New-York tribune., 1891-09-23
RACING AT GRAVESEND.
(, IA ToscA WINS THE CLINTON STAKES.
ruE AMAZING DEFEAT OF BERMUDA BY oAN

CAM
When the bookmskers at the Brooklyn Jockey CLUBS
course drew stands for days Saturday, seventy
xwo Of them paid 500 each, 500 for each DAY
YESTERDAY there another drawing also Tor t"o
Hays but only sixty-twe bookmakers took places
U,s canses loss Of al 900 per day to the revenues
sSf tho club Moreover the attendance was not nearly
10 large as Il would have been In such weather IL
The entries had been made public and there had oceh
mo restrictions OF any sort upon the visitors 70 ho
tsrack 1t seems clear that the club has SERIOUSLY
diminished its profits for this meeting ey its contes'
with the poorooms
Only La Tosca and Reckon In the Clinton STAKES
xor fllies and of La Tosca was an overwheiin
fng fayofite, at to on. Each carried ll9 PoNvS'
Reckon SGT out at very fast pace, running the hN'
,uuarter mile in % IA seconds the half in 90 tne
Nhreequarters in 16 and the mile in Al one OF tne
Awiftest miles ever at this track Tarai kepe
Ia Tosca two lengths behind Reckon until the c'oer
,aearcd the hornestrctch Then he permitted La Iosc
o steal up gently but resstby, and Reckon was SOON
IN trouble Ia Tosca the race under double pun
An I.58l-2 A fine performance and great my
How many rich owners now wish they had DID up
To $4,000 for her at the Belmont SALE instead Oh
betting the shrewd Schuylkn Stable secure her ioI
Sl3OO0. Such fIy would have been cheaP a'
100000. II Taral had ridden her, insteaa Oh lsaSo
Niurphy, on the day when she tried to give Pessara
ten pounds at shecpshead Bay, 1t Is haio 10 500 o
khe could have been defeated
The last race of the day bewldered every one VINO
lksw IT, ONLY three ran-Bermuda, carrying III
spcunds, Peter with o. and Can Can with 1O4 nay
sward rode Bermuda, little eolored stable Doy hano
iGraham was on Peter, and Stevenson rode Gan C''l
lThe betting was 3 to on Bermuda, to against
tpetar and 20 to against Can Can Indeed fe" tuchS
betiors got small sums on Can Can at 40 70 l.
HAYWARD rode Bermuda in extraordinary style
ifseithcr Peter nor Can Can is sprfnter Both nave
run repeatedly at long distances, and both OIL the
~ raters not possessed Of any startling burst OIL speed
sBy the weight schedules Bermuda was giving fe'cr
t2O pounds and Can Can 10 pounds why tneh uo noV
Hayward ride waiting race on Bermuda VINO nae a
fine burst of speed he proved when ne canen' len9
In the homestrech not long ago, ana also on oVhei
nccasionss Why should Hayward take Bermuda to the
front with Peter at these weights, and dispute Win e
hiGltly burdened rater every foot OF the way "nV
was 10 be gained by proceeding so contrary 10 '-
precedent reason and commencement II cer'slh IocA
eys Lad been guilty Of tbst sort OF riding unuef su con
CATIONS the witnesses would have thought that they were
Intentionally throwing away the race. The fact that
lat was Hayward who was making such an eKhDluoh
lof himself puzzled grieved and distressed every Oo
hserver. II the stableboy Graham bad been aOie "
hide a finish with Peter, Haywards foolish roihg
Euoun have brought in Bermuda last, but although
1.-THE going out with Bermuda to make the pace WIN
npecr at twenty pounds the worst OF the wegh'S 81
exhallsted Bermuda that Can Can rushea up III Ve
elast furlong, and the race, Graham maoe such
mess of his effort at finish on Peter that ber"uu"
got second place. The time was 40 "a NO
trrench pools were sold on Can Can to win Hence
the holders of Bermuda tickets for first place were PAID
In the Woodlawn Handicap at 1 1916 miles, sir
Vohn was slight favorite at 10 = Dut Maood ulen
and Castaway II pressed him closely at to eacn
Hamilton has been riding 81 poorly In many races
ins lats that the Dwyers talked with him IN
Yatherly way before this race, and urged him TO take
more pains and show energy. The tax dio
the boy good for he rode Sir John with conspicuous
sprt force and dash, and won the race, with Mas'er
lode second Sin MaSterlode was the Deter morse VI
Iad
long MasterlOde would have won mabel Glehn was
third
nan Chief came In next 20 last and ran sickenins
race But this game colt won the Wheeler Hanoicap
OF Chicago July Is, carrying ITO POUNDS anu run
ming the mile and quarter in the superb ume Oh
.o6l-A lie won by two lengths at that, ana pehiho
lbim were the great marc Marion c., Santiago, hihg-
man. Racine, English Lady, Virge dOr ana otners'
Now the venerable Mr.. Scoggan might be In better
business than in allowing rg - colt rs that 10 run III
races when he Yin such condition E1at he cannot get
, near a place and is outrun eveDfby such .%Iuck as
W C. Daly's Lizzie. 1t is not Hind or fair to the
public to rsSsss D. 'i&j~%cn he Is utterly unh1 10
race ORE pl2Sant reputation and record he IS well
backed when he Is no more ht ior race li"n j. mo"
lust strichen With apopeN.
More lrht was thrown on Bergen's inexcusabe rid
anc before he was suspended by the easy success OF
Contibuuon in the first He was ridden by Taral
I'm mastery style, and defeated field OF seventeen
If Bergen had been the horse in this race he would
hardly have got place, II we can judge from ms
repeated ghastiy failures with Contribution K. Will
iams was on Rosa H., the second choice, and gave
another exhibition of that wild Western riding OF his
which is generally so ineffective against the Eastern
tockeys Rosa II. did not get place.
James Galway is the constant target for msfortuIes
arrows this year. He has had the worst possible luck
tthroughout the season. His hlly Glamor was the
favore for the second race but ran third, while TWO
ontsiders sprincaway and Clinty C., took first and
bsecond places.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RAcEs selling sweepstakes Of 500 each for three
year.olds with 81 900 added Of which $500 20 second
and s1OO % third. Six turlongs ,..,
ST. PL
D. Gideon's b. 9. Contribution. by Dalns,
hutton H..