New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-29
RACING NOTES AND GOSSIP.
THE WEEK AT GRAVESEND AND NORRIS
PARK
LOWERING UurE SCALE OF wEIGIITS-RHoNo
AND pRtNun uoY.M. 1.AME~sALvNroE
GOING SOON TO CALIFORNIA.


GOING SOON To CAILFoRNIA
The programme for tO-day's races at GravcSend Is
given IN this column. While not extraordinary III
point Of merit 1t Is sufficiently good to attract salts
factory attendance With tho exception OF the Ncp
tune Stakes It Is without stake features, five OF the
,x being overnight hsndicap- aud purses. All
the have filed we'll. and the promise Of interest
ing sport Is bright. Mr. Mcintyre has way Of iu-
ducing to make liberal entries to whatever lie
offer, In tho way Of turf contests. The writer does not
approve his disposition to lower the scale OF weights
Too many OF his races are arranged with conditions
that let horses In at feather weights. Recently the
scale OF weights was raised and he offset, this by
making at s. 10 IL pounds below tho schedule.
This IS all wrong. What earth J.; the turf coming
t.. We every day great prcpondcra2ce
Of sprint races and at tho same time gaze upon II
lot Of babies In tho saddle Few have an Oppor
tunity to ride. The business Of winning races
and losing them, as WELLS left TO boys who know
absolutely nothing Ut the art Of jockeyship No
docs the flag fall than they draw their whips and
begin hogging for dear life. And what do they know
II hORging! We them turn half round In the
saddle and fog and iog and fog till their
ache. They rock and and reel till tho animal,
under them can scarcely hep on AN keel. They
rt OF their stride aud swcrvc and bolt till they are
'iaf crazy I'll" whip i one OF III" cytravagances Of
racing IL lose, than any other article in thu
business No boy now riding can use a whip to al
vantage. There time, when il j. absolutely nccrs
-ary to HOg but they II rare occurrence. only
man can ride and nog "a the same time only a Me
Laughlii u Garrison. a Murphy. Hayward or liam
lion. The whip Is used much less in England than in
thi' country. over there few light weight, al
lowed TO Use them. When baby pick, up hi, whip
lie usually ssVps his horse. lie cannot help 1t. lie
loses all control Of his mount and all control Of him
self. II Is dollars TO cents that when he takes up bis
" n he f.. lrtfp 4 IL a .Ir rpcklc
meaningless hogging. The great Fordham never used
4 whip when he could help It, Archer whipped un-
mrrrifnly at the outset Of his career. but had sense
enough 10 the evil Of II before he bc'sm fanOS
He never struck horse In the middle ~ his stride,
io htt. lrnolami,cs of the present dav. but
eyer careful to catch him under the short ribs
~ liz was aboIt To spring forward. To strike
,"t in his stride. while extending himself TO the ut
most, is to cause him 10 finch and >'lhirn
and ,wcrvc To SO short. TO prop hinself. American
trainers do noi seem 10 rallhc this. one of these
days perhaps IN the millennium. they will learn some
hing about II. Thew will teach their jockeys T. ride
without the whip. All that a boy needs j. pair %.
,pur, and pair OF "handS.' The hands are o.
I~cally essential. Very few jockcys now riding know
what hands
Weights for the Holly Handicap for two year old,
frioucS. viii he ont tins afternoon. All the b','
'"inp,t"r, 81 IA" season arr eligible, and II Potomac
lt In al "A reasonable weight ho 1, certain To- start.
u" race is (" lc ran tonpIruw. Another irLtu:r Of
:" inorI',w, programme Is the ir,okw"ol liand' ap.
ipr thru" year dds. and quarter mt>. weights
or whth will BE- anuohtc"d TIN, afr"in'un. Ani"ug
ia" n"nrH,ti"n, >naioa. KuI"tta. Her IIl-h
n">S. Racine. Dcuu'li and L!voniA. II Il"
track l. good Ka In" viii probably m.hc Ia
l'h"f In the Eat. He l. nd I" ="
va g." f'iilr, ready. iu'"cd to - uIh' 'ud Il l'"r
Ter ~ zoo. LlI"' IA al,n l. waiy for rae. TiiIu
n have i high l,.,ni for her.
