New-York tribune., 1890-05-29
KENWOOD'S SAD COLLAPSE.
BADLY BEATEN BY SELLlNG-PLAlHho'
,57r1r BADGE RUNS GOOD RACE-DARRlsIthS
SURPRISE PARTY

yITTIT BADGE RUNS \ UOOD isNNN
SURPRISE PATTY.
', prichton and Gutenberg should both try inc
.xpcriment Of racing at once IN opp"S''io" " NV
h,r climbs and to each other. 1t might iot P'o>r
or unmixcd evil. The minor tracks """u u"" Wv
tbc simy beer and The muddy VINES VI ''o '"'i
d ,oovc only the chateau clarc;S for the great
"iu " otbcr words. they would purfy racing
- westcbestcr Shccpshead Bay and Monmouth bS
straipins away the rOughcet. coar>ea' an" ""''
pulsi,e clements in the attendance ~" "'"" .,'0V
rceve those clubs almost entirely oi lnc ho',cN ''"'
are only fit for selling racers and tial 'c
mailing sport by getting in the way "i i"r pe'tcr
animals If the drc.S Of the dramShops ana INC
,ese ~ thc stables that now do so nuch 10 degrade
snd injure the turf were taken away '"'"'N '0''i
tle grounds of the chief Jockey o"O>' Nv" 7i'''
vouM be the gain in cleanliness de'e"H az" "'"'r'
and how much swectcr wonid he Tue """o'Pi'ic
and how GRATIFYING it wOuG he If the contest nj ne
famous conrsos of Wcstcheslcr, ShcepNheaa ana
uo,,uo,,th cnru he confined horses OF real merit.
without the intrusion Of the cheap ana nasty class
that can never be dcpehueu upon Now
pcnvood for instance. Is COW OF
Che kind that ought only 10 race al 0uienberg CLIFTON
and Brighton even though H. did win the Carlton SaAeS
,h o,her day lie wa, backed heavily Yesterday BY
hi gunner who felt confident that he would win. lie
was ridden with all Bersens Skill and yet he ran like
common cnr What is 10 be thought Of a colt that
esn outrun Tournament, Magnatc and Chaos in an
tmD Il a
race I'm field Of much inferior horses, and is beaten
not only by Bewood but also by Kasson. Lord Peyton
and Beckl Wlv simply that he Is an animal
lacking in courage and consistency and so devoid OF
selfrespect that he ought 10 be banshed 10 Gutten
berg and remain there i'll perpetual exile There
about ten times many horses III training in this
country as there ought 10 be. And how is racing to
promote the impro, OF the breed of horses"
the old. hollow. cantne. hypocrtca phrase rams
when the most worthless weeds that possibly be
produced allowed to fill hundreds OF stalls at even
the best of our race-courSeS. and make peNtilent
nuisance of themselves. the disgust and alienation
of every man who desires high standard of rae
Ing and is anxious to gallant and noble struggles
between thorouChbreds of genuine merit
Unless King Thomas spec lily mend his ways
and show supendouS improvement upon his running
of Yesterday. he also ought 10 be reserved for mid
winter sprinting in New-JerNey snOwdrift>. lie was
as slow and numbering in getting into his stride a.
camel might be. and with his portentouS bulk looked
something like cross between h.ppopotanuS and an
elephant Perhaps this unganly hulk may acquire
rapid transit in time. Big Tom Ochltree had a gait
about as graceful the rush of "a crocodile after
a sucllnG pig, but Tom was good racer Tor
ell that. And. in some mysterious W2N.
even shambling Eric. Of the most awkward and
sprawng creatures ever seen upon racetiack. has
captured important stakes. there may be hope for
King Thomas yet. But il must be fFanHH admitted
that if judge by his running last wear and yes
terday King Thomas is the worst investment that con
fdding and generous Hearst made in his
uc and that the Senators prospects Of ever getting back
the S3s 900 that this beast cost are at present 50
flmy as TO be practically invisible. Indeed if the good
Senator had put the horse up at aucton after yeser
days race. il is doubtful if he would have received a
bid of thiry-egh0 cents.
Four favories won the first four races. Eclipse
at To had the easiest OF tasks in the first. He
was wellridden by Fitzpatrick j. f. Mcdonald backed
his colt Philosophy heavily all over the ring for the
second race and told all h- friends that he could
not lose lie right. although Bergen had 10
ride Philosophy little IN the hOmcstretch 10 beat Dr.
