New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-07
NOTABLE JUDGES At MORRIS PARK
rrry WILL SIT OVER WHEELS TO DECIDE
FINISHES.

THEY WILL SIT OVER WHEELS TO DECIDE
FINISHES.
Nearly two years ago after the excitement over the
stirring contest for the robogsnn slide llanuicAp az
Morris Park had died away. the writer OF TINS Hruolc
proved conclu,lvcy by argument ana showed p"mN
hy diagram that Geraldine. on the extreme outside VI
tho Frlp., Course was obliged to considerable
distance further than Fides, who on the inner RAIL-
wa, odiuds,d the winner The race was one Of the
mentions If the season The field composed OF
thc lcctcs -putcrs on the turf ana the unc WAS Il
u,v record which stand - hi, day 10 IA The
writer maintained t'at the finishing line was nj an
ohgouc angle which gave the horse on the inside tire
mcndo, advantage and lie asserted that the race wa
IN reality won By Geraldine by half or hrcequarcrs
NJ . lcnsth though she seemed have been beaten
po,c or a head The trouble due TO the single
finishing line which made 10 do duty for TWO
tracks that did not lie In the same direction
John A. Morris, who Away, wants 70 be ugt In
such matters and usually thnns that he l.. protested
that Geraldine travelled the same distance Fiics
and was fairly beaten and In order 10 prove the cor
rccncs, of his assertion gave order, that In the future
III, own horses If placed on hc ont dc at tc starting
most should cng to the outer rail- instead II cutting
acro, the track 70 take what certainly tho shortest
way home 1t FlJran, the onc-cyed champion OF the
all scarlet" by these orders badly beaten In mora
han one race, and Correction in tie same manner,
lost races which she otherwise might have won. The
If his error for Mt loas acrward his horses were
allowed 10 ~ To The inner rail whenever circumstance
permitted The finishing line, however remained I'M
changed II wa, at right angles to the main stretch.
and therefore could not possibly be at right angles to
the Eclipse Course. rhr public, with H. customary
Indifference or good natur'. unlimited patiently while
for two seasons the outside horse the latter at
| The mercy OF the favored antagonist on the rail
Persuaded finally OF the injustice OF the whole thing,
Tic Me,Sr,. Morris have determined to correct tho
wrong. Hereafter there will re two finishing lines,
| one for the Eclipse COursc ana for the main
stretch each at right angles 10 il, The m
| :ang,mcut, which Is English suggestion, cannot
| iuil 10 give entire satisfaction. Tho little box In
which Messrs. simmons AID Mcdowell sit In Judgment.
| Ia, been stationary but Is wheels ANA rolls
on wooden railway up AMI down The stewards in
closure distance of twenty feet When u finish Is
| 10 be decided thc main stretch II occupies
| its former position. When the race Is run
| over the ECLIPSE Course 1t Is rolled far enough up
the track 10 make tho finishing line there also n right
angle. II IS simple and will be IA successful and
effective arrangement 1t will please the racing pub
lie. The occupants Of the grand stand the spectators
on the lawn. the people who sit In the clubhouse all
that the box Is In It's proper place and that the
finishing lines right. whether they agree with the
judges decisions or not. There will be no turning
black lines painted thereon.
Alfred Hennen Moryis-Supervisor Morris now--ex.
plains that the change in the finishing lines Is due