New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-19
Isaac Murphy rides for J. B. Haegln this season

Mr. Corbn seems TO nothing for racc-course
Messenger traffic Or can il be that his subordnates
are incapable OF operating railroad as a railroad
should be operated On Thursday, when all the world
knew that Long Island road would be taxed to the
utmost TO carry visitors 10 Gravesend and fetch them
hack 10 the city, the sent out trains from
Long Island City which had but two parlOr when
twenty would have been filled. The criticisms in
Fridays papers. something else, induced the man
sgement attach large number Of parlorcars To us
trains on that day, and the result that half OF
them were empty. for the attendance was compare
lively small is always the the day follow
ing great race such the Brooklyn Handicap should
have been but not. The wise railroad o'hcialS
Immediately jumped to the conclusion that so many
parlorcars not needed and saturday the mum
Der was again reduced TO two. AS on IhurSuaN'
twenty could been filed, for the hahold1y
crowd was out in force. as all the world supposed 1t
would be fine day. Now, either incompetence
or indifference is the of this stup1 mismanage
ment. The jockey club would do well TO nave inc
train service improved Immediately. II Is an easy mat
ter TO guess in the forenoon what the size Of the at
tendance likely to be- Any person with sinatter-
ing Of racing knowledge tell by looking over the
programme, published in the morning papers,
whether the of sufficient importance TO draw
out 10 900 people, of little interest that only
half that number will to visit the track 10 see
them The Long Island Railroad officials seem TO have
forgotten whatever they may once have known about
the transportation of goers They ought to go To
NewJersey and lessons of the Pennsylvania and
Jersey Central lines
The course pursued by many owners in refusing
to name their two olds till the youngsters have
earned brackets is extremely annoying. INC num-
Der Of nameess colts and FLIES now running seems
larger than in any previous year. Let us see If we
cannot name a few of them, taken at random from
the list of entries in the Great American stakes
Suggested nomenclature Brown colt by Bletai,
Billy in the Lowgrounds; bay colt by LonSfelow-
Insignia, Sign Post: black colt by Hndoo-Uproar,
Ganges; chestnut FLY by Neutrality-suspicious. WITHIN
wind bay colt by EnQuirerMelta, InQuistOr; chest
nut colt by PowhattanSequence, Sachem; black
FLY by Hindoo Katie, Ducat; chestnut colt by spend
thrift scualva, scapegrace chestnut lly by Neptune
Alma, Mermaid chestnut colt by Joe Daniels Mette
Hungry Joe. LUCKY" Baldwin is of several
owners who are superstitious about the naming Of
their horses His rule is to give his horses the soft
musical names of towns in Mexico and on the PENN
sula Of Lower California, and he believes that ill
luck attends all not named AS an instance hc
cites Fallen Leaf Emperor Of Norfolk Lucky b. and
others. Lucky B. was good race-horse, but met
with many accidents. and was finally killed in one.
Fallen Leaf in the opinion of many, was the fastest
fIy of her year. but cut down in a race. while
Emperor of Norfolk, one Of the best colts that
looked through bride, broke down the beginning
OF his three year-old Pierre Loriard seldom
sends an unnamed yOungster to the post and tic
same may be said Of J. a. q A. II. Morris. August
Belmont has stock OF appropriate names always
on hand Mr. Withers thinks colt that cannot win
a race is not worth naming, and he sometimes in
sists that they shall win two three races before
he christens them. But when Brookdale youngster
does earn a name IL is a fitting one.
Surefoot continues to do WELL and his success in
the Derby seems more than assured. lie still
holds the place of favorte in the betting. An Eng
fish turf writer, speaking of the winner of the Two
Thousands, says: "When Surefoot appeared last
spring as the Wisdom colt. he said to be one of
the bestlooldng twoyearolds that had been seen on
expressed about him was as to whether his bone
se'G support his his massive frame Ths spring he was
found 10 have borne his preparation as MS legs had
sSs 6unt Of hard E muscle and to Ia on into
fine, commanding looking three ear,old;s Anothe,
ss %B,: ee ss STAR 9a On Yh ssi &
fe he is sbcnt Is hands 3 10 inches lie has
a good head and neck, beautiful shoulders, short
grand back, wellarched lolns and the grandest quar-
tiers man N The @ on
him the most perfect type of Derby horse we have
in training
"Naomi," the Keheilan Arab mare, OF the Maneghi-
Iedrd family lbred by the Gomussa BedouinS. Of the
great Anazeh tribes, and brought from the Euphrates
valley 70 England by the late Captain Roger D. Upton
the property of the Rev f. F. Vidal Of Greeting Rec
sent over in August 1855 to Randolph huntington
Of Rochester ~ u. to be bred 10 General Grants
on the night OF May 10. Mr. Huntington describes the
youneeter as absolutely perfect and has named him
mare ever brought to America. Leopard. it will be
remembered. presented TO General Grant by Abdul
Hamid III successor of Murad W, sultan OF Turkey
i.The American people, says Mr.. Huntington, know
absolutely nothing Of the Arabian horse What they
believe 10 be Arabs only Moorish mons rels or pos
sbly Egyptian even Persian. mongrelbred animals
Naomi Is the only positively purcbred Arab mare that
has come at any time 10 America. In forty wears
breeding / have never seen perfect, strong anc
sctive "a foaI Immediately from birth. 5 Anazeh
General Manager Croft, OF Monmouth Park. has dis
t,ibuted through the city for public exhibition q
S,bocrsnh advertisement the Ike of which has neveI
been seen in this country It's purpose is to dircc