New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-15
,1opr RACING IN THE RAIN.
oon,,.v WINS THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES,
.rurn UNEXPECTED RESULTS AT NORRIS
PARK

100, Unexpected RESULTS AT MORRlo
IAN. Morris Park suffered the severest ms
oh'o .-or, the evil spell of unkind weather. rev
io..,inr. in the records OF the American Jun ".
ra'o'" -, any other country have been 81 scrlou'I!
tho d he storms a. thi, october meeting al W.
ua . The rains have prevented the >'a''"s "
- high class horses and the attendance ""'
- oorseoucrcc mournfully rcdncch. Inc "', 49,,
~ checked and the revenue OF the New i"'" 49,,
w. tom the bookrnakcr> and the French pi> "''
t corr,.pondingly limited. The gate re'c'p'' NO
hsen cut down by the tempcsts. and gloon" az" '
100 have been the rule rather than inc 0N
nton II there Lad been clear 'M' a.,
,hcr, air from, the first day +" ','
Losing day. undoubtedly the total oil Tue "'e""i
Law This meeting would have been four UNI, d. 49,
os the figures which will now be reac'N"' ,.
,,om every department Of the sport w"nld nave '''"
1T oxn.udcd and the meeting might nave pcch
,d az a brilliant success. II the track hao o'r"
m GOOD condition and rains had falch' IL j 'c'''
,ba, the horses would have 7iA lar hl'ic 'o"N'''
and the public would have bcch H''"" y" ~
criticism and fault finding concerning .'c ''"' ~
ncrsrmanccs Of the animals. In every way u Is 10
:. rcrcttcd deeply that the weather mas Dech :" P'''
loss 4, the New-lork Jockey Club. IL mas ho' sPco
- tho chasing day Of the meeting, for although
=, This time of writing the stars may bc
coon clearly in the heavens, thc showers oi
yesterday have lcft the track III stare winch VIII
nnvcut satisfactory tests Of quality ana speed 10 oN'
.,d have ALREADY lad nidl'n influence on inc en-
,e which are fen i'll number and tn a great extent
moor IN quality in comparison with what might fairly
r. hccn expected for the closing day Of the meeting
o,h I'm, ccucroii, amounts Of added money Even the
av,r race If heats az one mile ana "EcsAceh ca'"'
ras rot drawn out an adequate hcm' fhchH ''h
Can and Eleve are the only pr'Da'c starters 'i'
ponnced and the weights which Tie three VIII carry
ton Eirsnr in
make the race a practical Walk over LOT FrchH' !"
which there can be no very lively interest. 1t is
sm,v impos ,ib,e that in any condition OF the track
,, ga, ,uuIa defeat Fircnz, at 10 I" FTenzls ll3
Mounds while Ecyc almost a certain To De last "a
rirrz j. certain to BE- first. Fz)"nicH j. chc'cu ior
three races one will be quite enough lor fN.
lie ran on Monday and was badly ocach oS i"eo'"'o
and Others He ran YESTERDAY aga Won IAN i"'o
against fair field. Eut although Inc puono a'S Il"
nrciudicc AGAINST FQjameS. it cannot fail to DC al
fectd hy the impression that there can he 100 nu'h
of . good thing and tho announcement Of FlIlameS
A. probabc starter in three races on Wednesday after
h. has been running both on Monday ana on lu'uN'
cert ainly looks like all extreme excess "l dh eA'fc'
article. The Fall Test Handicap. however ought |"
furnish one genuinely exciting and attractive contest.
With Enrls at 116 pounds, Dabo at Ill ana STOCKTON
at 100 there should be good race between those three
Firenzi apparS a possible starter in this race at III
pounds but of course she will be reserved for the heat
atce.
For a rainy day the attendance was fair yesterday.
Mos: Of the iavOtes were maNccd IN the style thst
has become almost inyariablc at Morris PARK II IL
te that the first choice in the betting servitOr. car
RED of the first race and that al one time Belle our
the winner Of the second race. was preferred to the
other horses in the betting. But when the horses went
TO the post in the Second Ballyhoo was strong
favorite over Belle dor. III every OF the four
succeeding races the favoIe was beaten, and In most
Of them he was beaten badly.
A selling affair at six furloncs for twoyear-olds
opened the sport. and in this the favorite. SerTitor.
never made his hackers nervous. lie took the lead
early and held II to the end without haste or furry
Woodcutter got second place and the Guildean FLY
third.
