New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-11
TwO FAvORITES IN FRONT
r.eeSErwIvs A STAKE RACE AT LAST.
,ocx FRINGE ROYALS SHOCKING EXHIBITION
--nERMvpAs BRIDGE HANDICAP.

nBRMvDAS BRIDGE HANDICAP.
ro ,rost delightful Of September weather ana
.,r,tsine programme tempted considerable NUMBER
- .,nle 10 the Sbeepshesd Bay racecourse yesterday
49, saw some surprising things. They stared open
- a. the wonderful recovery of form by Castaway Il
- ,azed with astOnshment at WlghtmaRs poor run
,ns they appsuded the fine performance OF Bermuda
y ,ha bridge Handicap, they commented with en-
.x,tast,c admiration upon the tremendous muscular
..nsth displayed by Isaac Murphy in has enaeaVors
:, d,s,ocate Rel del Beys neck, they fell back IN
,r.faction at the pitifu failure OF Prince hoSh III
~. Average Stakes and in many ways they enjoys"
..rs.ves hugely so did the bcoSmaers most OF whom
ir on all of the six races, although two favorltcs'
~ uashrouck and Bermuda, successful But
- 10Th the Dr. Hasbrouok and Bermuda AFFAIRS the
.ber horses were backed sufficiently 10 enaole the
Oeuuants Of the stands to protect themselves ana III
..ure handsome percentage OF GAIN staole moueS
Gas poured profusely upon Rey del Key IN the bruso
iuardcap. because the colt had beaten Demuth very
i,siy in trial at even weights at mile ana NAN
prt n is not likely that in the trial Rey del Reys
,.ad was twisted TO one side under choking pun
sptl he lost both heart and speed as was MS sofro"
hal experience in the actual race Murphy ioue
.tfctly 20 orders. Some trainers VIII never leaIn
ANYTHING Nothing be clearer than that both key
cs Rey and Demuth have lost races this year wnich
,.h.v micht have Gon IL the choking, necktwistlng
pocy had not been adopted In his last two races DC
ninth was allowed 10 go freely To the 'front.' ana SCI uo
.pace and he defeated Firenzi and Others why
shouh not the same style Of riding have been adopteo
With Rev del Rev. After the defeat Of Rey del ReJ by
t4rTnuAa in the Choice Stakes at Morris Park IL was
,latn enough that Bermuda the horse that Key
ssl Rev had to beat I'm the Bridge Handicap buo
when Hayward. timing his run with eXcellenO luog-
uet and skill sent Bermuda to the front on the oack
stretch Isaac murphy made no attempt TO fohow MN
until Bermuda at least half dozen lengths IN
advance of Rey del Rev, and pursuit was hopeless.
The first part Of the journey covered at rapid
pace but The last part the gait was not so strong
Russell the leader for a time, ana Iheh gave
xay 10 Beansey, but Bermuda went TO first place In
the nackstretch without urging. Bermuda won INC
race easily with the lightly weighted India Rubber
,ocond and Rey del Rey third. Russell ran one of
t,o worst races of his fant-hearted The time
was poor-2 40 2-5-on a track that was extremely
fast, as the figures hung up after me Other races
moved II was over this course that Firenzi made
her famous record of 80 in the Long Island cup
Those who think that Rey del Rev was wei handled
and judiciousy ridden in this race have quaint notions
Of racing.
The one really painful incident OF the afternoon was
the running Of Prince Royal. This poor fellow, for
uery One of the best handicap horses IN uahihS VIII
ner Of the Coney Island Derby and other important
races as a threeyearOld was sent to the post IN
condition so unfit for racing that he was beaten half
d lrlong Ii was distressing to see horse with suoA
a record and such reputation crawling along far IN
The rsar Of Chesapeake KenwOod and Tulla Blackburn
animals that ne could scatter like chat in the days
h, his prowcss He was stiff, sore and lame before
she race. during the race, and after the race IL |
would not be surprising If W. c. Day or the Brannon
brothers should start horse In such condition, ana
let Che public throw away their money backing him.
nut II asonshed everybody that the president OF the
BROOKLYN Jockey Club should do such thing. II any
owner whom Phdlip J. Dwyer dslikcs had taken such
a liberty On the Gravesend track he would certainly
have been called upon for explanation. The presi-
dent Of one Of the principal jockey clubs in the country
and member Of the Board of Control ought TO set
q better example the turf. In the great days Of
the Dwyer stable, when James Rowe the trainer
'raOegOers backed the Dwyer Oolors with unlimited
confidence, because they knew that horse would
be started unless he was fit for race. II
Is different We Raoeland sent
on the track at Morris Park when he
was entirely unfit to race. and now we see this de-
ploFable Prince ROYAL affair
Chesapeake away from Kenwood. Tulla Black
burn and Prince Royal in the Average Stakes. SO
fast did ne move and so long lead did he take with
fDogget riding him, that the atiar was laughable.
Tl.Is blackburn was the favorite because it was
thought that the distance, 316 miles. too great
for Chesapeake. but the brother Of Potomac the
first three-quarters in Ia ga and got home safely
Those who this running could not fail
regret that Anderson not ruled off the turf
Tuesday instead of being suspended for only three days
Certainly the Board OF Control ought to revoke his
Average Stakes, which surprising
John Hunter cordially congratulated upon the
easy victory of DagOnct In the and Sound Stakes
JIe withdrew NOtus and started DagOne in his stead
knce OagOnet had secured place In every stake in which
DE had run, and I'm this was not meeting such
two ear-Olds His HighnesS, Victory, ST. FlOrian,
Merry Monarch and Yorkeie Belle il strange
that the boOkmallers should give so good odds a.
b 10 j against him. since h" carried only lO4 !
pounds. nine less than the fav1Iite, Wightman.
Mightman money favOTie. while Lud- |
wig was heavily backed. But Ludwig not meet
ang selling pJaters this tine. and he in the trouble
h the head OF the homestretch. DagOnet easily
IN good time. 10 %, while CandelabTa and Actor !
Doth outsiders m the betting second and third.
Wighiman came in fourth and Ludwig fifth
The riding OF Hamilton Wightman was not much
admired. In fact this Jockey rode all his mounts | :
kCea. Senorita and Wightmanl as he were suffering
from severe attack of illness.
Both CastaNvay III and Cassius have been running |
miseraby for weeks, but Castaway has got back
Glenn, In the second race. SenOrita carried some
money hut IL her first after long retire
nent land she in fifth. Probably the race did ,
her good Second choice Ssunterer, ridden by Dog
ser. poorly
II seems that A. j. JoyDer owner Of Chesapeake.
did not request Investigation Of Andersou's riding
OF Chesapeake on Tuesday. but that J. II. Bradford
Jockeys riding lie said that he not and declared
that the boy had dsobeSed his instructions. AndeP
sons suspension for three DAYS followed.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-Tor three-yes sweepstakes OF s25
each. with ST. 900 added. which $3.50 the
third receive 800 out Of the stakes Penalties and
allowances. Seven furlongs.
Betting.
ST. Pr. |