New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-30
RULED OFF AT MONMOUTH.
SHIELDS AND JOCKEY CAMP PUNISHED.
NO EFFORT TO WIN WITH LITTLE JIM-CAsTA-
LAS HOLLYWOOD.

surface in pools and stretches. Yet even such a
track 50 important a. the Navesink Handicap
at a mile and half with - 900 added. ought to have
secured than two starters. II is singular in
decd that many and trainers of horses that
would have had a chance In this handicap at the
weights assigned them preferred TO keep the ANIMALS
IN their stables. such policy IS not only dSapponf-
Ing and discouagng the association but IT puzzles
tho general public beyond expression MI \oobuiFh
had apportioned the weights for the NavcS!nk with
fairness and IL looked Hike good handicap on paper
II IS that a number of weknown horses to whom
weights were assigned at saratoga, but If their
owners had sent them down TO Monmouth some
of these horses would have had a good chunc". For
instance, there Los Angeles. she was kept at
Saratoga and the Excelsior STAKES. But the
Excelsior stakes was prize Of much less value than
the Naycsink. Mr.. Byrncs decided not 10 start
Frcnzi as she never liked mud and there might
be some danger that the Queen of the Turf wCih
sip or strain tersc with 1es pound, If Mr. Bel
mont had known positively on Monday that Flrcnzi
would not start he might perhaps have asked Mr..
Rowe TO send Prince Royal 20 the post IL Is not
likely that Prince Royal could have been beaten By
Eurus for Prince Royal is in superb form,
and even In deep mud could probably
have given Eurus the fourteen pounds which he was
asked to conocde him. ScnOrita WAS handicapped at
us pounds 1t may have been wise 10 keep her In
the stable but even with good fllly as ocnorta
races with $1,000 added money are not to be pcAcd
IN
by no means out Of the even at 100 pounds
Some owners and trainers who arc keeping horses OF
high class in their boxes, leaving such prizes as The
Navcsink TO the mercy Of such an uncertain horse
Eurus is now, may roll in weNuh
beyond tho dream Of avarcc about the
time when the sky cracks open and we all feast ON
larks But not until then There never was Il moro
foolish. wastefu and ridiculous policy pursued than
that which is being followed diligently. aoalonsN
and earnestly by threeQuarters of the owners
and trainers Of Monmouth. That IS tile pollcY OF
standing around with their mouths gaping wide open
waiting for ortolans already cooked 10 y down tl'T
gullets 1t is not trno always that everything comes
10 him who waits on the turf. IT IS often desirable
that people should be up and stirring bit shona be
looking after their opportunities. Keen and sh"ewd
observers in other callngs, men WHO are sdlhheN
successful in other lines Of life. long ago came 10 tho
conclusion that many owners and riltcrs Oi
racehorscs in America did not 0vertop th'
average Of INTEL gCnCe in the community
doth assuredly seem as If appalling number OF
men who have racehorses in charge in The United
States had been pltltuy overlooked when the supply
of brains was given oft. There are oWIcrs anu
trainers who arc as keen razors as subtle as sih
as shrcwd as Connecticut Yankee In the great Gays
of wooden nutnegs, or as Philadelphia lawyer III
the period when the bar OF the City of BrohIrN Love
was most renowned for the endless devices and boand
less ingenuity of It's practitioners But these owners
and traliers are marked exceptions SCnsccsS auu
stupid az Is the policy p3rsued by some men III con-
trJl Of thoroughbreds at Monmouth OF shutting uief
horses behind stable doors and keeping them from
the public view a. if they were baby wcaAlings pro
nat7lrev usheed into the world with feeble lives only
10 he saved bv prolonged cOddng in cotton wool II is
lust such policy might be expected iron INC nctoTN'
scaatv and unbalanced intoilectS which shrnh into
small corners of The dminutyc cranrHs OF people VINO
are doing all they 10 prevent the development OF
lie American turf by persstenty hanging back until
they cam get hold Of something so extremely soft ihs'
II will melt into mush IN their fingers when they grasp
IL, Ike an overIIpe squash
ClouIs and showers did not make delightful day
for racing aud the attendance Was below lAe a'tde'
81 course OH sueh track all the time was SLOW III
the first voiunteer for the ar$t on'H "Ss yea
rn,vai that ne had regained his cAeeUcnt spiiE1ne
ra Of his best days H. 1898. He simply walked
away from the field in laugha5lc style and cah'cred
hone. Willie the lightly weighted Glihall' 60 sccoiu
place ONLY four started TayiStOD ana Major Daily
having been withdrawn. Both Mcrden and Bou2 Is.
