New-York tribune., 1890-06-08
KING ERIC CANNOT STAY.
A MILE SEEMS TO BE HIS LlAll'
rn FAILS TO GET PLACE IN THE Bo"Li>'
BROOK HANDICAP.

BROOK HANDICAP.
stayers from BroOkdale were awaSS aS r''' ,r. o,,
S,.ctLirds The short ~brcathod sprinterS 'ha' "N
and spurt and die away all in twinRihs nav ',,,s
beep the results OF Mr. Wthcrs'S dilisent ana
breeding and his profonnd study Of pedigree anu 'e
>omes Some Of the longest heads on ,lo ., ~, -
shakcn doubtfullv when King Eric won l'e
4 al with 1l6 pounds. and the same hesu' sun 49,,
dubiously when he Won the FleelWooo III -. ,,ooo
a. fast with l22 pounds up. Both oi W u,' '-., .n.
al mile The venerable Sceptcs sun ms . .
no colt Of such breeding as his lby hilE h" En-, ,,od
Cyclonc) could possibly be staNer' d"U d, rbose
that he would stop if sent longer !o""1'
e.ge douhtcrs were right. And Yet BEFORE y Se''o'"'
race II did seem impossible Oh | @ r
of il that colt which hao N, No, -, hoo.on.
races at such weights at me 'V'' ,,n tho
r1,,i,r rrook Handicap dor w"ch ue
weight. were assigned last fep'"'i' VA c,r,orc
.,.ro wore no pcnalties), at mile an" i''IO"e
'., , ,,o mounds Nevertheless Ming fFT
a,,a,,s,.a ortir,ly at the end of the hrN' mic anu
- he,ton home by Lismony, hInH i''o''"' anu
Tournament Unfortunately Mr.. winners was "o,
,,no.on+ % cniov this triumph OF Ills p'ho'Pc> VI
breeding. a., ,,,,,,- ond Tho
,,,ao,,,ood naturally King Eric was maze IRE
.,.,aors favorite at 10 on Mr. her
col, Clarendon was second choice
A. Garrison could not get nearly down 20
king Fries weight. Barne, was engaged 10 rae ue
colt and rode him well as could be desired NO
tockcv could possibly have got King Eric home first
lie simply did not have the staying power barheN
Instantly took him to the front Garrison had done
&, h ,wo successful races set the pace. and showed
,be WAY AT a rapid rate. For mile the favorite ran
well in front with a good lead Then he sla'Neheu
stride and lost ground so swiftly that ne was P'N'ou
bv Iisimony King Thomas and Tournament ban
ouet tried to run King Eric for mile ana was
then sonndy beaten. Clarendon was hopelcSsy out
{all laFk
WAS LEFT, 10 Lisimony King Thomas and Tournament
smonv actually has less speed and quality than any
other colt in the race bui while the Others were wear
Ing themselves ont ia vain efforts 10 cd'oh Ni'H
Eric in the first mile Bergen wisely ay Daok VII"
Lsimony lie timed his rush in the hone'''c""
with remarkable skill. and the race by length
while King Thomas second. half lehe'h pci"'V
Tournament and King Eric came in fourth
Iismonv was thoroughly seasoned. and Green h'
Morris ent him TO the post in perfect condition lie
i q col, Of class much inferior TO those tha' lie o'
foated but good luck and Bergcns eNceptoh"l liu"1
carried him through 80 .
Although King Thomas carried only lo- pou'"'
uwo pounds overweight still TINS was ny very N'''
mneh the best race Of his career. lie showed 50
n,uch improvement that he may amount 10 ~ofhe'""s'
.for all Al even weights Tournament would nave
beaten the whole lot easily for he was giving pouN
to the winner Is 10 his stable companion h'"e
rbonas 10 10 Clarendon GIamilon rode Clarendon al
1O5l ) 10 King Eric and 10 Banquet
The -veal-old problem is siill puzzhhg one
Int thing Is certa!n-that the winter oi ''o
ing Brook Handicap will prove himself before uh'
season i over at least twenty pounds inferior 10 ho
best three year old Of 1920.
There was great stir and hustle over the hi@' rae
The man who controls Major DAILY .had ehE"s'N
a Brighton Beach stablcboy named 'r''enue' "
ride that colt. The plungerS iet sure ''''
no such bov could ride this heavy headed tempered'
colt.
