New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-28
RACES WITH SMALL FIELDS.
A QUIET DAY AT BRoohhiN'

SWIFT AND GOLDEN REEL MANI
With track like thick mortar just unuer .no
with necessarily torpid time win .els s' -
and few horses of much merit the DrooNisA 'O'ne'
n"h r,..ed through one of the truly placid ana un-
al davs ~ IFS prosperous existence All was
- GOOD will and serenity. Even the pogehes
~ the turf whose cynical glare a' huni""hi"o anu
curly reples TO all inquirers have maui MN i0Uo""0
,nbent in the calm and tranquin'y Oh u,e peasant
-. oorroon looked less hostile TO felow-mcn,
autumn" a''" S"s. o. twice and was even thought
ai"V'' -,1r d,tty to himself when he fancled no
:" . Every man, woman and child
'~ ''. .-.,nds breathed charity bcnevolence, sym
-, = .reetness Even the few trucuent trainers,
p"' 90 r.cepny laboring under the fauous delusion
W. =, 80 owned the American turf and could exclude
-. from IL whom they wished TO exclude. basked
e., ,ss restored sunshine of September while slowly
ss,ntly through their darkened, dense and animal
.,ns OF far less intelligence and acumen than the
nts powers Of fourfooted beasts, began to glimmer
,sle raw Of an idea of what hopeless and irredeema
be fools they had been making Of themselves.
IT was true that the fields very small, and the
racing could not be called exciting except when
Swift and Golden Reel made dead heat
Tho Brooklyn Jockey Club, with its admirable ana
energetic management, had done all 1t could 10 pro
vide good sport. but the weather had dishcarteneo
owners and trainers. So the races were not stafns
or noteworthy. But 1t is grateful and welcome once
in a while spend of these amabe, restful after
at the track, where every person has leisure 70
mediate the ins and outs of the past ana 10 HI
himself or herself with resolutions 10 live changed
life. Such days not only tempt the most houghuesS
to think over all The wrong things they nave dono
and determine 10 pick out more winners hereafter Du
they also resistbly provoke the bearded sages
Of the turf 10 favor their younger associates with
long lectures upon matters and affairs in general. No
doubt these eloquent discourses highly improving
Rich crops from the seeds thus sown may be seen
hereafter.
Prodga was tho favorite for the first but failed
10 get a place, Mute, with Barnes in the saddle,
winning easily Pericles secured second place.
Only three ran in the second NoworNever,
J. A. b. and Huntress J. A. b. was the favorlte
but the condition Of the track did not suit him and
be was beaten by both of the Others Now-or-Never,
ridden by Anderson, coming away at the end.
From eight starters in the first race and three in
tho second tho number sank to two
IN the third. Golden Reel and Swift
Golden Reel was the favore. Swift led up
10 the final hundred yards when Golden Reel got
up and the pair made dead-heat This was decided
after the sixth race All the really shrewd turfmen
on the grounds except two (whose modesty might be
shocked by the mention Of their names backed Golden
Reel with unbounded confidence 10 win the run-of
And vet Swift beat Golden Reel in canter In fact,
Golden Reel was hopeessy out Of before she had run
three-quarters of mile This shows that Swift can
repeat II also shows that the racerack TALENT is
sometimes wildly astray. But it does not mako 1t
time and 20 contemptbly the second tmo What
could have happened to the FLY in the interval?
The fsvorte BellwOod captured the fourth race |
neatly enough and Eeve the rankest outsider of the
four starters got second place But this was plainly
due careless riding the part Of Barnes, who was
on the Dryer colt Newburg This colt showed speed |
enough get second place easily and to give Bewood
hard at the finish. but Barnes strangely |
impatient with him. made UP lost ground too hurredly
rode him very wide In the hOmestretch and did not |
keep him straight al the finish.
Gregory did not start in the fifth He is re |
eerved for his match with Reolare Monday for
$500. the colt carry 1O5 pounds and the FLY 107
The idol Of the oolored troops, the romanticaly named
fzonenao, was strong favorie in Gegory's absence
true form, he coIored troops would best use him in
place OF suffers mule and not degrade and disgrace
Zine and taI nj make nm ono Of the
fsses IA -Tooons ssis hissorS. Al Westeisster
defeating large fields of two yeaI-ods including some
xelknown and fast racers. He has run twice at
much speed as a Brooklyn Bridge ear. Ut is well
known that few moving objects earth slow
credit for his exploit at the seDd-o for this race
He dropped the flag with Dilemma at top speed far
BAY NJ miserable Frontenac was very poor third,
Judge Morrow whom FlOntenac beat about a hundred
gsas :. EssGheser getting s second place # the
let him grow up with the country he Will bring
balm 10 many anguisbed hearts
There were five starters in the fifth race. but only
thos In the sixth. Ben Harrison, Oregon and The
Forum OF course Ben Harrison was favorite of
ridiculous fasco, falling far behind before the first
hatlnile was finished. oregon, was leading Ben
stretch, and Hamilton was forced to use The whip
Freely on the favorte Under the lash and by dint
ihsn Oregon promptly gave it up, quit in his usual
style, and Ben Harrison came away at the end.
DETAILS OF THE RACING