New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-11
FRIGHTENED BY FIRENZI.
THE NETWORK HANDICAP A FAILURE
Only RETRIEVE RUNS AGAINST TIE QUEEN OF

Only RETRIEVE RUNS AGAINST THE GU EEN OF
THE TURF.
The New.York Handicap at a mile and half at
Sheepshead Bay was a failure, because Eurus. l}udd-
hist. Eric and other horses that might have made
firenz run few yards at least were WITHDRAWN and
only poor Retrieve started aghn>t the Queen OF
the Turf Nearly all Of the naughty plutocrats who
run horses In these DAYS appear 10 look with dsdain
upon 600 OF second money. Tie disparity between
the two was prodicouS that all betting and ali
interest killed The weights for this handicap
were assigned in August, ard al that time II not
certain that Frenz retained to the full the handicap
supremacy which she had held long. and which
only Salvador could dispute at mile and half.
II the Coney Island Jockey Club officials had sup
posed Tuesday that this handicap would collapse
. completely, they would have added extra race
70 the card
The only really stirring battle Of the day was that
for the Bellies stakes for two ycar.oh ics. II was
generally reported that Ambulance was much below
tier best form. Hence La Toeca made s,ronG
HavOrte. Nelly Bly,. with ony 100 pounds Mp.
Got of well. and little Weber made TIE puc fast
with her that at the end Of the first half mile she
was fully four lengths in front. while Hamilton. on
Ia Tosca. in second place riding desperately and
whipping in order 10 catch up II young Weber had
still, been patient. kept Nelly BY in hand. se!lcd
her and not used his whip at all. he might have dc
featcd the favore at the tremendous difference in
weights. But lie became excited. and Hurried.
and the harder lie whipped the slower Nelly BLY, went.
The result was that La T"sca Got up and Won the
race BY half a length, with Nelly Blv second. and
Ambulance fair third The three placed horses were
the three that were conspicuous in the betting. and
there were long odds against the others. Hami!tOns
robust riding deserves praise. The time fast
0s 2-5, for the Futurty something les taT
six urongs The previous reoori up to Yesterday had
been 100 IS. made both by Kingston and by Stra,h
meath. But in the second race Void cut this down
by oneffth OF second covering the distance in
l 09 Is. The track fast it could possibly
be. hard ard elastic and the speed of the horses
assisted immensely by strong wind blowing on the
backs OF the jockeys all the way from the start to
finish.
Mclaughlin displayed his finest skill on King Crab
In the first race His mount the favoritc at odds
on but less skilful Jockey would have failed
with him. as King Crab sprawlcd and staggered badly
when Mclaughlin used the whip in the ho,nestIctch.
But Mclaughlin dropping the WHIP took the horse In
hand. gathered him together. stcadIed and balanced
him. and shot him forward with final rush that
the race by neck. with Penn y. second.
Frenzis fun brother. Key West was made the
favoritc for the second race for twoycar Od> non,
winners Of 800. but he an uncertain and wavcrn.
brother Of the Queen Of the Turf. lie ran badly aud
failed TO get place The second choice. Void.
neatly, with Forcrunncr, who was we'll backed. sec
ond, and Lowlandcr an extreme outsider third Thcr,'
great deal Of bunsling and bad work among
the riders in this but nothing DC gained by
entering into details
The last race. fIrioncs the turf furnished
The conspicuous surprise Of the day. Kason. who hlA
not a this year. and whose performances hal
boon wrctchcd. carried of the prize with betting which
arged from 20 to 90 10 ! against him. while ravo
second and Young Duke third. The TIP ont
G. W Cook genuine. Old fashioned. front lad
line oi-b2tte ship "Np7 OF pOYtontous PR! ur:iO!>
G.. ". Cook lacL'd with the utmost b'.dnc>s AMI
freedom by som" Of the snicwdc>t sr:cnl'or ,ha' :
racing IN these day. Bat the horse, iu;ci dcpar'
ncnt may have got little ont nj order Something:
mysterious happened 10 HIM in way. and J."
showed little speed in the and Dis -u,cd all HI
hackers nv his miserable performance Tanrcr. with
Mclaughlin up, was also well backed, but did ll:tlc
better than The fdvor,tc.
Altogether I, was no; days racing TINT Will
lnccr long and lovingly in the rdrd> and men one,
OF those present. To-day make amends, vh,H
card Of remarkable attyactD'.> is offered. Potomac
Salie McCc!lnmd. Stinth.ne.th and other crack two
yes.r-olds to meet at uilongs in the Flint
bush stakes and such weights that the race shonid
he Of the finest affairs Of the year in its way.
Wcl!Enown three wear o:d> ard older horses viii t'he
Iart IN some 81 ,nc %iher raceS ahhonch If one ray
viii Prove the easiest aid ,uc> OF tnt' Tor Prince
IOlis0. who WIS hmi.tcaplcd for tbs bc'o:c lie won
wcslts f,r I've Shc.l,sca ,'.,c> wcr ani,anccd
viii meet Inn at We :h> n"fivOIaDlc to them n,
were these IN the hrid;c Handicap.
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