New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-19
OMNIBUS DAY AT MONMOUTH.
"A SMALL, FIELD OF POOR QUALITY TO RACE
FOR THE BIG PRIZE.
THE CRITERION STAKES FOR THE YOUNGSTERS
old VOLUNTEER WITH CRUsHER UP.

old VOLUNTEER WITH CRUSHER UP.
This is Omnibus Day. The field of starters is the
s.me as was published in this column yesterday. Sir
John carries the top weight having been punished to
~. extent OF seven pounds for winning two races worth
1000 or more al Saratoga Torso, VINO won tlie
anrillard STAKES worth S2O700 picks up penalty oil
only five pounds. Tournament won the Realization
orh s25 800 but gets penalty, as he is supposed
N have carried less than weight for age in that race
Under the rules of racing weight for age means
standard weight according to the rules OF the course
where the race is run or its conditions. clever
lawyer might find flaw In this definition which, 10
ssv the least, is not plain. Weight for age Is
one thing standard weight weight is another Iourna-
ments weight for age in July, when inc
poauzation was run, 107 pounds LOT
a mile and five furongs. He carried 10Y pounds TWO
pounds more than weight for age. and uhuer u''
construction Of the rulc should carry l"o POUNDS 10
day Secretary Crickmore's construction Oh the ruic
Is different and Will probably be accepted by majority
Of the best informed and most experienced turfmen as
correct The Realization is a stake with special CON
ditons which ssy that colts shall carry 122 pounds
sn.cal conditions always supersede the rules oil rae
ing when they conflict. Tournaments allowances Gil
abled him TO get in the Realization at thirteen po""'
less than the full weight. To carry the arSuhieu'
further, II may be stated that In races exclusively
for three-yearocs the weight, under the new scheuV
is always 100 pounds, but that certainly is MOI weIn
for age The point is a very fine one, and might eau
TO some confusion one Of these bright daSe'
Tournament with 1l6 pounds up, should WIN thc
Omnibus il may be questioned whether there wouiu
not be grounds for action against him lof DeiuS
short OF weight. such an action brought by INC
owner of the second horse might possibly result III
the winners disqualification. 1t is well 10 have these
things clearly understood before hand There should
he no ambiguity in the rules Of racing
Banquet has won two rich stakes. but gets of
with penalty of only FIVE pounds, as in the stockton
Stakes he carried pounds less than the standard
weight though, il must be added, two pounds more
than weight for age"
It must not be forgotten that in the Omnibus the
old scale Of weights prevailscots lis pounds, gcldnS
u.s. fllies lI3. The track to-day Will be heavy.
Tournament and Banquet revel in mud, Sir John
does not mind 1t, Torso does not like 1t, Chaos,
Chieftan and the Fan Fan colt seriously object TO
is soft slushy, greasy mud that any
morse can run in. and again there is Peter Cooper
cline that only FLIES like Sallie McCclland can ne8oti-
ate. IL all depends on the quality.
Races that promise mach on paper seldom turn out
10 be either interesting exciting races that promise
that penetrate the outer cutice and make tile speca
Tor feel all in spots. The Omnibus may De9!s 10
This latter category. on paper il promises nothing
The best twoy earods no; in the list OF sttrcTS
for the Criterion stakes yet there colts ana cs
Of Sufficient merit in the field 70 deserve respect IN
The frst race old Volunteer sits lofty perch far
above the heads Of some fast spriner.. IT VIII be
Interesting to what the venerable Knight OF the
Broken Hoof' do with 49, pounds on MS Dach.
Three other races fill up the programme and all nave
received liberal entries These are the, probable
starters: