New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-26
THE RACEHORSE OF 1889.
WHAT Ell RIO REY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW
HE MOVES.
y. RAcEoouRsE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
LoCoMoTIvEs-FALL MEETING OF THE
COMFY ISLAND JOCKEY cLUB-rURF
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
FL Rio Rey does not In the remotest degree resemble
his famous brother Emperor Of Norfolk. The latter
rich bay of exquisite mould, symmetrical from ear
to boof and graceful kitten in every action The
winner Of the Great Eclipse Stakes is rather light
chestnut with white points, massive angular and
awkward His neck is thin and his hips are ragged,
but he is wonderfully deep through the heart. With
a short back he is up TO any weight, with long belly
his stride is matchess He is of the largest two
yearods ever seen, being inch over sixteen hands
His general appearance is giraelike. When he first
won't on the track many persons mistook him for Joe
Courtney his stable companion. He has superb set
of logs broad fat and as fine as steel. Undoubtedly
he will train on. The Emperor had more body than
his slender legs could sustain. This fellow Is better
equipped to stand hammering having more leg and less
bodv His stride is as frictionless as the leap OF
panther He seems be galloping on velvet so softly
do the hoof beats sound This is due to the WONDERFUL
elasticity of his pasterns, which are more plant 'ha
tpdiarubber, more springy than steel Unlike most
race horses his gait is so deliberate that the eye can
see his hind feet firmly planted before the front ones
leave the ground Cayuga the same action french
Park has it, and Troubadour. 1t is the symmetry Oh
molten.
Let August Belmont, william L. Scott Ed"aru
Kelly, John 4. Morris, f. g. sta'ecy anu
all other owners Of two-yearolds OF any nieIiS
sver congratulate themselves on the ineleglphy VI
FL Rio Rey for the Coney Island Futury. the iatteS'
paaze I'm the East His absence from that stake may
give them chance. With him in It, hey niien' %
well retire. He is in the Titan stakes at 'ero"o '
and the mortgage might as well be forecioseu al o
Possibly, Mr.. Winters entered him In some Oh inc l
stakes which closed on August Is. Ills next engage
uent at the Morris course is for the WINE rlAnS
Handicap, to be run on Saturday. Nothing less uSh
40 pounds could stop him, and it is extremely DOUBT
ful II they could beat him with $50.
In tho big crowd of special that saw the race
on Saturday man from California VINO ia"
come East for the express purpose OF seeing tre wv
yearold championship decided. OF course. he had all
his money on the winner. / asked him no" niucD
better The Gar than FL Rio Rey.
Betuerls he exclaimed. with considerable amaze
ment "why this colt could cat him up at any
5stancey and give him twenty pounds. Inc Gar was
,bout on par with Protection possibly shade oe'-
Ter and twenty pounds would hardly bring Protection
up to the level of Ell Rio Rey"
We heard marvellous stories of The Gar over
here's said. eve were prepared to accept hiiu d.
the horse of the century,
"Yes. l understa be was the most touted col'
that ever went into training But the truth Is ne
was never half good as the public were leu W
believe. The Emperor was a better colt oy seVerl
pounds, and Fl Rio Rey is better than BON put To-
gether. Mr. Winters not responsible tor the tx
trayagant reports circulated about The gar 200
Courtney could always beat him al mile, and Joe
IS not the best race-horse in the world though you
may depend upon H. he is downright good one Wheh
at and we'll / have followed FL Rio Reys career
since he was first tried yearling on Mr. winters
ranch and have 10 hesitation in saying mat MS
superior was never fOaled in the United STATES l
hnk he is as good OrmOnde was at the same age
Many shrewd turfmen say that he Is Simply mo
oest of a bad lott
doubt whether the lot is bad, after all POSI-
bIv the general average IS higher than In former years
] am sure Cayuga is high class colt, though he Is
amss now j hear; and then there is St CARO- Win
whom Mr. Belmont expects to win the tu'uuty
Tho trouble is you folks In the East are TOO greedy
You race your two-year-olds to oea'h'
rayura has already run thirteen races this season,
Deyotee ten Drzzle ten Torso nine, onaway eieVeh'
JadIsbah nine Banquet nine; and most OF them on
muddy tracks at that. Ell Rio Rey has been TO the
most but FIVE times and then only when the eohdi-
tons were favorabe-clear weather and dry track
No true sportsman cares to a highclsss youngster
sprawling on slippery track at the risk OF wFenchhg
himself Leave the mud to the selling plaierS.'
