New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-04
FIRENZI BADLY BEATEN.
nrMurH WINS THE NETWORK HANDICAP.
LAST PLACE FOR FIRENz1-LA TescAs FINE
RACE.

RACE.
r asvo.ed admirers of Firenvi were almost heart
,rosen AZ Shcepshead Bay yesterday one pron'i'ens
"a influential member of the New YORK par VINO ro
ho,d official places of the highest dignity anu
- this metropolis remarked, after her defeat tn"' ~
-. CORY that he went to the track, so deep was MS
..rst mat she was beaten FireIZi's bowman oS'"0
g. the New-York Handicap at mile ana nan, ~
,h,ch only three ran Firenzi carried LOO pun" -,
nsmuth carried 119 and Frontenae' VINO was -" -
.,rDed Al 9s pounds, had 1e pounds oVer"c'e"O ".
a. hscN OF course Hrenzi the favcrite over ''o
esd and the betting was to on her' Nep 49,
. n.mrth Il was o to @ against Frontesac ~ 10 L.
-, Isaac Nurphy rode Demuth exactly as the 1rV'
e has always insisted that he ought 10 &c riuueu'
,I vent 10 the front with him and let Dim rue aone
.aSly smoothly and at a fair pace III i'o"'. -
~ that unwise choking and stranehhg' none on ~,
vioent efforts 10 break the horses neck anu ssns
"a OF that the same jockey displayed when ii..e
Ts,rth AGAINST Riley at Morris Park, and when IiO,"s
. al Psv An fhe Twin City Handicap Deh"'ii rD
VI .he vav in the New-York Handicap lie ran .'0
haN mile IN SO seconds, the three-qusr'ers III
nile I'm :4s and the mile and o nan ~ ,Ho-4h
rrontensc kent second place frem hrst 10 SS' ,,hv
rop with plenty in hand at the ehe' aiU'oue a.. hato
s t,rced IN reuse him and to ride with visor " :.
"a Frontenac's challenge. Firenu was peSe" -
sh entsl The track was rather dead in spo'S' '"u -
Ao,eb n was fast over the Futurity course IL WOO
rbat riov on the backstretch. F1renz was nv ~,
That was clear. on the lower tsrh III Wv -, a.
mile Barnes called on her, and she gov up So. ~
Demuths hips Frontenac neck beIeFe H''' n -
seo+ was feeble and she soon fell BACK iIoO" 40.
s"O. - -, ,ar,eaa her and had not gwen her
rr,o,spt work Moreover Barnes may not uhueiS'n"u
~ s ,reu as Nurphy and Garrison, VINO roue no i''
,iroas understand her. and Barnes may hoV Oo aoi' "
cot as uuch ont Of her as other jockeys 0o o-,0
was ALWAYS very easy mare to rides
1oc,e readily placed in race and ainOSV i'Ie9i'Oie
an her rusi Frontenac surely o"uiu HoU 90 ~
"a, N. oneen OF the Turf mt mile ana a hsh even
=, .ha weights carried II F1rend had been truly
Ts,vs 60 General was the sorrow and DISAPPOINTMENT
felt over the calamity TO the oueea-s pePuiSr iuV
aha, nat sound Of shouting or applause eree'eo V'e
victory Of Demuth. . IA,
II any one doubted before the proper way 10 rue
Dsmp+b. no one can doubt longer, and IL Is 10 be
hoped that we shall more SHY strahehhe elther
;, Ds,op,b or Rev del Rev by choking pulls. Key
del Rev could certainly have won the Twin Clty-aS
handsomely as Demuth won the New-fork-haholcap
n all the breath and speed had not been choked out
of him in the first mile
lanes Galway said Justly and truly after the race
that II is almost always mistake to Keep violent
null On a rorish suky or bad tempered horse. Ami
as Of that SORT almost invariably run far better when
allowed 10 90 20 the front rather than when Kept back
at the rear or in the ruck under strong pull Demuh
and Rev del Rey are both bad-tempered horses. Run
them in front and let them die there If they
the Omnibus Stakes more easily than he did II he had
been allowed 20 60 10 the front. Demuth vas yes
terdsy. A suIky horse will almost always sulk worst
when the Jockey is Juggling at his mouth Do you
recall the suburban Of that sulky rogue Eurus when
he led all the way
With clear weather all the morning the SheepShead
BAY grounds would have welcomed twice thrice the
number Of people actually within the gates Even
under clouds and showers the attendance was large,
and excellent racing La TOsca exhibited her
magnificent quality by winning the Reapers Stakes
under pull with her mouth wide open. She was
ridden the finest possible style by Taral The bet
ting was IL 10 10 against Bermuda and 10 against
La TOsca. Bermuda does not class with La Tosca, but
Bermuda ought 10 have second. He came in poor
third, while Homer ridden by Hayward, got second
place AndersOn's wFetched riding of Bermuda was
savagey denounced by all the hackers of that colt and
justly, too, but this is not the first time that this
IDLE careless bunglng jockey has ridden this colt
badly. At the shecpshesd Bay meeting in June he
let India Rubber beat bermuda by the sheerest stu
pidlty and negligence.
