New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-31
COX'S FOUL RIDING.
YORKvILLE BELLE BEATEN UNFAIRLY.
p1r TIE JOCKEY WHO WAS IN FAULT WAS ONLY
CAUTIONED.


Yarmouth Park yesterday defaced by one Of the
worst cases Of foul riding anywhere this year
Yorkyle Belle the favorite in the chief Of the
day the Cape Nav Handicap. Dogee;t rode her. Pick
pocket ridden by Tara. second choice. At the
first turn at the point furthest from the stewards and
The judges little Cox. who riding N)mad, pulled
That colt suddenly ard sharply against rckpockct.
Taral pulled up Fchpocket quickly, and Pickpociet
fouled Yorkvc Ielle. nearly knocking her down and
puttng her out Of the race. Wien tue fin
ished Doggett sent for by the stewards President
Forbes of the New-York Jockey Club. told the writer
Of this article exactly what took place Heuce there
can be no question the exact nature OF the wAole
thing Mr.. Forbes said that the stewards did not wait
for any complaint Of foul from any one. They had
sean that something happened to Yorkville Belle
at the most distant point In the race and
they sent for Doggctt to find out the fact. Dog
gett ssid that at the place referred TO hchpOckct
fouled YOrkville Belle badly almost to throw
her into the fence knocking her out OF her stride and
forcing him 10 pull up. Then Taiai sent for.
lie admitted the ouling Of Yorhville Belle BY Pick
pocket, but said IL unintent.onsl and unavod-
able, because Nomad fouled Pckpocket seriously
that he was forced TO pull up Fckpochet sud
denly that he struck against YOrkvile Belle. Next
Cox was questioned. lie did not denv the foul
Ing Of Pickpocket. but said that he d not mean to
do anything wrong. He thought That he had 80
much Of lead that he had the right tn cross over
Cox's excuse was plainly prepoNerous falsehocd.
Every one who was watching lie race through glasses
saw that ne had no considerable lead when the lonI
occurred, and il plain that even Cox could by
no possibility be stupid as 10 suppose that, win SO
slight an advantage as Nomad had at the moment be
lad the night 10 cross front of Pfckpockct aud take
the rail. Here plain case for discipline ana
example. There has been an appalling amount oil
foul riding this season. aud here ws most aggravated
case This pestilent little fellow. by foul riding had
DESTROYED all the chances Of the first ana second horses
in the rsce Neither Yorkville Belle nor hckprket
could win after this foul. At the finish forhv1Ie
Belle was third and Ffckpocket was fourth. York
Vile BELLE had leen backed heavily in the betting
ring and in fac all the country. Her hackers
were fully entitled 10 fair, honest run for
their money. They did not get it, Why Be-
cause this worthless little creature cox rode one OF
the foulest ever seen al monmouth farh or
anywhere else What his punishment mere
caution that II he rode in that way again, his
license would be revoked. Was more absurd
niece of futile nonsense perpeuated by any racing
Official earth
What does Cox care for caution? lie rides few
races on the Board Of Control tracks anyway. His
principal field Of operation IS at brighton Beach,
where many OF the jockeys prefer to ride foul race
to fair one at any time, and glory In oulng other
horses when they rush arouDd the sharp turns.
The smsgtest foul1 at Brighton gets the most APP
plause from the " clever" division. In
that school Cox obtained his proficiency
in riding foul races and he has betered his instruc
tions. Why should he bother about caution lie
had accomplished his object. He had ruined the
chances Of the heavily backed favoiic and the heavily
backed second choice and canton did non hurt MS
tough feelings take dollar out of his greedy HUE
paws. Racing rules require that horse shall De set
back for foul but the stewards did not SCI BACK
Nomad, who got second money. In not setting BACK
Nomsd they st,iltided themselves Cox did not deny
toulins Hckpocket with Nomad. II he had denied
It. there was ampe evidence that he was guilty OF
foul. Racing law absolutely requires that the horse
responsible for a foul shall be set back But Cox
was only cautioned and No1Dad was not set back
We're the stewards AFRAID that they might cnend
Michael F. Dwyer, and that be might take all his
horses away from Monmouth Park, If they set back
Nomad as racing law required them 10 do7 II Is
not likely that Mr.. Dwyer would have taken onehce,
because he must recognized the perfectly obvious
fact that common justice would dictate tie setting
back OF Nomad But even If Mr.. Dryer had been
offended, il would have been better 20 ofrend Mr.
DIVER than 10 offend reason. equity, fairness, Justice
and common sense As the stewards did. Other
owners have rights and claims 10 consideration a.
well as Mr. Dwyer.
II Cox had been one Of the most valued ana
honored jockeys OF the turf a rider who could III
be spared there might have been some extenuation
~ the inexcusable leniency that shown him.
But as Cox's entire absence from the turf would
leave a vacancy about NJ the size of pin-hole-and
a very small pn-hOle at that-the amazing lneih-
dsncy uniustifabe excess of clemency exhibited
10y the stewards have shred of apology TO depend
upon The whole affair Of the most
thoroughly discreditable that ever occurred at Nun
mouth Park.
The Caps Nav Handicap was won easily al the
end by Pactolus in the fast tiuFc Of % IA The
track was slow and heavy. ana the performance OF
pactolus was therefore noteworthy. hctolus Is b
Jncas out Of Cadence, and carried the Bill blscK OF
Mr.. withers last But he + far better colt now
than he was while In Mr.. Wlherss stable 1t has
been the general rule that horses bred bv Mr. Withers
have shown moo speed STAYING power and quality
after they passed out of the BroOkdale stable than
when Mr.. WitheH owned them.
The sea Br ght stakes for twOy ear-Olds was also
a very unsatisfactory race, because the iavoIfte,
Comanche ridden by Fitzpatrick, run the worst
possible race. The Dahlmans backed him and told
their friends TO back him. COmanche has several
good races and ne made the favorte over Sir
Walter because he carried only lis pounds and Sir
Walter carried l25. But Fitzpatrick could get no
speed out Of Comanche In any part OF the Journey,
and he came In bad last although the race was
Iun ip the contemptibIy slow time II :1S IA Only
four ran and even those miserable FLIES Indigo and
Experiment outran Comanche. 1t was only an
exercise gaIlop for Sir Walter all the way. When
colt that has shown much speed as Comanche
has plays his hackers such dasArdly trck VINO can
tell any thing about thorVuehoTedsf
rae. BIZ shOr, head Nestcesier second and Parvenue
third. san Juan RAJ web for quarter mile. ana then
broke down compel ely and stopped Dogget was
comnelled 10 dl,mouut. san Juan l. not lAely to rco
again this year and mag recover from his dis
abilities. .,.- .,~,. g..
Most turfmcn thought that Sleipner might ma
mile and 4 quarter 100 far for nm, Dut sleipnei
captured the fourth race by short head, RaceIand
second and Cleaning third. An, - l..
Chesapeake was for the first tine TINS year III
the fifth race and an odds-on iavoflte' lie "eh
al hi} ease, Lyceum getting second place: -, o.
Here IOrard's colt Kirsch, carving OnH -
SiNf hf-lce 4
and Julio third. r, d., and
IL was ano her day Of close finishes. The nrsi ana
fourth races were decided by short heads ana tno
favOrite Cactus made dead heat with Mary stone ~
the last race threc~quartcrs OF mile, FOR ue S Sic
@ T third. and his