New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-01
DOWN WENT THE FAVORITES.
ANOTHER DAY OF RACING REvERsEs.
1ooouAroHrE. 1oAxrAKA AND TOURNAMENT DE.


FfXTED At sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
Tho hackers of favontes will always recall the June
meeting OF the Coney Island Jockey Climb in 1892 as
the most disastrous In their experience. Public form
has been the blindest OF blind guides. All logic all
reason all lucid inference have been set az nanght
Dozens Of horses that on their Previous running ap
pearcd 10 be certain winners have been defeated most
discracefully The "favOritehlller' has been deans
death and destruction In all directions. Most Of the
oddson favortcs have been beaten, while the book
makers have shouted IN glee as they ciaml1ed
more and moro money into their bullying pockets on
the other hand, the most enthusiastic devo'ees OF
the turf have been disheartened. disappointed ana
disguised they horse after horse plainly puil"
before the eyes Of the stewards and OF the members
~ the Board Of Control without any investigation OF
interference and as they gazed upon JOCKEY ai'"
hockey practising the most criminal Of f0l rIlhe
without rebuie restraint That is not the WY u
encourage the improvement OF the brood OF hors1s'
And the handcappng at this meeting !sS pech' "s
rule much below Tie high standard Oh picoou'ne
meetings But thing all the mh"cappc.S III
the East seem agreed upon-that Is, that NJ. f.
DIVERS Banquet ought to be permitted to WIN just
as mary handicarts possible This horses m'huic"p
career has been tT most eA'r"oin"ms r
known on American turf or any
other since he passed into Mr.. DwyerS
hands ANY one who studies the records OF r"'i"s
for 1891 and 1892 will be amazed 10 see the h'"pF
of handcaps won by this horse, and TO no'e no" ue
handicappers persist in giving nm hsht Wes'i'' Nv
matter how many handicaps he wins. bu' mere - '"e
climax, the cap-sheaf Of all. AT Morris ferh n',i'
Duct carving lie pounds, defeated Lvonia In hahdi
can r. which Idvonia carried o. pounds-o4 ponds
dityoronce On Wednesday. at Shecpshead BAY, both
Ranouet and Uvonia entered I'm handicap on
the Grass His weight was put Mt l"o POUNDS an"
hers at 1o5 Was not this extraordinary hahuicap'
pnc7 Banquet did mol start. however, but tlat does
not alter the startling nature of the handicap II VIII
bnI rnQO
Gamers will give to this prince Of handcap-winners
this year. and what weights they win put on MN.
The best Judges of racing looked upon Locohatohee
as a certain winner OF the Sp'ndru STAKES, on'
Hamilton rode him as II he were In an opium dream.
Years ago when this Jockey rode for J. b. aggin he
was notorious for his excessive indulgence In certain
weakening habits. These habits seem TO have sapped
his strength omst seriously for his finishes DO not nave
the old strength. spirit and force He may noo use
opium but he certainly rides as If he dd, IN sleepy
and tYance-Lke manner. Mr.. Lorllald Is deeply as
satisfied with his riding but Hamilton has his con
tract and Mr. LOrillard does not know where TO ma
q satisfactory Jockey to take his place Hamilton won
the last race on Kdeer, but that success was wholly
due to the nlly speed with her light weight and not
at all to the Jockeys riding.
Taral rode three winners Mendlcant. Pickpockct and
banquet and In all three races he displayed uncommon
skill. energy and judgment
The heavy thunderstorm which set in soon after
O'Clock did not make the track muddy but the ram
or other cause brought about many withdia"ais'
Thousands of people on the way to the truck were
caught in the rain without umbrellas ana were lorcea
to seek shelter This delayed their arrival at the
grounds 1t might readily have occurred to the Ex-
ecutive Committee that II would be al act of thought
full kindness to these belatcd wayfarers to hold the
first race for few minutes in order that these de-
ayed travellers might have chance to sec It, Bat
nothing Of the sort was DONE and they missed the
When Potomac the grass few DAYS ago
Michael F. Dryer lost $4,000 on him. Yesterday,
after Withdrawing Kingston he bet 5000 Potomac
for tn d place. Mr. Dryer reckless AM foolish
to bet 81 5000 OH Potomac before he had run into
form. His two previous races had done Potomac
good. and he ran away with this race with udicrous
ease. The betting against him was and : to l. such
are the uncertainties of racing! >'rathmealh ran
second and Equity third Russell the avoritc.
but the "favorite killer" on Russell, and he came
In fourth
Sir Francis appeared to have reasonable GER
tanity of winning the June Stakes, and so Trainer
Allen took him out. No other reason can be i'm
agined for withdrawing him. 1t is only after much
cntreaty and with much anguish of spirit that Mr.
Allen consents 10 start any horse In any stake lie
prefers to keep the horses In the stable to u. LOOK at
the Great TRIAL stakes to-day II he mad not been
unwiscy declared out some time ago. ana Don
50 au the excelcnt chances Of the Elret stable IN
tits $4,000 stake have been carelessy thrown away
Stakes iccause Ta-l iode her aud he got her nome
first after a severe struggle with lAwless ,
Taral on PickpOckct 0utrude Hamilton on tho far
superior Locohatchee in the spndift stakes ~
effectively that he the race. Properly ridden
Iocohat hee can give Pckpocket fifteen pounds at any
time But Hamilton went to sleep he was defeated
Foylall Keene will not find 1t wise thing Ia
the long run to put up either Of tie Lamleys on
his tlM He ought not 10 forget that the Iamleys |
are apprcltced to the most dangerous combination
on the turf. Ridden with skill and energy Tonrna-
mcnt would have won the KnckcrbOcIer |
Handicap. Ridden by the elder Lamley,
with neither skill nor energy, Tournament |
ran second Banquet Charade was poor third |
and was worked out the Realization distance. He |
must run much better tOmcgr0w then he ran yc'.cr
day to have any chance even OF third money in the
Realization.
Tsal rode The flvorite Loanaka, In the nth race
but the horse was very short Of work Mars ridden
By Penn. easily LepantO second. L0antaka hast,
Frederick Gebhad's FLY Experiment has great |
speed but she ridden In very clumsy ana |
bungling way by sloane in the sixth race, and she |
came In second TO Prince Imperial. With competent |
rider in the saddles she give Prince Imperial at |
least ten pounds
DETAILS OF THE CONTESTS.
FIRST RACE-A sweepstakes OF go each. with 800 |