In fact bad riding seemed to be infectious yester-
day, aud several of the jockeys covered themselves
with disoredit In the first race George COvngton
exhibited the greatest indifference as to where the
Ksula colt finished lie did not seem to feel the
slightest interest in the race. This colt has re-
peatedy shown speed far superior to any other horse
In that race, except the winner, Gee Jay JAY and has
not been raced enough to be at all stale Overdone
But COvingtOn lounged In with him in the fifth place,
while Gee Jay Jay the race in the very slow
time Of 1 IL YOrkville Belle on Tuesday covered
the same distance in 200 IS. CovngtOn's riding
had suspicious look and the Board Of Control might
well take up The matter J. II. Bradford questioned Gov
gton and the boy said that he did well as he could
with the colt Mr. Bradford warned him that he must
show more interest and less Indifference in his riding
or he would set into trouble.
George Z. smith. {" Pttsburg Phn") is reported to
1r
sapphire Stakes. lie got his money on at long odds
from 30 TO down TO 10 to l. and is said 10 have won
$4,000 on the race Lew Weir, the favonte, was
hidden by COvington, and ran badly. 1t Taral's
superb riding That captured the with King Cad
mus. He could have with any one Of the first
four horses. King Cadmus Galindo, Silver Fox and
the Unca-Niimi colt. Isaac Murphy's riding in a very
short race ths only five and one-haf furongs is
rarely brilliant and bis tOckeyship on the Mimi colt
was Of the poorest and olumslest soro.
Bergen threw away the fourth race on the
tavOrte, Sir john by keeping thae colt far in the
rear that he could not get near the front at the
finish. and LoDgford won easily. IL Is said that
Bergens stable instructions were never to be verse
% no. h og se 20 Pe eey :" os Of
The t.yOrte, wattsrsOn. well ridden by Thomp,
galiop. WoodcGtter second ana ct. Charles
t,iaTd Banyhoo and Belle d2r , we're vel
pear to take the slightest interest IN the race with
hallyhoo. He came very wide with her into the
hOmestre,ch. and then aid not seem to care at all
where he finished with her.
The Board OF Control heid meeting Yesterday ard
issued few trainers licenses. That wac all. No
sctlon was taken in Gsrrsons case. That went over
Meanwhile GsrTison's pitiiul fate docs not 10
inghtea C0vingtOn and some other Jockeys at all.
DETAILS OF THE RACING
FIRST RACE.-For twoyesrQlds sweepstakes Of
N5 each with 81 600 az, OF which $3.50 TO the
sseOtd and 500 10 the third Futurty course, abou.
-tAreeQnarteIs' Of mile
Betting.
st. Pl.
.. D.. Cougn.a en-. c. Gee jay sa, OF
faus;us-Can Dance. 11S n. (k. WIlams) DO 20
santa Anita Stables b. c. Rio Grande III