Ever since Belle dor appeared upon the turf It
has been cherished Maryland tradition that she
could not at all in the mud. Nevertheless. her
present owners the Sire brothers. who bought all OF
Ex-Governor Bowic's horses in training. backed her
freely But for the general acceptance among the
racing public Of the Maryland tradition,
Belle t'Cr would have been the favorfte
at odds on. But so much respect was paid 70 this
musty time-worn and altogether absurd legend tina;
Ballyho carried more money than Eclle dor bergen
rode Kitty T. In the first and either the flly iad
TO, the slcte>t touch If Id or Bergen lost all hope
carly in tie run. Eu he rode Bel!c dor well. and
after Bayhoo Rad jed mp u the final hundred yarts.
Jcue dor caught her and the race in we'll
ridden fni,h.
Few Of the hooknakers would venture to give
even money a.ain>t BELLY the third race
Taylor took Rely the outside in com
H.. into the >,Iaich, run down the Toboccan
side. and thas lost ground. waich loss proved
fatal TO him at the end Covngton on Michael beat
him in close finish
The fourth rae was the santa Anita Handicap Ont
u the ,t OF fifteen iol able starters announced only
half Il dozen went 10 the post sluscarl wa, a stead
fast favorIie while Princes, Bowling. who had W 'n
every rare in which she had previously started TINS
year Second chcicc. with fItzjarne> third
Choice II va, wron: T., start Princes bowling
in her present 'oaAl.,n. $40 Wa ia 40 state
for >iraggle, ana was beaten OIL
Every dollar tra va put on her, straight and place.
iy miscu'G"i and d udcd public, might just a' well
have been dr"ppcd IN the middle t.! the Atlantic Ocean
for any chance til., inc ,iogc,ald dcudcd and mis-
guided puh.c had Of yctlnc cent Of it back. slug
card tire pace bat ~ he h,, often done, he gave
up tie >t:u:,l, entirely III the final furloIig and Fz
james. p"'iently and wcii-rddc" by Barnes won
tac race IS half length, with Ny Fellow
se ond and Chesapeake tl..rd.
Then came The cilcf If the day. the Cham
payne staAc~ for tWOycirO ld>. al one mile. This
the hI>t time That ,hc twOycdrolds OF lo3O had
been called upon u run mile III the East and much
interest felt IN the question which one Of the
entries would prove 10 lie the best 5,ayer out OF he
field OF eleven thai were Expected 10 run ONLY five
went the post, Russell, EpcisiIAa. Peter. l"oduni
and Trinity. A. Russell had been WORKING god mil",
IL the mud IN IN, preparation for tins race. lie was
coli. t,nt iayorir. although, ic vas carrying 10
pound, ami tUMtCuiug weight 10 every one Of III"
otacrs, 1t wa> 40: d,lhcun 10 got . I" ,
against Inn. E>!c.Hni Efc,,el IL" Cyl o">tl-
D., ,ccomd chu.,c. Wi.c Peter, wnh IdNih
up and tarry,n: 10 pounds H., iLtn Russell.
was hcaN,iy Da'A, both atrae:,t ana pi',c. lh' o"
TIC WClc IiUdIuih and l1nIty td'h
thri tarli,. only lo3 lonC-, hG; HclAcr "i thea
Ian >hown an on, pr.vIou, the slightest >tayin;
poner far could be Grtc"icsi. ana thclc dld not
seem 10 be- H.. least .ehOOd that ciliicr one 81 Them
wOu.d DC near The the .ini-i:. Iut aftcr Mt
had been ron pclo,i, tor seven irlOlgs, dung mo-.
OF which he in front, llOGlun ,ct chaN" after in
Overlook him and the Ia etI!oTn:I iOucht
tn.-h by I, h.v I.." Peter beat Eu~>rH haf dozen
n,tns for tie p,arr. ES r .H7a WA i'a"t! While Tin
beaten N. IL not lIuIy run ana
40 fair t.; of ih. merits Oi the Year Old O dry
track Russell ,rhd have gwen ten uh!, u lr'er anu
fifteen to Iio,iluin hut i'll the deep. sticky innd The
effort oi ,lnhiug the h with the top weight proved
much for riIi a, II did Tor Tournament on N"iGai,
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