New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-12
TOURNAMENTS GREAT RUN.
sENoRITA AND DIABIO FAR BEHIND.
oAscoN FIRST IN THE RICH WHITE PLAINS
HANDICAP.

oAscoN FIRST IN THE RICH WHITE PLAINS
HANDICAP.
Morris Park had the best day OF its october meet
ing far In attendance interest and quality CT sport
yesterday. Tie rain Of the night before had mahc
the track even worse than it was on THURSDAY anu
Friday, but spite Of its soggy and soddeh con
dition orscs took part in tho contests auo
although the time almost incredibly slow IN every
race nevertheless the spectators we're both eh'eltoi
and excited. The bOokmakcrs got the better Oh inc
daily battle between the amatenr ana PROFESSIONAL
ypocu!atOr as only enc out Of tNc six farorcN was
successful II i, hcominG almost sn axiom at rFis
Park that the condition # the saturated conrs'-'o
thoroughly saturated now that n fast time can DC
expected ut thi, mcctinG-c1nsantly npsc'S al p"""o
form and makes results most UNCERTAIN i"o o''o
thoroughly consistent sterling and atmirall' p'i1)rmrr
Of the meeting f. Tournament Neihef m"u HOE s"c
hindrrs him or hampers him. lie could 60 through
the Dismal Swamp of Virginia the Evcreanes OF fh'r
Ida, the Quick sands which swallowed the MaS'cr VI
Rayenswood, any all OF them. at specd whi'h ID
racchorsc on earth could lie has been s'ead
ily gaining IN speed and power, ana Yesterday nc
mado even Sonorlta and DiablO look Ike worthless
cattle. A. J. Joyncr. the accomplished and cultured
owner OF Chesapeake, uttered CHARACTERISTIC ePr
gr>m after the NewRochelle stakes, in which Iohrh
ment had run away from Dablo ana Seiiori'a 1lo'i
start to finish. Joyner remarked "eil thcy aukneu
a, mo after Tournament beat my Chesapeake so DaoJ
the other day. but look the way he beat them TWO
dos. Nv them two dogs" he meant senerita ana
Dabo.
senor,ta has been considered by the best judges OF
racing q FLY Of almost the highest class certainly
many of her have been excellent but Iourna
ment sot such . pace from the very start In inc
sticky track that he fairly broke SenoritaS hear Dc
fora she had run Ave furlongs. She could get no
where within gunshot of him, and became so dis'
mayed and discouraged that sho would not Try
when Diablo challenged her DIR the place
Mclaughlin was Senorita. but even this past master
of Jockey ship could do nothing with the hly In tnese
circumstances, and DablO beat her something i'Ae
dozen lengths for second place. while tournament
crossed the finish line under double pull al Nas'
dozen lengths before Dabo. The time was SLOW
enough, only gas But no one who saw TINS ".o
rim and saw the way in which Tournament left Daoio
and senorita toing hopecssly far behind him. douo's
that Tournament on heavy track is one OF the pest
horses that America ever produced. HuS uio
merit was obScurcd for long time Dy "he
lack of skill with which he was trained ana
he Is now showing his genuine form IN us
full DEVELOPMENT. He can we'll Oh any track
and oan give any horse in America stubborn oa'.le
on . dry hard fast elastic course, but when tr'cA
10 Of the heaviest most clinging and most ano"i'
sort to run then Tournament Is IN his iui eio' ~
is certain that Fircnz and Raceaid had run aea'n'
him In the NewRocEell stakes both Would HaNe
been beaten and beaten badly by him Yesterday, anu
Il Was fortuns for the fame Of the King OF the
Turf that no not pttcd against senator heaTslS
colt In this contest for Oh such track Iourhanen'
would probably have lowered the colors OF havator ana
tho King ID the Turf would have sunerco MS hiS'
defeat this year.
