New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-03
RACING AT MORRIS PARK.
CIVIL SERVICE SURPRISES THE PUBLIC
AGAIN
FoRpHAMs SHOCKING CoLLAPsE-MoDEKATE
SPORT on AN EXTRA DAY.

The racing at Morris Park yesterday deserves bun
oassinc notice The weather cnticng. the pro
crammc was not. Tie management gained ho'i""7
by occupying the field in opposition 10 ""'''oe
and Brighton, and the public gained nothhs' Leu
these tracks have a day now and then lhey or"" VIZ
the dregs of the turf from the larger courses u s
GOOD horses a chance to 60 to the post Inc hiso
second third fourth and sixth races brought 10 pe'
eeds than those seen at the NewJersey tracks a
month ago The fifth did better and saved oe Gay io'
utter failure. The number OF starters however w"
much reduced from the original list as eieVeh hoi'
were withdrawn, leaving only six to Jump oi, t,o
sprngboard and dive down the tOboggan slide. toN
nam was made a screaming favorite at 10 o. ONh
Service was next in demand at 10 l.
fitzismes who ran exceedingly well on satur-
day was backed for a place py s"o"u
followers Of public form, but the others "oic "o'
wanted at any price, and they really Ilad no oueio'
I'm the race There was strong up OH ic'c''
borough who is said 10 be much faster tnan hcr
stable companions Timothy and Violante, but Peters
borurh is s;ill burrowing in the earth, and VIII
probably continue TO burrow there she sho"co
much speed and ambition in breaking away al "o
most and annoying the starter, but wheh the race
began she nowhere. The same may De saiu
of all the Others, Civil service excepted TINS colt
is an increasing wonder. The public VIII not
he persuaded that he is a racehorse OF superlatlNe
sprinting ability. though he performs wonders peloe
their eyes every time he comes to the post. IL Is
barely possible that the intimate relations between
Cvil Service and Your Uncle William DAILY may i'll
some measure account for this horse Is known
nv the company he keeps. The best judges OF racing
backed Forham to beat Civil service because he beal
him on Friday and because they believed that Willie
Foriham, a fivcy ear-old. might have iceoNcFeu
nom the gruelling finish with Civil Service on
that occasion, the latter, three nus nus
an ba suffering from the effects oi, ,hau
prtraeted struggle. But they were far astray
fivll sSv1o vas evidently Detter than eHSTA
while torlam could not run YAM fx,r, me nX
colt won all the way, and though staggering IRON eA
halsion at the finish he within Oncquarter OF
second of the record made by Fides in the IoboS
gan Slide Handicap. FOrdham's collapse was com
plete, crushing, profound; Even flziameS WhPIe
legs are warped and twisted in every conceNabie
shape, had no difficulty in beating him me ODDS
against Civil service opened al 10 J. but were cut
down to to l AT the close Michael Dwyer
whose luck of late has not been phenom-
email backed him literally for place. Is
indeed strange that so good odds can always be had
about feet colt. ~, , ,
Fll and accurate descriptions of the races VIII be
found in the summaries. Bergens mastery hnlsh on
Clsndine I'm the fourth race. is worthy OF MENTION
Murphy looked the artist all over. but did not 40
,uicient hustng to please his hackers Barnes seems
10 be out of luck just now. Garrison did not nave a
mount.