New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-13
POET SCOUTS VICTORY.
EXCELLENT RACING AT MONMOUTH PARK.
SIR WALTER WON ANOTHER STAKE FOR THE
ONECK STABLE.


.h.re were cooling breezes from the ocean al Mon
uouth Park, and the temperature was much more
creeabe at the racecOur>e than In the city, Many
suectators saw the races 30 many In fact, that the
ss,ciation was gratfed by the evidences Of public
tovor II owners and trainers who expect 10 with
a,sv yell-k known horses tournament for instancc)
onld come to that conclusion after the morning gaop
-. ,hs racers and not defer the withdrawal until A
lot. hour they would confer kindness upon race
- and avoid uncertainty and embaIras Sment
MANY ptople who went TO the track expected TO see
Tuyrament run in the Shrewsbury Handicap. and
az. ocyrieved when he taken ont. lie was not
a.acbed until 80, and his admirers thought that
4, y, were 10 be taken ont at all the withdrawal
lion, veil have been decided upon In the morning
on.rs who desire TO maintain the popularity OF
,sc,ne might be more considerable in these matters
Ont of six favorites four In succession. the
Afth failed to get place. while the sixth made a dead
heat with the second choice. and the money was
Avoided As rule tho fayorttes first In the
netting on the basis Of public FORM that the hackers
~ horses on the evidences OF things seen. we'll
sts6ed with the days sport More eager interest
exhibited the Shrewsbury Handicap. at mile and
half than in any other OF the day. These long
distsnce races when hlghclass horses take part in
Them are always extremely popular. Poet scout was
backed heavily all over the ring. 1t was reported
that Pttsburg Ph' trying TO get back the money
which he lost this colt in the suburban Handicap
II Is certain. anyway, that Poet Scout much In
favor among the betting that the bookmakers put
up only to against him at the start and many OF
them would give only even money or less against him
at the close OF the speculation. Michael L. Dwyer
was reported TO be- betting Raceland for place.
but understood feel uncertain to the prospects
of his horse actually winning the Demuth had
many enthusiastic friends, who knew that he had
fast tr1a for this on Sunday, and who had
him win a race In handsome style July 8. Russell,
Pickncker. Kideer and English Lady had few sup
porters.
Garrison rode Poet scou. In his most energetic,
resolutc and sfdlful manner. lie could have won Che
race with Demuth. who his best estate yesterday,
but Isaac Murphy had orders to wait with Demuth,
and his strict loyalty In Obeyng these orders un-
doubleday lost the TO Denuth. lie pulled back
Demuth behind Poet scout for mile and quarter,
and then moved up swiftly with Demuth 70 challenge
Poet Scout Garrison outrode Murphy ut the finish
and the Shrewsbury Handicap by sufficient, but
not extravagant, margin 1t has been proved many
times In the OF Demuth that he runs best when
allowed so steadily, and not when he IS pulled
back and discouraged and dishearcned before he
reaches the finish. But the double pull policy was
tried him again In this race with disastrous results
The same policy was practced unwisely with Kildeer
With her light weight she had chance for place. at
least she had been seat along from the start, with
the object Of making the weight tell on the more
heavily handicapped horses. But she was Kept bach
In the rear OF the field under stranglng pull SO long
that she had chance at the finish. English Lady
set the pace for time and then Russell was sent to
the front But the struggle at the finish was between
Poet scou. and Dcnuth. while Raceand was pool
third 1t the end.
Easin and Larrabee. the owners OF Foet scout
and John Mari, the trainer. never run their colt u
get weight of. or with any Intention except 10 WIN
the race In which they start the horse. They
recognize fully their obligations to the public. which
supports racing and never desire any unfair adj
vantage. Mr. Marr is open and above board III all
his methods and only wants IA fair chance Would
that all other owners and tiainers were as upright
inlncr of Poet scout Dir. Mari exhibited excellent
Judgment In securing Garrison 10 nde foc' SCOUT
1t was Ciarrlsoms admirable riding which won the
Atlanuc stakes with DR.. knapps sr Walter SUn
In the race, and sims could have kept MN Srusl
IN the early part Of the run and held nm we
won the race. But Garrson's superior skill IN 'e II,
saddle secured the race nd for sir Ta sshs While
Cornanche was a close second 1t is not likely that
Cir %s Se%dn win Po sy Ksr STAGES Es
Empire stable and Gideon q Daily all own YOUNGSTERS
against him hereafter sir Waiter has been excep,,
tlVnnily foi win -FOUR s'ants ALREADY Two 81
valuable Of these victories were won rather oy the
shi of the riders tnan by the merits of the c4l,,
ioheNs ~ ride sir Walter. st. Michael plunged
On for the atlantic stakes, but he Is not quite TIE
equal of either cir Walter or Conanche ana ahoush
Fitzpatrick rode him we'll he was unplacesd wa,oo,.
itiore the race for the Atlantic Stakes Waloou
and Campbell bought Eagle Bird from Boye Liule
held for $1,000. This seems high price: Eagle I
Bird led up to the hundred yards but lost tnd
place nv a few inches TO LawlesS VINO was DrihahuS
iidQen by Taral. 49,. ,,,.,..o, ,,.as mo, !,
The impression got abroad that Kingston was not IN
~ much weight as he was called upon TO concede TO
some Of his opponents In the first race: 80 1t wne
ms Bu, The truth was that Kingston in al
most tautless trim ana 49, ne won very easily WIZ"
The fourth rnoe was for twoyesrolds that had
never won race Michael DIVERS cot 1 J,t 9D,
John Hunter together with Dagonet both i1r
900, TOOK first place in the betting ana 1ar ns
The Outsider simmons rnn second. and Minnehaha was
poor third Along delay at the post occurred ana
e1.i. the nervousness Of Frederick GebLards nlly
Experiment. who Ind some support IN me oeI. ang
f%s S1i 'S at the nsh But the result that
She poor fourth at the end IN, that fact
many people to support the horse who might no1
otherwise have backed him nnt ah hpag IrsG tn
get a place, James McLaughlns fast spIihter Mas0.
Winning the race with renarknblMe case W,c ,b,rd
In the last race, welter weight handicap at seven
furiongs Dagonet. the avoritc ana stockton ,,S
second choce dead heat for first place. ib rTd
the money was divided and h %ah KnTs
ton in The first and Dogonet and stockton IN
the sixth ran seven furIoh ,rSct IN while the last was
saightaway All the time was fast, and the sport n
was OF an unusually high order Ioe scout ran 'nr
mile and half In The shrewsbury iiah , a ia
2 j3 10 a noteworthy performance, ana 'his power
full wcldevcloped sturdy. COURAGEOUS ana ias, on %
Longfelow and Gypsy is racehorse worthy OF honor
DETAILS OF THE RACES.
FIRST RACE-Free handicap sweepstakes OF go each'
WIZ" @''O0' betting.
st. III.
NJ F. DIVERS br. h. Kingston, by Spend a. %
tbrft-Kapanga, aged I.S ~: lIaIal W
G. H. Morris b. g Strahmeath. 4. 10 3, Ak
j. A. & A. IT,. Morrs's Reckon, 4. l0o % a.