,bou.ands merrily on Watterson who became Strong
@.vorite The whole thing had a very nasty I""N'
The matter was laid before the executive 'o'i''"o'
who iustlv and wisely ordered Crittendeh GOWN anu
nut ND Hamilton. who had often ridden MAJOR DtN
and rides him better than any othcr !o'AoH ''''
rbaD there was a tremendous rush 10 back Md3"'
Dalv who became the favote at odds on led all the
,ra, and won in A canter. The people who had
,craa Watterson because they felt sure that MAJOR
DAILY could not win with Crttcnden up c0mpia'Ie"
bitterly that the betting not declared OF "ch 'o
,oekcv was changed and time gwen 1or ne" UcVt"'s'
But they forgot that exactly the same ths va" uono
At the Irooklyn track last year, when ue Jockey % on
e;reaorv was changed and no bets were ueclaen on
Chapgin the jockeys in both cases wac d mos P' T
worthy and admirable act. II plotfWn Vhe PUN
nreytnted suspicion. il stopped the posslDiuiH VI
evil doing. and it wronged no one. IL "ouiu , md Nd
been most popular thing to 40, anu ,io I" Vii %
eGuitaGe thing to all 10 give time for ne" behg WIN
the earlier bets declared Off b thele was & saiu ~
be no preoedelt for this, While 'he "reso'S '"'o
The Empire stables colt Tormentor has at tunes
shown sprnting ability, and as "arrSoh wa wa ny Ip
Tormentor was the favOre in the second race , ie
Erdenhem Weter Handicap at SIX ililc..sd mncb
he had too much weight, and the long eHptcUu, huoH H
heraded colt stryke led practically all tle way any
won the by neck from Now or Hssyr; Ger WIN
the books the betting against stryke wa IT, anu any 49,,
10 but so few tckeo were % I0n n,. Oh g i 40 and
for place Sll1 o0-gltterng DIVIDENDS Oh 80 'i""''
If Tcnny had started in the All Breeze stakes at
seven furlongs he would surely have Won bsI s his
owner withdrew him in the morning, as ne lealct .H'
The horse might strain himself on a ,.i ea' tn NJ
Yet the track was in much better coholtioI tah a, M
Pulsifer thought. and Tenny could not nave DtGn zen
heavy bettors made Blue Rock the favore. forgetuns
nd oven six furIoncs another furlOng tries him sOrey
and he rarely outrunN g0od hgres al tls' iSHNc
Vas the second choice at 3 10 !, and Loantaha third
al ) to !. II was Loantakas fist race IIiS tean .
incc he sn piy galloped away from the field, winning
in the easiest possible style by three leieIs
eecond TWO lengths before Belle d"r' WHO Dea'
DIV w c. DAYS Eyaneene won the seIi9: rae race for
two vearolds by three lengths. wmle Little jim "d'
successful in the final selling race. ,.., ,,an
The attendance was extensive and animated ManS
Of course That must always D on oatarday, Ia,c
Tut the Weather was 50 comi9riaole ttaI ho o'o
suffered seriously from heat or close quarters
DETAILS OF TIE RACING.
rtpsr AcE-THREE.YEAR~oLDs THAT NEVER
wON $1,000 $40 EACH, $1,000 ADDED. H.
MILES.
r. McBride's b. c. Major DAILY, by Kyrle Daly-Wanda
II
g. Il Morris. b. c. Watterson Pr; tBcrg"n)
p Uopucr's ch. c. Guard. 122 thompson
- Time .57ia.
Betting TO wn-Major Daly fa'orite) to o. "atterSon
Be:,nc Tor place-Major Daly to 8 wstterson to a.
Tv,dais-Msjor DAILY straight 80 O5, place s. 70;
WsttersOn place sG.
Crittenden a Jockey who has no following weighed
ride Major DAILY and the pubic "ouid nave none
n, hin, 81 the Odds against the Major % and
10 while wattersOn backed by the Knowing ones
~ good thing at ( TO and II was hinted r.
the stewards the betting ring ala not look
right the odds against Daly being too great 80 they
decided U set Crtrden down and put Hamilton in his
place This action at first reached the ring in to shape
OF rumor that Garrison going 20 ride Major DAILY
the bookmakes blue pencil through Critnndeus
name and their cards, at the same