New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-15
MORE MUD AT MONMOUTH.
yrnAy,s RACES ON A HEAVY TRACK.
uarSzn AID EuRUs TO RUN AGAIN-A WORD
.RoUr LoNGsTREET.

ABOUT LoNGSTREET.
The unwelcome and superfuous ram OF TUESDAY
,rht and Yesterday made the Monmouth Fafh ud'A
dax and heavy again after its short interval OF sooa
condition. This unfortunate state oil anars mas us
a~Sd owners and trainers, and the list of prob
~ sarers for the contests to-day IS scan'y one Ill
o.. with the usual large fields al Monmouth.
" ,-ui be one advantage, however, In the fact that
- caldwell win not be able to repeat his tues
-, thunder with Britannia, for The fields VIII De so
Ill that the starts can hardly be bad Mr. Oad-
ell sorely strained the patience and soou wiz oi MS
~ friends and admirers by his ineNcusaoie Dun-
ne g., the first race on Tuesday. The racing column
= Tho tribune has insisted repeatedly that Cad-
III ,s the best starter ever seen on an American
"' - II stnl sticks to that opinion. But with
- Co,dueIrs uneQualled abilities I'm his chosen line
;. rovs there is all the more reason for severe CEN
when a man who can give so meritorious starts
- bo psualy gives IS guilty of so melancholy mud
die as that Of Tuesday
~ on Iongstreet in the up the homestetch
=. tbs omnibus Stakes do not agree at all with the
-. ~ with Garrison's own account of the race.
on himself told the writer of this article that he
-, down and rode Longstreet as hard as he could,
Zen at f1rlong from the finish, he saw Salvador and
proctor Knott coming up. These accounts Of the
race which represent Garrison as sitting still and
s,nnnc AZ Mclaughlin and Murphy erroneous. II
WAS
are1r away al the end. less vigorous and robust
,saer than Garrison might have lost the race for
Ionrstret required great deal of the hardest sort OF
,,d,nq before he began TO draw away from Salvador
and Proctor Knott in the final furlong. Moreover, the
basty people who arc quick to hail LongStTee as
better horse than Salvador, to forget that
Salvador was giving Longstreet seven pounds in tho
Omnibus that Salvador in the Realza-
ton defeated LonGStTeet far decsively
than LoDcstreet defeated Salvador in the Omnibus
and that salvatore race in the Realization with 125
mounds up was a much better race than LOngstreet
in the Omnibus with 11S. Wait until Salvador and
Iongstreet meet at weights, good day and good
track and see which of the two will win, before we
make up our minds that Longstreet IS Salvador S
equal Better STILL get up the special race for three
Vear-olds with Salvador, Proctor Knott Longstreet
rennv and Spokane too il possible, ali to meet at
even weights. Then the championship VI u'o Univ
year-olds might De settled 800 - sar
Civil service is likely TO win the nfst race touaS
and COrnelia may second , ,.,
Mr. WitheTs viii probably win the I IS
Produce Stakes with the Fanfan colt, ana hohuuh"S
ALL Smqgar1 should win the third race, Galop second
For the Monmouth Handicap only tlIenL huIuS Us
and Senorta are expected 70 start IN esPiito VI
FYrenzi's wretched form in the Champion otdhos,
think She will win to-day, with Eurus so'onu
although IT is possible that Captain Brown very ~
shrcwd trainer may have surprise III s'Oi0 4
Good as Bradford is now, doubt II ne can od hH
1As pounds TO victory in the last race, ana sndIl
look 10 tbe fast twO-y carOd Gregory Tor the "lHcI
while Bradford may get the place