New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-29
FIVE FAvORITES BEATEN.
a DISAPPOINTING DAY AT JEROME PARK.
xoRKvILLE BELLIES FIRST succEss-DEMUTHs
FINE RACE


e,ee In the first place the showers provoked serious
ars that the track at Morris Park would be muddy 10
aay and the Tenny Longstreet match wouid hoV "'ho
Mace. Secondly, Potomac withdrawn rom oe
Raritan Stakes and that misbegotten BEAST "iV' ''
pnsightly name, Beansy, cantered of with tie p1e'
Thirdly. the starter In appalling form anu gave '0
hvorite Abscondcr, stingy start In the nl'h r0
that the colt never had chance, While he lert 1e oo
md choice Little Sandy. standing stock still at e po'
This was fine work for the most extravagaheN o'S
paid racing employe in the world the man VINO "'V'
and talks as if else earth but himseIl huo"
how TO start horses. Fourthly, FIVE faVoHtes III gu"
cession went down to failure and disgrace N's'P'
.orros and priefs enough for one afternoon. About
te average Jerome Park attendance was on manu. a"
Il looked lean and gaunt.
In rerd TO this matter of leaving horses at the posi-
Mr. Staus, who has suggested many vauaoie iinp'o'o
nents in racing, has an excellent pan iol uons e.
with this trouble He would put gong IN u'e hau'0
:. 49, 90 tb. .tor,ers assistants II the starter, after
Ne had drouped his flag should discover that he had
accidentally left or more horses aV ui0 PoN'' ~
couh signal 10 this assistant VINO "oulu SUM" .'o
gong and recall the horses THIS wouiu oe SnN""
device TO the bell used in trottng 10 can o".N ",o
sorss when the start is false one ii the starter ieiC
,. that tochrv had Intentionally got himself left at
.ha nost q would not be necessary for mm TO sounn
tho gong 20 bring back the Others but ne cou report
the case OF the Jockey to the stewards "ho On PROOF On
b,s gt womb rule him of the turf Just as they would
,a Of tookey who confessed that ne hsd olshohesty
80 a horse in a race. To make this plan complete,
a. S,u. suggests that in addition TO the starters as
,stant who now stands In the track IN iront OF the
horses and drops his flag when tle starter drops HIS
another assistant might stand sixteenth OF mile or
tnr,one down the track ready to raise nag to stop
A.. ,oclevs ~ the Gong Is sounded. This would give
a.. ~ Needless Jockeys who did not hear the gong,
chance This plan put forth by Mr.. straus Is simple
effective and practical. 1t would make Impossible
rendition of Mr. Cadwells ever celebraed feat, wIeI
he left both the and second choice In the Subu
han Quito and Ben ALL standing still at the post
The going public clearly entitled to run for its
money 1t does not get 1t In such cases as that OF
Little Sandy Quito. Ben Ali and scores OF Others that
might be cited. II Mr.. Strauss plan were adopted
complaints on that would never be heard again
Colonel Frank Hall, starting judge, says that Little
Sandy was heading the right way when the flag fell,
Int suddenly wheeled around and was left at the posi-
but many persons who looking at the start through
noxerfu glasses thought that Little Sandy was looking
the wrong way when the flag fell. Doggett rode A'ue
Sandy and Hamilton was on Absconder
RecSou led all the way in the first race and won
NJ her ease Nellie bly,, the favoqfte, wrenched her
right foreieg and very lame after the finish IN
decd she was lame coming down the homestretch ana
could not get near Reckon Perhaps she could not
have won even If she had not been lame. for Reckon
was In her best mood and running trim. ana seems
far more fitted for furlongs than for long dis
tanoes Probably she is essentially sprinter TAI
fena came In a poor third. Heather and Queen OF
urumps were utterly outclassed.