at is said that FL Rio Rey cannot run in mud"
at hone his trainer will always be of that opinion
eft us not encourage him to think otherwise
Mr.. Winters said on the Friday preceding the race
for the Kenwood Stakes, at Washington PARK Cmcago
rune 29 that he would sell his entire stable, incud-
Ing Don Jose, Joe Courtney, FL Rio Rey and four
others for $50 OOO but would not sell any one horse
in The stable slngy. After the race he declared that
I'll Rio Rey was not for sale at any price tie VIII De
rserved TO take the place his sire Norfolk, who is
now twenty-eight years old Twenty-Five years ago
Mr. Winters paid $15 o01 for Norfolk. He had 10 pay
tbo odd dollar because Mr.. Alexander who bred Nor
foik would not sell him unless he could got
moro for him than he paid for his sire; Lexng-
tom, Srotsers Emperor Of Norfolk The Gar and
Fl Rio Rey, is also well advanced In years she Is
the daughter q Mae0 est ana mare H ali the world
There has never been black sheep IN hef MOCK Vi
youngsters.
There is no racing at Saratoga to-day The season
ends this week. Then for Sheepshead where a iat
programme awaits all comers Following Is the ofaer
o. stakes:
First day Monday, September 2-sapphiIe Stakes
For twoyear-olds. $50 each $3.50 added Five ana
half furlongs. Sixty entries. Dolphin Stakes For
three.year-ods. $50 each. 1880 aided One mile
and furlong Fortyelght entries. The Great Fall Sell
ing Stakes. For all ages. $50 EACH $3.50 added The
winner sold at auction for $4,000 unless entered % De
sold for less One mile and furlong Ihiry'four en-
tries Average Stakes. For three-y earods ana upward
s75 each 81 500 added. One mile and hree'slxeenths
Foytysix entries The Green Stakes. For thiee-year-
old and upward $50 each 81 900 added One mile. on
turf Thrty-one entries.
Second day Tuesday, September 3.-Dash Stakes. For
tvoyearolds $50 each, s1,2 $50 added Five furlOngs
seventy-seyen entries Siren Stakes For lilies three
years old SIS EACH $500 added One mile and fur
long Thirty nine January and thirteen August entries
Twin City Handicap. 500 EACH SO 900 added. One mile
and a quarter. Fifty-eght entries. Welter Stakes.
Three year-olds and upward. $50 each. $1,000 added
One sre and three-slxteenths, on turf Ten entries.
Third day, Wednesday September 4.-Futurty.
sweepstakes twoyearOds. osls of 1887 BY subscp
tons OF e25 for covered in 1886 and OF $50 each
for the produce Of such unless struck out by July
IS 1855 or $780, unless struck out by July Is 1889 All
starters 10 pay $3.50 additional all of which shall the
second and third horses further provided The COney
Island Jockey Club TO add $4,000. ThreeQusrters OF
mile Eight hundred and fifteen entries, Of which 234
void ia declared July 15 1885, s25 each JAG by July
15 1889 al SO EACH and 26 not declared at 1925 each
Turf Handicap For three yearolds and upward. sS5
each 81 $50 added. One mile and quarter, ON turf
Twenty nine entries.
Fourth day Thursday September 5.-Flight Stakes.
rwo-year.olds and upward sl25 each $3.50 added
seven furlongs Twentyseyen January and fifteen Au-
rust entries Reapers Stakes For hfeeyeaioids
10 Zach 81 p5o added One mile and three siXemths