New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-14
SALVATORE BADLY BEATEN.
1oyGsTREET WINS THE OMNIBUS.
ovocroR KNOTT GETS SECOND PLAcE-srARTER
c,,nwFII's WRETCHED WORK.

-, ,he track fast sale ana eIaSuo' MI '"'
oosmakers filed their pockets for all the laNor'eS
49,. beaten. the first through the melancholy blum
So,sno Of Mr.. Caldwell the starter, and Littleheld
- A puny baby mewling in its nurses arms
~ ,e made better start than Mr.. Caldwell made
- 49, 6rst race Never lived starter VINO could
-, aone worse. so abomnabe was IL mat Dig
IA angry crowd gathered around the Judges srand
,or tho race hoping that some action "oud DO taken
a. onsu, the starter, TO express onclal osapproVa
=, so cross blunder. In the grand stand bfadioru
un,.d 10 be beyond the line when the Tag fell This
|-,d,eu emphatically denied. But certain IT j.
,be race was settled then and
49,. and Mr. Caldwell made a present OF 1t
- pcbar Roche Of ST. Louis, in gayy -ffnged napkin
:, 4, tr,e that lovely little Freddie Lttehed, that
h Of perfection in jockeyship in some idiouc eyes,
os ,ntantle and simple beyond expression IN Keep
a., the fayorte Britannia in the rear of the whole
ga when the signal given. But that does not
avcuse the starter. When he knows that horse is
no a. the publcs that he is great favor1te both
a. o,ular affection and in general speculation that
rs ~ thousands OF dollars bet on him, that he is
che crack sprincr Of his day, that his victory would
10 the most eagerly acclaimed and most heartily
,n,aded IL Is shameful and indefensibe practically
90 leave that public favorite at the post, and TO send
che horses off with bookmakeIs horse so far in front
that the race Is in effect gift to him.
7, snite OF his bad start Britannia, without any
helm
90, second place only half length behind Bradford.
init superb Splinter never looked better and never
,.n Easter but the neXpcable start made IT i'm
,oss,ble for him TO win The time
Va very fast-1:141-4 OF course, If
lrtannic had had an alert quick
ri,ntle focley on his back he would never have got
into such an inextricabe mess 1t may take gener-
st,ons possibly centuries. TO convince some hard
headed people that Ltlefeld is not the one and only
nerfoct Jockey ever born. But in some remote ages
hereafter that knowledge will steal dimly into some
dsrkencd minds. 1t is of sam Fisher and The
Hard over again Month after month The Tribune
insisted daily that Fisher not competent Jockey
70 ride that great racehOrse. But Fisher was kept
I'm the saddle and The Bard lost race after race
Finally Hayward engaged TO ride Tho Bard and
tben the champion of Cheserbrook became almost
invincibIe In time John A. Morris may learn that
I ittefed although a neat, handsome, weDmannercd.
honest lad IS very very far below the standard of
A 1rst-class Jockey. When Mr.. Morris learns that.
