New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-26
4 WRITER'S COLT SET BACK
r.x,Se AWAY THE sEABRIGHr STAKES.

At Monmouth
.,.ueboly sort. II was afternoon OF m'slof''nes
- q N n,,ch- Of the Brookdale stable The colt
= rt,yI,he-Fanfa won the Seabright STAKES ou'
W %, hack BY the Judges the ground OF a ioui'
"A ,he prize was given to Mr.. Scott, whose Co''
s.-..o, c.,ne in second Many things went awr,'
A., caldwell was suffering from sth les' anu u''
.x,rg was far below his usual excellence for N'o
se.br eht he dopp,d the nag to slraSsn s'srr VIZ,
- rart.n colt clear Of all and well In h"nt al
-, ..d Mr. Withcrss colt by King Ernest-Oy-
-. n.s a strong favoIte at 10 .. although ne hao
,,.r han seen In a In fact, boih inc oSoio"o
-, r.nfan colts came out for the mrs. tnio' o,'
. A., cyclone cot had beaten the fsnia" 'o'.
49, easily in trial ana hsd maue soou
sois .t ~ tho trainers and experts expected the
rveone colt 20 win Yet the favor'c suo"eu w
- He got of In the middle OF the crO"u' an"
- ..,nad nuch on the leaders. although Hamilton
- The snurs violently and rode Ike Jeh, the son Oh
800 The Fanfan colt, favored by the start, lea
m ,ha way from start TO finish In tho last iWiOpe
a. vas hard pressed by Mr.. SCOTS colt leighton ana
tho Fanfan colt won by neck only ooh coitS
-. raoen out to the utmost and both getting plent
p"e g. =, tho whip and the spur The two were
~ ,o,..ner in the last hundred yards, and the
Judges say they touched
Wen in the last century OF racing horses nave
.k.J ,scb other in hot finish tens of thousands OF
go without any charge of foul, and without any
80, nv the Judges Nothing be more certain
than 4
a, the finish Nothing be more certain than that
s,gbton did not lose the mlionth part of an inch by
INV ,ouch from FanfaD. The Hon. william Scott, Of
rre was In the timers stand He thought he foul
and he told the judges Various sympathizsrs OF
his who were in the timers stand also thought they
saw foul Any owner OF lively imagination and de
,ee,sye eyesight who backs his horse heavily, Is likely
10 fancy that be foul, II be gets excited enough
when some other horse Is running side by side with
his TAYLOR the rider of Leighton. made complaint
Of foul against Doane, the rider Of the Fanfan colt
Doane denied that bis colt had touched Leighton Inc
Judges thought that they foul, and with a
Draoonian severity that leaned over backward they
took the race away from Mr.. Withers, set back the
Fanfan colt, gave the seabrght Stakes to Leighton
and placed the third horse Burlington, second. Bun
they failed to place any third horse after dsqusyins
the Fanfan colt, and this caused some confusion IN
the ring, for Gleason the bOOkmaker, always oe4s
against first second and third places the field Is OF
reasonable size. Rosette actually came In fourth ana
was entitled official placing as third after the
Fanfan colt had been deprived Of his justly earned
Mr. Wthers's cOlors popular Mr.. Scotrs are
rot (This Is merely the simple record of conspicu-
tact The spectators had not supposed that there
the slightest danger that the seabnght Stakes
would be taken away fom Mr.. Withers on Mr..
Nitbers's track for such trivial Iose, matter
OF no earthly account. They stupefcd by the
action of the judges, which generally commented
upon wholly unnecessary ard uncaIled-for
exhibition Of excessive severity. The judges IN
he stand ard the spectators hundreds upon
hundreds OF just such Insignificant technical fouls az
we, racing meeting and usually notice is taken
Of them. Jockeys as a rule do complain Of them.
