New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-21
MAJOR DoMO'S FULL STOP.
A STRANGE AFFAIR AT JEROME PARK.
THE SECOND IN THE SUBURBAN DOES NOT GIVE
HIS HACKERS A RUN.

ton Of Job. They not noisy violent When they
arr snitten the mdrf, they do not clamOr bolster
onsy They do not raise loud outcries nor indulge IN
sisoterly demonstration They suffer and are silent
They may seek retired place in which 10 conceal their
er4efs Their only protest Is TO stay away from the
roces A great many OF them win stay away. unless
some steps taken to prevent repetition OF such
aeplorble performance that in the first race yeteI
asy II a Republican majority is elected 10 the New
Work LEGISLATURE which will meet In January 1t can
hardly escape the thorough consideration Of the Que
aon whether the continuance of the Ives Pool act Is
advisable IL such things 10 be permitted on our
racetracks. II will be difficult TO persuade te Ne"
Jersey Legislature pass any bin favorable to the rae
ing associations il such practices are 20 be tOera'e'
Here are the facts IA.
Major Domo was Overwhelming favorite az Oous
m for that race Everybody knows what an eNoeP
tonaIly fast horse he Is. Everybody remembers MS
eonderful flight Of speed in the suburban Wion nc
could have won with an ADLER Jockey ana III wiz" Ho
Got second place. In this race he met no 6I'.V IT,
horses no marvellous sprinters, no flyers OF MS Wv"
class. He is big, powerful horse and the ~ pun
AZ which he was handicapped could be ooAeu uPVi d
only moderate weight for him. His victory aPpelrSu
10 be almost as certain thing as can Wen DC nun -
racing After brief delay, the starters hag lel u0
general testimony of competent witnesses III 'i''
borhood Of the starting point is that MAJOR uO'O
motion with the other horses when the sie. 80
riven and that his head pointed In the rsn' '
ton Colonel Hall W. H. Sands and Others say 80.
If Is certain anyway that, when the other Hlis "'
gone few strides. Major Domo was seen oS 'Ho SPe
tators to be standing still. His Jockey cAl'o mn
SLOWLY over the course. When he came II inc !uuecS
asked him what the trouble was. his answer "'s ''.
Majer Domo jumped up in the air win MN '1u "OuAU
not 60 off with the other horses -, -
Now this may be p@-fectly true, althousH 'no ePeo
tators did not observe any serioas 1uihpiHs on ul.
Domo's part II is certain that he was iot uoliis any
summing after the field had gone on and Ielo hl bue
rgnf for
80 any -ort 70 urge Major DOInO forward ana Try 10
overtake the feld4 Let 1t be admitted In@V Al'!or
Domo did lump up a little lie couIu iio' H"No ooeH
humping up long the spectators "ouiu n1No go
his antics When he the SOLITARY A5"e oH '4ie
,-ack few lengths behind the others, after they hau
80 - ~. Vs. sin as a statue and not jumping at
81 He s so superior in speed 10 all the Others IN the
rae, that he should have been sent along anu c oou
have caught them easily, II his Jockey Adu ruuon LIN
with energy and skill. The race was Won very eaSlly
hv Charley Post in very slow time. Major Domo Is %
ch easter than Charley Post, and so much faster IMAM
- ho, borsa IN the race that no could have Outr7in
81 all readily giving them flying start, and NOV
to OF himself from standstin Racing rules PROVIDE
q suitable punishment for jockeys who 90 not uy 10
Gin race Did this jockey try 70 win this race! Is
q excusabe for jockey 10 make no EFFORT al all DC
canso he is not satisfied with starI2 The question
e-,.rs itself Jockeys have such right, and II
a., ave 10 abandon effort altogether, because the starr
A. NOT suir tlsem how long will racing be permitted
nv the people 70 continue
rbere NAV have been deliberately improper
,o+.vs in this case 1t may have been only An exh-
hn of temper on the Jockeys part because ne did not
ITne the start or he may have thought that he had no
ha,ce 70 win after the field got far away from him.
pu+ he had no right 20 think anything OF the sOr~
Jockevs are not put in the saddle to thnk aip such
thoughts They hold their licenses on condluon that
tbev exert themselves 70 the utmost Of their ability 10
V every race that they ride In by the use Of every
nj Of
,l,s matter I'D and act sharply and decisivey Jockeys
should be taught that they viii inevitably incur severe
PENALTIES they give up races before the races are
actually lost beyond redemption
There was far more reason for declaring bets on on
This race than there ever was for the misguided action
iD the case Of the Hackensack Handicap. But IN
sortunateIy the Monmouth Park stewards did not see
the race. They were in the clubhouse attending
meeting OF the Board Of Control. Never was more
dgusted and embttered gathering OF spectators seen
on 4 racetrack than those who witnessed the MAJOR
Dou1o catastrophe When Hamilton threw away the
Kingston race to Terrider by mlstakng the fnshlne'
Kingston had only handful of hackers, because the
bookmakers would not accept any reasonable bets
But the hackers Of Major DomO were legion. II the
Board OF Control had not adopted the rule forbddmg
Jockeys to bet Ia wholesome and salury rule, by the
way) 1t Is not likely that the rider Of Major Domo
would have gwen up the race without struggle TO
save IT, No Jockey who had backed his own mount
would have sacrificed his own money tamely without
q Try for it,
The Board Of Control has revoked II. Anderson's
license. This action fully justified by the Pearl
set race at Morris Park on Tuesday. and by other
matters.
Colonel Simmons and Clarence Mcdowell have now
put Slack on the ground indefinitely suspendng him
from riding because of his extraordinary work ON
Kitty r. on Wednesday Kitty T. in the first race
Yesterday and Slack was UP again, but he rode q
feeble dull lstless. Indifferent race and did not get
a place. c. D. Mccoy, the owner Of Kitty T., i'd
nitted to the Judges on Wednesday that he Kitty
T. in that race merely to get weight OF. His case
has been referred to the Board Of Control lie in
the shadow.
Reckon had n walkover in TIE Delaware Handicap.
The other horses were withdrawn as practical pro
test against the handicapping. This MY has Won
half dozen races within short time, including the cape
MAY Handicap. and to put her in the Delaware at onN
100 pounds did appear Unouly DeneVOeht' Inc
bandlcapper ought to avoid the appearance Of
partiality in assigning weigs-much more the actu-
atty.
There were long odds against Judge Post the win
Ter Of the against >WOodcutter the second
horse, and against Mary stone. the third IAe sixty
two boolmabers had golden jubilee. Scho' Sir
George Follpse and Daisy Woodruff were all heavily
backed for places but all three places went to out
gGers pergens riding o. soho was not generally al
nied.
Abseonder, an outsider carried of the second race
Tho even-mOney f3vOrite, luke Back, getting second
position while Rialto ran third. II selling race
for two-yesrolds. Again the bookmakers were IN
fat rich clover Eros and Alright were freely backed
scr places, but came IN nowhere.
Anna 3. has been running in stake races against
niR-class wO-year-Olds In the fourth race she met
q poorer class led all the way, and won very easily
although her Jockey hourshcd his whip freely propaOy
In the hope Of deludng the handicapped The favorite
Hamilton ridden by Barnes, came in second.
Banquet was al odds on in the betting upon The
fifth race a handicap Ut a mile and a sixteenth, put
Kngmaker Outran him handsomely at the fDlSh fdsan
came in third Chaos ran as if sadly short OF work.
Beck made running race OF the sixth a selling
STAIR at seven furlOngs. Pearl set ran second Her
performance good one but old Beck carried only
ninety pounds and has recovered his speed. Beck
tho VOrffa