New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-12
SIR WALTERS RICH PRIZE.
WINNER OF THE GREAT ECLIPSE STAKES



ishes that excited every spectator the rule. An
unusually large proportion of tastefuy attired women
was seen in the clubhouse and grand stand. II wa
afternoon of high class sport which filed the treas
ury OF the Jockey Club 10 bursting, ard also en-
hohed the bookmakers to repcion. William Is
Vanderbilt modest, unassuming and retiring was
Dresent-his first visit this year to an Amer
loan racetrack. The pillars OF tue turi
clustered about In great profuslOil, ana
they all busy they could be III hou'hs w
the roof OF the turf Just as hard as 'neS co""
Betting mon who had backed st. Fioriah ana He0h'n
N their last previous races, and been 50 ois"pp'
by their complete coapses as TO desert them. were
Allied with plee 10 see Reckon run away with the sec
opd race and ST. Florlan. who few days ago came
In last In a field in which bazed and cortiscsed such
dazzling stars The Pepper and f1ckpOche' De'o !"
real racehorse In LOcohachee by head IN last u"le'
But OF course this all due TO the glorious I'M
certainty OF racing" and 1t very delightful ana
enjoyable The puzzing thing about II is that 'he
State Government objects violently TO the gori-
Gus uncertainty" OF the ball In the roulette wheel.
and tries to stop the spinning OF 'he
roulette ball, while Ii encourages ana
promotes "for the improvement Of the breed OF
horsss'-Heaven save the markD the "glo:ious UNI
certainty" OF gambling on horses which, as RUE
are vastly more uncertain. erratic, peculiar and in
applicable I'm their spinning around the racecourses
than the roulette balls In their spinning around
the wheel.
St. Florian. superby ridden by Fitzpatrick, won
the Bowling Brook Handicap by head from LOCO
hatchee in the fast time for sticky track OF 90 H.
Hamilton rode LocOhatchee IL the jockeys had been
changed Locohatchee would have won easily enough
Hamilton Is riding very badly, and his riding OF
Locohstcbee was not much better than his riding Of
Tournament on the previous day.
Isaac Murphy also Is under Il spell OF diablere or
something OF the sort He has ridden very few races
this year. and is now riding than he ever rode
h.. ia hpl,hV .hOrSa N infancy
and chat Is saying great deal. Every inteMssat
racing the grounds agreed In the opinion That
Taral. Sir Walter outrode Murphy on Don Aiosso'
In tho Great Eclipse Stakes 1t was the general YER
dict that Don AonzO the best colt In this race.
that Murphy bungled badly at the start and all
through the race and made melancholy mess OF
his finish. The guaranteed value OF the Great
Eclipse Stakes $40 900. and therefore F. A. Ehret
lost handsome by the laundering Of his jockey,
whose crazy passion for close finish appears to be
iucurablc. DOggett would have ridden Don Alonzo
far better ttan Murphy did. Why even little Major
Covington poor little Penn Elrod Mary Ann Kchoe
could have ridden Don Alonzo about as well as MUIR
ply rode him. sir Walter won by head, Don
AlonIo second and Dr. Rice third. The Western COLI
the Reaper. was never prominent
There was a long delay at the start. Marcus
Daly's colt shelley Tuttle fell down. and Garrison
was somewhat injured but not badly enough to pre-
vent his riding In the race. Why Mr.. Byrnes. Marcus
such brute Shelley futile in the Great
Eclipse Is mystery Garrison had
Ridden him in previous and found him worth
less.
By the way Mr.. Byrnes says emphatlcally that he
never told any that Tanmany is the best horse
that he ever trained. The story that he said 70
came from Tammany Hall men, who must have
dreamed 1t In their cups. Mr.. Byrnes says that,
while Tammany is a good COLT he never said that he
was the equal Of salvador OF frcnz ana never
thought So The racing writer of The Tribune could
hardly credit at any time any tale that Mr. ByneS had
made any such foolish remark Mr.. Byrnes is quiet.
reticent man. not gwen to boastng OF loQuacy.
ANY Tulnmany Hall who thinks that Tammany Is
as GOD colt salvador ives and backs that opinion
will soon be applying to Richard Croker for paupeS
pension. 49,, .,,., o. -. O.. u,,,,ou r,o
races under the of the Oneck Stable is modest
man and prefers that his name should not be pub.
Ished But since his colt has Won the first t tw,
great stakes Of the year for twoyear-ods the Great
and since his name has been published in MANY Dapers
as the Of Sir Walter is impossible to preserve
es mGSsn aUa
Stood that rule John A. Morris rarely TsmsmOfEs
NORRIS refuses o bn sasr only
SeIiobut he sometimes puts up Kehoe for purpose;
Wh9 i the biggest winner On e he pas
M MI a1a Whenever he CAN get h Dr. Knapp
ways runs his horses to win. and he always gets
the snye road TO success no Isaac Murphys and no
HamItons are worth straw i. you can set Carlson
1"I p e Rice vns heavily rae Eclipse
and ran third only h S d sd b Dos While
Of his owners is well liked the turf, the other is
generally UNPOPULAR ,,. -, o.u,s,,o
Iitflefeh on Peruvian and Hamilton on Staacte.
W. c. Days colt Hiram made peculiar exhibition
"a ssv ose, and i ran third Hiram IS the property
W. G. DAILY. No explanations are needed. ,,,.
Tho r.tpdtn fe 1(tnE
skeleton and ran like one. His sickness and lame
seem to have Jeff him wreck Green b. Morris
niIscrably
DETAILS OF THE CONTESTS.
FIRST -welter.weIght handicap sweepstakes for
three yearods and upward $40 each. with $1,000
added. Six furlongs.
s. Letting nl'
NJ Dwysri; 81 e. E. Airpan by ve"5 4ars s., as
C. Li''l;aeid ms b. C. Peruvian" I & 81
nancocss Stables br. c. stalnetisssi, s. ias
gay MSf ISsEss,s rcSI al il
Mysnaoste colt, 120......, ln,ysns, 19-I g,
Mu,unls-Alrplan. stasht paid sla 3d. place SO rs;
cold Dollar and zorne Withdrawn. Flavilla took
ths lead soon after the stait and made the running for
Ave furIongs when Peruvian passed She quit under
n pull and Mclaughlin failed 10 get her going again.
peruvian seemed 70 be winning easily sixteenth from
home Taa by the hardest sort OF work, brought up
Airplant who by half length Peruvian second,
three lengths before Staacte. who beat Flayia length
SECOND RACE-For three-year.ods and upward, thres-
yearolds 70 carry 100 ~ fourycsr-ods and upward to
carry III sweepstakes Of s25 each. with 81 500
'1'''' '"' ''''' ' Betting
]. L. L. A. H. Morriss CHI. I. Reckon. by
P.aafro-roIhaps, yrs lO7 T
Brown Rosers's br c. Plekposket . IS
"a. Coylngton)2 70 TO
D. T. Pulsiters b. h. Jenny Q, ii2a;;.
ktrxthmelth. 4, (Beraen)0 o. Out
Tinle-1 ~.
Mutusls Reckon sIaight paid SIS 10. place sl2 IS;
PickpVcset place si0 10
Reckon breaking IN font got little the best OF the
start made the whole OF the running under gentle pull
and won hands down by two lengths Pckpocket secQpd
ave lengths before Tenny who beat Strathmea length
h,is rcnny second of q mile.