New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-14
1111RNAMENT ONLY THIRD.
nv spATEN BY CRUSHING WEIGHT
,rv AND CAN CAN CONE IN BEFORE
HIM.

.xn CAN CAN CONE IN BEFORE
..,oueh the clouds lowered throuSno". ' ,"0 ~oSn,
A" ain kindly ahsaired at MOTIFS farh' eA'ep'
- - .rarsc drops fell. The track was III oot'''
49,. ,han at any time since the stormy "o"."o
f~.Ih began, although enough moisture rc"N"eD
=. nreyent fast time. The a''ciuan'o
n large for Monday ard the interest was
ecoAe The mournful feature OF the day was
"~no,m,ns defeat OF senator licarsts goSh
- o.ment His trainer the friends Of tire StA''io
- ". .r,husasic admirers OF Tournament oe''e'o"
.ou,d accomplish brilliantly the ara' '"o"
-, nm 1870 pounds in the Pelham Fay ram
mile and five furloncs. concedne IL p."'u'
g. ~ hounds to Prime Fonso. III pou''us "
~ and no less than DC pounds 10 va" 'e"'
Se''Ds c.n Cans sex allowance made the e'ceS''o'
sSooas".,ch, schedule 10 pounds 1t Is ma'"r "a
y ~.s,, consequence that Admiral was aiso III NV
a, pounds less than Tournament ''''''"
n" wasterlode and Rosette were w'h'r'"".
80 never possible TO get better IMAM .
- rournament. althonGh some ooip''"e TO-.
Ae.,. hookmakcrs freely offered 80 to 500 "neh
apone '' 20 tho most II was reported that the
" . commission into the ring on KiieN'
ys!e" - col, was certainly we'll supported TOT a
" ne hooh, which left Tournament IN ana I" win
Se@~ss which left Tournament ont. ana also 10
oN.n.-ah,e extent in the full BOOKS 10 WIN a'
e",q,.o and TO I. TAYLOR was Oh hieS' 'o'.'o
.a.nds asked him before the race II ne 'houS"'
%. ILL.,. rou,e defeat Tournament at an advantage
w" .a,aen pounds. Taylor puckereo up HIS hp>
vh,s,le and remarked :" onlv WISH I'at I'e
-. Nth tone and expression that proved piaIhN
~. =. had not the slightest anticipauoi "i uei9"e
s.rn.ment, although he addeo tha' "e 'e" qo
se. .n.,, a, getting second place senator Hearst
20
.ah,e He went 10 California on FroN
-. and AID not even witness Tournaments max
-. victory over Senorta ana Diatlo OH
1900 II was we'll for the kind'hearted senator
a.. =. Ala not see these two races. for II ne hSd
-. chance to rejoice Tournaments triumph on
strrd.v the blow of his caiamtons overtnro"
-. ,,rnM have been all the more severe
u.,r.n went right out with Tournament as
...I TAYLOR Oh Riley had made up MS niho uao
-. on,v chance at the advantage in the weieh's was
=. to.n as close 10 Tournament a. possible. SO ooth
s,,v,rd and TAYLOR were riding their mounts rom
-, .or, e.art 10 get the lead. But Tournaments
-. ei,ht Of speed swiftly took him clear OF Riley
,..o,. the arst h,rong finished he was length
l.o,. R,ley At the ending Of the first quarter mile
\. v~ fully two lengths in the lead. can Gan WAS
hh,d. two lengths behind RILEY. whiie inc Ne' "er'
s,odv ,tragclng 20 far IN the rear that 1t was clear
shsr had no chance Climbing the Nil, tournaments
h.syy weight began to tel and Riley steadily gained
M him AT the crest Of the Materh9rn Taylor caeE'
an Riley. while Tournament was near given over I"
a.<n,ir The colt appeared Lave lost his courage
ana TO feel that no much had been required OF nm
=, osn,ns him 10 carry 100 pounds to Rley's H." so
shen T,y1or called on Riley at the top of the hlu nc
Dashed nv Tournament in O style that made everyone
vho SAW Tournament run away from Scnorlta ana
Dabho on Saturday rub his eyes with wondor. Inc
race vas over then and there. 1t became II pro"c'
son and Riley drew further and further away nom
Tournament in the homestretch. Tournament cohio
not even ct second place for as they came iowa
the homestretch the immense difference in weight
between Can Can and Tournament % POUNDS IN ao1oa
Inference, told so heavily that Can Can
ssnr,ved him OF the place without difficulty. The
limit Of Tournaments powers had evidently been
reached. and passed. He never save the day when
b. was able 10 give eighteen pounds to Riley in that
MIS- present FORM and nineteen to Can Can IN thai
enys present form. But that he ran good and
creable race clear. from the fact that ne Dca'
Of Banquet giving him sixteen pounds. and Prncc
rnso giving him seventeen pounds II was depressing
and pathetic and saddening TO see the big FELLOW tna'
1as been winning many brilliant races since ne
non the Omnibus stakes. down before animals SO
such inferior 10 him. simply because he was asked
h attempt the Impossible.
In the first race Druidess the favorite. failed 70
second choice In the betting. carried OIL the pnie
while Elmstone, an outsider at 10 for the place
gut second money.
The second race was the Codstream Welter
Handicap at six furlongs Eolo vas backed ior
large sums all over the ring. and was VOL
ridden by Taylor Eolo and DR.. lla'hronck maze
close finish. The spectators 10 man thought that Ut
Aasbrouck had won but the judges. I" the ubounded
smaiement Of every person On the ground outside OF
Che judges box gave the race 10 Eoo. Angles ale
hard things 10 get around. doubt hnt Judges de-
csions sometimes infinitely more difficult t" under
stand than the most abstruse problems in the higher
mathematics that might have puzzled the redOubt
able Professor Benjamin Pierce in hi, test days.
Taral. who on lla>brOuck. felt sure thai he had
~oD and astonshed lcyond measure at the judges
Eerison Woodcuttcr was poor third, getting that
plsco from Bermuda by neck Maidstone had l3'
pounds his back and included in those 132 pounds
was Mr.. Bergen's weight. 1t was not one Of Bergen
lucky days, he riding In anything like his bc,s
firm. II docs seem rather amazing when YOU
take all the performances Of the two horses
into account that EOlo should he able TO beat
MAIDSTONE at least dozen lengths. at six furloncN
when Eoo carried only tx pound less than Maidstone
Undoubtedly Mclaughlin or Garrison or Hamilton o.
1ard. could have cot vastly >pecd cut Of Mad
stone. and had him far the front at the
The Thru race was crotcsque scramble for twoyrar
BIDS Think II running two year ODDS half a mile
10 the month Of October: such performance as that Is
enough to give the New York Legislature fit Of
nausea. When gentlemen went mp 10 Albany and So
cured the passage Of she Ives Pool hin the ground
That It woud improve the breed Of horses. did they
mean n intimate that the breed of horses would h.
Improved ty running two ycarolds half mile IN
The middle NJ october. although these same two-vcar
ehs were accustomed to run as much as six fIrlonc,
% long a1o as last May
Correction was the favOritc for this aar. but like
Dsudess. shr failed to stay ont and Favllla AZ long
ODDS In the betting won easily Four horses finished
only short he IDS apart behind Correction The judges
decided that Eclipse and Captain Wagner had run Il
dead heat fr thr place although n"s o. The sp"cta
t@S believed that RinfaN had got third place
BY short head. Rinfax gp on well and Jed
i@ more than three fnronc-. but h" had Narva"h