New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-04
vr,pHIN'S GRAND NATIONAL
.rr.e ALL THE WAY AND WINNING BY
of4A HALF LENGTH.
, AumpHY RUNS IN THREE AAchs AMI
JAN x.rMsE1F WITH GLORY.

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pent pam Tim was a race horse yesterday ana
e'a .,,,re circus, as on former occasions' ho
~ on. race ran dead heat in ano'hoi anu '1
~ IN third Yet among steepleehascrs Jun Is
I'm maiden. And Lloyd Aspinwai anu T. u
IA Montague are sad. IL
The second race at Cedsrhurst, handicap az nine
half ON the fat was Jims all the way
tnu - ,a-,ad In and out In the stretch like
,-,-s1,a raf fouoe he won with plenty to spare IN
a.. mile and a half he ran probably mile ana hVe
hrloncs That's the sort oil maluen Jim 10 %
he was started in the open huiuio i"No
, "A MILES In company of Bassanlo' Meh'nnore' war
,4ngton. Harboror,h, Tarquln and VIII DAVIS hAS-
sanio was strong favorite at 10 D "iio Jim "uu'
,.re,ro AZ ratio l. Everybody knew, with the wise
s",Ln,cht so often displayed by racegoerS, that he
,a %, o., the course. And after the race those
an. ,r5seasaes with the keen hindslght oil men VINO
ovsr hack winner, knew that IL Jim ala 50 lne course
o,h,,r could beat him. Jim and BassaniO hhisheo
- olose t,,ether that they could not be separated,
.sovob ;be Judges took ten minutes In deciding to
IN :, dead heat This they eventually did, how
aver and Tarqun placed third proper anu
ss, decision and one at which there was no attempt
a, kick The purse $4,000 was so small that inc
ouoers Of the two horses were ashamed 10 dlvlde IL
IN the presence of so distinguished gathering, anu
q was agreed that there should be run-oh after the
sixth race the programme
To hedge or not 10 hedge; that the question.
< or nv hcdging end all doubts Of gain or loss!
possanio I 10 .; Jim Murphy to l. Well, the run
off was rip Off and Jim won all the way, except d.
the finish There BaSSanio had the best OF IL Dy wv
lneth Rlt jim was by long odds the beuer
horse and had he not been dazzed by the superb
toilets in the clubhouse balconies that he forgot "n
he was doing and tried TO get over the fence, be "ou
have Won 1t was case of hare and tortoise Inv
tortoise kept ploddlng along and got there the mar.
fell tnto-tbe potage. But all honor TO Jim. ho i~'
vet Quit his sweet-sixteen antics and grow up " "
credit TO Queens County. Only thing Is Necessary
10 reform him. He should be run In stays 49,,
EIphin. late FL Mahd, won the GIano NsuoD Co.,
leading ALI the way from start 10 nnsh W.
a moment would any one consent TO bene'o rna -,
horse with I55 pounds his back ccmu man ~.
the running and win over a four-mhe course tha
Flphin did lust that and az the finish was ~ w. e.
freshest horse in the race. seven sV~ W.,
biggest jumping contest Of the year-hoi 1,,,+,.
moreland Elphin, Mcntmore, Monte CiS - ht,,n,
and Jake shipsey Jacob had the can " INC @
~ : % being laid against him. Hercuics wa"
s.cond choice at 3 to l. and Elphin fhfu choice a.
4,o1 1t was generally conceded that ne nolSo V,a
beat Jake shpsey would win the pr'@'. ''"0 -
h,r null In the weights, and over So iohs d 'o
weight always tells. Stanley Mortimer anu us i0H
hacked Westmoreland believing they had Ieai oiu
80 -. The telegraph board at first announced
Mar a. the rider of the Duke, but his name for some
reason or other was taken down and that OF dehsoha
substituted Westmoreand took the cornStalk hurule
in fine STYLE but the stone wall stopped hih ne
emnbaticaIly refused take it, because ne Is one OF
,bose hr,,es that won't take anything they cannot
carry og 30 after running iurlong. Westmoreland
became simply spectator instead OF par'cipat'r'
In his curious fancy Menmore Joined him.
