New-York tribune., 1890-08-06
MR.. BELMONT'S POTOMAC.
HE GALLOPS OFF WITH THE RED BANK
STAKES AT MONMOUTH.
uAM1Lroy's CLEVER RIDING GETS CLARENDON
HOME IN FEoyr-uHR HIcuNFss BEATEN.

HAMILTON'S CLEVER RIDING GEIS ClAhE'NDON
HOME IN FRONT-HrR HICHNFsS BEATEN.
There was nothing startling about tho racing at
Monmouth YESTERDAY nothing ~ shake the iouida-
tons Of the world make the heavens fall lherc
has been better racing this side ~ the moon alc
there has been This statement IS made after
calm and sober reflection on what might have been
and what The michtchave beenS OF tie race
course may be tic consolation OF the meek and lowly
in spirit bu; the things that were are more to be
desired than fine gold. Tpstan in the first race
NAV be re sarded one of the might navel oeeHs'
Clarendon as one OF the things that were quorum
OF the extremely confident army Of regulars ana
R1egulars in attendance selected Tipstah as the
probable winner and their money sent him to the
most a slight favoritc over Volunteer There
great demand for ClarndOn's stock but the market
ruled firm at 10 10 l, the boOkmakers were AFRAID
OF Hamilton Who is DOW riding in his best style.
Hamilton seems to understand straight course
be, ter than any other jockey in the saddle. Most
iocRevs I'm riding Noamcuth's great stretches,
make HE mistake of calling their mounts 100 s'on.
some make the mistake Of calling on lier mounts too
late and a few sad 10 relate, make tn ulstaEc Of
not caAng their mounts at all. Hamilton seems
10 knew Just the proper time for asking the
Hon" vs. Frederick Archer used to say. and when he
does ask it. e generally gets prompt and effective
answer lie asked II Of Clarendon in such way as
to get Clarendon home in front. The race is not
always 10 the swift II it were. Tps;ad would have
secn returned the winner lie ought to have won.
But Hamilton rode the little Mexican. Narvaez'
who had the mount on Tipstaf and who thought he
hsd the race in his sleeve. Major Daly was poor
third The collapse Of Volunteer was utter and com
pete Anderson has grown as tnhine and indoieAt u
q Mississippi field hand in watermelon tme and he
probably infused Of his spirit into the old geld
ing. Bella B. amazingly slow that her brother
Inspector A.. WIN down as starter in the
,.N fbat ha n,i-h Npfir
10 his box and weep in silence over the disgrace
bro.ght upon the family. Orator broke down. coming
In en three LEGS, far behind the rest of the field
Hamon's second mount was Potomac in the Red
Bank stakes. and he had plain sailing All the way.
Potomac. by -. Dlasc ouehanna, viii he Mr. Bel
mont's representative IN the for the Junior
Champion stakes next Tuesday. and candidate Tor
championship honors is entitled to the highest con
sGeraton and respect. For green one. he showed
an astonishing amount Of selfconGdence YESTERDAY
He won all the way, afsr of in biz galop, nc
II he lad been used TO winning all his lifs. The
others we're not in 1t with him. There is no telling
what will do in pinch but don't forget that it is
going TO take mighty good 10 pinch
him. He looks very much like his brother.
Chesapeake. but is better furnished His private work
had been good that Mr.. Belmont, his trainer, James
Rowe and all the friends of the stable were eA-
tremcly confident Of seeing him in front al the hnis
and they all backed him. The public, particularly
that portion Of the betting community which follows
form even il It thrive on it. is rather shy
of intr1,sting It's money 10 tIvoyearod on the
occasion OF its first appearance in race no matter
how many watches ii may have broken in It's trial
gallops Fairy. of the most consistent hlleS
OF the year was made the favOrite 50 much money
went on Potomac however that FairyS price recedcd
Ill II was only three points stronger than PooE6cs,
the odds being respectively 10 10 and - TO ,.
Fairy ran wcll-She always runs wel-and
rs
Potomac captured the race. bermuda was
so unfortunate ridden by Anderson. and II IS
entirely unnecessary 10 state that Bermuda vaS no
where Mr. WitherS withdrew SorCcrcr, who would
have been literally supported if he had gone 10 inc
post and sacrificed the fortunes OF Erookd0le nv
starting the much toutcd ottawa meek and modest
looking FLY bv King Ernest ont Of Wyandotc. ottawa
is not as swift as .hc rapids OF the et Lawrence nor
as slow AS Canadian reciprocity She NAV be heard
from bv and by. she not heard from Yesterday
Rettcr thncs were expected Of PckwiCHcr. Eclipse
ard Varabord but al Of very little account JUST
now I'IntrguGntc's performance was shocking
only Judge Morrow. Demuth and DruideSs ran IN
The Palsade stakes Nafvaez. who rode the JUDE
cou,d scarcely persuade him to 90 slow enough to
mako oven the semblance of race with his two op-
Moments II would have taken burlington or
Torrramcn, to give his neck a stretching so fnll OF
life and running he. The booKmaWelS "erc
strangely liberal toward his hackers. thousands ~
dollars going on him at 10 p II IS true that MS
rricc closed at to 10, but even that was mos'
generous offer.
Ccorrc COvinCtOn needs investigating again. Not
,bot George has done ANYTHING lie Is model
Of proprietv now. and his conscience Is "lthou' 4
Ca,y No ono would dream Of accusing him on evil
Iut the writer cannot help recalling the ihclo"h'S Z"
last Thursday when George, after being invcstcach
o,d ,..,dIcatnd sat down and rode three winners -
contribution. Ravcoc and sam Wood. George falc1
60 e~c,te the admiration Of the world by his perform
ance in the saddle Of Her Hghnees in the fourth race
stockton is very good Just now. but Her HlShne''
is very bad indeed, she is horTid II Shc cdhi"l De'
him az the weights they carried yesterday II "'"to
had ridden Her Highness well as 1aSlOf rOo' oUoo,
ton. Her Highness would have won What pity II
Is that the handicapper didn't raise the weight" All
around so that Hamilton could ride. Where wouid
Stockton have finished thon But let that pass IleT
Hicbpess IS one of the mighthave becns stockton iS
one of the things-thatwere. Now lei the stricken
deer 90 weep. A.
]. Dunn kindly declared to win he
selling race with Village Maid 50 u"
public backed something else, mostly Sonrire
and RroUn Charlie Captain sam Brown adviser
his friends not 10 back Brown Charlie, and Dunn
advised his not TO back Village Maid. Village ha'u
won as she pleased, and Brown Charlie was Ios~
Arab could have walked in. but a. ne wouid nave
been screaming favOrite his owner scI@tcheu MN
and lent his Jockey the valiant and mighty Decbe'
to Dunn who put him on Village Maid. ana
goes Without saving that MIR. FORBES and all hi
followers got on too . ,,,, I'D ,,
The public did not believe that Merden could gel
a.xiIe in fast company, liizpal and Chesapeake
We're hacked 10 win the ldtt race n
the horses went 10 the post Michael Dwyer
sent fair sized su6tressGIy o Nr INTO ver5ig
otherwise known a. Circular joe the whole Of ID
was invested on Merken. Meriden won without ef-
fort
The track was in prime condition.
Following the conditions OF an extra race TO DC
run 20 morrow
Seventh race-eweepsakes for maidcns Of rl5 each,
With $3.50 added. OF which 800 10 the second ana
$50 10 the third. Those fOHT Years allowed fourteen
pounds hve years and upward, twenty eight POUNDS
Entries close at the track al p. today.
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