md acts upon his knowledge his horses will win
more stakes. Competent turf writers in England
mercilessly rdicue the riding of most of the jockeys
on this side of the Atlantic, and they are perfectly
right How many mounts for high-class stables
could TAYLOR have got if he had remained in England
Most of the bows who ride in America were born with
out Intelligence never received proper training, have
no head seat, hands, skill or judgment of pace and
ride in the most haphazard fashion, winning losing
races IN the most wild and wabblng of ways
Mr. Belmont's Lord Daiemy, Mr.. Wthers's Chief
tain and Edward Browns PrOdgal Son were on al
most equal terms in the betting on the Criterion
stakes but Isaac Murphy on Prodigal Son caught
naming at the start, and although the colt ran
tOerabe race he failed 10 get place. Chieftan got
of fairly but the pace appeared TO be TOO last 1Or
him. This good looking colt from Brookdale was
great disappointment 10 great many turimen lie
did all up 10 the form of his previous race
in the August Stakes, and he like so many other
horses rests Just now under the black cloud of mis-
fortune which enshrouds the Withers stable in lis
inky cloak The dscreetly named Gunwad is only fit
10 be fired out of gun. Gramercy got the best OF
the start but failed TO stay The finish was between
Burlington, Lord Dalmeny and Devotee. Burlington
ridden with fine judgment by Hamilton, won with some
ease Lord Dalmcny fOulcd DcvOtee near the finish,
and the foul was claimed both by Edward
Kelly, tie ovher, and Hayward. The rider,
of DcvOtee. But the judges not being in
heir Rhadamanthlan mood of the day when
they took away "A fairly won race from NJ. Wthers's
Fan Fan colt on mere technical. trivial iostle Of
no importance whatever did not make any change
in che order of the horses they came in. Hayward
said after the race that he would have won with
revotee by a length or but for the foul Hay
ward does not babble nor is he loose-tongued. He
undoubtedly told the truth. Devotee an excellent
ace. as he was giving seven pounds TO Burlington
md fourteen 20 Lord Dalmeny. Padishah ran last
With Honduras and Chaos in close attendance All
hree seem about fit for Barren Island at present.
Pierre Lorad was not present 10 see his My
Blush make runaway race OF the third one, anu VIII
BY length with Niagara second and Conncmara thilu'
After Connemara got fairly under way she showed
ome running bumor, and if she had been ridden by
good lightweight jockey (say Barnes, for insance)
instead of by an obscure stable boy named Riley, she
might perhaps have won.
Then came the great race of the day, the Omnibus.
salvador was tremendous favOrte in all the betting
lie was ridden by Mclaughlin. Proctor Knott ridden
" Murphy was second choice, and LOngstreet with
;arrtson in the saddle was third in the speculation
some daring people put money on Buddhist, because
II his light weight. but almost any odds could be
obtained aaGinst Eiic, Calienie and The GOnes6.
Neither OF the Dwyer Brothers was present Michael
Dwyer severely sick at home or he would probably
nave backed Longstreet 10 win him fortune Phinp
Dwyer never bets more than 1000, and he sent that
sum from Saratoga, betting S2oO each way on Long
street.
The Ioness showed the way for half the journey
With Buddhist and Longstreet in close attendance
When The Lioness fell back Buddhist took first place.
but was quickly passed by Longstree; who led 70 the
end. Neither salvador nor Proctor Knott could ever
get W. although Mclaughlin rode salvador with all
his unapprOachabc energy and Skill At the furloDg
posi- In ,be bomestrcich Salvador within length
IF IOncstreet Garrison sat down. rode with all his
might and used whip and spur freely Under the urging
LongStresJ drew away SI9wN ana won, an o", ,
got second place from salvador by neck me others
were oeaten of. Eric dd not run al an lie merely
crawled al the way. The poor creature would nave
done better If he could. but crawl is the fastest gait
thai he muster.
Isaac Murphy was Justly. severely aud generally
criticised for lying far back with Proctor knott
lie under the influence of his beseing sin, that
that he will never get rid of. his passion for
gallery finish" lie wanted TO make a stupendous
rush In the hOmesrtch, and amaze the universe by
winning by a short head on the post. II he had
ridden in commonsense. practical way instead OF
Trying his spread-eagle nonsense he would have been
much nearer Longstreet at she end Bun he appeared
10 think that he had only salvador to beat and rode
accordingly.
The time was fair, not wonderful: First quarter,
26 IL seconds: alfmile, 81 81 seconds three
quarters is "a mile. Al; mile and half,
2 SO 81.
salvatOr's trainer and every one Interested in the
Baggin stable felt sure that salvador would win and
the result was bitter disappOln TO them Long.
street stupendOusly Improved horse beiwe
saturday and Tuesday. On saturday I'm tho Choice
81 akcS he was beaten of hundred vards and was
not first. second or third Last week The track was
sticky ard like glue. Yesterday II was firm and