New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13
rUDWIGS GREAT EASTERN
AN AMAZING UPSET IN THIS RICH STAKE.


ror the final day Of the september meeting OF the
,nney Island Jockey Club the weather was as fine as
sntnmn ever Gives the attendance was large and the
cling excellent The Greast Eastern Handicap for two
rsnolds furnished great surprise IL did in Ten
s.one,s year in Tournaments year and in Dutch Roll
rs year St. FlOrian was the favoe, but he Is not 10
10 depended upOn and he failed to obtain place Jonh
palv's selling platter Ludwig easily, and afforded
NJ, Daily some consolation for the stealing OF his
arehank rolf by his former partner, Hoingsworth'
,usviC won his first race, a selling anaar, IN
canter but ran so badly his second
snpearance that hardly any one suspected that Tic
uould have any chance in the Great Eastern MI
Dsy put s4,7O0 him IN the race in which he was
beaten but had only $500 on him for third place In
the Great Eastern. Dagonet ran second and Cur'
Gum third. The best horse in the race was un.
doubtedly Curt Gum, who could have won easily II
10 had been properly ridden But Il. Williams VINO
was on bis back made the most shocking mess lmasm
able of his chances. He did not seem to understand
The Futuriy at all. and did not begin MS run
until the race practically over Theh Our'
Gun came like a shot from cannot, and maze up
an amazing quantity Of space r. Williams may ride
pel in the West. but at sheepshead Bay he has been
riding like craven image on horseback
Isn't Dagonet an Oddly In every race IN wbSch
he runs no matter what the company may be, the
best or the poorest, he always gets a place, but I've
has won but once Mr.. Lawrence not at all
second once more Martin rode him poorly. in
fact Martin almost always rides poor races His ex-
hibitions Rex on Friday and on Major Domo III ue
9Th race vest rday simply inexpressibe' Huron.
Ike Curt Gum, suffered lsmeEtably. both from PAD
luck and bad riding In the Great Eastern Both coe
were pocketed repeatedly and both had practcslly
useless Jockeys who did not help them at all
Iamplighter Leonswell. wightmsn. Alonso and Bash
ford ran below their previous best FORM especially
Bashford.
When the weights for the Great Eastern came out
almost all practical turfmen agreed that Merry Monarch
and Yorkvlie Belle had the best OF the allOtmenS on
nblic FORM This was perfectly true. as careful
tndv NJ the races of the colt and the lly will prove
70 any fair-minded person. And vet both were with
drawn because their were dlsatsacd with the
weights The race would certainly have been between
this pair il they had started. and lokvile Belle woud
probably have it. ssllie McCielland won
this race with 124 pounds up last year, and
TO nounds was a light impost for YOrkville Belle
In view of her place in the Futurty and her brilliant
victory in the Autumn stakes. and all thorough stu
donts of racing form will agree in this statement
WHY Osric Actor, the Ascina colt. Hoey. King
Cadnus silver Fox. the NecrOmancS colt and Hell
gate were started in the Great Eastern when for
each starter $3.50 paid, must ever remain a
mystery No one of them had glmmer of the faint
sst possibility Of chance any race that
had been run by any one of them in the last two
months. But yowners enjoy wasting $3.50 so
WHY should any one object they like it?
There were many Withdrawals from the first race
which was won by Ocypete, with the outsider, Sal
vini, second.
KilIdeer led all the way in the second and was
first at the finish, with Worth second and Russell
third. Pierre LOrisrd had a fine chance to make
q fortune on Kfldeer at 10 to 1, but his
friends said that he only put little money on her
], 9, g. as he thought Russell would win Well,
Russell like paralyzed horseshoe crab while that
dogeared, "back numbered" Senonta, the fsvorite,
waddled
strathmeath who is but faint-hearted coward after
ALL was the favorte in the third race, the Msynower
Handicap, but the heavily supported Pessara
took all the speed out of him by racing in front with
COme-to-Tsw Longford dashed up in the homestretch
and won very easily; PasssTs second Philip j. Dwyer
formerly owned Longford, and sold him at very cheap
price last June because he had big leg. But Long
ford has won excellent races since then Like
The Handicapped overlooked his genuine worth, and
ma Int the wS only S ss 1P no. Es sQ Na
he viii win many more excellent races. -.
e Miller rode good race s on Lsna Who Ss %S6 the
Eclipse was second aud Tormentor third. Major
Domoi most miseIs6ly ridden ply, by Martin: came
won &c aqs'fR q sra %s Ds ss pe Se
1t was . brilliant and enjoyable ending Of
% es:s had T ssa % Witnessed racing But of ts
meeting was spotted and stained with specimens Of
haps than at any previous meeting Of
this club. The jockeys that be trusted
are very few. and the dishonest ones are display
ing more wsntOn and prOhgste audacty daily.
They sneer at the stewards, they despise
the Board of Control, and they defy the
press and public sentiment No more impudent
6razen, reckless and constituencies little ascals
be found anywhere earth
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-Purse 900. of which 500 second
and $50 the third. For three-year-olds and upward
Entrance $50 The winner to be sold at auction for
5000. Allowances. Seven furlongs
Betting
ST. Pl.
Labold Brothers b. T. Ocypete, by Duke Of