New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-25
AL FARROW WINS AT LAST.
AND WESTERN TCRFMEN ARE JCBlIAANT
INCIDENTS OF THE RACING AT THE GRAvEsEND
TRACK.


TRACK
II was a rich and rare september gay. ana many
people ar~ able get from business cares and oc
equations Tor a few hours oil Wednesdays Hence the
attendance Al (iravesend yesterday amazingly
iarce when Is considered that the racing programme
WAS about the worst Of the NEE. ing far. with no
horses Of high class running. with only five contests
and no exceptional attractions Of any sort Mr..
Mcintyre had been cncnt to Eon In the second race
a handicap at a mile and furlong in putting only
ia pounds on his back. that owner Of any other
borsc entered found bold enough to try to de
feat him. Eons last had been mcritoriouS
that neither the Ecverwvck stable nor Mr. McStea
thought that Ca>;away II or Now Never had any
chance against him al tie weights But il must always
be source of Amusement and surprise that 0wNers
who arc not milionaires decline TO run their horses
for >ccoud third money. There was 5000 second
money and 800 third in thi, i 800
te,optble to the Of the Ecver-
yvck stable and to Mr.. Mc>tea that it was
NOT worth while to horse for it, al
thonch that hor." had absolute certainty
Of The 5000 Nobody has yet suggested ev
nlanAon ~ The singular reluctance Of almost all Amer
ian owners AID trainers to run horses for second
money when that second money is /" sure thing and
when that second money would pay trainers fees,
ockeye fees and feed bills for week least.
70 Eon had a wilkOver
Al Farrow is fast horse. Nobody doubts that. He
nas been beaten again and again in the East because
his owner has Insisted upon putting jockey in the
saddle who is Sinful enough to hold his own with
the Eastern rides iii! Is honest, no doubt No one
has SUSPECTED him If any lack Of good faith But h"
is 20 sed by Eastern jockeys that any horse
must be something like fifteen pounds superior 10 all
his competitor he j. to have any chance Of winning
IN the East with Hill in the saddle. The boy does nos
appear to under>'ani how racer Should be hai"lcn
in order 10 get him in his stride promptly, aud il
seems never 10 have Gawncd upin his intellect that
Oh Eastern raocak. at least Judges arr in III" habit
Of sending their mounts away with lcitrinG speed
at the fall of the Nag. We'll. Al Farrow ridden
again by Hill Yesterday. but this TIM" h WIS some
thing like ten pounds superior t. his competitors
buddhist. Re Echo and Cheni>c were WITH
1rawn. Merdcn is not now in her bet form.
certainly thing Ike 30 fast na'r'
As she was at Monmouth. such horses Pun>tcr.
IT, Eall,ton. Monlo". Ruth Guuwad ard Forest King
arc far below Al Farr,w> class a. present.. Hill dis
PLAYED his nvariah!c c!Url>lnc> I'm getting Of WITH
Al Farrow. and MP tn ~" head Of the h'n",'rctch Al
Farow far behind that appeared 10 lie almost
mposs ibc f,r him To viii. I:u m re ha> mu,
speed and swiftly when he j. fairly >et
tied in his stride that he made up hi, ground in ~"
hon,stretch and Won oa>lv enough. with N|rid'n
second The We tern hackers Of Al FarIOw pu their
money on him 50 freely that they probably rc'"v
cred all the many thousands Of dlr> that they hav'
lost on this horse since he came Fast.
Bergen the fav"ritc. W~dcu;tcr. IL III
third race a sclin,: affair for o.ycar.old-. Rnt
Bergen has the possible luck this month ami
seems tn be much If form that he can hardly
wiz 4 race even If everything i III hi favor Wood
cutter got N we'll Vat he outrur IN The home
stretch both hv Dr.. ila>l'"uCk ard Z"'ll, W. li>-
trouck. wno is from the John A. Morris stable. WA
we'll bacacd. and second choice IN the b"'t.'-
when The horses wen; t. the post. II" won easily
with Z,nolia second and We GcIttrr Thru
J. II. Mccormick. Who owns Zcnolil thonsh ihn'
the Civ hal no chance I;ut win her iich W"shr 81
II lc'y.ouc pounds ,hc managed To 80 SECOND l""'
without an; d.fcnlt, AND al "d> of Ii - | aIdi>'
her for a place IN the t",h. while the betting a=a =
ic,s Ia via was from - - 90 i !. In The f!'''h
pool, 80 few tickets >pd Oh Zcn"hia for rIi
that each Pace ticket va worth SliO IL io: =.
only one ticket vi >rd IN the French pools on h"r
u win. ald If she had crossed i! lin" ':sl thai i.'h'
would have been worth 'a"ly 200 for -.
