New-York tribune., 1890-01-27
HORSE RACING IN 1889.
A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE SEASON
WHAT WAS DONE IN TRoTTING - MoNMooi In
PARK STAKES FOR 1890 PROCTOR

The Tribune Almanac " for looo anu o"o aii""'i
.d,+ion ~ Goodwin's Guide " contain many thlnes
Of interest TO turfmen. From the Alhlaiao IL 10
,o.unod that the racing season of 1889 began Win
,he vnar and continued without intermison for Twelve
months Never before in the history OF the american
turf had the sport been conducted on scale 50 eA-
tensive 1t is estimated that the horses III trdi"iS
Numbered not less than 5000, valued at some
g.. 500 600. The champion of the year. IN the Two
year-old DIVISION Theodore Winters's chestnu'
colt Ell Rio Rev. by Norfolk-Maran. Capable judges
pronounce him twenty pounds better than any o'her
vouncster Of the season. Grand In proportlohs' I'M
perial in stride he his races with an enorueSe
ease that stamped him of the greatest colts OF
,he century. lie retired unbeaten. In the iall HIS
owner rejected offer of $4,000 for him. soon aiter
which he was reported 10 have died Of pneumonia. lie
recovered, however after serious Illness anu a'
the close of the year was apparently SOUND IN "iho
and limb. The champion Of the threeyear-oiu III
vision was j. b. Haggns chestnut colt Salvador, by
Prince Charlie-sslina. who was. however ra'her
hard pressed by S. S Browns brown lly senora' oS
Prince Charle-Gondola. and by d. T. Pulsfer's Day
colt Tenny, by Rayon d'Or-Belle of haywood. Au-
gust Belmont's bay gelding Raceland, py hlilet-
Calomel was easily the chief OF the fouryearoius'
while among the alaged class Dwyer Brothers brown
horse Kingston, by Spendthrift-Kapanga relghen SUI
preme his closest competitor being j. b. hase'hs
,nperb little bav mare Firenzi, by Glenelg-florda'
The Bard the best horse of his day broke down
while undergoing preparation for the SUBURBAN anu
was retired to the stud. He did not start in 1882
The season witnessed the retirement Of James NC
Laughn Americas foremost jockey, inability 10 reduce
TO riding weight causing him TO leave the saddle ana
take m the occupation OF trainer. Pierre Lorlard
engaging his services for the Rancocas establishment
at Johstown, N J. With Mclaughlin ont OF the way
Hamilton went 10 the front and made himself the most
successful Jockey of the year Garrison roue less
than in previous years. having become horse owner
and tb his cost plunger. At the end Of the year
he with
color from the institution of a suit against MN pN
the father and mother Of his wife, VINO were Ills
partners in racing. Garrison suffered much IN the
puhc estimation by the result OF the race lot ue
Oriental Handicap at Gravesend in the fall MS mount
Raceland falling 10 get place, for which his en-
nIover August Belmont. cenSured him severely, even
charging him with not riding 10 win. When Raceland
next appeared he was ridden by Mclaughlin, the
"Snapper" beng required to stand down as punish
ment. but aferward peace was patcheo up anu
Garrison rode many excellent races for Mr. Belmont
before the season closed.
Two of the oldest and most honored racing asso-
Citations in the United States passed out
of existence in 18s9-the American JOCKEY
Club and the Maryland Jockey Club Inc 1or'her '"e
pioneer Of racing in the North, and the recosnNeu
turf authority in this country for twentyOur years.
was driven TO disorganization by disastrous compet
ton with young and lusty society endowed VIII"
Nmitless capita-the New-YOrk Jockey Club, whose
racing grounds at Westchester, opened or August 70
cost the builder, John A. Norris OF the Lo"s'a""
Lottery nearly - 900. When the American Jockey
Club decided in December 10 end It's useful ana NON
orabe career and say farewell to Jerome Park most
of its members announced their intention oil Ioilis
the New-York Jockey Club, Mr. Morris having lnV'eo
all 10 enter free The Maryland Jockey Club died OF
general debility, aggravated by the suphehess ol 'no
BaItimoreans who had long since ceased 10 regard
Pmljco as indispensable TO the eternal salvation Oh
the Monumental City.
Another death that Of the Rockaway steepie-
rhase Association and with it died for time steepc
chasing in America The beautiful Cedarhurst course
was laid out in streets and town lots before the as
sociaton had ceased to breathe
Besides the New-York Jockey Club. with its superb
and costly equipment its tOboggan-sde maihs'reV"h
and its magnificent distances three other ho" anu
promisinc racing associations appealed for puohc
patronage in 18s9-the Linden Park Blood Horse AS
sociaton the New-Jersey Jockey Club, and the TWIN
Citv Jockey Club on August II the last race was
run on the old Monmouth Park course. and before
the opening of the of 1850 new course VIII
have been completed 10 take its place on TINS TRACK
the first of its kind in America, the horses VIII r"n
the reverse way, or from left to right, lnsteao oi
from right TO left Another noteworthy chanse "'ue
nv the Monmouth Park Association was in It's sec
retary, Captain j. II. COster, reSignng, ana H. "'
Crickmore e. Krk@l for twenty years the turf authoy
on "The World succeeding 10 the once
The foremost racing associations OF the East COM
hined October for the CONeCuph ol iNil''7 mn
Captain J. H. Coster appointed forfeit clerk Win
headquarters in New-Nork.
The most exciting finish Of the year was that De
tween Kingston. Los Angeles. Badge and E4lle III
the Oriental Handicap, Brooklyn. september t. INC
four passing the judges stand short heads apart
The race for the Lorard Stakes, Monmouth Farh'
July 0, caused quarrel between Philip Dwyer and
J. B. Hagcin which resulted in the withdrawal OIL
the latters horses from the stakes Of the brOokyh n
Jockey Club. Mr.. Dwyer charged Mr.. Haggln WIN
unsportsmanko conduct in starting Kern in that race
The Ives pool law in New York was dead Iettcr
go far as it related betting in the city Inc pool
rooms did thriving business during the greater part
OF the season
A. J. Cassatt sold his stable in october and re-
tired from the turf.
Walter C1ratz retired from the turf in August
The hunter Rosebcry, jumping of boards covered
with tanbarii cleared bars at height of feet II "a
lnches-Chcago Ill.
Proctor Knott sold by auction at Sheepsheah
Bay in September to Scoggan Brothers for $l7,5OO
Come-to-Taw was sold in october to Houeh Brothers
for Slo,5oO.
Pontiac was sold privately to J. o. Donner for
$4,000 and retired 10 the stud
The new records made in 1880 were as follows:
one-han mie-O 46. Geraldine, 4, 122. August 30