the
Dryers started Tea Tray. Locust strong favorc
for such field, but tho neglected Bendigo, 30 10
chance got the best of the and all the
In front, Locust getting second place. Much had been
expected of Lahcands FLY. Peg Wellington, but she
ran miserably. Mr.. HaggIn sent TO the post Gray
Dawn a gray colt that for the first time this year.
but he showed no speed.
In the fourth race nearly all the betting centred
Choctaw ridden by Garrison, and TeIe Doe, with Fitz'
patrick up; bat Choctaw's speed seemed to have
vanished and he never near the front, while fene
Doe got only third place. PUfers three ycarold colt,
Rapine winning easily, with that quaint old California
creature Grover Cleveland second head before Tee
Doe Rapne was another extreme outsider, and he and
Bendgo paid the big pools Of the day In the French
IS tickets on Bendigo lin tho field being worth over
800, and Rapine tickets over 5000
Hayward had been engaged to ride Durboync In the
fifth race and this with the reputation OF the colt for
speed attracted all the heavy spectators, but Dun
bovne proved an utter failure. Perhaps he received
too early and preparation fof the supurDah'
Something certainly ails him. Hayward could gel
no speed out OF MIN. The Dryers thought SO hte OF
Bessie june whose work recently has been poor that
they only backed her for small sum for place
second, add the circus horse, Len ALL
third a head before Dunboyne.
The final race on the grass was won easily py ron
tiac who with a cut of the whip shot away IRON EAno
IN the last hundred yards and seeercd all easy WV
tory
'rhs American Jockey Club has decided to have no
more steeplechases at jerome Park Good! NO
more fatal falls or Gripping accidents Will DO seen
there over hurdles and walls Every year 'ho
amount of steeplcchasng on the regular race oouis'
becomes smaller, and the reduction Is 10 DO "eicomco
heartily in the interest of legitimate sport Per
baps fat racing will not hereafter De iniesteu W
any great extent with grotesque graduates OF steepe
chase riding who think they can ride highcass
horses in high-elass fiat races and make the wretch
edest Of the business.
All turfnen unite in rdiculing the so-called racing
stuff which defaccs tho columns Of an otherwise
pious and moral sheet. 1t Is suspected that This
sIusb is written by the scrub who mops the ONCE
floors and who some time ago fell upon her pail OF
slops and made both eyes black and blue She has
never been able anything since and as uniof1u-
patey she never was blessed with anything Ike the
ordinary average Of human intelligence, the results
of her to comment on racing matters arc pia
BILE IN the extreme They always cralnmed
fun of imbece bnders ard are Invariably the lauGn-
ing stock of all racing who ever glance at them'
Tho peposterous little morning organ OF the
bookmakers seems aching to be stepped on 1t pre-
fcrs to assall the character Of honorable gentlemen
Hike Mr.. NitherS, 10 get eAptlIcu
park for SO doing and to get It's nose tweaked at
Washington fOr backgnardsm rather than to give sS
fair end honest account OF racing, and yet every
spring Il wines and begs for favorable notices from
the great daily newspai ers Now, many OF o cur
trainers and Jockeys bred among such aSsoci-
stions and under such influences and have such
regulations that their performances often need ana
receive severe criticism They arc public characters
in their way and must expect that their work shall
be commented and their plumbers pointed out
But this is a different matter from dshonoraDle as
seults on the private character OF gentlemen ike
Mr. withers, whose careers the turf have been
stainless No one but a blind blockhead doubts that
such men Mp. Withcrs, Mr.. Belmont, Mr. Galway
and other leaders of the turf have sometimes been
deceived by trainers Jockeys in whom they have
put confidence, but no one with ray OF common,
sense has ever dreamed that these gentlemen had
anything but the best interests of the turf at heart
themselves But every corrupt trainer and every
dishonest jockey Will always find his sympathzefs,
apologsts and eulogists. The character of the men
Who always seeking to cover UP fraud ON the turf
Is shown by their words and their works.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-PURSE 5000 SELLING. sEVEN
EITRI0NGS.