Or. lII,hrIck va "a>.N n I" inG: l'c HAT ~
f. a colt oi promise Eat John =. Morris has in his
stable 50 many good olds that his trainer did
Rot aHXi1u> 10 keep Dr. lia'brIu"k. lie Wa
entered to be sold for $1,000. AID WAS bought by
W VI. BarriCk. 81 III" owners q. NV!. l.: E3,7oO
In the fourth ruc, a mile for ;irrr-N Yea, o!f>. with
SPECIAL Weight ,ond.ti".>. captain hlowm> Lady jan"
colt was tie f.vp;,. 81 = -. jlnr'. Peal ~'' ana
Granite wc!,. all veil backed. Granite va rGfcn With
(c:; Judgment ~ iy ltt,c Ln,i'icy. W. e. DAYS.
lump TO he n ut an ia, t'crciI!il o. dit uchiA
,.i,,,. wudId i..,c iid c,:-" II he hdi been rcd'"
hv c.apcjcn, i"cl"y VIII amy ju!-:n' Il Of la'"
The lu.-A ", l.. ~p!h}'d u rpNt Ithci'at!" "r
melancholy la'h o -a-Hcnv =. p1iih| >nch i'a'h +
head AID fG,;h wei It. ~n'H Il ht-'F, W"f''"G'
reckless and impatient little clap H. lamhl"y -
Granite. Ll.h!. - If we'll IN" almost AWAY doc
,o,l th. ta,n with ,,.itc .nd led for ,irly three
quarter, Of m.lc thea both Jockey AID horse ven;
all u pieces AND low here near Place AZ IN"
finish hi, surely not II; lW'!o"h' an" proper
WAY T., ride a n.r>. thai Wa carrY.u. li2 po"ii>
heavy a weight a, any hose IN TIE race CARED aai
WAS "edins dozen pounds Ia an NdN' INC Lan'
Jane colt. Rock and Costa ElC"
John Campbell. u! ;hc cverwvch stable" had backed
Can Caa her last two previous race WIN
t,9u~ and dp-.i:> ca'n race" lie E'f become d.
ccur-,:cd by he: two failure, and had only few dol
lar, Oh her IN IL Eut she Won readily with her
Isit weight Of ni9e;y seven ppu:c with the bcttn-
u to straight and q I" !of Il Place drhh't er'
while Kyle H.. WI ~ len l." ''cG Iaylpr hut al"
al an outside p.ic~ n :.o ;rtn-. got >ccprd place" ana
tic Mvuritc. the IIGy Jane colt. va, third. 'cpr"
Covingtom j, row riding Wth T., sklIl. discretion.
iud.u,cu; and "a Il fortune taaH time since H.
bean his on IN tu! IL q I"""Y.
He got OF poorly with The iavor.t". exhibited
10 jrtcmcat 81 pa'", 20 h'' II p'>"
IN. ~ :,u: tine at tined :" through IN H..
hon..-t.ctch hy Ia: inner Ial, Vrrc thcrr vi %"
r,,.n FIR c,cl. Il fct +, jump u u-h. Wei dGc'.
III L1d, Jane 1T with hi lI-il w':hr. vpIli liV"
VOL the face ;a.Iy r.dicn a. "a. va, c "io tiir.
Dolllhii> La- L"c? th"u"t. -. reason ~ Nnc'. I
.. fn>' Gl,. bat rdic.r ~ ID4:.n in III, present
uc1 and present 'ri she hal 1t chai'c" ana vi
MDwhcr; AZ H." i..-a.
Wb, c,Yr Die aia." no>"ain. II New York CIT
tly {, ou,h each OTHER for some Of The iocacyS vii"
ar, Low rif SAFELY there J, not more uh
tOuth swIwtd and CpnIoal II Of f"lk> to be e''
t. The: al Al,cr. car:.I Than One Of these sane
irL-y. "; j., MANY # The ."'h"f- have gone ''''
W0.a.N Bui.u la, cone on. /" i'c a'til'h"''' d.
sia'.nca,.,n f al. III. ni"nc, Of the Hc'cr"H'"
Stall iJr q, Ia fcH dty> hc IA, been rdI;'S Ill
nani.cr much t,,"i thar ANY ohc Thought II 'u"
POSSIBLY r:dc. lie Car Can. ana M'lofd w
Ely we'll
Bergen went to ,lcrp a.ain III the ii'h race ~