Uelmuth who ridden by diminutive pickaninny
a stable-boy named Penn. But tiny as Penn was
BABY Lambley "a midget, infant brother of Lambcy
who rides regularly for ". G. Day), far timer This
microscopic monkey Oh Days twOycdrold hlIy
Kate Clark who carried only siXty-sx pounds, bur
could never get 10 the front such weanlmgs ought
not TO be allowed to ride in races
Hamilton was little Badge in the third race, and
that fact together with the merits of the horse, made
Badge the favor;e al odds Badge took the lc'id
al the end of the first hafmile, and won easily in
9 O9 When Bergen struck EOn with the whip IN the
homestretch. the big brute swerved 10 the inner rail
EOns is not in the right place, but ne got aocCnd
place while Gray Dawn. tleve and Tom 10y Nt7i-gied
badge and capital preparation iCr iAG H MGT , UIn
ia pounds, he Will he nard 10 beat.
Busteed tthe Ballet colt won the Falcon stakes
with much 10 spare last fHday that he carried
heaps OF money. and IIdny eager hopes ~ the fOri
Hamilton Handicap. although jude MORO" WIN
liamilton up Wa an even Aoney IaIo'He al W.. ,c
low in the last fulOhg, but ms N;E Lot 10 shake
of Busteed, who was sOandly beaten before the hf9i
nile wa, over, but 10 defeat the lightly weighted
. 49, ,yrI "',V ',S nor If All dJc,It kjnes own
vas third. Mr Wh"rs's EccOa colt like nearly AL
OF the Bro0kdalc horses. Wa' apparently pieu !"
pe1cctlop after having b@tn conproouI for nearly
mile. ~ 10 kns Thomas, he wa 50 far behind
the field all the way until the betics hol>cs %eio
lsf tlp end Thar law Ip a
Telescope 10 bring even the worst OF the others within
After four successes the hackers favorit, plunged
merfily keIwcOd Only 10 be appalled, b. seeing
this capi1cious, whimsical and cowaFGy colt nun one
skill and energy cOdd not get hchwOoi home ln TIE
hrst fcnr Beiwoo1 winning a. ne Hhel' ana kt,sH
with Hamilton upi, second Lord PEI TN poor third
~ Rcck tutrtn. And 20 sWntly wltiprCd The
lIs.els Of the winner Of the Carlton ~,alrs.
The selling was notable Tor me easy succcs,
Of tat eccentric Old salhcr barIl-tcr. who forgot to
sulk this time Everybody expect d him TO snln aud
grained old creature CoNtffcd 10 Su"pIlsc
everybody. In the BOOKS the betting against him ~aa
OF uncOnsdercd tr.he, in the WAY ol long ODDS got
the rrcnch uooIS that aJtrr .6"nc in al ii, rIoIy
Univ c t RcIt1 c "Sc we're & o6 a iIn f. in and each
On Barrisrei paid S74 So for S5 Pump div:sends
those and the, snow how much letter tian the books
The French pool, almost always pay when outsiders
was backed with a clazy fury Of confidence. Ray
nOnd g. IS a. uncertain IN HI, antics d. hch"Cod
hackers went home VITA splitting headaches and
fnghtiul anaernia of the pocketbook
DETAILS OF TIE RACING.
FIRST RACE SWEEPSTAKES. Two-YEAE-oLDs
s20 EACH. $1,000 ADDED. SPECIAL WEIGHTS
FIVE FURLONGS
Se,neu Warns b. g.. Eclipse By Kyle DAILY
W l.. Scots blk. T. Nubian. 1I3 ...---- sims
stables b. g. IsCIHuda ll3 r'ncl s
-, HeSrsts en- c. AlPernOn. II3 Hayward
" = DAYS ch. Z. rsdnlclinc 10 IiHhyJ
D"Ssf BfO.hers blk. I. seminole llO .-..-l lhosrf q
'" Watauns b. (. Miss WinIc, IIJ ...... fBersenJ y
IiLc-I :Oi
betlne 70 wn-Eclil~ Gayortcl. to 3. Nqbian - TO
bermuda 70 ]. tNangcliHc 10 J. Seminole 80 10 J.
1is, mihhIe 80 to AgemOn 10 TO J.
n,e'shk iOf piace-Eclipe Nuban 10 !, Ber
Wrinkle 3 - /. AlgeruOn 70
Dlacc s23 30. ~ F
Ihou2h E'snFeline broke in front. Eclipse running