New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-11
RACING POLO PONIES.
EXCELLENT SPORT AT MEADOW BROOK.
FIRST MEETING OF THE AMERICAN Pony
RACING ASSOCIATION wELLkNowN
PEOPLE PRESENT.

RACING ASSOCIATION wELL.KNowN
PEOPLE PRESENT.
The first meeting ~ Meadow Brook Park. l.. J.,
We tordsy, under the rules Of the American I"nl
RACING Association. successful IN almost every
particular II Is true. the racing was hy ponies
lille fellow, who have disir gIshcf themselves on
many hard.fourht polo Held hui they "'ro -
honest a. their owners, and 40 could doubt mat
every starter wa sent win n ho could. IL Wa hh
honest days port There DO serious accidents
and the spectators. when the racing Wa over. ieH
that they had witnessed genuine struggles i"r
supremacy. There exciting finishes. no -'"-
sational cpir0dcs and not The slightest suspicion u
jobtcry. II was entirely amateur day and Tie
amateurs covcrd N elves With glory Hal me
eutres been more numerous and the horrc' NOR"
evenly matched. there might have t'cn mor eN'lt"
mcn,. but undoubtedly there WIZ more comfort ~ II
ra. FoxhaH Konc was the horo ~ re cas-. H.
fiery uttle ge.ding Iuclishot. ridden hy HIN
.Nlf was entered VA four 81 tn
races on the card and s'n1"i IN '""'
10th Of which 10 Won The Iuni"l""hh
table, started Roulette In two race ard WIN VT
Keriuchan MP the risky g"hius Won BOTH hu'h'h''
having won two aud Roulette tw' rarcs. almost ever
iody wished that there rould have been race 10
,rhich those brllian pony stars could Lse started
Meadow Brook Park about mile from west
bury station Il j. au open plan in thc WId-t %
de tract III meadow land. II /, prmii'e 100 ~"
.xtrcrne There are no grand stand. n" bciufe
pavilion and no ,addlng paddock. Tie uack Is lid
"a the native turf It's uutIlncs being established +"
the dcprcs ions made by heavy roller. II "'uid
1e impossible to make better track. The turf belns
lacked A. level ~ floor. but y" Just SOFA
enough to show the imprint OF The riccr'' shoes. u
was springy Il, hard parked turf AWAY. j.. and ina
ponies went over 1t ~ II they enjoyed II hugely In
place Of a grandstand. row OF roughly l"wn boards
wa. placed The northern side Of the judges stand
which by ue wsy, simple o"ntrivance Of
-cantngs and planks with scarcely room underneath
for a pair Of platform scales when the JOCKEYS stood
ON these thoy had u bend their heads Ia keep from
humping them against a." flooring above.
The track near The finish wits lined with cqulpag,e
y a bc,gldcriug variety. There were four 80 hand
DRAG tally hos. taudcm- dog carts, phacoi,, and even
express wagons aud bucabOarls. II Was really q
social affair. but one which the country tolk, IA the
.ci.hborhood did not allow the city people 10
lnonopolllc Long before the first race Wa, called
.. roads near the park bordcrcd los quaint and
curious vchloc.. and the track Itself Was hcmmcl IA
hy group Of men, women boya and gil equally
quaint aud far more curious.
Among the we'll known Ncw-York people present
were Mr5. >. Y. X. Crugcr. Nj. and Mr.. !. A..
Wood. Mis-, Wood, Mr. and Mr. A. Ladcnburg. Mr..
and Mr. J. VI. Waterbury, Mr.. and Mr.. H. 7.
sloane Mr. and Mn. J. T. u. Ianicr Mr..
Frederick ,chcnck. Dr.. AID Mr.. Woodbury., Nj -
sands Miss Anita Lawrence, Mr.. and Mr.. Elliott
Roosevelt. Mr. aud Mr,. >. d. Ripley, Mr..
,ud Mr.. August Belmont, r., Nj. and hr,. smith
lladdcn. DouglIss Robinson, lr., Alexander Norton.
Mis- GVIdnrd, Nj. Hartman, Paul Dana, r. Il. ~.
pcton Charlie, Carroll. H. " Ellis. +. Grgy Gri.woi
Theodore \. Ilavcmcycr, ~ W. /. Herbert. rrd.
iiocy e. H. Hone, =. v Il. Kennedy. Richard Palmer.
r. C. Potter Jcnisins Van Setback J. Ciinch smith.
John A. stewart. IT, T.. H. Winthrop. j., L. y. Win
thFop. i. X. Wood and -. ". Bird. Many Of them
were accompanied by large parties. and the pay
dresses the bright green Of tue wide cNpauee Of ,,
hand iutcrpo,cd with the frequent lcda Of Wild violet
made up such a picture j. seldom seen 40 American
| lacc-trach,.
The train service was not 20 good g., Il should have
! son There wa, much crowdiug the trip Ia
Wc,tbury and many veXatious delay met uu
| the return b. the city, but good hunor generally
prevailed that minor di,comforts scarcely r.,
| gar,cd There bookmakcrs present and 40
| betting excepting among individuals, and not much
| Of that. Detail. Of the racing:
F!Esr RACE-.INAUGURAL cur" ABOUT ONE
HALE MILE O% THE FLAT
| FoylaIl Kcenc'7 ca. 9. Iuckrhot pedigree unknown
smitntcwn stables b. m n~t.y > 40 CMr SmitE
| " Isrbords ch. III. Nina. aged 10 Mr.. Morris
Tau.snsh stables chg surprise. aged 100 IIiewtD
.S 9e"w hitlocSs b. Z Game Gcck sScd IL, '"''
4 Is@s%S"6.i D. a. H 5f H,
Betsy led the start and Tor half The distance whci
went the front and without urging L hal
a dozen lengths. Betsy second. lengths bcfor
Surprise
| SECOND RACE-MEMBEIts' cur. ABOUT >, MILL
on THE FLAT.
TamaIsmsh stables b. e. Roulette as'd psdGErcc
| Charles CAROLS dun g. Ega. sRed. 1853 ..(Mr. Kecnc)
r. CudeihI's blk Y. COyot aged 40 (nr UndrrhilD
| 8 d. Ripey's Blk g. Skit, aged, 1853 ...(Mr Ripley
Roulette went the front at tho fall Of nag am
Keeping In lead to the end easily by lengths
Fig defeated Coyote two lengths for ti' place.
| THIRD KACE-BROOK cur. ABOUT .. MILE O,
THE FLAT.
| Fo,hall Kecnc's CHI 2. Buckshot pedigree unknown,
gged 1916 n -. ...l Mr.. kc'nrj
Sn,ithtown stables br Wildcat. ag,d. i13 .4...
wildcat went the fall Of the nsg half IN
way around when Buckahot spranV into the lead II ne
from a gun and with plenty Of In BY hal
a dozen lengths. Smcr. entered by j. Van Setback dl
no. start
| FOURTH RACE-GALLowAY err. ABOUT on
MILE Of THE FLAT.
Tamalanah Stables b. z. Rouctte. pedigree unknown
AGED. 40 MI KcinOchauy
reginald Fry's b. E. surpu-e ~ aged $50
| tNf. IntcrhlU
| f. Iiogan's b. III. Little Blanche. I. lb5 Mr. Hogan
SURPRISE II and Little Blanche like a team f.
three furongs, with Roulette we'll up. the half Nj
Kernochan sent Roulette out and he QUICKLY took