New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23
HIS RICHNESS BY A LITTLE.
ST. ruoRIAN GIVES HIM CLOSE RACE.
aERGEN HARD AT WORK ON THE WINNER FOR
LONG WAY.


Tho excellent programme and the clear bright day
brought together of the largest gatherings at Morris
park that tho Monmouth Park Association has seen
this summer And there was no lack OF dazzling
speed stirring finishes and hlgh-cass racing generally
"a occupy the attention Of the ookerson II I'M
aenaby hot at the park. extremely hot but the people
cot so Interested in the contests that they forgot their
suferings until after the sport. Then, they waited
IN the steaming pit gashed. scarreo, hideous, filed
with Tuning air and the terrors OF furnace in which
the longdelayed and supcrbeated trains, trimming
with an OF splledover passengers were set In
array they felt their mscIes TO The full at last IL
Is fearful penalty TO pay for an afternoons racing
on a hot summer day-that agoniEing waiting In the
scuts in worse than tropical temperature and altcr
ward that uncomfortable crawl 10 the city at snals
pace.
Chief among the combats Of the day was the race
Cor the select Stakes for two-ycarolds, in which MS
Uighness and ST. FlOrlan met once more They ouV
classed and outran all the Others In the race anu INC
real struggle confined to the two. some Oh -"@''
Byrnes's friends backed Tammany tmidly, but on q
GOOD day and good track. all conditions equal lam
many can only look at fight Between Ills hSnn'Ss
and ST. Florian. Indeed. Tammany narrowly eSespea
,osine third place to Mr.. Wtherss unnameo col' W
Uncas-Mimi. ..,, and
Jobn A. Morris sailed for England yesterday anu
nIu not leave Liverpool his return until ocp'eIOo
10 lie will see the ST. leger nun OH oep"i ,,,,n
oro-tv which he was unable to visit last year.
:. business cares and responsibilities kept nun
IN this country. Mr.. Morris not only OWLS iei 80
In england but he has some American hale ~
He win note The latest improvements i'll Heo 4"1"o
asa,-s II was fortunate for Mr. MOTIFS ''"O "' "l
not nt the track since it could not OUT nav
him deeply to see the successive iahures Vi A''' '
81 Florian, Reckon and 1erT1fer'
us Urhness was an extreme favoritc ut ouus on lor
An. select Stakes with ST. Floran strong second
choice In fact, nearly all the oetuhe was o "i'9o
two When st. Florian ran second 10 Iils his"neSS
IN the Cape May Handicap, he was rdoeh CLOSE 10
,na raneorcr the Judges all the way Johh a. MOTIFS
49,. ,,ot eunhotcally then that the course close
q. @bot rail was the most direct and best course 10
.h finish line and declared that all his horses should
M ridden as close TO that rail as posSole Wien 'cS
ran over the Eclipse course gut III M MOTHS
absence st. Elorian was ridden DOWN 'ile oPposite
eide Of the track which Mr. Morris asserted stouty
was the furtlest way home. ST. E7onah went OH WIN
splendid burst of speed and appeared 10 nave 'he
oce nj his mercy ND TO the last 100 yards. Bergen
began riding and whipping His Higness iuriohs
from the end, and at that point ST. floan was moving
So easily and smoothly and with SO strong a lead That
hardly seemed possible for His Highness to get up
8. Florian had not kept a straight course down
the hill. however. If the one-eyed wonder had
,,,n straight all the way, he must have won The
rae nut he began to swerve long before
he felt any pressure and long before there was any
call npon him II seems TO be impossible for this
colt with his defective vlsion to run straight on
brnad saightaway nearly straightaway course IN
lees he hugs one Of the rails all the way. Hence the
1risaam Of the policy laid down by John A. Morris
s apuarent II ST. Florian had been Kept close to the
rail nearer to the spectators and to the judges
throughout his Journey he probably would not have
swerved, and would not have lost the race Bergen
by great exertions got His Highness alongside ST.
Forian Then the one-eyed colt began to swerve again
1{sf had lroyVn ID.
used all his efforts to steady his mount and to keep
him straight St. F1oran might still have won. But
The boy raised his whip dropped st. Flor1an's head,
end dis Highness the race by neck.
Few American jockeys can whip.
Fps Hehness looked a little dry and stale before
the race but his performance was line one Ihe
time was la2 Tho track was fast, but this is ex-
celleu time for two-year-ds with the full weights up
David Gideon, owner Of His HGhness, said that MS
colt would start only once more this year-ln inc
Tuturty, on Saturday of this week But as HIS flSh
must carry 80 pounds in that race Wine Ddgoheo
VIII have only los up and Yorlkville Belle Will get
In at l12 or no. His Highness will probably not
win tho Futurlty. STILL Mr. Gideon justly holds that
the Futuity is too great prize not to make an effort
for He thinks that His Highness has had quite
eiough racing with heavy weights for hiGlcaSs two
year-old. His Highness is in the Realization, but Mr.
Bolmont's death disqualified him for most Of the other
important three -year-0ld stakes.
Alfred II. Morris remarked thnt he was compelled
10 admit that ST. Floran lacked courage. He said
that his Jockey told him that the colt tried to clack
It ups twice before the finish came but that he kept
him going Tic third time st. Florian succeeded in
Gchucking il up" Mr. Morris was Of the opinion that
Ills Highness and ST. FloTan considerably outcasscd
the other Eastern woyeaI- ODDS and that ST. Foran
had moro speed than His Hghness, but lacked the
courage resolution and gameneSs Of the latter colt
ST. Florian not entered either in the Futurty or
In the Realization, because his dam Fen Toilet had
been OF little account before this oa was born and no
great things were expected of the youngster In the
Belmont stable.
So st. FIorian has few more stakes to run in. BY
fnr his best races were at Gravesend oval course
with friendly rail his left side to guide him ap
pears to suit him best. All bis running down the
Morris Park hin has been IOor in comparison with his
superb triumphs at Gravcsend. He has not yet
t.rely recovered frogl the effects OF his terrible fail
at shecpshead Bay, ard his mouth still bleods in
race He may do better later than he did yesterday,
may yet develop into an imperial threeyear Old
Moreover II must not be forgotten that many expert
Judges of racing believe that If Tsral Bergen Garrison
Harvard Hamilton. or even Murphy had been On st.
Fl0rian in the Select STAKES he Wouu nave Won INC
race.
Ambulance was the fav0lic in the first race, Race
land and some Others having been Withdrawn but TINS
FLY does not like the steep descehts of Morris Park
any better than ST. Florian does, and FcknicKer &c
feated her easily running the mile in the fast time OF
i 80 "a. The fer Pcknckers poor showing IN
the Omnibus Stakes IIamton's extraordinary dis
obedience of orders. lie was Instructed to run well
up with the leaders all the way, but instead Of doing
so he hung back with Pcknicker in an ineXcusabie
manne Hamilton 10 be under the spell OF the
evil eye Just now and is unlucky in everything that he
undertakes He went out 10 Chicago to ride Kingston
IN the $4,000 "specal7 at Garfield Park and got
beaten by the fast Western mare Marion {. Another
colt that not ridden 10 orders In the OMNIBUS
was Russell bergen was instructed ~ keep him close
mont all fhQ UdA is
70 ride Russell But he did nothing Of the sort 1t
seems 70 BE Impossible 10 get Jockeys to obey orders
nowadays
Russell was not entered in the Choice stakes, for
three yeaIods. and the Morris stable compelled to
trust 10 RECKON She proved a slender reed To lean
upon, and came In last. Rev del Rey was Of course.
strong fav0rte after his Omnibus victory. VITA Der