New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-06
RACING AT ELIZABETH.
,,.covucK ASKED TO EXPLAIN DEFEND
ANTS QUEER RACE
,oe,n r,voR1rBs GO DOWN on SOFT TRACK

rnG-R FAVORITES GO DOWN ON SUI
MAJOR DAILY no sPR1NTER'
., elizabeth was not interered with
i"0 There was no further moestanoh ol
-, c,rh oricials bookmakers or bookmahciN ~
,n,s DC Lacy's threats were simply "p'',
,bich blew hsrmlessly over the course. i"o
.ruroach 10 a storm came up IN tle 'i''" To-, -,
aolrooms and warrants of arrest h"u "'e 49,.
r. a. only a trainer a jockey and morse Wero
a,ccrpcd j. n. McCormcks bay con- Doi'"u' lou"
,s A starter. and the pu'H' -..
We . GOOD enouch 10 vim he quickly became iaNorlD
a., ,he netting opening at IL anu oo'"e o
aor, n & ia g. The talent" uieh ruS"ou :" ~
bark shotovcr. and the public GROWING ala io
,oucd sult spectators jumping 10 '''e 'o",iO"
that Defendant was not meant inc i" w. ~, 49,
L., hv noipt iii he reached 10 !, al wh,oh price
o,osoa Their, was considerable trouble al 'he
-, and when the fag fell Defendant appeared 10 nave
..or left a. he soon dozen IeHF"'S D0'"'''
-. acd cantering eisureN along win his h'"o NIX"
=, the air sinnott. his jockey suuoehN pcs""
aiding very hard if he hao just maze ''c "''"A'S
s-coyerv that the race was on. oi oonfSs
ors,Sa, meyer GOT within hailing distance
:, he winner Lemon Blossom. VIII"
Ia nearly all the way. but he ala succeed IN
e,chpc the tail of the procession a. IL pdsNeu t mo
Colonel simmons of the opinion 'hd' Shino'' uc-
rberately pulled up at the start anu S"9Po' '"e
go he sont for Mccormick, of whom he demanded an
s.ftp
~, mid decline in the betting. Mccormick could eS-
o,hi,r Whatsoever. His grief at the defeat OF
..io,s defendant was overwhelming. lie thought
1o,and.n, A sure winner, and had backed him to the
:, $500 In evidence of this he exhibited eight
.,o,s which on their face represented an investment
IN, .ru The old. old trick" cynics remarked
-. -. uaUes accepted the statement and the tickets
A tor the present Mccormick stands cXoneratcd. sin
mott was suspended lot oDe year, ""o INC 'u'f0iAi
likely To remain in effect
7, K said that Mccormick is interested in several
hooks and il is highly probable that Colonel simmons
riu insist upon seeing the tally sheets of the firms
With which Mccormick did his betting II sncn De ms
iniention II would be advisable 70 proceed a. once
AZ tally sheets are seldom preserved for longer pcrou
than twenty -fOIr hours -, ,,.,,
' Tbst lovely pair of brothers, your Uncle William
and NJ j. Daly than whom the American turf boasts
m NOV shining ornaments ran first. second anu
third in The opening race OF the day w Wr y"nr
t,oster and G4cnmound. while the tmrd rae Sour
i'ncs william captured with Lemon Bl0sson' a
go t. shot Concerning VI; J. palv. II NAV %. oe
further remarked that thc lilly RoNc VINO enTChe .c
entered In her race Rosa IN Day'S own peant
full ohroeaphy. SyAn Tse,th iinInneSticsion 1,f
racetrack officials are COn>ttutOnaly opposed 70 OIL
inrbing their peace Of mind by looking INTO su'h
SINE of the best Judges Of racing that Alarm
;aeeke1 ont behind streaming in the wind jacket
IN snch circumstances j. equivalent 10 handicap OF
about five pounds. Bergen should never name Ih"'
Major baly is no Splinter. lie must run half a
mile before he gets fairly under way fanC"'dr
and sam Morse had but htllc ullH'ul'H III "0d''"-
'''' The socond favortc TO cc' home in front vas
EoyaI Garter. who captured the last race lie hah
been due for two week.. -, - .,
The usual crowd was III al'chudh'c A"0 ""'N
was soft and slow.