New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-14
HORSESHOE CRABS IN MUD.
A TRIUMPHANT DAY FOR THE CRAWLERS'
YHE WORST CLowNING EVER SEEN AT No'Nl'


TO the Board Of stewards at MOTIFS I"N -
after the first race, explain the eN'raou''"S ,Sd
ming Of his FLY Josie W. on June w. y" oa1s
track Josie W. showed fair speed ana pear W.
~ toIerable onaltv running second to MI Iva -.
Kildeer Yesterday on muddy tra'N 'o,'' "
seemed unable to yard ana wa, w a., -
arst four in a struggling and baby s'"t.o'0u -
six This appeared odd. No doubt MI ",o" ,
had a perfectly satisfactory eXplaha'io" i,,
always had an excellent reputation lor '"''""e
t PINT II would have been
or,v Interstate comfy as it were, ior INC '''''
executive of so majestic and stately i''
Guttenburg 10 conde,cend so far Is " 10y ,
Executive Committee Of Morris PARK 'N ''' ,I,S
ttAs 6,Iv made such an amazing cNhIpI"'" o Nv
70 bo ,ras NOT in condition to run she ousn' noI ~
have been started BookmakerN are ho' anu" -
- ,,o- a., res pectable racc-coursrS III f'lei"hu
~ -, Zoo with our loose and ha'hy system Oh
announcement on the turf in TINS country " - Nv.
,u, mat they will he restrained OIL ulN Hpc'N io'
a,. ,oors 70 come. No doubt most American pooN'
n'',S o Cor above the reach of any sort of tempta'
No., chat might affect the integrity oi ordinary NEIL
rhov are a sanity and supernal ciasN. huu !" '
- ,h.t are older and wiser in turf matters uiah
.,s n has been found highly injurious 10 permit
,oolmakers in the active practice Oh tlleH P'o'o'''
=. 10 rrrninr horses every day against which they
are LAYING odds themselves. From such S'""
~ things scandals must arise no n"''I INV
lofty the reputation of our bOokmakerS may De-
to- tho ror,otcst claim to respectfully would suc1
an indefensible Of affairs he tolerated C'''"
nously. This is not said in criticism Oh MI " ',
hut in a criticism of unjusthaDle aou>e anu O'''
M matter who the bookmakcrS may De- "hi""'
has large and valuable stable, and he mas cilhoo"
70 the dignihed and imperial altitude Of tie pres
dorcv ~ a New Jersey uidwinter track. But the>c
rerarks are suggested by the growing proportions an"
the increasing vimlence Of colrodnG cancer '''
IN time eat its way into the very NitalS ol INC '
Too many OF our bOokmakerS are OWNING al" i'7
TOO many horses If ouly few OF them "eIV I''',1
= tou- horses against which they were laying "u"H !"
thar hooks the matter would not be 80 serious o
oerr year the number of them who are interested III
s..hiee is enlarged and every year the DANGER anu
disgrace to the turf from allowing TINS 'ucc' - 'i
must grow more menacing IT,,
II Is amazing that aspiring ana heaven h,'''-
ON eutorprise as Morris Park should nave SET oclo'o
tho racinc public so miserable performance d 'a
20 ,o.,a~lsv Guttenberg Clifton or Brighton bcd'H
might we'll have been ashamed of it, Nearly ali ''0
fields Of starters were made up of the Neres' SUN"
and refuse Of the stables OF the SIX races "IVo
were selling affairs and Of the others was N'IN
over while of the remaining two one was a "'" e
affair on account OF the contemplate collapse oil inc
+o,1ottv favorte Devotee. who failed most dismalN
o,d ahiectlv 10 run anywhere near Mr.. NalOauHl
selling later folsom. \ depOralte binder ihueeu
n was 10 offer such a programme. MOTIFS fdrh has
lowered It's reputation and impaired lis poNltloh III 'lc
racing world by such sO-called sport a. 'dS w" ~
ON the Mondays and Fridays Of this meeting. An
organization with the capital and resources Of the
New-York Jockey Club might well have lett 'iese
aavs IN insignificant rivals unworthy Of notice or II
IL was determined to occupy these days 1t certainly
should have provided contests TO interest ana enter
tain the public something above the level OF those
that were carried on at the Dump in this city a
few years ago.
