Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-03

to my mind, it decides nothing. SO far as the
comparative standing Of Maud s. and Sunol are
concerned. As I have stated before, the per-
Torrance Of Maud S. when she trotted mile in
2OSA still stands unchallenged on its merits.
Neither the mile which Sunol made in 20S1l
nor the record of Nancy Hanks when she re-
Gently covered mile in 2.071S. established any
thing in this respect. Nor does this last run Of
2.0514 rob Maud $. of her position. OF course.
the figure made at Independence stands the
record until it is lowered. but the men inter-
ested in speed horses are all at sea as to its
meaning. First, the kite-shaped track upset all
our calculations, and then the pneCmatic-tired
sulky comes along and knocks US completely off
our reckoning. Nancy Hanks mile on Wednes-
day having been made under 4 combination Of
both of these factors. l am naturally at loss
where to place it, in comparison with the
record made by Maud s. on a circular track and
drawing an ordinary sulky. As nearly as l can
make 1t out-and experienced men with whom /
have talked the matter over agree with me-
| this performance cannot be taken as cutting
under the rformance of MaudS. 1t is gener-
orally admitted that the kite-shaped track is
from two to three seconds faster thnn the circu-
lar track, and trotting men are equally unani-
nous in the opinion that the pneumatic sulky
is faster than the od-fashioned suky before
which the mare made her record Of 20Ss4. How
much faster il is is the question to be deter
mined. II has been reckoned al the way from
one TO five seconds. 1t may be even more than
that; no one knows. That it is faster has been
established again and again recently
VALUE OF THE FUrURITY.
Morello and Lady Violet. as predicted in this
column. ran first and second, respectively, in
| the futurity stakes week ago today. 1t was
extensively published that the value of the
stakes would be $4,000. But S75 900. however.
represented what the value of the stakes would
have been had every one i'll il promptly paid
| their forfeits and entrance money. This was
not DONE OF course and hence $50 900 more
correctly represents the true value OF the big
race--not in cash. because there Is a good deal
of paper consequent upon the conditions of
| the rich stake floating around, and unless the
owner Of the winner is a champion in
/ the art of ''dundom' he will never see
/ the full amount by about one fifth. The flu
| turity and other big stakes read exceeding well
| on paper. Their valne is abnormal in theory
but the man whose lot is in a sufficiently fortu-
nate groove to aid him in capturing one of
them quickly discovers that the tempting sums
are the calculations of an oversanguine, too en-
| thusiastic mind. Messrs Van Ness and Singerlv
/ joint owners Of Morello. fifth winner of the
! futurity, could probably impress any one whose
curiosity prompted them to inquire that instead
of $4,000 accompanying the victory $50, 900 or
| perhaps less was the actual cash amount.
RACING AT JEROME PARK
A new story has been started to the effect
that there is to be a revival Of racing at Jerome
Park next year under the auspices of n number
Of men who will have the sanction Of the board
of control and will have dates allotted to it.
probably the Off days of the Monmouth Park
meeting. There Is a lot of mystery hanging
about the scheme and it is probable That it was
started by the board OF control people. who do
not like the appearance of a newcomer in the
racing field in the shape of the Wiman- Corrigap
party, that are TO build track in Staten Island
and race in opposition to the Monmouth Park
people. Jerome Park is not fit to race over as
it Is ut present. and If there is any foundation
for the new scheme the projectors will have to
spend large sum Of money to put the track in
condition that it will attract either the horse
men or the public. jerome Park was good
enough in its day, but it is now entirely out of
date.
GONE AFTER oRMoSDE.
Chas. Reed, the owner Of the famous Fair
view stud and the man that paid 100000 for
the stallion st. Blaise, has gone to Europe. His
! ultimate destination is South America, where
he expects to be able to make some sort of a
bargain with the present owner of the famous
English race horse Ormonde. II he can secure
the horse he will bring him to this country and
replace st. Blaise as the head Of his stock farm
with this famous horse, who in the atmosphere
OF this country NAV be able to overcome the
roaring procliyities which have caused him
| to be condemned as horse TO breed from by
some of the English breeders. Prince Charlie
was "roarer" when he was brought to this
| country, yet he recovered from that trouble
here and was one of the most successful sires
that has ever been in the stud in America.
TURF TOPICS.
Messrs walcott Campbell have released
Jockey T. Sloane from his contract.
Major Domo will hardly be seen again this
year. His lameness has grown more serious
i than n aOticipa I'D q ,rill
be required to get him around.
The application for license of the following
persons were reported favorably: Trainers
John Briggs, Daniel Sullivan. Moses Grant and
James Murphy. Jockeys-Alonzo Clayton and
Joseph Vignus
! Ed. Corrigan has purchased a tract Of ninety
acres Of land five miles below Mobile and near
the bay front for the purpose of making pri-
vate race track and training grounds. The site
is one Of the finest in this vicinity for the pur-
| pose and he preferred to make his own track to
purchasing any Of the three tracks already fenced
upon which he had options.
Morello as .yearling cost sl00. The colts
and fllies pitted against him in the futurity
! cost collectively $50, 900. Their estimated
value after the race was 100000. His value
after the race WAS put at $4,000. What other
property in the world could increase in value
1 400 times in a year and half
Potomac is in such crippled condition that
it is likely that he will be shipped to Amsterdam
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| stallion at the Hurricane farm, which is fast
becoming prominent as the irthpiace of
winners. As Gen. Sanford has some of the best
| bred mares, with records that made them
famous on the turf, Potomac has chance to be
the sire OF some great race horses.
Lamplighter's victory in the Twin City handi-
cap was o popular one, and has firmly estab-
lshed his reputation as ahigh-class colt in COM
! parison with the colts OF the same age Mr..
Lorillard won S25, 009 on the colt, which. with
/ the 81, 900 first money in the stake, makes
Lamplighter cheap horse at the price paid for
him. Hamilton was surprised when Mr. Loril-
lard handed him 81 900 bill when he returned
to the paddock.
W. Lowell, the ell-known New York horse
man and pool room proprietor, has been ruled
OF the track at the Hawthorne (Chicago) course
| His jockey, ]. Cook, and his stable OF horses
were included in the sentence. The running of
| the Lowell horses had been under Investigation
for . week or ten days, and Judge Malone an
nounced that the evidence Of Lovells misdo-
ings was so convincing a. to merit the severest
| punishment.
]. Mclaughlin il giving Morello regular
| work, ~ he Is almost over the attack Of in
huenza from which he suffered when he won
the futurity. The next question that 10 likely
to disturb the serenity Of the board Of control
is the eligibility Of Morello to start in races
nov that no 10 trained by . licensed trainer.
Van Ness was not ruled Oh the turf, but had
his license - trainer revoked, which prevents
his training or starting horse on the board of
control tracks. Some turfmen claim that the
colt can be raced without any trouble.