New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-22
GETTING OUT THE RACERS.
A FINE DAY AT GRAvEsEND AND SLEEPS:
HEAD BAY
SOME on rHn onAoKs WHO w11L CONS no rHn

Gravesend and sbeepshead Bay race tracks as win
be seen this summer. Except for the crowd Of
spectators, hungry for tips. the busy bookmakers
and the noisy booksellers, raee-track affairs are 90
lively now, especially at Grsvesend which OPENS In
gates in fortnight when changing bells call highly
strung racers with their riders the starting pst
Every morning now, when tho cock crows, stabis
doors arc opened, trainers examine their vaiuabls
charges and grooms rub the sleek animals, len
till the customary wbistling with which his diets
STROKES are always accompanied becomes Pain
full shrek They had an easy time On It up TO .
fortnight ago. Things changed now, however.
The thorcughb"cns have advanced froai cay walks
or slow trots 10 sharp canters, most Of them TO sta
gaIlops. boy who does not get 70 bed early aud
come round early IN the morning with o clear head
and strong hand, runs the risk Of being run away
with getting thrown over fence, or some other such
steepleohase experience.
Yesterday would have been big day at shecpshead
he'd It not been for one thing. It rained Saturday
night, and although the horses were almost all IN
want of track work. the slippery space within the
rails forbade this. Indeed this circumstance furnished
az amusing Illustration of what turf discipline L.
Michael Dwyer reached the stables yesterday not far
from the homestretch Of the Brooklyn Jocksy Clubs
track Just McCabe. the trainer was getting IN his
first lot Of horesthe youngsters Houston. the brother
10 Hanover Firenzi's brother Flatbush. Extra Dry
and the other crack two-yearolds. When he got his
second lot Hanover Kingston and other tried racers.
out on the green Mr.. Dwyer told him b give them
an easy mile on the track As politely as the request
was made McCabe refused TO DO this, giving as his
reasons that the horses scarcely ready for II yet
and the track was slippery. Il crippled Hanover
that way last year. you know no said, and Mr.. Dwyer
gracefully yielded the point. There no question
OF the rights OF the matter: It was simply pretty
piece Of pulling together between master and nan.
Houston, brown brother OF Hanover, Is q hne, big
looking chap. Blue Bid, Q brother 10 Blue wing,
winner of the Kentucky Derby, Is bright Day, with
some remarkably good points and clean, easy, pow
erfuI way OF getting along. Flaibush, the oroehos
to the famed FireDz looks and goes hhe his assef.
Extra Dry IS doing particularly wen, gong 'Vons'
and he seems 20 Ike his work Portland, fom the
same sire and dam as Jim Gore, kepe his yondhui
rider on the alert lest be should got away IRON hm
over the green before taking the road Congress, Dy
Kyrie Daily Kilkenny, by George Kinney or hiadoo'
blackburn BY Luke Blackburn, ont OK Iofn bpy'
June Day q half brother 70 Bessie June, ana booenh
a brother to Buffalo, are moro OF inc sooo-Doslns
ones In this lot McCabe says they arc stannms
up to their work and promise 10 pay tnssr way
Red Dress, sister 10 Lizzie Dwyer, b a. presfy Day
civ with three white legs one could wish 70
soc The aster 10 fremont has not been nasned
YET hun she loors worthy Of q good name The sser
to K,rhuaa is here too, as arc Sir John, py or
Modred brother to Fordhsm, and pretty d@oshV'e
OF Mortener and Sly Dance. hoCabe declares 'nAe
the lot h the best he has ever had. He has oeeh
giving the ones he wants string up for the CARVER
races quarters at q lively speed.