On Rirolette there the Straightest tip OF the
meeting. He is an imported lrishman, by IrOcadero
mt Of Refine de saba, and il was whispered all over
the course he would win in walk by ABOUT three
In Tho
clubhouse went 10 the saddling paddock TO see him
dressed for the race and their admiration for the
foreigner knew no bounds. Rigolette belongs to
George p Eustis He is dark-brown horse ana
looks like one of those conirapons' stuck up In
watermelon patches to frighten crows.
If that thing wins I'll never go to a race TRACK
again"
So said a cray-hared follower of the turf. whose
Did ears had been tcLled By the tip. Rigolete was
oacked. however, and his closing price was to l.
He went the course and finished as the sauullng
bell rang for the next lie jumped with wonder
full shrewdness, always selecting the lowest part OF
an obstacle. You could him looking for a gap
in q hedge long before he reached ii. Sometimes he
so,eezed through a corner Ills Hibernian s1yle OF
take off was a novelty. Each rise was pTececed Oy d
pause for reflection, which pause cost him twenty
lengths. Evens, his rider thought Just as hard as
the horse did though he occasionally found tlme 10
cut his eye in the direction OF The helo 10 see Ihey
were coming back to him!
Hercules was in difficulties two miles fom home
The chase lay between Ephin. Monte Criso ana JAKE
shirsey For three and one-half miles they ran IN
one, two-three order. Then Shipsey passed Monte
C-isto and coared the leader. desperate finish Ne
suited a clever halflength victory or hlp1h; VINO
was conceding twenty pounds 70 JACOB monte Crls.O
was third, ten lengths back, Hercules peaeh on
fourth. -, ,..o 81 rA
nado second choice IN "a sd 1i there til O'CLOCK
for starter. Mr. Caldwell did not appear ana Da s
clark took the flag. His work was simply per1ec-
Ron. The race was seven furongs Tornado won by by
half length Fturty second silver star nir St Inc th
Judges stand and said that Tornado foqled nun:
HorTado's Jockey. e. Lynch refused TO testify against
sneen minutes they labored with themselves and one
another J. o. Bonner thought 50 hard
s that 'G almost people hear him. He BIT his
cigar in two less than three tines ard n. drODRsa
smed 10 think IL no affair of his and was entirely
Snooncerned The shoulders of Mr.. Post bent low and
The spectators did not hurry him They gathered close
about rhe stand fifty deep ana gave nun al 'he tine e
necessary. Bakers OF Tornado said Tornado !;
hackers OF Futurity said Futurity' But they spoke
md II the fourteenth minute Of consideration and
hes itafion Mr.. Post found copy Of the racing rules
base decision that would satisfy the greatest number
Of people. Page after page was peruseu. IInaliy
M nonner and DR. smith They nodded approvingly
and Mr.. Post announced that Tornado would have 10
depart for the The race was gwen ~ r"lullS
silver Star second. Pat Oakley third.
Brighton was starter in the second race S Dqt ran ran
so wretchedy that greyhound chased doWn the
homestretch swapping al his heels. .
Rsveller won the third race easily; the favorite.
Longitude finishing second. Longitude was rldne e
by Meehan the only Jockey in America whose belly
band Is bigger than his bust. ,
well ridden bv Uenschal. Willie Palmer and school.
master raced eac other 10 siandsrill and JIM
MCGOWAN. the favorite, sulked. so zanzibar couiu
not help winning.
. Cedarhurst never had more successful meetng
hessrs, Aspinwa and La Montague, the enterprislng
and capable managers. deserve the highest praise
They should feel encouraged 70 go on with the fall
meeting.
HUDSON RIVER DRIVING PARK RACES.
Poughkeepsie n. Y, July (specaD.-The July
meeting at the Hudson River Driving Park was