New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-25
WATTERSON AWAY OUTOFIT.
4 PECILIAE RACE AT LINDEN PARK.
.vcr REVERSAL OF FORM-CNLY TWO
p,>oR11Es GET HOME IN FRONT.

.ro,xcE REVERSAL OF FoRM-cNLY TWO
p,vR1yEs GET HOME IN FRONT.
a., commands on the race for the Luke Black
e,as.s RIM At Elizabeth saturday and won by
colt of tls name of watterson' the writer OF TINS
s.,rmn felt hime impeed TO ask :" Who and what
.,gbt Wattrsor be-" whercupon some smanwitted
sSh,sr in ncins knowledge went off into Commissions
md toa,oed at the mouth in an attempt TO explain
that Wattcron was a racehorse' "i'hou' p"hSi"s l"
TIC tho fellows Grass ignorance. the writer again
no"0s .vy,o and what might WattersOn be
-. mos be cesterday a racehorse or q dummy,
,,roe,csr or a Barren Island scow 2! On Sa'ur-
dow r,atn Nv "spder' Anderson ana carrying IL
nounds yaterson made an eAhloi'ion Vi he""oou'
Iudco Nnroy Jack Rose, sohenaSoh ana o'ners'
'u'Neo - .,siIv that Anderson never gave up his
- 90 m. lines on Monday Jack Rose carrying
s Ids had but little difficulty In beating MAJOR
80 xa+erson gave Jack Rose a twclve-pound
D-s 49,, lack Rose gave Major DAILY a three pound
$50 which would seem TO make Watcrson q
.s,oon'you,d better horse than MAJOR Day. les
,rdav Major Daly gave "at'crSon
,ren,voo,nd beating in the thiro race al LIN
aor eak. which would seem 10 lhulcWe
v.rss Of form equivalent TO no less thah thirty
sye noods in five days. What iainhs OH was '"e'o'
NV ,,ran, A son of Duchess beaten OIL, almost
1904 never for one brief moment in the hunt
t,on tart 70 finish Who and What might WAITER
son b.! .
TT, race had a rotten look, and the stewards would
hayeraised themselves very high In the pubhc esha'
ton II they had ordered a thorough investigation.
Nonng derogat0ry owner, trainer, jockey or horse
ro;dt have been developed but an official nvestlga-
lin, ALWAYS does much toward inspiring confidence
I'm the management of a course. II was lett TO one
of the largest stockholders of the track to look into
tie matter 10 what fraud there was He dis
cvered none All that remains is suspicion. Some
Inc fran
tie jockey some the horse. Their suspicious Will
robalJly remain unconilmed and by and by viii be
f,rgoten.
watterson opened In the betting at to and held
Mi throughout. the best obainable price being
to TO- at which his owner. J. Brown. is said TO nave
baked him.-S2oO to win $50 He tried to sct An
deson TO ride but the Spider having accepted the
mount on Gainesville. Littedeld was engaged. no
rot sowse to cary t WHIP en wII he ng have
nssi them Watterson worked seven furongs In :''3
on "wednesday, pulling hard on the bit; Mr. Brown
dc not regard lis su shS sS nse Exhibition Of the Slows
Tier. the matter Ts,s Who and what hat might Sogen
lengths in l 20 10; stonemason second six lengths
bcfor. Watterson -. ~..,,rc or.
the watering cart, as light rain laid the dust The
train service WAS pee int the ws st1S s
a Sav Fields were reduced by scratchngs. and some
Of % races we5e Sn%her Of enthusiasts
Details Of the races follow ,o
FIRST RACE-sELLING swEEPsiAkLS' sio
EACH. $500 ADDED. ONE NILE
w. C. Days CHI. g s.eck. by Forrester-Ma1cge, IT,,
yri poo 19i T. sl Column Leaf :. no Eefseh
H. Palys Dr. h King IdIe D. F Rsa@f
keystone DSH Stables b. g. Ten Booker, ased III
J. sonebraker's b. g. Top Sawyer. aged 1o5 Gar lCe
Excelsior Stables ch G. Royal Garter, ~ q
c. Forbess b. Lonely = DECKER
BETTING to wnslleek to L. Ag nd poo Lear 70
Top SAWYER LCRs % 70 K RlsnS SaIt sat 20 TO
et1Hs tG 70 Pa1P odcai to Zen u BooScr Top
s,Wyer re to i. Lonely to l. Royal Garter to l.
