New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-10
LITTLE HOPE FOR DIABLO.
NO BROOKLYN HANDICAP FOR HIM On
YESTERDAYS RACE.
REPEATING HIS OLD TRICK OF QUITTING AT
THE HEAD or THE STRETCH.

THE HEAD OF THE sTRETCH
II DR.. George p. Desscr. " s.. manager OF o'e
Castle Stable. imagncs that Dabo can sho" al I'M
provcment % eighty 100 pounds between uis ''ni"
and NAY Is he will probably send him Tor tie h'VoA,
yn Handicap. In the last week somebodS h'"' oaNn,"
the son Of Eolus and Grace Darling rather uoei"iS
~ ,rin that race II he was a careful witness OF the
colt. performance at Linden yesterday he VIII pooeeu
with all possible expedition TO hedge 40 ,
Handicap candidate Dlabo simply wont 40. ITO 'oo"S
we'll and can probably do far 'rlai' o"U :"
he seems to lack heart. Last spring "o 'ou'I e
distance and AZ the beginning of the season II was
~ oo,,,o o,irio, that he would be the King OF
,,.co voar o,ds hut before month had passed lie "c
all TO pieces, descending from hrs hlsh estate W ''o
rank of selling platter His preparation "'u oO." 1O
hurried and his races with high-claSs ho'Se'' "o o
carried from us 10 124 pounds were ~ se'c'c
tha, he could not stand the strain lie DC
came the mos: detestabe gutter on Inc
81 J., his preliminary Cautcrs he looked as II
-, oorId RIM over the moon. and all who saw MN
work fastened TO get on. From the oesi"hhie Vi
q race 10 the head OF the homcstretch ne "ouiu run
like a wild horse. seemingly many POUNDS pc''er
than his opponents but when once Strengthened ou'
for the runn he would die away and hniNh Ill 'he
ruck. This performance was repeated again ana
oc.i, II WAS repeated yes eriay. At
the head OF the hOmesretch It
was the unanimous opinion that Diablo would win.
hut in the twinkling Of an eye he was beaten Inc
public liked him in his preliminary, liked him IN
The paddock. and in the betting ring backed him
nearly off the boards. thousands and thousands OF
dollars being wagcrcd on him. \ few admirers who
intended back him RETAINED after examining him
critically. II would be hard to say exactly what was
the matter. but there certainly was something wrong
with the colt. After being blanheted he appeared
perfectly quiet. but there very curious trembling
and twtching Of his muscles. For minutes he
trcmbled like aspen leaf. some nervous trouble
the critics say. and the wise ones among them re
fused trust their money 10 him. 1t IS doubtful II
Diablo will be himself again.
Judge Morrow won very easily. although he seemed
to be beaten horse AT the turn into the hOmcs"tch
The FIRST race went tO CiNil service The Days
started three horses. being Easyran, whom Your
Uncle William bought before the race iUr 5000.
There a deep plunge Oh tins counterfeit when
Barney Aaron went through the betting ring shout
inc from stand % stand DAILY declares Ia win win
Dalsyrsn If he can" on the tip Daly intimate
friends quietly backed Civil Cridge the we'll
l!lown bOoknaker was not among them apparently.
a. he went down the lire backing Hasyr,an 800 " a.
a clip Ia. or who DE- Cvi : rvic hal PREVIOUSLY
ridden Dalsyran ana SHOWN. well now Wrctched
a creature the latter was. offered 10 bet Uncle
william every cent he had that Civil service would
win The bet taken. Tay or emptyinc h. pockets
OF their coin. Well. avn service did win. ana
Dasyrian after leading for half mile finished last.
Full descriptions Of the races are given below The
day was fine, but tie track was both hnlpy and
sticly. The attendance spoke well for the gate re
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