New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-02

=, will he seen that The black line at the finish be
tween the judges box and the timers stahu' ! az
right angles with the main stIebh' IH'' = " "
td he 40 far a. races Oh the main stretch are con
cernea but how is il with the Eclipse course I"o
came angle is used % decide finishes over TIT YET
any one who can see d barn door can sec that ule
angie is far from being a right Ole The result j.
that the horse unfortunate a. 1" be on inc "u"4
rail that j. the rail nearest the grand stand must
travel a good deal further than the lucky amman ''
the other side Of the track And this incIca9oo o'7
lance must be made up in the last sixteenth o.
mile At the most critical part Of tile race. Inc
vri,er has made dOtted line al tic finish showing
what the angle for deciding finishes over the hc4p'o
,,,,rsn ongbt ~ be without knowing the exact
width Of the track this point he Is unable " cal'u
late 10 A nicely the number Of feet placed 10 INC
DISADVANTAGE OF the outside horse Dy INC cA4o""- '
but il is not less than fifteen.
The finish between Fides and Geraldine, IN ue
race for the Toboggan slide Handicap, well ILLUSTRATES
the unfairness Of the present arrangement 4"7
dashes represent the course taken by NUS 'no U
tina, pursued by Geraldine. Hamilton VINO seems "
understand Morris Parks slopes and turns ana dhse'
better than any other jockey. kept FideS III per.
tcc,lv straight line till she over the crest oi
the little hill at the quarter post theh ne su ~
gently and gradually " the left 20 thsI DS INC '
she reached the finish She was husgihg inc ran
This was the nearest way nome "'i"
va unfortunate in being placed or the extreme Out
side and Mccarthy was unfortunate IN not kho"lns
Thai bv keeping her there She was OOuhd 10 IV>y al
stead Of taxing the nsh cut M, ne f spe nom OF the two
stretches Then. being far away ron Nan any ,uTTinc a
wandered about IKE snip Il u'e uc'ci5, -. da ~
uttIe 10 the left il is true but not enough TO 90 any
good. ,,,,- ,, -. . lengtb and
The decision was an immensely popular one IL" tllc
race going commAity has no stronger iav0r''T T'h
questioned whether had the finish been judged nom
right angle Geraldine did not actually eet hOn ZONE
suffer the extreme penalty Of being on the outside
namely loss OF fifteen feet. but the disadyaL'ase
lust about SS he e Ssfi Of ia hoT 'a e'
l MS S Psk hs last Not Tea1 T T there ss angie
FOR each course but they are far to be- me ont
new arrangement which gives the horse OH 'lo o"
soe no sort Of chance.
The rules Of racing which supposed I" cover
the running Of dead heats moi exploit enough
Precedent 10 the contrary Notwithstanding meTe IL 10
authority for permitting AL owner 10 ORA" bs hoiSo
and give another horse with which he ran
dead heat The Geraldine Civil service unpleasant
ness stul rankes in the souls Of those VINO bached
the mare Theirs was hard money TO lose. Ihey
should not have lost 1t. 1t not fair TO take IL
from them. True, they had only half won IT, bud
that WAS something. Rule no. 81 says
a DEAD heat for the first place shall be run on
s I I,e as nat race OF the day, unless Ile
i've S"Lait'ee o'herwise appoint but at AL n@rya
running a dead heat for race place shall be
heat Is or the owners agree to divide If
the owners agree % divide, each horse which divides
slrtll re deemed winner Of the place Tor
which he divides.
Rule No. 80 comes little the point. bui
only by implication Can il be understood AZ covering
the ground
Any money or prize which by the conditions r.
10 80 10 the morse placed second In any lower
place in the race shall, If the winner has walled
over. or no horse has been PLACED. go TO the
winner II IL be part Of the stakes or purse and II
1: was 10 be given separate donation from the
fund any other source, shall not be given at
all
Rule No. also gives delicate hint in parcnthcss
When walk over except after a dead heat is
The result Of arrangement by the owners Of horses
engaged neither any portion Of the added money
other prize need be given.
The betting rules equally a. unsatisfactory.
No 81 says:
When horses run a dead heat for a purse sweep.
stakes, and the owners agree or by the rules Of
racing. divide, all the bets between such horses or
between either Of them and the field must he setd
by the money betted being put together aud divided