Morn, Park opens ON w",no-dav. Mary stables
49, already moved tluh"r. and mot" VIII L." "n tl'
E"N i"da, and f"n,"rfos. >";at"r ii""r - ht. ~
irti"- Tournament .'nd Ehrl". vent Up Yesterday.
f"ur'"n"hi " II J." g'o! bu-n"'. u. a." three year
II -'ih">. ',rprr "a, got HIN IN r\'"ll-ni >hal".
mt II /, doubtful II Eh M l. sen r-aru THIS v"Ar.
!h.- vmflv improved colt, .r,' BE- had Rounded
~" II useful h,uIi'np horse. IN i;n" on rrit'v
H. people expected hln I" win a." second
'p"al. and -'nf'"i I'm III ~" mad
Ird, - p>" hn .'rt II pfrimiuar, gallon for that
rr'". H. bat patlo wtt the greatest p,,,ihl' r'-".
~ 100 i"ius wr"n'',rl himself and sent To- the
,t.', dead lame ~" trnblc l. wi'h h, coffin bone.
d a,y injury 10 that j. usually "A very ~,ripu, affair.
Prince ROYAL. WI" ran rather di'rtit ~" race IN
'h und special al" I" the stable lame. suffer-
tx from IN, -,no ron rl,i' q, E.uu". '.".d Jui,,
,>~ct that h. will not again tn, year. hnt they
nav b" mistaken. Y" horse ever look't more 81 than
did Prince Roy "'I saturday lie was ~" perfection
4 condition. Iii> Cr> >tar> OF n" first maeui
,uic. and his coat fine witrrd >h. IT."
va perfect e.ntlcman al and ,rmrd III to
for jimmy Row"'- NE.
|, /, w,i. pcr.i that Snlvai,r Ia, Lrc"mr thin
A, :" hr unfit for hru!-nc and that - given
'i- for h> withdrawal from the Ma"hittan Han
cap. Mr. Maci"y, maIac'r e" The Ranch, del i,>o
breeding establishments ~ nd. "a tahr ham H. can
f,rr, early IN ocin,"r. the turf hi> rrpi ally
m" lat Of the famous son - irr"c 'harlc ard
>,l.n1L II l. III" common opinion II trainers that
Nj. H. ''nn' VIII win h' Manhattan with I:n''iaid.
who Will IN AT III pounds. II II not believed that
T.i,uy VIII do much At Mnrri, Para. Man, ,En'wd
",rrv'r- declare that h" has sen h!N hst day and
Uil never again b. the T"nmy Of l-eo.
SECRETARY Kork Is an artist. Everything th't hr
doe, H. artistic. III, programme. and hi hader' are
the hand,omc,t ever >,u"d Ia rnc.:"'rs cpmniu
niiv ndrr hi very able dir'ctl"n III" autumn meet
ine al Morris Park cannot fail To br an unqualified
,ucr">.. II begin, Wednesday and end "n ''r'"
Der IN Thcr' will be- ,i> races each d,N. A. WAS ia"
case 1T Monmouth Iar, ami Grivr,rnd. there
are nu,irror, races a." conditions II which
ar, lrn blank - that own"r> and tram
may In MEASURE arrange r"'ir>'N
to suit tirin~rlvr> This Innovation made at
The beginning 81 the ricng ,cis,n by SECRETARY 'r'k'
mere and To- hiv" caught or. A. IA" pira~"
g,~>. secretary MCIuiNir. who knows a good thing
when he II. did not hesitate Ia adopt the plan.
and r,iary k~h who +, behind no,., III fertility
Of resource. early rcrgiK'd tn" value Of the improve
rnrni. II j. noticed that Mr. Koch has arranged u
heat race for Friday. calling II the Mai"rmrn landi
zap and he probably placed II THIS early IN III" nr"
ing Ia test the fancy of both III" ownrr~ 81 horses
ard the pari- Of racing. II they Hike II there may
lr other, before the ri of the meeting II WITS the
e xprririmr 81 the toiry Island Jockey club ~ rs
recent meeting that In II, programme aroused
more incr,>t airng all the foil over, U the turf than
the heat race the last day.
NrNt IN interest," to tine Manhattan Handicap on tho
opening day VIII h. The .eroiur Stakes. for tirr year
Id, at one and five >ixtccnih> miles, and l. lih"y
that the winner viii turn mp In Tournurrnt ~ Bur
lngton moi quite r-,dy for hard rare and there Is
little else Ia beat. Til, will Dc under the an>
trr> III IN" American key Cub. Mr.. kOrk dis