Bitter indeed are the reflections OF those WHO last
year picked out Tournament as a true racchof>e
OF good class. after his fine races at jerome f"rA'
At tho October meeting In LIS" tournament was
defeated IN the Titan Stakes by Judge Morrow %
whom he was conceding IS pounds. but he bea'
burlington fairly and squarey in a superb finish
IN which Burlington then at his best was rid
den by Mclaughlin. This race was enough
to convince many observers that Tournament WOMB
be a mighty hree-year-old, and not few pcrsstcte
turfmen have backed Tournament in every race In
which he has run this year How sore they feel, how
hot and angry. when they see this magnificent colt
cantering off with great prizes at long odds On him.
and think of the after race lost as the result oi
mistakes made in training him IN the sprung ara
summer. 1t is the common conV1ctoh OK oiS
Interested Judges of racing that Tourna-
ment had been handled the best advantage
BY one of the best American trainers from the time
when he passed into Senator Hearsts hands he would
not have been beaten in single rare In whch he
has run this year. 1t is true however that errors
in riding well errors in training have sometimes
beaten him.
Salue McClelland withdrawn from the White
Plains Handicap. with its guaranteed value OF go
OOO and La Tosca naturally became the favorite
The Western colt Gascon. by Falsetto out
OF Mollie Wood. who won two sahc' az
eheepshead Bay but badly beaten in the Prospect
Stakes at Brooklyn. backed with large sum, by
many turfn,en both from the East and from the West
Nearly all the Western believed that Ga'con
would defeat La ToSca. 80 Gascon was
strong second choice in oil the betting "hch
he rap in the Dunmow Stakes Ms weight pen
atty fo- the races which he Won at
shcepshesd Bay made him carry 123 pounds lie
could not get place IN the Dunn"w with snch q
weight. The Handicapped let him into the "hIte rl'
Handicap at Only 1I3 pouids and although La rosa
struggled bravery and was well ridden by Han'i'"h
Gascon beat her easily at the Inish hnAovrr was a
moor third only a short head before l. pcI'xa, h'ii
EQUITY and Monterey close up Both Russell ana
Ambulance were backed very tinldy In the bet
lingering Neither Of chem ran vel! Both
dropped out OF Tie race LcoT" the LiN
half hlrIong was reached BESIDES o'i.ic
McClellard Montana. Cantatrice. Na'n"r Rini,>.
Rev del Rey and ,on.c Other, were Withdrawn. tn"
time was slow oLonsh. l IL -, but o! course the
track vas responsible for that.
1t seems clear enodsh that taking her ability to
run on heavy track ii!tn consideration Mr. EcEn""t
owns in La Tosca the best FLY If lrr age IN tic
country Ambulance might DC able To beat her on
dry, fast track at times, and sae Nctl"!ltnf mlIht
catch her little OF and defeat lcr when t::Y
were both splashing through mud. Yet. ,ai-
ing ell things into account. La I"'ca VIII
probably be more consistent thrc" year-oM ana
better slayer and vcG!tC ir!icr t'an either % them
Gascon is fai colt and soVi but ii must
be remembered that no carried only 1l3 pounds 10
La Toecs's ~ and the fly therefore concetins
TO him pounds. At even weights 10 one
doubts that La To,ca couh have defeated Gs.con
This colt failed to W in race in the West, and his
first victory at Shcopshead Bay. lie was beaten
four times in Kentucky by two ear-ods 81 no mar
velous speed or form. But he has plainly improved
prodgiOusly since then. His first run In the East, at
Sheepshcad Bay failure. a, he did not get
place In the Dash stakes. His success III the White
Plains Handicap is his third. Nothing Is clearer IN
racing than that ascon is far inferior TO Potomac and
Gtrathmeath. The owner Of the Bashford Manor Farm
was lucky indeed 10 Of ~ ,OOO first money as
his colts victory was solely due TO the condition Oh
the track.
In the first rare the favorite, Park Ridge. came IN