New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-01
NOT THE BEST OF RIDING
POOR WORK BY JOCKEYS AT JEROME PARK
AN AFTERNOON CHIEFLY GIVEN UP TO SELLING
PLATERS.

AN AFTERNOON CHIEFLY GIVEN UP TO SELLING
PLATERS.
Everybody has his off days. Bergen. the jockey.
lad one yesterday. Little Major Covington, the
socslled Jockey. has an of day almost every after
noon Bergen's riding was far below his usual fine
form He did not win race, and he did not display
ANYTHING like his usual judgment. In the first affair
he was on W. II. Sands's colt Tralinwood. 1t was
thought that TrellswOod had chance for third place,
hut Bergen lacking in energy in the first half
nile that TrelllswoOd had too much ground make
ND 10 get near place. In the second race Bergen
was on Arnold, strong favore. If the Jockey had let
Arnold rate along easily by the side of Arsaft for the
Arst half mile all might have been well. But he
pulled him back so far behind Airshaft that he had
100 much space to close in the homestretch. In
the fourth race, Bergen rode Oraguese. Probably
Oageuse had chance with Correction anyway. But
Correction ridden by the immortal Penn mot VIII
lam. If Bergen could get the microscopic Penn ex-
cited and ratified. Penn would surely let Corrections
head drop and then Or2geuses opportunity might
have como. But Bergen foOlshly permitted CorTec-
ton TO get so long lead in the first quarter OF mile
that Penn got home safely, and Bergen did not get
close enough to scare Penn until too late.
Little Major COvington lively light
weight, who could get something out Of a horse. The
Major now looks upon himself James MeLaugh-
lin in small type, and takes airs accordingly. But
his finishes udicrOus, his idea of pace is all awry
and ne has control his mounts. II is reported
thai an attack Of chills and fever took away his
strength ana duIled his diminutive intellect HIS
riding indicates that he is au invalid, who ought 20 be
occupying a cot in the Home for lncnrables
al Fordham, instead Of climbing on horses
al Jerome Park. II is true that he won
q race with Chesapeake, an ~0wners' Handicap,
with feaiherweghts in the saddles But Chesapeake
was so much better than Westcheser and Edgar
johnson that the bride had been fastened to an iron
IL aNhl Lad nndG
pounds had been put under the flaps. Chesapeake coud
have won Just as easily without any guidance he
did with Covington his hack The little fellow was
on the favorte, 81. Fancras. in the fifth race. He
took the longest 10 the goal but the colt struggled
all over the track and finished with the power and
skill Of plate of hasty pudding ST. Pancras has
speed for half mile. which the distance Of this
race but ridden in this way It amazing that he
did not in last instead Of third The Major sat
in Marsheritss saddle in the sixth race 1t could not
really be said that he rode her such performances
as this cannot really be called riding Mar
gherita was heavily backed TO beat Esouimau. but
Hamilton was on Esqumau. and Hamilton can ride
so Esduimau came in first, Mareherita second
Comical little Penn two races with Correction
and Prohibition. Wonders viii never cease.
II was a very light programme, nearly all OF the
starters being Of the cheapest Sort wmle most OF
them have weared every racegoer by running almost
daily since the Fourth of July. SO the number OF
spectstors was trivial. Most Of the admirers Of
racing were saving themselves t. to Morris Park TO-
day in order 10 see the Tenny- Longstreet match,
which ought now to be certainty, since the Morris
Park tracks are sure TO be in excellent condition
Mclaughlin rode his own colt Walcott in the first
raee and told his friends to get on Charles Reed
the former owner OF Walcott, believed it impossible
for the colt to be beaten in That company 60 Waoou
was backed until he was ten to seven on favorl'e'
and won in a canter Lima second and Beck third
50 easily did ~slcott win that Mclaughlin decided TO
start him again In the fourth race. By the condi-
tons the winner Of one during the meeting was
10 carry five pounds extra winner of two races ten
mounds extra. Walcott won a race on Wednesday
that made his weight 11s pounds. and 50 it appeared
q, prorranne But his winning the first race ADDED
five pounds making his weight 1913 pounds. Nc
Iaughln did not understand this. and when he FOUND
that his colt must carry 1913 pounds, he wished to
withdraw him. But the stewards decided that IT was
too late They must have forgotten that the stewards
did not compel Mr.. Withers to start his Sensation
Fsverdale colt in the Belmont Stakes in 1889, when
he desired to withdraw him after his Jockey had
weighed H. and after the betting had begun. But the
stewards Of the Monmouth Park Association sometimes
indulge in singular decisions. Everybody knows that
BY this time.
In this case betting had been going for ten
minutes when ii was announced that Walcott must
carry 1913 pounds and all bets were declared or This
just and right. Before the announcement WalcOtt
had been an IL TO 10 favoFite Afterward Waicott
=
Orageuse well backed because distrust OF Penn's
ability to ride Correction deepseated and general,
and because Bergen was on Orageuse. But Bergen
disappointed his admirers, and Correction won, in
spite OF Penn, OrageuSe second, and Walcott third
Correction outran WalcOt easily that 1t seemed I'M
likely that WalcOtt could have beaten her if he had
carried only lis pounds.
W. II. Sands bought Prohibition from John A. and
a. H. Morris before the fifth for 81 900 and half
Of the 81 900 sweepstakes if he won it, Then Mr..
sands and the beaming and benignant A. Nelson con
cOcted a vile conspiracy against PrOllbtions total
abstinence principles, and pint Of Nelson's best wills
key poured down Prohibitions gIhlet The beg
gar smscked his lips and asked for more. There is
danger that he may become a confirmed inebriate
and de OF deirum tcmens Mr.. sands's hands.
Prohibition liked the liquor well that he concluded
TO win the race in the hone Of securing further pOta
tons hereafter. Annie Queen ran second, and St
Fancras staggered home third.
In the steeplechase the stable OF j. IL Lewis jr,
with his two entries Delaware and Futunty coupled.
the favOre in the betting at even money FutuTty
Won. with Delaware second. The seven starters were
AiTshaft caused much talk by his prodigiOus change
Of form from Thursday. when he was never con
Uwyer backed him oil three ways on Thursday, and
was a, mudh disappointed as any one by MS failure
70 a winner Is simply one of the innumersbe puzzles
Of racing-the most pulling Of all sports
DETAILS OF THE RACING
FIRST RACE-Free welter-weieht handicap sweepstakes
for all ages so each. with $1,000 added Of which 500
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