New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-25
EXTRA DAY AT GRAvEsEND
PHILIP DIVERS SON AS A JOCKEY!
LOSING RACE WITH BELLA B.-ELKWooDs


LOSING RACE WITH BELLA b.-E-Ln "NS
VICTORY.
Many Of the massive and stately pillars OF inc .uri
we're absent from the Gravesend course 1es'i''
The frequenters Of tho clubhouse misSeu ulo ~
wisdom and rounded experience OF Mr. Doi'' 80
withers Mr. Morris, Leonard Jerome MT Iass@U' H'
Hunter and many others of the most intuenual anu
horora6 tnrhnen Of America 1t is true thar Coonei
s,mmons with his cool, clear Judgment and piercing
ewes was present So, Of course, were inc D"!or
nrctbnrS who know much as anybody ABOUT racing
So was The grave, austere and supreme starter
AFR Caldwell, who now has the jockeys under perfect
asc,n,ne So were others not few, sage In counsel
,asdv in resource fertile in suggestion, apt In admir-
.h,. devices mature in sagacity, well equipped In
evsrsv emergency For instance, James Galway
might well be named in this class, and he was by no
means alone.
But in tho main 1t was young and frisEy set
thkt gathered for tho Fridays extra racing
Lively boys they were, too lively Tor most
of the green raw bockmskers who hold the stands
when the fsyorte Inspector B.. the second raco.
with the second choice Baston, in second place and
when n similar fate befell in the third race. which
was won by the favorte Long Island, second choice
Marauder in second place the booRmakers groaned anu
lamented. Cayuga; tho strongest OF tips" ana IN
yorite nj the track captured the fourth race ard their
Gun of anguish was full. But they got some coAsoi|
ton I'm the fifth race when Bella B., favorite at
two 10 one on was beaten.
The oldest incident of the day was the putting OIL
little Phil Dwyer, r., son Of Philip DWyer' preS'uen'
of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, on Bella b. II Is r"
that he has often ridden the FLY IN her exercise ana
her opponents in this race were supposed 10 Dc ~
weak that Bella b. could almost fall down ana sun
win But the race Of Thursday did ElkWood mum
cood: and Fitzpatrick rode with tremendous VlgoF'
ae forced ElkwoOd to do his best for every sIue ~
the final half mile, using every device Known ~ ''
postmaster Of jockeyslp to got pace out OF inc p"
old cripple. Bella B.: at tho weights was iH
better racer than ElkwOod yesterday o''
ber amateur Jockey was overconhdent, waited
100 long before making his rum ana
Erkwood won, all out, by q neck. Tho seherai pun.
uo that had rshed money on Bella Is. was hoo
pleased to see a race so thrown away but UT.
pvTyer exercised his right TO do what ne "oui'
with his own. 1t is hardly Ikely' however, 'na' no
win repeat the experiment. The public disSads-
,ao.,oD ,yas too keen and too strong. Racegoers
like M SEQ owners put up competent jockeys on
strong favorites
Cyolops seems backward this year He was
never dangerous in the first race WHICH was "0N
easily by seadrift. ia,
The Dwvers captured the next two races Wild
Irspector B. and Long Island Inspector b. appears
N he the best horse they have In trainhs' al"
his legs stand will win many moro races Tor theH''
Az thu pool.rooms in the city and at the course
,lso Renewed observers, who had timed Cayuga IN
hts work backed the colt boldly Cayuea Is al, an
aisg.nt chestnut colt by lrOQuols-Letoia, inc
properly Of J. and A. r. @o anS Won one wa" eantcr
And how the bookmakers did squeall 10. MOS,
Tho DV-yers' Fordham seems to have iosV mEe.
ps race ms II he had the form which he showed at Jerome
PARK last autumn, he should nave catf,en UH no
ing rAco In csnter But nc WAS Pf"""'' "'
where ana Miracle won.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
.,r,rpsr,vrS 500 EACH, g., 600