1t was a day. disaster TO the favorteS All the
FIVE were beaten. And vet il not day Of hand
some profits 10 the bOOImakers. for the quality OF
most OF the starters 50 poor That thev were bah
timdlv and in small amounts by the tnrfmen present
Charles Reed reported to have won large sums all
over the ring by the success Of his colt faiTVieW III
the first race the favorite, Chatham, running very
badly in the mud and coming in poor third TINS
was the race in which Josie W. distinguished herself
Deyotee suffered severely from lung disease last
winter, and like sick horse in the winners
lie appeared to have improved greatly when he was
second in the Belmont 10 Enllington, ana IL seemed
a certainty. il there could be such thinG as
certainty in racing, that he would win the second
race in a common canter. his only opponents
were Folsom and Druidess, neither Of whom has
shown decent form this year. The air was full
of rumors Of the big sums that Michael Dwyer
was said TO have bet on Devotee, the
thousands at 4 and 10 l IN. But
Michael Dwyer continually credited in turf gossip
with making enormous wagers when he bets only
moderate sums. There has been American
turfnan whose betting has been absurdly
gerated as his although Hanovers great year is
well known that he bet $4,000 on Hanover 10 win
Sc 1000 and won it, But he has not been dOinc plung
ing Of that since then. Edward Kelly and W. L.
Hammersey the owners Of Devotee. backed their colt,
and thought he could not POSSIBLY be beaten. But
he slipped and slid and sprawled all the track in
the mud although last year he big stake at
Monmouth beating Cayuga in muddy going II was
undoubtedly the steep descent in the homestrctch AT
Morris Park that made DevOtec 50 uncertain III his
footing IN the soft track. lie was beaten hopclcssy
a furong from the end, and Folsom cantercd home IN
front Of him. Sir Dixon, Buddhist, Charley Dreu1
and Zephrls were all withdrawn from the third race
leaving only Now-orNevcr and Bravo, both owned by
Mr. Ncstea 10 start. 4 few Of the boOkmakcrs were
guilty Of a piece Of shameless trickery in THIS race
There can be no such thing legitimate betting on
walkover but half dozen so Of the pencllers put
up even money against Bravo and few simple guns
who know nothing about racing rules or conditions
and have not the faintcst conception about
betting on horses, put small sums on Bravo
The two horses cantered over the course
and Now-or-Never crossed the finish Hie
far in front under pull When the brazen effort to PICK
a few pockets by taking money from dupcs on
Bravo 10 which bCoknaker could have any
s.dor of right WAS brought to the attention Of the
Executive Committee, they OF course promptly
ordered that the money should be returned. ANY
bOokmaker al any one Csc VINO picvcnus 1l'a 80 S
from the same stable started IN walkover
should Ice permitted on a track ought promptly
10 be ruled OFF the turf for stupidity, even If he is
innocent Of any knavIsh intent -,
The lightly weighted ServltOr, VINO is run IN inc
name Of G F. Sanders. but who Is really the property
81 Walter Graft won the fourth race ctslIN WIN
Evangeline second and Sir Rae third The fVorlte'
Highland Lass, ran wTeichedly In the mud Iaral r9dc
Sir Rae much better than Taylor Tode MN "neh
Sir Rae was last out but sir Rae, who was
giving serviior Il bs. proved wholly UNEQUAL 10 the
task. while Evangene Is as much at nome ~ muu
that she was able to defeat sir Rae although he con
ceded only 2 rs 10 her.
II anything but u brilliant day for me all
scarlet The John A. Morris stable furnished the
favOrites in the first fourth and fifth races ana III
every race it was not only beaten, but 80 b%1ly
beaten hat the spectacle painful In the nm
race, at one mile selling affair for threeyearolds
four ptabe crabs came out IIlc>c VT
Homeopathy Clifwood Bliss and Genfallon. GIN
wood, Glenfalon and Bliss were all con
sidered utterly worthless that Homeopathy