New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
TENNY DEFEATS KINGSTON.
OPENING THE MONMOUTH PARK RACES
KINGSTON NOT mMsELF-BEArrs IN SLOW TINE
AND WITHOUT A STRUGGLE.


The Monmouth Park Association oucbt 20 be pro
foundly grateful the NewJersey LEGISLATURE not
permitting it to Its track becauss II could
not have had nearly popular successful open
ing OF It's at Long Branch It enjoyed Morris
Park the National holiday. II the NewYOrk Jockey
Club will continue It's cordial and ample hospitality,
the Monmouth Park management cannot do better than
to migrate Westchester and settle down there
permanently Morris Park is much more attractive
and accessible than Monmouth anyway and the only
serious fault TO be found with the Westchester
is that the New Haven Railroad Is painfully slow In
carrying crowds home, although it transported great
multitude with reasonable celebrity to the
gates yesterday. But the weather was so
fne, so wholesome, gratifying, yesterday
| that the travellers 10 the racecOurse endured the
delays that they suffered with abundant amiabty and
patience. 1t is difficult 10 estimate race crowds but
II Is safe 70 say that not far from 10000 people
| in the grounds Of the New York Jockey Club They
all lad a good time, and they saw excellent racing
whether they won or lost in their betting slxty-seven
bookmakers tempted all of speculative mind, while
business In the French pools was brisk.
with its usual generosity holidays the association
gave eight races-JuSt two too many. Six would have
| satisfied any reasonable human being not a book
maker out Of these eight, seven winners were either
favOrite heavily as to be almost favor1tes
Hence the great majority Of the visitors 10 the course
went away with more money than they had before
| they left home. This was comforting 70 them. but
caused the bookmakers TO utter means Of anguish
one annoying thing did happcn-the overthrow Of
Kingston by Tenny. It would have been altogether
bewildertng that Tenny should defeat Kingston. ANY
horse may lose any race at any time The terrifying
thing about it that the famous Kingston could not
run the least little bit Kingston. OF course, the
favorite. The betting was . 70 l on him and 10 5
| and TO against Tenny. The long headed observer
Of racing must have noticed some time az that when
! only Two horses run In a and the public makes
| o Of hen he wi
There exceptions T. this rule, Of course There are
exceptions 10 every rule. But 1t Is the rule neveTthe
less. Various nferences may he drawn from this
markabe fact. Perhaps readers will spend part
II sunday drawing them Kingston ran Is il he
were stiff and sore, II something had got nglcd
up IN his interior department Possibly he had swal-
lowed Declaration OF Independence Tenny, ridden
by the renowned Barnes. led all the way and Kingston
could get him. This was singular, s.n'e
the time very slow for this track So The 1-st
Quartermile was I'm 26 seconds, the half IN 40 and
the five furlOnGs In O4 10. The timers did not get
the three quarters the mile, but the mile said
20 have been run in l Al "a If Kingston were ir his
usual form such running this would be mere "
10 him. And yet Hamilton could not get lin near
Tenny's head in any part Of the homestretch. Any
one who supposes that such pace set by
Tcnny could stop Kingston In mile, If Kingston were
Kingston, knows little Of racing The Dwyer theory Of
the race was that Kingston had been In so many
short races that he was not TT for a Of mile
| and q furlong Perhaps that the trouble But
it was funny to see the flying Kingston shambling
along at the pace Of Kentucky mule hopelessly In
the rear Of Tcnny. Wasn't It funnyl No doubt we
shall see great many Of such funny things before
the Legislature puts a stop 10 them and suppresses
rac4k altogether by repeating the Ives Pool Act.
The condition Of the track did not explain the de
feat Of Kingston in slow time, because Raceland
won the Fourth Of July Handicap at a mile easily in
l Al and bermuda covered the same distance in the
fifth race in / Al IA.
Chesapeake went to the post at odds on in the
first race and had no difficulty in winning, while
Judge Post ran second ard surplus third. Cayuga
bled badly, His Jockey was compelled to dsmount,
colt is ruined by this infrmity; ..-,-,.
Michael F Dwyer started both Airplant and Airshlft
In the Independence stakes, and declared 10 win with
Airplant, who made the fvorite, and who was an
easy winner The second choice Aesoule, came TSo N
were long odds il the books against her running hrst
second or third ana only Two tfeEch IDo u az
his trainer considered the unnamed colt BY King Ernest
out OF Uproar fair sort youngster but the Uproar
colt ran away before the race, and finished nowhere
Mr. Wlthcrs has often been chafed BY his friends for
selling his VentatOr colts 70 Michael Dwyer, who has
won number Of races with AIrplaqt and Arshait.
he sold, and that when one Of his twoyear-olds ran
against Aipant Airshaft the NentlatOr colt would
be beaten. This waS mistake The pToar colt did
Raceland was the fagorte for the first division Of
the Fourth of July Handicap, and he went as he liked
with Clarendon second The second division was won
with equal case by Bermuda, Nellie Bly, second. Yet
| Bermuda was beaten by India Rubber at >heepshead
Ray on Tuesday. SPIDER Anderson rode him then
| Hamilton rode him yesterday. Difference between
Hamilton and Anderson in Iockeyship almost incon
| Ceiyabc.
=, | Hamilton rode four winners-Airplant. Raceland
| Bermuda and LOngstreet TaTl rode thTce-Chesl
| peake Arab and Little sandy barnes rode Tenny.
Parole was heartily cheered when he was
| shown on parade after the third race.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACEA sweepstakes for hrce year-old and up
ward OF $50 each with 1000 added OF which 800 u