New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-01
Ell RIO REY BY A HEAD.
RUpERTA ALMOST DEFEATS HIM.
rENNY RUNS AWAY FROM sPoKANE-oTHEf
RACES AT wEsTCHEsTER.

RACES AT wEsTCHESTER
Some great physician with an unlimited stock OF
the most drastic purcaves must take charge oil ua'
precarious patient the turf II needs the s'ronSes
and severcst purgng, and 1t must have IL OF IL WIN
die Tho half-holiday and the attractions OF coi'
tests Of the highest class, in which such horses as
Fl Rio Roy Teony and Spokane were to run. attracted
10 the Morris course at Westchester some l3.ooo
spectators yesterday. Among those thousands thcio
were q great many people of genuine decenc! ana
self pect. In TACT. the quality Of the attendance
was commercially above that of Friday or that OF any
other OF day Very far above 1t in truth. But the
same filthy nuisances were disagreeably conspicuous
nevertheless yesterday, they weo az
Monmouth Park all summer. and as they
heve been most dcplorably at the new
course The worst parts Of Captain Rehly's
precinct of other malodorous precincts were far
100 literally represented. Flauhting themselves In
the most brazen and audacious manner were troops
md hordes of colored women of proes sonal fay and
.olored of equal worthcssness. Undoubtedly the
colored Of industrious and frugal habits is most
valuable and welcome element in city life. But the
colored men that are seen in such excessive and
protuberant legions at Monmouth and Westchester are
chiefly OF the idlest, the most vicious and degraueu
class Many honest negroes there raoc-tracks be-
yond question Not few honest negrcsses too But the
specimens of the that haunt the betting ring the
paddocks and the grand stands. are In zoo many
Instances pcrnicous and pestilential Our tocEey
tensive scale. They must in some way limit tne
number Of scarlet women whom they admit withih
their gates and must keep these persons In she bach
ground than they have been kept at Monmouth
and Westchester this year. They must also restrain
those black women whose character is not doubtful
and who have been emboldened by immunity In grand
stands TO ply there trade that should never
be mentioned to gentle ears. They must also
chase out with the stern hand and the propuisi'e
foot the blackuards and ruffans OF all colos' Taoos
and previous conditions who throng in the oetuhs
ring who stain and smirch the lawns, and who MAKE
nauseatng blotches in the ranks of the spectators
BY some most lamenable combination OF circnm
STANCES the evil elements that degrade racing were
more ropulsve TO the eye, moro revolving 10 'he
nostrlls and more.insutng to the at Westchestcr
and Monmouth this year than in any pre-
vious season, or upon any other courso
that America has known Inc
Coney Island Jockey Club take rigorous measures
TO clear out its paddock, drive the unciean
loafers before its band stand when the band Is not
there, and to keep within bounds the noisy women
of the town who may creep into its grand stand or
&c must eventually suffer from the same regrettaDio
disrepute in these matters which was at'acheo W
Monmouth and westchester in 1882. The betting
ring must also be sharply looked after. The toughs
and the roughs the and the silt, the ohal and
the refuse of racing, must be shoveled OH ana
dumped out at sea hidden fro sight somewhere VI
else----
Great racing It was at Westchester. and most en-
3oyablc in many WAYS. if the best elements Oh
netropolitan life present in very small pfopor-
Hon and tho quarters the city that keep tho ponce
busiest had poured forth their thousands to denIe
and blacben the magnificent grounds. Inc great
Ell Rio Rey was almost beaten through his Jockeys
rarelessncss. Mighty racchorss as he IS the champion
two-year-old Is sluggish and needs plonN OF
rousing He moved of slowly at the start. which
ives prompt fair and excellent When he had got
fairly settled in his stride after Winchel had stirred
him up with cuts Of the whip. he moved through
the field in his irresistible style. and furong from
the end was leading clear-a the Others soundly
beaten. Then winchcll pulled M the imperial
colt and took nap Suddenly little
Allen shot up with Ed. Browns very fast FLY,
Ruperta and had headed FL Rio Rcy before Winchell
had walked up. But the jockey got to work just In
time and by the FREQ of the whip and by hard
riding he got the superb colt at full speed again, and
FL Rio Rey won by short head, Rupsrta second,
ST. Carlo ridden by Garrison. third.
Tho victory of FL Rio Rey does not detrsct
from his merit at all. 1t was merely of
PATCHING the jockey mapping. The time petriying
II IL for three-q quarters Of a me-a second faster
than tho best previous record of :1o, made by
I1pstaf TIE track This IL of FL Rio Rey's
and the 40 seconds of Geraldine for half mile show
how stupendously fast that breathless down grade,
that toboggan slide. at westchester really is.
Ruperta is fine FLY indeed, for although she Is
far inferior to FL Rio Rey, she away from the
day, or she would have a great chance for
Americas biggest racing prize. Garrison could have
been closer TO FL Rio Rey and Ruperta at the finish
he had ridden out st. Carlo after he beaten by
FL Rio Roy. st. Carlo will probably win the Futuriy
certainly 1t is difficult pick his equal,
for Cayuga seems stale and worthless at present.
Fl Rio Rey and Ruperta were never entered and his
most formidable rivals appear 10 be under cloud Just
noxv
What a those two flying hlhes Reclars and
Ruperta would make!
FL Rio Rey was the favorite 2 to / on. so
was Jenny In the Pelham Bay Handicap, and Tcnny
much more easily than FL Rio Rey spo-
kane plainly short of work and little money
put on him, although he was ridden by Garrison.
Tenny fairly ran away from him in the homestretch
and Spokane failed to get the place, which
was taken by Castaway II.
Buk this fair test Of spokanes merits
When really ft ne give
Tenny bit of race, although
Eastern turfmen generally believe that Tenny
is the best three year old of the year. and out
run salvador Longstreet Proctor Knott, and Spokane
ut even weights. Tenny has improved enormously
since he beaten in the Realization by Salvador
sadly through Lttlefed's utter inability ride him
properly.
John A. Morris his only Of the meet
ing in the first with Britannia, who left the Others
behind easily although his previous at THIS
meeting gave ground for confidence in him. But
Britannia has been hampered sadly by wretched
riding Mr.. Morris might have won a number Of races
st weschester, II his horse had been properly ridden
But II he prefers TO lose big stakes by retaining the
services OF a bungling boy with no skill in the sad.
die In preference of engaging the services of a CON-
petant Jockey, doubtless Mr.. Morris can afford 10
crafty his whim.
1t was fine day for favorites, four Of them won
In successon-Kngston, FL Rio Rey, Tenny and Elyton
and very improbable afternoon for the book
makers But all fo~7 Of the favorites at almost
prohibitory prices, figures that do not attract the
buyers Of s5 tickets, and these minor spectators