New-York tribune., 1890-08-29
SALVATOR'S GREAT MILE.
THE RECORD MADE A HOPELESS WRECK
HIS TIME :s5la ON A STRAIGHT TRAcK-FRFNz1
CANTERS IN.


ing season is over for never has there been racing
meeting in this country in which there have been
so many unpleasant features suspicious OF trckcry
and fraud have been continually rife. The best
Judges OF racing believe that there never has been
meeting in this or any other country conducted on an
extensive scale in which there much rascaiity
on the part Of certain jockeys. trainers and owners.
Public form has been laughing stock. On the anglo
maniac straight courses the queerest and Shosties'
In andout running has been the rule rather tam inc
exception. The great mass Of the raccSoers Is thor
oughy weary Of races the straight course of which
they can see nothing hut the finish, and small
indeed is the number Of those who turn
their backs on Monmouth with any feehhs
of regret. The enthusiastic admirers OF inc
English system of running on straight tracks leei
confident that that is the system OF TIE iutrTc
and will drive ont all others. If the Coney Island
Jockey Club and BROOKLYN Jockey Club should try
the experiment in 1891 of racing in July aud August
does any one seriously believe that Monmouth could
compete with them for q single weeks no I'e
crowds would G0ck TO Shecpshead Bay ana u "FaV's
end because they are convenient of access because
they are near Coney Island. where dinner ana
bath can be enjoyed after the racing is over ana
because on these tracks, except on the futufiW
course at Shcepshcad, every part of race can oc
seen the movements of the horses can be ho'e' Ut,
riding OF the Jockeys be carefully scanned anu
every incident Of the contest can be seen
The .unbounded Indignation disgust ana
wrath Of the racing public over I''''
Mnrphv,s performance Fircnzi on Tues
dav grows stronger rather than weaker daily Every
man of any sense and experience is laughing al Vle
preposterousy silly explanation that Murphy Has
given Milk punches are constantly given IN ho'pi
falls TO parties with the weakest and most ueH'ho
stomachs They are used by physicians for people
sick with typhoid fever and other wasting and EXHAUST
ing diseases II is well known. Of course, 10 every person
that ever looked in abOok on physiology tha' "r,h
milk is taken into the stomach it is retained there ony
an extremely short time. II Is also well hlo"h tniV
the rum or whiskey or brandy which is put IN mlik
uunches prevents the milk from curdHnS III uie
stomach Mr. withers. judging from the way IN whch
he TALKS about the affair." must be totally unfamiliar
With the composition. habits and effects OF mix
prncnls Murphy could haT0Iy have been telIlng tlo
who,, complete, unvarnished. candid truth whch ho
said that lie drank milk punches at his home i Long
Dranch was not affected at all by them there. was
then driven to the track, was sober when lie reached
the track drank only ApollinariS and ginger ale at
the track was not drunk, but was snddehN at'Fhcu
with vertigo after he lad so; in Fien2iS saddle ho
esys that il was of vertigo Any doctor III ue
world would declare it the clearcSt and painest case
of drunkenness imaginable. II this sort OIL aDsuu
plea is to be accepted as extenuaton or apology
for such contemplate breach OF tru''
and breach of faith As Murphy "SS
guilty Of every drunkard who Is brought up peior'
a police justice will plead that ne had diuhh mn"
punch was perfectly sober. brt that aier ti'S' "V
lad taken some ApOlndrls anu ginger "V -" '
been promptly seized with an attack OF the inhouS
Isaac Murphy brand Of vertigo which mace MN
dszed and urcOrsclOus Of what he was DONG ROM.
sergean.s in the stations. ponce surgeons ana
police justices wond make short work o'
such idle Nc CnseuSc this. FlrenZ 'ahl"E ''o
betting the country over, must nave Dec" Da0",u ~ -
win AZ least half million of dollars in TUESDAYS
r.co .ho world have that race eaSN'
I, sbo rod been ridden by sober iockcy. Jockey
who receives a liberal salary who has always been
most generously trCatcd by his emPio!er' ""o
ted with the mount a great public faVcrlc
I'm a race with $4,000 added money, ana YET l.
oriltv NJ 81 shameful breach Of trust as to drlhK
himself drunken 50 that he is not able TO SIT III the
.addl, ought 10 be punished most severely huH"e
Of, the turf altogether would not be at all 700 sever
Trainer RyrncS also is not free from flIt l'i' ouS
cxcrse +. that he did not kn0w how drunk Murphy
WAS taat he had him ride excellent races bcioe
when he lad Leen drinking Little. ana Supposed Iha'
he would ride FircnA well in this race. itc h'9
st7rsc 1iew If his obligations to his employer MI
Iaggin. ard to the public when he taxes s"''
risk as this II IS his plain duty 70 see 'ha' 'he
i,clcv who get; in such on Fircnz or eaav-
tor is clcarhcaded ana sober and in the full posses
Sen Of al his lacal'ieS.
II Will be singular. indeed. if Mr. Iaggin, as soon
a. he IS made acquainted with all the facts III inns
caso does not Immediately discharge Isaac Murphy.
How he can tolerate further connection OF such
uerson with such stable his, is difficult t) see.
Mr. Byrncs wanted the executive committee Of Mon
mouth 10 rcinstae Murphy Yesterday ana permit MN
TO ride salvatOr in the race against TIM ana freh@
in the sixth race but the executive committee refused
II would have been most discrcdtable weak
ness If they lad yielded and consented. lhey
have suspended Murphy ill the end OF the
groohlyn meeting at Gravcsend lie cannot
ride again until the racing begins at Wes'cleNter
This /, light punishment indeed for such an offence
as he has committed.
The Judges at Monmouth yesterday acted in
.m.osfv pl Ht
Camp and the horse Little Jim tina, were Inei M @ on
few weeks ago The case was "a hasIant ana out.
onIy. and shields avowed this in the most inSocnt
manner All three, horse; owner and jockey ought
asnHer Of this wear at least These absurdly tight
penalties for the gravcst offences help ~ bring tn;
to ,Sri be- n'S Sinking sE'po iower and lower every y
in the opinion of the great mas ol ue
rs1e rsn cTes appear to be entirely resigned to ths
steady progress downward, and to be not at al on,
ii. Tens of thousands of prosperous men Who gamble
daily in Wall street and elsewhere ON The price. oi
stocks grain oil, cotton lard, metals and many other
footballs of speculation never 20 near rdcetiack cr
reason frankly avowed and heard on every ie lLnu,
through and through and corrupt 10 the core |Hc
they lar sr wrong ,.9 as ia "a g2 HST sport was saliva
tors magnificent race against time lhe 'r1o" he Tnrf
would smash the record into fqgment' lie v%anhS wa,
great iavore over tmo in The betting As peG Mmrpni
ssivaor had two paccmaher,, two stable com, N,
panions named Namoune and Rosetta; ear. nn 81
which tried 10 run with him half mile. lie went nan
furlong beyond the starting point ana % Mnen
the nag fell he fully in his strdc ana tUitme tt
mighty pace He made the first quarter lnilc
in 23 "a seconds, the halt mile IN a. - scc0hus,
the thrcequarers ~ II IL, and the iUii iiG 1t, ~
the startling time 6f 30 II Is not Nacly INA,
THIS marvellous achievement will ever be shrpasseu
or even approached in any country. II Is rare
occasion indeed when the owners OF the best hoIscs
ON either side of the Atlantic consent TO run them
against tine records, and savaOr is great racer Is
now In 50 superb condition and accomplished 50
resplendent triumph IN running mie Ia / :33 IL.
that TINS achievement will be the despair OF future
generations OF h0rse-owners. II is Understood that
an English horse named Brag once rau a mile IN
3o IL. on straight course at Brighton In Eng
land This was considered dazzling speed. II was
never known exactly what Orm0ndc, IsOnOmv,
Gladlatcur Lord Lyon West Australian, Bay Mid
dlcton and other English horses of their class could
do at mile Probably Prince Charlie. the Eng