They were sent OF to excellent start Ten Booker
,anrv IN front sleck second Royal Garter third
.ntnmn Leaf fourth Prodigal seventh. Bergen immedi
a,ey hurried his mount 10 the 'front.' Top Sawyer took
second place, a length behind her. and sileck third
This order practically unchanged TO- I'VE iurlones
rhen Ton SAWYER beginning weaken, Sileck passed
him. taking second place at the head OF the hoeSetch
Prodieal made his on the upper turn ana "orKed
into fourth place. which. under the WHIP he succeeded
in holding to the end In the stretch Seek challenged
Autumn Leaf and after q lively tusde for furions'
beat Der home BIZ lengths Autumn Lear secona'
neck before King Idle beat Prodgal length r. H.
Downing out Of revenge for the loss of Best Boy rev
DAYS ago ran up Sieck's price to s143o at which me
winner was knocked down to him, much to your ohoio
William Days chagrin.
SECOND RACE-swEEIsTAKEs. $40 EACH. $500
AIDED SPECIAL WEIGHTS. SEVEN FUR
LONGS.
L. Martins ch seadIift. by
p. TeAvoy's b. e. Esau, T. i'll. (Gariison)
hey g. ssSsS e. Ise Shr
W. Taylors b. g. Bob G.. 6, g. 'baFt'n)
Betting to % e Eos Esq so 70 l. Hamburg
Betting fos place sesd,ii1 none Esau to s. haf1burs
By the withdrawal Of Salisbury Sam Morse. Trojan
and Ocean this race made gift 10 Scsdrif. who.
after getting OF and Immediately dropping back
70 the rear, in the stretch and won. hard
held by scant hafengtf; Essu. desperately ridden BY
lenCth and half HarZburg,
who beat Lee Christy eight lengths; Bob c. nowhere
Hamburg the lead from Lee Chrsy at the quarter
and opening gap Of two lengths made the running to
the last frlong post
THIRD RACE-SwEEPSTAKES. THEEE'YEAR
OLps go EACH. $500 ADDED. SPECIAL
WEIGHTS. SEVEN FURLONGs.
R. McBride's b. c. Major DAILY, by KyIrlss Day1
J. = T' sesiah's II sonena;cq liz Ilayys}S
F kSsris b. g. sDcnta. liz Cisen
j. belongs BIZ c. Gsqesvills J li2 'AHoer'o"'
Betting pay % sonema' 900 It 70 l.
Betting for PaceMaOr 1ay 10 to . 10
Major DAILY, on tbs rail. the first OF to an ex-
ceent start Gainesville second Sonemason third Spend
fourth, watterson last. Hamilton lost no time In
taking the Major along lively pace. At the furlong
he led Gainesville by half length and this distance he
steadily increased till he passed the judges the
easiest Of by dozen lengths, Hainii-
sitting perfectly stu hands down. Gainesville was
second for han mile. from half length 70 length
and half before Sonemsson who at the hafmic post
three lengths before the fsvOrite Wattelson The
latter seemed make c,ort reduce the lead OF
Major DAY. Gainesville and Stonemsson TIL all
Strengthened out in the bomesetch. No horse ever took
less interest Ia The spectators gazcd in amaze
ment his indifference, and the apparent Of
his Jockey caused them to break forth In excaatons Of
surprise. The dismal farce MAJOR DAILY
eaeped home dozen lengths in front Of stonemason. who
beat waeteson six lengths Spendal and Gainesville Two
lengths further back
FOURTH RACE-HAynyc,p syvrrpcr,rre 40
EACH, $1,000 ADDED. ZIG MILES.
f 1850 sao!es b. c. Castaway III, by Outcast-
yrs 100 IScrgen)
Y. D. Pollard, eli b Sal,-inI ~ y, - N-I.I.,,h