New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-09
FAvORITES AT THE FRONT,
FIVE IN SUCCESSION SUCCESSFUL.
4 PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE DAY AT ELY,
BETH FOR THOSE WHO LIKE no BET

4 PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE DAY At ELIZA
BETH FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO BET
AT ODDS ON.
Joseph Thompson. the lcviaihan bookmaker from
Australia might well have felt encoptaeed b oaeS
generous price for the stock Of the New)ersey ecev
Club when he the impatient thousands who rushed
through the gates. captured the grand stand and as
ssulted the netting ring yesterday Although the mar
velous multitude Of Election Day not eQualed or
even approached nevertheless the number present was
30 great that the prosperity OF the club loomed large
and lofty In the eyes of all observers. and the fc%
10 bet was so wild that the boomakers gladly gIaspco
the opportunity to give the shortest possible odds ano
To relieve all the visitors Of any uncomforaoc ou"e
OF excessive wealth. Once more, as ON so many
thousands OF days since racing was first set on ioo''
the admirers OF thoroughbred horses rcnewcn tnei'
mad chase after the impossible. their insane enors "
win money by playing against loaded dice, ''e'I az
tennis 10 break down stone wall by buttins 'hcir
heads against II, their aborious essays 10 HI s'0'
pockets BY crazy bets. when boOknakers' norsc
trainers Jockeys and horses are all compiheu "e"N
them good story was published recently ooncernn's
James Fish, jr, and Jay Gould. Inc aie'"o, '
not be true. but IL is at least Instructive AS INV
runs when jaw Gould was innocent and ignorant VI
the wes of Wall Street possibly at the un'e ~
Is said TO have cried mousetraps IN the s'iesh "'
asked James Fish, then prosperous s'o'h
something about his methods Of business ns inc
simple aonos,,s
@Whyv said he, as soon as customer oeposi's
any margin with us. We Immediately oi'iuo IL "''e
our partners We know we shall never nave 70 pay
any OF IL back. The COMMISSIONS VIII eat IL ali up
Every lamb that strays Wall Street IS sure 10 DC
shorn We never had to pay anything back but once.
Than An old man put 81 900 margin In our ONCE out
fell in an appolectic fit before he had ume 10 give Us
an order TO buy sell stocks, and we mao 10 pay oao
the $4,000 TO the administrator Of his estate iha'
was hard blow to u.s.
Tho lambs that bleat in Wall Street always lose
their fleece But the unfortunate sheeplets that
wander Into the bettingrngs Of our racetiacks not
only lose their WOOL but their eyes, their teeth their
toes their skins, their very nfeblood ana LII
twnkling, too.
form1 Look at Scnorita. Las year she was OF such
quality class and speed that she was regarded by all
the best judges Of racing as ranking next 10 ue sal
vators Firenzis Tennys and Racelands OF ue uaS'
flly Of wonderful speed and promise captain Brown
ought TO have sold her when he sold his other horses
For with George Covington In thesaddle, she ran
dismal and doleful race indeed yesterday She was
said 10 be good and with Hamilton or Taral OF
Taylor as her jockey she might have gwen Riley
hard race But Covlngton unwisely allowed her 10
run far behind the field for nearly mile. although
Riley conoedng her weight by the schedule. Gov
ngton did not try to up with her until Riley had
the race safely Then he got third place Win
her. In June ut Coney Island Covngton was on
ecnorita when he really desired to do his best with
her Then, although she cOnceding much weight
10 her only opponent Stockton COvngtOn went right
out with her from the fall Of the flag, led all the way
and beat stockton OIL
Some Australian racing men who have been visit
ing England have expressed their admiration Of the
English Jockeys who, they say, are vastly superior
to the Australian riders What could Joseph Thomp
son have thought Of the riding that C0vngton showed
him! If they had this boy CovingtOn In Australia
they would undoubtedly take him out and lose him
in the brush. And what welcome relief to the
American turf that would be.
Mr. Thompson did little bookmaking himself In the
course of afternoon. He mounted the stand Of the
Arizona Club, and tried TO knock out" the favorite
Badge In the fourth race. When other bookmakers
were offering only to against Badge Mr.. Thomp
son offered IL to 20 and even to 3. He got some
valuable experience in the ways of American book
making. but since Badge as he liked the specula
ton not profitable one 10 him.
4 blunder In the first race caused general annoy
ance The weight of Punster, jr., appeared on the
programme 1O2 pounds, and betting went merriy
ON for long time before il discovered that
nv ale conditions Of the Punster r, must carry
10 pounds. Then all bets were declared of and
new books were made Prince James the favorite
In the new books with Punster jr. second choice
punster, jr, got bad start and failed to secure
place Nor the favorite, Prince James, placed
either That gay decever and uncertain old
will-o'the-wisp AL. Farrow took first money, with
the Matagorda FLY second, and Mamie b. third.
Eric and Now-o Never withdrawn, and Riley
was the favorite the field at odds on in the
race. senorita might have if well ridden.
but Covington lay out OF the field far with her
until Riley had the safely in hand, that she
failed TO get second place. If he had ridden her
Garrison rode Firenzi at Linden or as any sensible
jockey anxious 10 do his best In the would have
ridden her, must have been second at least and
PROBABLY first. Riley well ridden by TAYLOR and
he liked. while Lavnis Belle was second
1t was the quecrcst of queer handicaps, in which
Charley Post and Lavina Belle were put on even
terms at 100 pounds each. Lavina Belle. in proper
condition and well ridden, give Charley Post tcnst
pounds and lose him any day in the week, and every
turfman knows IL.
Taylor got OF slowly, clumsy and badly with the
favorite, Peter. the third race, and last of
all. and distant last at the end of the first iurlong'
But Peter was so much superior to the others in the
and Taylor rode him well In the last iaif'he
that Peter won the race with Eclipse second Eclipse
was a very different colt from the Eclipse that ran
the other day. Then the betting against him rose
swiftly nom TO 8, and every booknaker in the ring
seemed 10 have made up his mind that Ecipse WIS
not out for the money. Vest rday Eclipse was backed
all over the ring. The same boy, MoClay rode hm
A. before But In his last previous race McClay ap
pesrcd TO be entirely indifferent as to where he lot
Of and never could be TO exert himself in the
race Yesterday the boy was continually breaking
away in 'front.' and he made every effort to win, but
Peter had too much speed McClay was suspended
for the meeting by the starter for disobedicncc at the
post. 1t pity that the suspension was ho' LOT
ten years.
Badge was backed down 10 to on In the ior.n
race and he without rufie or ripple OF eiior'
while Maidstone got second place C;sta"ay' VINO Is
now practically worthless In respectable company was
q poor third.
Aurania was another wanting favorite at topofty
odds on Of from = to 3 to 2. Lanbley rode her
with more patience. discretion and self control than ne
usually shows aud she with big Jumps III mana |
Santa Fe vas second Lambley Is q coming Jockey. |
some dcluded dupcs misled into backing Wynd- |
ham for a rlace in the fifth race Wyndham Is even
worse than King Thomas. lie is an immense, su1p-
ping colt of superb lines, by Warwick out OF Loiiia
The only trouble with Wyndlam Is the same rs that
which affects King Thomas. An MWisc Ctcator
never intended him for raceIlose ana thcrFloc az