New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
IINDEN'S OPENING DAY.
,lnAsAST>sso&r ON A PRETTY COURSE.
,.rnosp q. DnrzA1s STRONG FIELD IN THE

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HANDICAP.
N. onicers and the stockholders OF tho Linden
- Association had abundant reason for satisfaction
~ eongratuaton in the success Of the opening day
- their autumn meeting. Although the weather
threatening the attendance was remarkably large, and
~. spectators enjoyed TO ths,fu the advantages and
..ct,es offered by the buildings and by the course
:. The exceptionally attractive grounds Excellent
"a. ingenuity and judgment were shown in
,he construction Of the buildings. A year
.,o the track fun OF holes, but
,wmmse improvement has been made this year. and
=, much sand has been worked into the Ncw-JerSey
~, that the track I'm much better condition than
x~s generally expected after the violent storms Of
Thur,day and Friday. Many we'll known racing
x.,e present. In the betting ring the bookmakers
offered tempting odds to all who were inclined to
speculste, and the sport Of the afternoon passed of
cmooehly and made an agreeable impression. The
pennsylvania Railroad provided plenty Of trains with
A acceptable supply OF the best and most comfortable
psrlor and If the meeting goes on tn accordance
With the promise Of it's beginning 1t will AL bright
.ud pleasant page In turf history.
Although the number Of scratches In the various
,os was considerable. still sufficient fields OF horses
an 10 afford good contests. In the FIRST Eon Disblo
Nellie Bly, Parsmetta and Yosemite the starters.
Jockeys who know anything about riding. and day by
aar the lamentations grow bitter that Taral
and TAYLOR remain al Washington, instead OF
riding In NewJersey, where they ought to be.
p.neeoers were amazed beyond expression
20 see Decker put up Dablo when Dablo carried
us pounds. Hard 1t is to secure competent
iockeys it ought to have possible to set better
hoy than Decker to ride Diablo at this weight Ismil
ton was on Eon. and Decker OH Diablo had about
mnoh chance Of defeating that combination
the little Kingdom Of Portugal would have Of
overcoming Great Britain In war over the
African possessions of the two countries. And yet,
even vast disparity In the skill OF the two
Jockeys It surprising TO see Eon run away from
bisblo with so much spare and easily. when one
recalled Diabo's last two races at Morris Park and
the many excellent performances of the little colt In
the mud II was no race at all, Eon had so much to
snare at the end Nellie bly, got third place, we'll
back Of Diablo Eon the favore at odds on
The second race was selling affair at three-qusr-
tiers Of a mile. for tw0ycar-Ods Ella T., Bush Bolt,
matchmaker he Quecrly named Miss Hooker colt that
william Lakeland bought recently from William g. Day)
,rre all well backed. Bush Bolt was good second,
hut the winner turned up In extreme outsider, Gold
STEP with odds of from 10 to 80 to against hcr.
tioldstep won easily enough, Willie Ella T. was thlu'
Great things were expected of Lizzie Pckwick, but
she came in poor fourth.
In the third race for threey earolds Text ST. James
and Blackburn were taken out and the money Oct Oh
the race was almost entirely put on MASTERPIECE the
fayore at even money. and W. c. Days Charlie Post,
the colt ~ KinglIe out OF Fan Fan, formerly owned
,v Mr. Wthcrs Mastcrode carried only % pounds,
Willie Charlie Post had 122 At even weights Charlie
Post can give grand discount TO Masterlode on any
day and any track. But the difference Oh twenty
four pound, a heavy. holding course was too much
and Nasterlodc won as he liked, with Charlie Post
second and Nandal third.
The most interesting race of the day was the fourth'
The handicap. at mile and furlong. WIN @i'ooo
sGded. Now-Or.Nevtr. Hypoc:ite CynJsure ana Drum
stick were withdrawn from this. but the field when
ran was made up OF horses OF considerable reputation
and class 1t included Riley, Reporter Cometo-Taw'
Enrls Nevada Can Can, Lavnla Belle, My Fellow
Ten plar AID Raymond 6. Riley. Eurus Reporter ana
Nevada all well supported in the specuitoh' anu
at times various bnOkmakers were giving TO against
each. Iut 50 much money was put ON Kiey lia'
probably he was backedfor larger amounts than any
other horse Ia the race. EuruS with Hamilton IN the
saddle sulkcd from the start. would not try for
yard and came in List. The old rogue seems u
have made up his mind that he Is now ehuteu 70 d
witers's rest. that he has done racing enough TINS
year and that lie does not intend TO WIN anotneF
dollar for John Higgins In 1900 When bur'is oIice
makes mn his mind he is the most obstinate of rsscals,
the most dn!cul to persuade or concilate. Hence
rerhaps II might be for Mr.. lIugsins's advantage W
hnmor the horses Wim and retire him I'LL next spring.
Riley ran a most lalnentable for the colt who
defeated Tournament at Morris Park and ran an ex-
ccllent race aitcrward Elizabeth. Whether nc
suhed or what the matter with him 1t Is not
easy to conjecture. He had an unpopular
Soc, kew up Mc,aIam. who has ridden him before ana
ridden him badly. But Riley was so sollndN ana com
plctely beaten before the first mile was finished That
II appar hardly possible that the best Jockey WHOM
the world ever saw could have got the brute INTO
place Yesterday. The speed which was exhibited IN
the mud al Morris Park seemed 10 have vanished
ran
had a one as Riley. lie much nearer the 'front.'
throughout than Riley was and MADE something VI
Lid for the prize in the homestrctch, but died away III
the final hundred yards. Come-toTaw, ike huus'
was evidently in a sulky mood ana ne 100, was ho.
dangerous Ny Fellow must be added TO the list Oh
.nrep beas, that would not try The actual contest
WAS confined 10 RAYMOND e., Lavnia Belle ana Nevada
with Can Can at times in the race showing d dsPoSi
lion 10 get somewhere near these tiree. But ""'
uond G. won with much III hand and plenty TO spatc
al the finish, while Lavna Belle, Win her hsn'
weight at long odds for place. came In second ana
Nevada third.
pavmond g. the winner on public form was
co,nlo,ov ont classed by such horses Riley, Eurus
r. porter Nevada, Lavinia Belle and even Coihe-"
Taw Nevertheless lie succeeded In beatis 'i0N
all without difficulty. He has previously been r"theo
a. a selling platter, and has taken part In seVera
selling races. In no previous contest mas ne sho"'
anv approach TO yesterdays form and 1t was
,hrrborc,,p indeed that he should overcome
hors,a that were looked upon as so far ms
superiors William Lakeland, his owncr' put
400 on Blackmailer in the second race thinking ta'
matchmaker was a sure winner. When matchmaker
vas beaten Lakeland got down on his cinch' as the
Phrase goes and did not back Raymond c. at ALL bu'
ms uruncr Aimed. put his money both on Raymond g.
and Riley. and the triumph of Raymond u. brought
consolation to him for the total collapse OF Rhes'
Matte Cortett and his friends levied heavy contr1-
,ntions on almost all the bookmakers IN the ring by
IN. ums which they wagered on Kempand
IN tho fifth race, and Kempland filled the