In the Hollywood Handicap, for twoyear-old FLIES,
Mr. Wttbers's FLY by Moremer out Of Tr1u appeared
ON the programme unnamed although she was
named Melba some days ago. Mr.. Withers told few
Of his intimate friends that Melba not herself, but
the general public has always labored unoer Iie '
preston that Mr. Wlthers would never start morse
unless the animal in the best racing condition.
Moreover Bergen had the mount. so Melba was maze
the tavo1ite, with Yorkville Belle strong second
choice Yorkvine Belle had run only one race before
the Expectation Stakes, the first day at Gravesend,
when she beaten by head by Osrio Later she
fell sick, and not seen in public until yesterday
she looked high IN flesh still. Yorkvile Belle is
a Queenly beauty. q worthy daughter OF Thora' and
likely do great things. she maae the
Others look like common cattle in the Hollywood
having the at her mercy all the way and WIN
ming under pull.
Potomac was withdrawn from the Rarian Stakes,
his absence causing keen regretx. Only Kldeer
Beausey and War Path rana field fit for buzzards 10
gorge themselves upon Kildeer the favorte, but
Besusey well backed that her figures rose from
4 10 to even money. For some mysterious reason
HI der was sent out make the running with Beausey
although she conoeding five pounds TO him
That was not the way In which she won the Elizabeth
Stakes on July %, and 1t is not the proper way TO
run her In the Elizabeth, although Reckon and
Nellie Bly, each oonceding ten pounds to her,
she did not 60 the front until she reached the
bomestretch 1t is true that the waiting policy was
pursued In with her against Uno Grande and Pick
nicker In the Stevens Stakes on Saturday, but the
trouble with her in that was that she was hope
lessy outclassed by both colts Yesterday she fought
with Beansey stride by stride, for mile, and then he
drew away and galoped in alone War Path has lost
every vestge of even the very moderate form which
he possessed earlier In the season. lie numbered
along far In the all the way looking more like
Canadian tackass afflicted with paress than like a
racehorse.
only Demuth and Banquet ran in the Navesink
.,d hplf ninth t,riad
122 pounds to Banquets 113. Michael F. Dwyer sent
$4,000 into the ring Banquetc and that made him
the favorite at TO 10, while IL to 10 bet against
Demuth Banquets recent running at Brighton Beach
had not been Of sort to encourage his owner much,
hut Mr. Dwyer did not believe that Denuth could give
his horse nine pounds. But Demuth is now In per
feet condition and this time he was ridden properly
nv Murphy In both his against Riley all De-
muths chances were choked out OF him by an idioo,
strangling pull, kept up for over mile Yesterday
Murphy kept just enough pull on him % steady him,
and let him go on at strong pace WITHOUT worry
ing, fretting disturbing him. and Ban
met emld never get up, although Hamilton
rode his very hardest Demuth won in the easiest
possible style And yet in the face OF TINS eAhDuo,
there are undoubtedly some blockheads VINO VIII sun
IN ist that Demuth ridden with faultlesS sRl ana
perfect Judgment in both Of his races against Riley
II Demuth had been ridden yesterday as he was rddeh
in both of those Riley races, Banquet would nave
had no trouble in beating him. The time was good
for the condition of the track and the weight carried
. 40.
In the fifth race betting against Wah Jim opened at
4 TO l. but rapidly to 10 TO 1. If Absconder ana
Little Sandy got fair starts, Wah jim would nave
had no chance With those two settled at the START
he won easily, Fagot second and Knapsack thru'
In this race the French pools paid far better han INC
books. French tickets on Wah Jim PAD 90 w lo'
s. and sll So for place, while Fagot place uchcts
paid SG5 CO. although the place 6ethng against
IagJt in the books only 10 l. hill,
Raceland withdrawn from the Ldst rdcc %i"S III
he could not have lost if In the condition when ne
showed saturday, and the favor1te Long Dance Won
That microscopic midget Penn caused rOars OF luus
ter he looked irreslsiiby eomca perched ~ MSoG
chester's saddle with his brief, baby legs mapping
fha hmm, f,,o bfrdsc xpino Penn