Hanover Of course heads the string OF hos'es 'hse
have been raced. He wore boots and osodsees ohS
n. Insure aa,slnst resident. iows~es TIL be has fnh
a rare or two Kingston AMI one or two others asso
uore the same safeguards. With 122 pounds up,
Hanover worked three-auarters recently In rs sno
"a and miles in 1 "a and :o3 He oo fhiie
on Friday, with 124 pounds up. In i :oz. hahoVer
does not show signs Of lameness. Kingston sp'no
thr,fs fast son. is looking well, but Is nfne Dig'
He Will not do anything l.ie fast work for week OF
two. as n 4 intended to keep him back nHle. s'r
NIXON too is we'll and takes his work In me shspe'
hu. is not expected b do much before Long braocn-
Lonestreet who took that 40 to shot last isu' nas
lmproyed greatly. Oregon has spread 'good oes''
and promises 10 make mark as oreesearon'
Tay,stan did not take long getting over the lameRss
that troubled him late last No opeTaoon was
noossszry AZ the trouble was In the shoulder. and
,rone applcatons with plenty OF good rubbing, served
The ese. Fordham appears 10 DO in good CONDITION.
TDspector B. ia all right, and takes good eyesight 70
tell that anything ever done TO his logs BeiA
Ia booking better than ever So are Bessie June anu
Aurana. who rammed q rail into her breast At LONE
Branch when she when she vent over tho ieiee anu
landed Mclaughlin upside down.
K,p,nhr;dce. the two-year-od full brother 10 King
.,on Tor whom the Dryers pad $500 last fall. Is
,lso working cIeveriy. Brussels. Long Island King
s.ock n chestnut colt by onondsea, bay faiseuo-
Katie Creel colt. and orofner 70 fo1e
land are the rest Of the lot "h'ch WIZ
,p this year in the red, with blue stripe red cap
George Taylor. who is now the Dwyers lochsS. was
down Yesterday as he is every day. TO work his
oh,rgos TAYLOR told the reporter yesterday that ne
sbould do his best to improve his opportunities
noyt,on Of the high ground which, in measure Oh
ucts the view Of the as they 60 about the far
nrn Of the Brooklyn track. has been partially iev-
cled and box-seat addition to the grand stano mas
been built.
The castle Stable at the Gravesend course Is trained
nv James A. Dumas. Among las charges Is the nud
horse pablo Dlablo has been coughing htae,
hut Is fast getting into shape. He has wofked ran
miles IN :02 and ol during tho last weeh Ano
Msdge hlly whose bad temper Is ADMINISTRATORS, his'
act better this season under her new name, SUNSHINE
Dumas's Other charges are Galarn; RAINBOW
twoyear old half sister TO Dewdrop; Miiend' emsF
nus colt two years old the brown nlly Donaasniro
Lass; the two-yearod bay gelding Felix; brohI'
and Plue, two years; bay ally Elkton, t"o-ye@H
old chestnut colt; Elmstone, bay colt, TWO years,
and Helmet, by Grinstead. With the exceptions W
Bronze and Blue who are slightly smisS, ana heu'e
who had to be blistered. they are working well
James Brown, OF Mcmahon s. Co.'s stable ~As
proud to show his charges Garrison, who IS WIN @r.
belmont this year comes down every day, execps
Mondays when he visits the maroon ana roo, "
Baby lon TO lend q hand In working Eolan' Cyc"p''
Falcon winner Of the St Louis peroy' Garrison .
brown colt by Tecnmsoh; Kcmpiand, 'onn $780, ''e
Terry Lilly Mac sister Of cyclops; viva anu
The tried ones Of this stable have done m, are
getting three-eghths pretty Sharply i"''
work In tip-t0p style. .A,.h " Wall "a trainer
s conn comns ON veil Long knight BIZ Barnes hso
Fuy Philosophy, aSysSrai nile breaSers somevsai
ana Enquiry lq 10 a m,nutcs and Macaroon and Two
yser S BY Prince Charlie do 'rsoa1a'''f' no" IN
/ 80 .u, Galore looked rough as hs
was ridden Az 90 the trip did him no good, ana
s viii n not be- Of any IN late % IsasSn arson r
al q, Ss,p ISsy s Sasss, 6s%Sy.ss and
Excelsior stao eS ~ comlng ON, as are Philip d., ana
spscai Dr. viii " r. Rogers and Quito at D. A's
gan's -, m complaint OF insufficient stshlng
AZ sheepshead Just a. pfSsona s,rsts LINES ssisss