New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-04
> July HANDICAP. ono
FIFTH RACE-FOURIH
WAS TT 4 START OR NOT A sTARlF

A 6ne onportuny to establish Pi'.e 80.
missed the other day at sheepshead bly, I,,,no col
that Mendlcant won. with LawlesS ST.. g tho oucs.
,hd and Rirhtaway and sir Roy beaten o' 'm In IT..
i . Voc II n START or not sarti Inv W.
w. - uere nccuar J. H. Bradford heiu "''''
:, oor,n,a,n, had been made by GARRISON WIN '
mount on Rightaway, and Matthew bNIHe'' ' ,,rod
y, tho colt the rules OF racing "o"iu NO. ,o,rc
the race TO be over, on the Hio'''u ,t, Mr.
~ s,o-t J. G. X Lawrence took issue WIZ" A..
Bradford maintaining that there "'' $50, simmons
Tho race could not be run over Ooion'' ,,.
- with Mr. Lawrence. 50 did James "o"e'
, Cuo0co Mcdowell was on Mr.. BradordS siuc'
An he Jockeys and the starter and his assistants
having been heard in the case the CIRCUMSTANCE
were found to be these , ~ s,or+or
The five colts broke away toge'her an" '"' ~
800 his eoe Taral said that he saw 1t 20
down and knew a start had been MADE All ',V
evidence from every quarter proves that MT. ho"cs
a.. >ou lon, hefore the horses passed the post NJ
,h hec,nninr of tho race. The timing nag was seen
70 fall nv every spectator In the grand stand ~
seems however. that the echo nag snort uis ''''
IN the track did not respond at once 10 lhe "''@ VI
tho starter Nelson the man holding H. had lA"'h
n 80. the starting hag drop and did not drop MS o"
III the starter shouted to him TO 90 So h' , INA,
time the horses wer. close upon him ana nearly nan
,,r,onr mast the post Garrison and sims lSihiS
rodo Sir Row seeing Nelson'- flag waving decided
that there was no start and pulled up their mounts
The other Jockeys kept on without slacAehihE SUM-
and Nelson's flag fell Just before thev roiched lie
Garrison and Sims were noW far behind ont Seeing
the Gag finally go down they sat down ana roue OUT
tho race Both we're beaten off. Garrison was much
evcited and talked very loud. but neither he mol
~, yho stood near by went before the stewards
With a complaint. They did not believe that hisht
away had a chance Of winning even had he got~n
off we'll with the others at the second nag .
There s no question OF what took place Al
concerned agree on the PARTICULARS Inc po'n' y
he decided is this Was 1t start or not s'arti
Rule 81 says "The horses shall be started oy
Gag. and there shall be no start until ana no reca'
after the assstan; starter has dropped MS nag Il
answer 70 the flag Of the starter"
This Is not so plain II looks. THE horses shdi
| be started by a Has'-which hagF Inc starter -
course Well they in this case started by
flag bv the Startcr'S fag. " And there snail De II
start until the assistant starter has dropped his ma
In answer TO the flag OF the starte@.' well, the a.
sistant starter did drop his flag in answer 10 that {
,ha starter lie did not do il, however, till III
horses were past the pest, and on that point IN
yue is very explicit a start l. from. OF the starting
post is void and the horses must be started again.
MIR. Rowe's flag started the horses properly an
in good time. The assistant starters nag did hot IA
fiji the horses were in front Of the starting post. Ac
cordlng TO the rule, the horses were started by ha'
hit also according TO the rule It is necessary to saI
them by two nags Which flag is TO do tho startn
after an1 Rowe might drop his flag any number
times and Nelson might by hOding his up. stop IN
horses As often as lie pleased. on the other hanc
Rowe might not drop his nag at all, While Nclso
81, Iye dronn,ng nj. send Tie horses OF. And "
If /, we'll understood that In case OF THIS kd III
start would be regarded rs void. There can DC
start unless the starters Nag falls. -,
IL would have been good idea to straighien ,h
n,t,er ont II might ia the course Of hundre
ms occnr again 4 line like this added 70 Rule
would be satisfactory \ start Is void unless boi
AagS are dropped bciore the horses pass the sa"uh
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