New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17
STRAIGHT TRACKS OR OVAL,
PUBLIC FORM BY-woRD AT MONMOUTH.
FEWER FAvoRITEs WIN THERE THAN AT ANY
OTHER COURSE.

IL is expected that the demand within the next
few days for the most attractive building sites IN
Riverside Drive West End ave and upper Flltl-ave
will be Of tie most animated and feverish sort IL IS
believed that out Of the eighty boohma eTs al Mon
mouth Park not one will fail 20 erect for himself
within a short time magnificent mansion on the
highestpriced lots to be found within the limits OF
this me:ropolis-a mansion which will make the finest
cottages at Newport look Oh -ap and mmonpace In
comparison Never has racccoulse III any country
been so constant and rich source OF proht 10 the
bookmakers as the new Monmouth Park. with lis
wonderful straight tracks 1t was pr dlc ed Win Hte
most conspicuous emphasis and assurance that when
we had the fautess and altogether admirable English
courses in this country there would be no more strange
variations OF public form. that h)Is MI n lon 9
he pocketed or nterfered WITH that the best hort
would carry of the prizes. and that the public
with united voice would join IN the heartiest acclaim
and approval Of the plan Of starting horses at Eaton
town and running them TO Little Silver with the con
testing animals out of sight of the spectators for nine
tenths Of the way unless these spectators were pro
vided with The most powerful and expensive field
rasses in the world But for some neXplcable reason
the expected results have not been attained Ihere
are more singular aud eccentric variations OF form a
Monmouth than occurred before on any race
track in the world. The great mass OF racesoeis Is
more profoundly bewdered daily 10y the impossloihtS
nj getting the lea indication how horses Will run III
have run in previous races. II may be that the
somevhat unsettled and uncertain condition OF IN"
urfaces OF the new tracks at Monmouth may account
for some OF these wild vagaries, but aithoush teie
may be soft spots here ana uiere' 'i
lions of consistency and d1versltes VI oo'"pS.'
ness in the make. OF these trdoNs' H''
these Ipsand-outs of the could not possibly eX
Main ALI the ms andouts of the running OF any large
percentage OF them There is no evidence TO confirm
any cynical and pessimistic dishonest theory uat
owners trainers and jockeys are any more dishonest
at Monmouth than they are at other uacks' pu' ON'
stoutest Of Anglomaniacs. after the thorough 'es'
which has been given the Monmouth courses ourins
July and the first part of August cannot venture I"
claim that accidents and mishaps are any less IN
ouent that peculiarties Of running are less marked
and amazing that consistency is better preserved
That running is any trucr, that racing is any hEer
or better In any way on the straight tracks at Mon
mouth than on the oval course at Brooklyn or al
sleepshesd Bay. SO much Is settled. In uu'i
all the unfortunate and regrettaole elements VI
racing are even more prevalent and more IN
iurious al Monmouth than the oval courses
,,cn,ioned Mr. Withers may yet have to revise MS
IDEAS britannia is wonderful country, and I'D
some turf matters she is still far ahead OF the lh'eu
states but that the English system Of running horses
on straight courses will become more popular III
this Republic than the good old American FASHION VI
oval tracks is anything but plain at present
West End Hotel stakes for FLIES at mile and hai
and vet one Of these FIVE, strong second cholce !"
the betting tumbed down in the homestre"h ana
broke her Jockeys collarbone. Now II TINS ACCIDENT
had occurred at Brooklyn at Sheepshead Bay, the
Ancomanlacs would have shouted in chorus. on
this was due the turns and the curves OF 'e ova
course Take the quaint and unexpected running by
some of the horses yesterday. Here was strideaway
the favorite at odds on in the first race lie was
second and in this very race there was as cear ahu
bad a case OF pocketng as ever was seen on any oVa
course. Pierre Lorilard had backed his Oily
Rizpsh 10 win large sum, and 1e1 a.
most sure that she could not lose. Yet
TAYLOR carelessly permitted her TO get INTO pocAe'
in the homesretch that absolutely ruined her chances
she was pjnched in so between Strideaway and Arab
that she could not get through, and Taylor was COM
pced 10 pull her back and lost so much ground tla'
he could not get a place. This was not on an oVa
track 1t was on straight track. MAJOR Domo III
the Railway Handicap was backed heavily by many
GOOD Judges of form. He seemed to be winning
cssfIv only few strides from the finish
line Then he took II into his queer
old head TO swerve and then to stop so suddenly
as almost 10 come down TO walk Inc result
was that Eurus barely got up and won tue race oy
short head This was not on an oval track. IL
was on a straight track In the fifth race william
L. SCOTS colt Torso. the winner OF inc Lorlhiru
stakes was handicapped at such weight that any
reasonable turfman would suppose that he could at
least get a place without difficulty. Torso came IN
q Lad last in a field of four. being beaten even by
such an animal as Philosophy, who won the hTs'
race OF his life in maiden affair at Brooklyn 10
May This singular failure of Torso dd no'
Happen oval course al BroohS" u
Shecpshesd Bay. II occurred al Mo"hout''
And so we might 90 and multiply examples at
rreat length In what way the straight tracks at
Monmouth are superior In settling TIE relative merits
~ horses satisfactorily aording sport OF stern
sort to the oval tracks at Brooklyn and sheepshead
Bay does not yet appear. The spectators IN al thC
straight races the horses nearly as wen anu
are continually finding fault. Mr. wthers and his as
socates are determined to force the straight courses
down the throats Of the American people. Whether
they will succeed in the long not is, perhaps an
open question to-day.
One thing may be said with profound satisfaction and
entire sincerity about yesterdays racing No matter no"
strange and queer some Of the performances OF the
horses looked there is reason TO believe that any
animal that had any chance in any not ridden
to win. There nothing to give rise to suspicion
Of pulling" or of any form Of crookedness or fraud
Nevertheless 1t could hardly be called satisfactory
or enjoyabl afternoons sport
Mr. Belmont is rejecting seriously in these days as
to the practical wisdom of the policy Of paying big
salary 10 Jockey then permitting him to ride for
other stables and exhaust himself so completely in
severe finishes for other that his services arc
absolutely Of no value TO his regular employer Ham
ton rode strideawsy in the first race for the lslp
Stable and had to exert himself nightly all the way
down the homesretch. He was tired Jockey when
he mounted St Charles in the second race Chatham
beat ST. Charles easily. and Hamilton was able 10 get
second place only. But in the third race he strove
and struggled violently and exhaustingy perhaps
as in any in his life. He on old Eurus. the
favorlte, and the old was in his worst humor,
Hamilton compelled to fog him until his muscles
ached from the exertlon. He rode him with all the
force that he could command, and Just
won the race with him. But he was SO fatgued so
worn out from what he had gone through, that he
could hardly stageer when he got off the horse He
was In this condition when he rode Mr.. Relmont's
flly Her Highness the favorite In the West End
Hotel stakes, at mile and half All his spirit all
his energy. all his strength. had been taken out of
him by his exertons in the previous race Hence he