New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-10
SIT FLoRIAN IN A CANTER.
aBeW THE BEST OF THE Two-YEARoLDs
WINS.
Fn CARRIES OFF THE LAHcHMeNT STAKES AT
HIS EASE.

HIS EASE.
Xx.. pa,s has been having the best of June
.h.- Ay most of its racedays at this meeting. II
as.rves this good fortune. No finer day for racing
conld have been sought than was yesterday. With
0,.ntisuI attendance hghclass racing and two memor
ahla performances, the patrons of the turf had de
lyrb4snI afternoon. The Morrises have marvel at
mile in their imported FLY L'Intriguante by Hawk
stone ont of Conspiracy. On the programme she was
M carry li0 pounds IN the second race but after some
.nav % the conditions the stewards decided that she
mpst carry III. With this weight she concedtns
nv ,lre schedule twenty two pounds to Masterlode
twenty to Bermuda and twenty 10 FroDtenac. Never:
theless she under pull in the very fast time for
a track somewhat heavy below the surface, OF Al Il
Beautiful In symmetry, graceful In action she IS IN
truth a charming FLY. Alfred II. Morris said after
the race that he attributed her great speed TO the
Hermit blood in her. 1t is pity that she can't Keep
up her superb celebrity for mile and halt linen
she would be Miss woodford Firenzi
Alfred H. Morris again had reason to be very promo
OF his selection Of st. Fgorian at the Belmont s&ie'
for the magnificent oneeyed son f ST. BlAse took up
Ie9 pounds and simply wolked away with the barel-
mont Stakes The Morris stable declared to win with
him. and yet II was easy for long time to get 10
against him In the ring. In time the b0okInakers VIII
wake up TO the fact that when st. floT1an runs uiey
are dealing with great rscehorse They con, eeeli
IN hrow II row. Frederick Gebhard's S21,5Oo coH
Canvass carried 113 pounds and ridden by 1arsd
Hence ne was made second choice In the beftAas'
He gst of WELL not fnterfered with, ana was wen
ridden but he dropped entirely cut Of the race before
five tnrlongs had been finished. He appears 20 Do
hopeless case. Anna B., st. Florian's stable com
psn,on won no barrels, but she is big awkward
c,lapelr and will develop slowly. by and by she
NAV become a fine racing FLY. Helgate was backed
heavily for second place, but his temper is proDaoy
soured against the Judges because they dd not gave
him second place the Great Eclipse and I've did not
care to better than third Then, too Doggeu 10
not yet Archer.
TERRIER was an oddson favorte in the first race at
a mile but II was too much 30 ask a colt OF his
class I'm spite Of all gossip to tho contrary, he Il no'
nearly so fast as RusselD TO take up ia POUNDS III
June and give fourteen pounds 10 Chesapeake ana
twenty zone to UnO Grande Taral rode TWO
most excellent races yesterday, but that on
Chesapeake WIS not one Of them. When he had beaten
Ter1Iher-wMch was done easly-he seemed to fancy
that hts task was done. But UnO Grande, with the
feather weight of ninetythree pounds and we'll rid
den BY little Major Covington stole up on the out
side rail, caught Taral mapping, and won the race.
Only one French pool ticket straight was sold on Rio
Grande and that paid 1904 for So five tickets were
sold for a place, and these worth SIT each.
saunteTer split both fore hOOfs in this race.
Masterode carried almost much money as LIN
trenante In the second race and Frontenac also
well backed. 1t appeared almost impossible for the
nlly 10 win with III pounds, but she did IL easily.
Bermuda led for seven furlongs when LIntriguante
deprived him Of first place. A good jockey would
have got second psoe with Bermuda without difficulty,
but little Bryant could not ride against Taral who
was on MASTERPIECE. The two crossed the line head
and head and the judges gave second place TO Mas
ferlOde Many of the spectators disagreed with them.
Many good judges think that Taral at present is
riding In form than any other jockey in America
DTp highest merit of his riding-although he has many
merits-is that he never gives up the contest until
after he has passed the judges 1t was only by dint
of the most stubborn and persevering riding that he
got Masteriode anywhere Bermuda at the finish.
He rode a similar vigorous and determined finish on
the favorite Mr. Witherss FLY Csstala, in the Ladies'
Stakes. A furhng from the end Taylor on Equity.
appeared to have Tara Castalia sOundy and surely
beaten But Tsral would not give it up, and by the
hardest of hard riding he ourode Taylor and won the
race.
Raeersnd was withdrawn from the fourth race and
only Sir John Riley and SNOWFALL ran. First Riley
was the avorite in the betting. and then Sir John and
then Riley again Garrison weighed 11S pounds yes
terdsy. Sir John Handicapped at 11e 1t was
not thought advisable put over two pounds OF over
weight on sir John IN against Riley, and there
fore Hamilton engaged to ride sir John, whlie
George Cevington bestrode Riley George was kicked
in the leg In the Brooklyn Handicap and tender hearts
have been bleeding for him ever since. But the
hackers Of Riley stsnched the flow after the race
They had no more blood TO spare.
Garrison predicted that Sir John would win because
and beat him at the finish. So it proved Some
usually weIl-hlformed horsemen said that Green b.
Morris backed Riley and that Philip Dryer had only
a small bet on Sir John, while Michael Dwyer thought
Riley would win, but did not bet on the race. If this
was So whence came the flood Of money on Sir John
that poured into the ring without ceaSing from the
opening Of the betting TO the close
SNOWFALL went of in the lead, but Riley passed
him on the hill Coming down the homestretch,
Covington watching Sir John anxiously out OF
the tail of his eye. Was he afraid he might not get
mi II looked So OF every one knows,
who knows an Otl about racing, that Riley must be
ridden hard every stride Of race to get out ms
best speed. Taylor and Taral. both Of whom have
ridden Riley extremely well. have made that clear to
the public. Indeed all Riley's races have shown That
il was CovingOn's paineSt duty to go on with Riley
as fast as he could co. and get the longest possible
lead on sir john the head Of the homestretch
no was loaang and lounSing along, looking
around for sir John 10 come up Perhaps
10 ,ranted IN make a gallery finish. When
Hamilton in his own good time called on Sir John,
and shot by Riley with all sails set, and the rigging
taut oovingtOn, all too hte, began squirting; Riley
came in with bleeding sdes, well behind Sir John
pS eHie. of the Board of Control But watch those
two hOcses tomorrow at the same distance and the
same weights put two jockeys OF equal Skill on the
and il would be three % one on Riley.
Arab strong favOrite in the hast race, but he
had the nimtable stoval up 50 he tnied 70 get
grounds looked Like broad Georgia watermelon, with
a wide cash 10 1t.
r C. McIewee d Co. have given notice TO James
Mel ahn that they dispense with his services two
grounds First, that he has hied 10 keep his con
ty,t 70 reduce certain weight, and second, that
he has violated his contract by riding for other
Mel aughIn has retained A II. Humme 10 bring suit
immediately for 49, 600 OF this amount, $4,000 II
lis salary as pen agreement, and Mr. Hummel and
NcI1lgl i'm add 81 900 for winning mounts that he
h rppored that Matthew Allen Mr. McLewee's trainer
has been negotiating With Isaac Murphy.
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-For threeyeor-olds and upward sweep
stakes O, $50 each with 81, 600 added. Weights n
above the scale Winners Of two during the meet
ing ) n extra Horses which have and not
during the meeting, II non-winners at 0ny time Of
$1,000 allowed IA n and horses which have run and
MOI won during meeting If noD-winners at any time