and ths j. the first instance for years Of altering
tie actual result of for such diminutlve and
mcacre on. OF coarse, th> judges hal a perfect
ght do rh"y did. They acted according to the
strict punctuation ana lettering of fine old crusel
fn-lsh racing Jaw, venerable and Ou o. date as
Port of the vintage of the Lisbon earthquake year
They said that the Fanfan colt entered the home
ere Oh clos to the inner rail and the end nc
IN middle OF the track. Well what difference did
iha' make? lie was in the heal at the head of the
homes retch and he had right 10 any part Of the
track If he Old not jOsue any other horse
That he crossed iOstled Leighton so as 10 impeie
hm al all was not the conviction Of the careful OBJ
server: Of thu Iace with the exception of the judges
Nj. W.iheis's misforunes were by 10
means ovc. His fine colt by Sensation
aVeriae was generally looked Upon a. an
almost certain winner Of the Newark stakes, aud
vas backed accordingly but he fell lame in the
last furous Of the mile. and was beaten, not only
by Mt tassatt's Maidstone but even lost the place
. senator Uealst's obscure aud Insignificant colt
lfhdnO. Maidstone won a. easily possible amer
the Faveldae colt slsckened his stride on account
q lamcBess. The Faverdale colt, Ny Fellow ana
LAY r. head and head in front for thIee-quartes
OF a mile Then the FaveIdae colt drew away. ana
had ,he fcid beaten until the unfortunate laineness
crippled him. when pulled up he llmped painfully
y, he paddock THIS i a severe blow Mr.. Withers
AID cOmin- after the deplOrabie deprivation OF me
ocAbricht stakes Is hard even for his phllosophic
tempcr 10 bear. lie will have the ardent sympathy
OF bis many friends the turf, especially OF nose
Vonn,eer iavorite in the first race like a snail
rsught IN net, and came in third. Grenadier WIN |
ming very easily. Dyer second. can IT be that Mr.
| lncus has given Volunteer 100 much racing
Ielinda the favcrte al odds on for the fourth
race and won after d brisk finish with Now or |
vi belinda.
.snSins Vedsur to jump on and cut Felinda. Bnnn
vas SUSPENDED for "a Jew days. as Doane. the |
rider of the Fanian coli.
freedom captured the selling scramble at five |
hrionCs with Haramboure second. Freedom was |
toIehl by ". G. DAILY after tie race.
After delay and many breaks Mr.. Caldwell lOs' |
all rstence and dropped the nag for the last to
shocking start Tehe Doe and stridcaway being "a
S,r,deaway mako up ground that he was leading "a
ne frong post in the homestretch, and would have
a, TIE star took so much out of him that he had
F.t1iares. The Haggn colt COMING up fresh and
strong I'm the last fdrOng. won by length. Strdeaway
thus ended thoroughly unsatisfactory day Of
Many unfortunate hackers of Leighton in the sea
bright toT up or threw away their Hehe,s when they
fusion followed when the judges took away the race
from the best horse and gave it to the second best.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST FACE-HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. eos
ZACH. $50 ADDED SEVEN FURLONGs.
J. J. Hylsud's b. 9. GTenadeE. By Glenelc-Alaa,
la assa = brothers 9 b. e Dyer 5 Ba1S
y. Gsbhsds b. h. Volunteer 3 ia. lDoane)
A. BehnOnt's b. C. Zcphyrus, g. ll3 Gear. ll5s).. -.
Garrison |
Time :29L.
Betting straight and place-NOiunteeT 1S 20 10 and
&c 8 Greuadier 10 and % s. Zephyrus Is to and
Z u 10. Dyer II to / and II TO :.
They started out Of the chute. getting away at the
second break fair send-Of Grenadier In front
but Dcane began pumping Volunteer for dear life and
sent the favcre into the lead furong. Not salts
be1, however with waiting In front. he continued TO
PUMP away until be pumped Volunteer to standstill
~ was an easy matter then for Grenader 10 in
the honsstreteh and win. Dyer who If all four
eet mee uea together. finished second lengths be-
fore volunteer who beat Zephyrus a length.
SECOND RACE-sEABRIGITT STAKES TWo.yFAR |
oLDs. $50 EACH. 500 ADDED SPECIAL
WEIGHTS. SIX FURLONGS
w L SCOTS cb Leighton BY Rayon dor-
Il AVo D.-.-...-......... (TayOU ]
= Rney's biz. G. Burlington. 1l3..... (iIaywsrH
J. Z Hafgins on. r. Rosette. 1O5.....(W DOpohuel O
D. ID Wtbrss Cyclone colt 1OS......,. nIamilt0n1 q
4. Bsnonrs b. g. Magnate. los..... fAnSerscpi