New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-24
TOURNAMENT AT EXERCISE.
NO OPPOSITION IN THE CHOICE STAKES

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As heavy rains fell at Monmouth on Friday. the
track muddy, clinging and slow yesterday. Many
Withdrawals were made and most of the fields were
small The result was that eight races were ended In
fair season. Tournament had practical walkover
for the Choice Stakes for threeyearods, at mile and
half As Green b. Morris decided not 10 start Judge
Morrow and Mr.. Withers withdrew the Fan Fan colt,
Tournaments only opponent was the Norfolk FLY
Norette who is of so poor quality that she
could not make Tournament run at all. Hence
the Choice Stakes, which in previous years has
been fruitful of excellent and exciting contests.
was mere exercise gallop for Tournament,
who went over the distance at his leisure and lazily
Iounged home in . 81. The friends of Green b..
Morris said that Judge Morrow not at his best,
was not good racehorsc yesterday as he was when
On August he defeated Chaos and strong field hand
somely in the Cape May Handicap. 1t is certain that
Mr. Morris had no confidence in Judge MorTows ability
to defeat Tournament on such track as that OF yes
terday in Judge Morrow's present condition Yet
indigo Morrow can hardly be very far below his usual
FORM as only a few days ago Mr.. Morris expressed
his willingness to run Judge Morrow against any three
year-od in the country for any reasonable sum- n"'
since then Mr. Morris has Tournament canter
away from Chaos after running a DEAD hea,
with him in the Omnibus Stakes. and MS respec'
for Tournament has increased amazingly since ne oe'
$500 on Chaos for the run-o, which he looked upon
$500 vanish hopelessly in the first mile 1t is e&pecleo
that Judge Morrow will meet sinaloa ana PosSiol,
Reclare at Brighton Friday. IL seems aiiiioSs
q pity that Senator Hearst did not consent W t
Tournament In that as the dead neat anu run
off IN the Omnibus did Tournament worio Oh
co,d He is a great lazy loafer and needs an I'M
mense amount of hard work to get him In condition
and keen him there. He never received SO much
benefit from any contest in his life as he received
from his double struggle in the Omnibus, and hence
forth he will be better racehorse than he has been
In the past. ~
La Tosca for the Select Stakes for twoyearolds, was
90 brilliant that Mr. Belmont and his trainer would
both have felt almost certain of in that race
the track had been dry and fast But they feaIco
that La TOsca, like Ambulance, might prove 10 De
many pounds below her true form on wet and muudy
track Hence the friends and supporters of the Bel
mont stable did not bet any large sums on La
Tosca and she to the post at the odds of 10 l.
Ambulance was withdrawn account of the condition
Of the track and John A. Morris was represented by
Reckon the favorte at TO 5. and Russell, against
whom the betting 6, and 5 TO l. The second
choice in the speculation was Mr.. Withers's Soroerer
who won the Amboy Handicap. on August 81 win
Garrison up. at 10 pounds, beating Plck
wicker. Farview, Sallie McClelland and Others
Garrison was on Sorcerer again yesterday but MS
riding of the colt did not approach his riding In the
Amboy Handicap in skill and discretion. In fact Mr.
Withers looked black as thundercloud AFTER u'e
Select Stakes, and his usually placid ana uhrnhed
brow was knitted in the angrics of froWns. ~ocerer
has proved repeatedly that he is especially al nome
in heavy going, and rms better IN comparison WIN
other horses on that OF track than he does when
the course is dry fast and elastic. Bix Garrison rode
him with rare cumsinesS for Jockey OF his rank ana
reputation. Garrison otter reminds one OF the
nursery rhyme about that famous Little Girl
who had little curl
Right down the middle Of her forehead
And when she was good, she was very very good
And when she wac bad she was horrid.'
Every one knows how we'll Garrison can ride when
he is in the humor, when his physical ana mental
condition so cOalcsce and harmonic that MS anhhlf"
BILE powers are excrtcd to the utmost But yesterday
he was apparently out Of physical nervous or mental
hrmor lie got of well with sorcerer. but after
running the first hrlong in good place he unwiSely
laid the colt right along side Of that boiling swerH-
ing rocuish brute Russell on account Of Russell
dangerous and vicious freaks, this was the woist pc
on the course that Garrison could have Selec'cH'
Russell promptly took advantage of the oppof-
tunity and swerved into sorcercr, humping
-g in t him rel catchy, and lIost rowing
him down. sorcercr got sick Of this sort o.
treatment and shot the track almost at rght
angles with the other horses 10 the rail farthese ron
the grand stand. In this way he lost many lehgth9'
and Garrison fiimbled and bunged badly before nc
got him fairly going again. When he was straight
cucf ana was AGAIN III HIS >uiut' cVi'C'Ni ''N va
AT a great pace. In the last furlong he was catching
the leaders La Tosca and Reckon, but Garrison had
permitted hun 10 lose much ground, ana thc result
wa, that La Tosca won easily, while Reckon beat
sorcerer for the place by nearly half length
II has been stated repeatedly in many papers that
Covngon Is extremely unsuccessful with Russell ana
has no control over this hOttempered. violent and Stub
born racehorse Why John A. Morris permits Russell
To be started frequently in important stakes win
a boy on his back who over and over again mas
proved his complete inability TO do anything Win
him is pulling and mysterious indeed Covihe1oh
makes such bad work of trying to ride roeuish'
swerving boiling horses that even his best friend
Mr.. Rogers, the trainer Of Captain Browns stable
concluded to Try another jockey on Reporter yeSer-
DAY. and suggested Lttlefield, who, however, could
do better with Reporter than Covington docs
Mr. Rogers said that he had no fault TO find with
CovngtOn's riding, but as COvington had been I'M
successful many times with Reporter
he thought it might be well to see
what another jockey could do with this
horse. lie did know but that Reporter had taken
3 dislike to Covington as the jockey had often been
compelled to fog the horse severely In order TO make
him run. Littlefed had ridden Reporter only once
before, and then had with him, but he could dc
nothing with him yesterday.
Reckon, the favorite in the Select Stakes, ran
smoothly and well for five furlongs, when Hamilton
brought up La TOsca with great rush. Reckon could
not keep pace with the Belmont FLY, however, and
La Tosca had difficulty in beating her. Ethel
the winner Of the Cpsetta Stakes at Latona, was
tancied by few hackers But she seemed utterly
puclassed and out Of place. She could do nothing
Russell. with jockey who could do him justice
might have had a great chance In the Select, but
with Covingon Ia the saddle, too weak
boy TO control him. he "a poor fourth. Michael,
Sister Linda and Florlmor the starters in the Select
not already commented upon need especial atton-
lion. AS the slang phrase goes they were never In
It,, and twoyear-od selling racas-seem 10 be more in
their line than stakes like the SELECT
On Thursday Worth showed remarkable speed a,
seven furlongs and fairly cantered home many
lengths In front Of his field, winning with extravagnt
ease. On the basis Of this race aud on the basis OF
WORMS thoroughly tested ability to go in mud his
owner, his trainer and all their friends backed Worth
With unbounded confidence In the first race. a