lad many backers, but Bella d. sulhcd and "Odd ho'
trc while Meden found her weight Of III pOunas TO
bulky IN tie mud aud seemed 10 DISLIKE seven iuIiOe
Ecxt came the Hollywood Handicap for rFo'ycar
Old nlics, tlrce-quarters Of mile. La I9sca was
withdrawn and L. J. Roses Fairy vas a strong
favoric, Oh account Of her fine performances IN the
mud in previous races. Reckon was second cho,cc'
but Mr. Wi.herss Castaa, Mr.. GaIway'a FiavlI+
and the pct Of Brighton Beach, E&gly Llo''Om' ali
had plenty Of friends. Reckon fonnd her t'p weight
of l2a pounds heavy by the time she flushed The
first half mile and her stable companion, Correction
with pounds weight could do little better IMAM
Reckon. III the last furlonc Castalt', Fairy ana
Family drew away from the others without dihculty
Hamilton rode his hardest but FAIRY wac Carrying
115 pounds TO Castalla's SIS pounds ana the cHcf-
cpcc in the weight gave Castaa the rcc some" h'
easily while Fairy got second place and Equ% time
Reckon 1Ookcd drawn and gduht Bic ms
had many races this year. and although
LAM
peatcd efforts with heavy weight have appar-
emily begun 10 tell Correction seems 20 be a mere
shadow Of the Gny that sccOud 10 Russell In Tie
Great American Stakes and won some good races uh-
I'll she came TO Monmouth. Mr. Withers'9 Oa'@ua'
the victor IN the Hollywood, Is 10 wonder ana ood
hardly have won but for her light weight Silii shc
is ly Of tolc1ablc quality, and this may not be her
last victory she Is Of ;hc last Of the get cl poor
old Mortercr now "A dapidatcd ruin Of his former
greatness Both Early Blossom and Flavuia ran
badly. for neither Ovcrwc!ghtcd, Early bfNsom
carving JOS pounds and Flayilla 40 pounds ana
both should have been far nearer the 'front.' al ulo
finish If they really amounted 10 much
Judge Morrow had been badly beaten In his last
tbroe races before yesterday, bat in the Rartdn
stakes at a mile and quarter he had one OIL inc
.urost nqs ever seen Oh the turf, he carried olY
10 mounds and far outclassed Kcmpland Kings own
and Chicftain his only opponents Demuth' wh'.o
det.at of his stable companion Long Run aDH Of Judg0
Morrow also last week caused 50 much STIR was
withdrawn as was Mr.. Withcrs's Fan Fan cot lhe
Raritan wac an exercise gall0p for JudT Mo'oV. l'
ran IN front all the way, and none Of the others coM
get near him. Chcftan ran fairly for mlle Unt
swerved badly in the last furong and came III ia>.'
Kemplsnd whipped out, was poor second "he
Kings own was far behind. Outside Of Judge
Morrow they a poor lot Indeed in the EaHtan'
Some of tie three yearold stakes al Monmouth TINS
wear bring TO the post tie quecFest OF cat1t.
only Eurus and TonbOy ran in the Navesink
I'D
hardly any betting. Eurus was the hvorite az
G TO on and he settled poor Tomboy hrecssy in the
first f,rong As in Judge Morrow's case 1t wac
"a mere exercise gaop for the favorte, and TIE
wretched Tomboy could get near enough 10 him
to plead with him and beg him I" run at hatSpe'o'
10 h., feats clnEllN and .h( CklnE.