Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-01


Y Chicago and the track
is broad enough to give
all the starters plenty Of room. The field will
not be so large as that which ran in the Derby,
but the finest Of the colts which took part in
that race, with the exception of Clifford, who
ran third. will fight their battle over again,
and this time on farer terms. Boundless will
have every chance to repeat his Chicago victory
if he has the speed and staying power to defeat
st. Leonards, Sir Walter, Don Alonzo and
Ramapo at a mile and five furlongs over the
Sheepshead Bay course. The stakes will be
about $4,000 and tho race will inspire Sec
tional feeling, which may be expected
to draw out Suburban crowd. East
ern owners and eastern trainers are not
willing to admit that Boundless is superior to
the fastest colts Of his age in the east, and they
desire that the question shall be decided by
more thorough and impartial test than that
given in the Ameaican Derby. with its many
false starts, its delay of more than an hour and
n half at the post. and its other untoward Incl
dents which worked to the disadvantage of the
eastern candidates. Boundless is in excellent
condition. He does not show the least sign Of
any bad effects from his journey from Chicago.
Many owners and trainers who have seen MIN
at the track agree that he appeared 10 be per-
fectly fit Mr.. Cushing, his owner. and all his
friends are confident that Boundless will defeat
again the colts which he vanquished at Chicago.
Garrison will ride st. Leonards and Fitzpat-
rick will ride Boundless.
James r. Keene now owns the best two-year-
old colt in the country, and perhaps in the
world. He also owns the second best When
Domino won the Great Trial Stakes at Sleeps
head Bay Tuesday, with Hyderabad second,
both CARRYING the Keene colors, the spectators
were reminded Of the Futurity OF $780, when
August Belmonts Potomac and Washer took
both places But Domino is faster colt than
Potomac, while Hyderabad is vastly superior to
Washer. who never ran a creditabe race after
the Futurity. The Great Trial Stakes is the third
o. The five chief two-year old races Of the east.
First OF the five In order OF time comes the
Great American. given by the Brooklyn Jockey
Club. at Gravesend; next the Great Eclipse,
given by the New York Jockey Club. at Morris
Park; third, the Great Trial; fourth, the Junior
Champion, at Monmouth Park and fifth, last,
and richest Of all. the Futurity. given BY the
Coney Island Jockey Club, at Sheepshead Bay.
Both OF Mr.. Keenes colts, Domino and Hydera-
bad, are in the Futurity, so that the richest
turf prize OF the year. richer even than the
American Derby at Chicago, appears to be
fairly IN Mr.. keenes grasp, unless sickness or
accident disables this excellent pair.
Speaking of the racing Of today the New York
Recorder truly says: Sport, SO far as the turf
is concerned, is a misnomer nowadays. Racing
horses is a business pure and simple, and the
man who possesses money and fine stock but
who fails to appreciate this fact. generally turns
out loser. The Jeromes, the Witherses. the
Hunters, the Astors have quit the game and
now sit outside the rails. As . matter Of fact,
the men who raced for sport are getting tired
of the game. Very few few people interested
in the game now think OF the good old days Of
Tom Bowling, OF Aristides, the red horse of
Ten Brock. Harry Bassett, of Travers, Jerome,
Hunter. Withers, Lorillard and Price McGrath.
Then racing n n Now IL ia n husipace
aud all the shrewdness and cunning Of the
dealer in secondhand goods are brought into
play, and the fair. open and above-board work
OF the true sportsman is merely Renaissance.
OF course it is justifiable to be shrewd on the
turf and in racing matters, Just as it il in bus
mess. but there is a limit to the exercise OF
shrewdness, and turfmen should not 60 beyond
that limit. But unfortunately they do SO, and
while nothing dishonest can be attributed to
them yet their work is nothing if not prejudi-
cial to the best interests Of the game they are
generally believed to be promoters of.
IN THE STRETCH.
The defeat OF Kingston by Lsmplighter
Thursday in q darh Of seven furlongs was most
astonishing. 1t was not so much a matter Of
surprise that Lamplighter should have beaten
Kingston. but the thorough and humiliatinp
nature of the defeat was astonishing. Kingston
who carried $4,000 commission Of his
owner showed no speed at any part Of the
race and was even beaten by the selling platter
Gold Dollar. Lamplghter made the pace. The
first quarter was run in twenty-seven seconds
but during the next quarter the pace
quickened. 1t was run in twenty-three seconds.
Lamplighter won by two lengths, pulling up.
The Guttenburg meeting will be brought to a
close earlier than was at first contemplated BY
its managers. This is due to the friendly feel
ing existing between George Engemann and
Gottfield Wabaum, and consequently Gutten-
So n mt to he
dates Of the Brighton Beach Association. which
begins its meeting on July and continues for
thirty days Monmouth Park will race ON the
same days as Brighton Beach. but as the class
Of patrons Of these two tracks is very distinct
neither will suffer materially from such conflict
The death of Cataract is a serious blow to the
two ear-old division of the Rancocas stable
Cataract, like majority of the Brookdale-bred
horses. was what western turfmen call churn-
headed. He threw his rider a half dozen times
before yesterday, but was easily captured He
was a peculiar colt. He would be standing
quietly, and then, without warning, would
jump in the air at least five feet. When he
threw off his rider Yesterday he attempted to
jump the fence sideways. toppled over and
broke his back. The boy received some severe
bruises. He was not sent to a hospital, but
will remain at the stable.
great meeting is looked for at Monmouth
when the gates open on Monday next. Assist
ant Secretary Hugh d. Mcintyre has prepared
and caused to be distributed the book program
for the first nineteen DAYS. Races for all kinds
Of horses are to be found within its covers On
the opening dav the Atlantic stakes for two
year-olds and the Trenton stakes for three year.
olds will be run. while the old-time Fourth of
July handicap, the Independence stakes and tie
Eatontowu stakes will be run on Tuesday.
July L.
Overton. the jockey who was arrested at
Chicago last Saturday on warrant sworn out
by Ed Corrigan. charging him with obtain
ing money under false pretenses, was discharged
by Justice Porter Monday. Corrigan claimed
that he bad paid money to Overton re-
tainer to ride the horse Tyro in the Americ IN
Derby. and afterward Overton signed a con-
tract to ride Gideon 4 Days horse Ramapo
and refused to carry out the original contract
Lanbley headed the list Of winning jockeys
at the Morris Park meeting having piloted the
winning horse eighteen times. Taral pressed
him closely with sixteen victories to his credit
and Dogge5t finished good third with thirteen
Hamilton was n close fourth, Twelve wins being
his score. while Littlefield had ten; z. Rogers.
four, and Lilly. two. The balance did not score
higher than a solitary win.
Richard Croker. the Tammany chieftain is
becoming as great power on the race track as
no is in politics. Some politicians make their
way to wealth by means of the track. EX-
amples Denny" Mclaughlin of Gutten-
burg and 'Bilv" Thompson of Gloucester.
then invests it i'll the turf.
w. G. Cannon of Memphis has sold his grand
two-year-od lilly May Thompson. by Kosci-