New-York tribune., 1890-05-22
CIVIL SERVICE ONCE MORE.
HIS THIRD VICTORY AT GRAVESEND.
AGAIN AN OUTSIDER IN THE BETTNG-ADA
MANT AND AMAZ'N.


race without having a bet on il, Civil service wouid
have proved the most lucrative horse at the BrooNYh
spring meeting If he had been backed for each OF MS
races This colt has three times IN SIX days ana
the betting against him better than . to edch
time on the first day il easy TO get 10 To l.
when ne again the boonmakers had been offering
} and Is: Yesterday 10 and II were the common ng"eS
in prOpOrtiOn 10 the number of horses that lie mas Ill
training. W. G. DAILY wins aS many races IN year a>
any other owner but the speed of his quadrupcds l.
generally both by the booknlaRers ana
the public. His will never be popular s'ao'e,
Benicnity and love for his fcllOwhcings do not
lumne those gnarlcd and rugged features ana no one
ever ventures To ak Nj. DAILY II he mas uNeu fch>
soap or any other brand, on any particular morlns
iii, barber and tailor long rueed away for lack
Of emplovmcnt II NAV be Inferred, then that Uncle
william is not an essentially fascinating hgurc'
leader of fashion he never be- Ana III aduluoh l"
his ccccntrcities of appearance and manner there are
some incidents in his gnared and rugged career WHICH
will always prevent the mass Of racesoers from FOL
lowing his with implicit trust and headong zeal
But Nr DAILY agrees with the ancient sases and with
many modern statesmen and philosophers as TO the
worhlessncsS of that idle. gaudy and fcctng bubble
popularity Let people think Of him what they may,
he rccks little lie doesn't for the applause OF
listening SenatcS if he can 60 on and win races Let
but that keen Connecticut conscience of his approve
his deeds and he is ready permit the public TO be
objurgated To any extent at any time. And 80 tins
fine old Puritan from the state which grew famous
centuries for the manufacture of spices with the
aid of buzzsaws pursues the uneven tenor Of his way,
and picks up plump purse after plump purse upon our
TacetaCks.
ON the opening day Civil service beat Fordham,
Blue Rock Gregory Reclare and other fast sprintes
On Tuesday he defeated Blue Rock again. and lima b.
with others of fine Speed were behind both. lcNier
DAY he got home before Fordham, Geraldine, Balarit
and others. When DAILY bought this colt from John
A. Morris last year, he made of the /smarte>t
purchases Of his life. Civil service had as bad ring
bone them but this does not appear TO trouble nm
now He is extremely fast on any sort OF track 'p
to his limit of distance he is almost nvncibe in mud
and yesterday a fast track he ran the hall mile
in rs IL seconds. Geraldine Che favorite.
Fordham second choice, ana Ballarat third. Much
money was lost all three. Geraldine is by no
means at her best yet, and later she VIII outruh
Civil service easily enough, fast as the latter l..
Ballarat also may improve. but fordham 10 no" ae
fast Is he IN his life.
In the Gazelle stakes the lilies carried 1l3 pounds
each, III. the programme had IT, for the stake
Wa, closed under the old scale of weights. Amazon
had satin finish her and surpassed all the Others
in condition as well as speed Hers wa -, "a noncw LOW
part Of the race. Golden Horn who came in second,
carried huge humps of money, although Amazon va Wa
the iavOrite. With such hlhe> a. Fldcs, lfr hgi-
ness and Amazon 10 run for him, Mr. belmont
in the ncutcr he ha> by far the greatest Geldns now
lH, a. @ aa I%S iSs Mssnae and nd % no
10 mention the twoyeaI-olds that he l. ,ketPhs III
vide the maroon ought often TO be t. the fore
CLAYTON the Eccola colt and Mcpermott on
race in the first half mile. Both showed speed Du,
the Eccola colt ran the better OF te Two; b1, rse
f,Iard, was third at The end, Rcllwood. an extreme
outsider outside u ,1n the Ge'4s 1d Hase wna's q psce S% VET
Adamant from Brookdale was so lar superior bn uS 10
slow at the start. and although Reagan lost much
ground in the homesretch in vain effort TO get &c,
60 around, Adamant left the field at the close lie
pierre Lorillard got back Pagan good pai1 Of
the money which lie has been generously lending to
yearold, This was in the fifth race, which was FOR
madens Of all age. Iaean j, bg strapplng son Of
IN one eye Mr. de 5 mn e Won ra s a6J ane ane
exactly the right instant Just beating on the post
Choicc Nr. Lorillard'- fat commission sent into the
rns made Pagan The favoriie,
and won hand>omely The air was fun Of
Moir,'S FLY Bhthe, ana great deai Of money was
thrown away on her. She can quit a fat IN the
the s4nc sort Dr. lIelmuth wa, lat year. DR..
H. coud beat any Of the younsster, in the Nor.
beat ordinary selling platter.
\ highly interesting match for II 900 side, Will
be run on saturday. Eric and Castaway Will meet
again al Tuesday, weight and distance. Eric Ia
pSn2d m ole%eisht weight on Tae~day when he was handi
capped 1O-i and Ca,taway to carry ia, distance
John campbell feel sure Of winning. 30 the pair
ought t. d dead heat Each Is confident that his
on saturday rlan he did on Tuesday.
The railroad arrangements were excellent yester-
got home in time for dinner. 1t is likely that far
larger crowd viii be present to-day, and the railway
managers ought 10 get ready for rush. on satur-
Gay there viii surely be great crush.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. $50
EACH, $1,000 ADDED. SIX FURLOSGS.
W. r. Jones's b. Beiiwood, by BlythewoodrBclle.
I.lH. stables ch g. Dru@.tic9 9. 1lo (Msliin,
B. D. witherss ieG b. c. BY stcnehenge~Eccols 100
W G. Dsly's b. h. Fitzroy 6. 1Is -. GARRISON
Umpire stables ch c. Tormento g. 1os ic5g lG9,
oakwood stables b. Merd.q : 199 no Bgrer s1esn}
Betting to win-BeiWood 10 to l, Drlmstick . 70 .,
Mcflden % l., Eccoia colt 70 /. Tormentor 3 70 J.
,s',ng Pasn?To?a Pi,,c We o 2 prP%stiik S % SSa SG
s 70 j. Eccoa colt 70 !, Tormentor 70 /. zephyrus
MG,aals-BeIwood straight $50 95 place s3i o5
MeIiden got much the worst o a ragged start that
che IN the The Eccoa cot and Tonnentor
opened gap three lengths and sove against each other
TIL both pumped by they reached the
stretch. On the last furong BellwCd came away and
cieycfly length and half. Drumstick second.
neck bcfCre Guard. Judge Morrow did not start.
SECOND RACE-SWEEPSTAkES MAIDEN THREE
NEAROLDS. $50 EACH. $1,000 ADDED. ONE
MILE.
D. D. B withcrs b. c. Adanant ty sonehengge1Adaee,
J. :: NeDonald's c. by Prince Charc-La Favor.
]. A. s 4. II. Morrls's eli. e. King, ,9H9a. l24
feSa {s.' ioyis si Msss;,ode w b@@o5as
{. Cornehl,els D. C. san jose. i25 -. (C.air.onj
Betting to win Aeamant f.,o5to, to : La Favori,a
odc Is 70 s San joe & 10 10 = bapSS hSS"12e ~ 20 10 ""''
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