New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-05
LAMPLIGHTER'S POOR RACE.
4 BAD FOURTH IN 4 MILE HANDICAP
SAD UPsETs FOR HOLIDAY CROWD At MON
MOUTH PARK.

The older horse, II Mr.. Iluggins advised Mr..
Lorillard to back Lamplightcr yesterday, AMI Mr.
Donovan advised him 10 back Oudi, 1t wpih not
amaze the common unrcccncratc mind il Mr Lo'ii
lard should feel inclined 10 rcarrancc his stable
and get two new tancrs. Lamplishlcr ran one OF
the poorest race, of hi, whole life, probably III"
very poorest since he was two years Of age HIS
revsr>al Of form from his races at Gravcs"ud IN
sheepshcad Bay startling in the extreme. Eat
Mr.. Loriard backed him and expected bin 10 win.
Some Of the bo"imaker, boldly sccpjica a. 10
Lampliehlcr'S chances and Laid q to against him.
- to TO- AMI even 10 D. bruvcly. mririly
and awiaciously. FIR astonishing totais. TINS
was not easy 10 explain. Here VIZ
the winner Of the Champion Stakes last year, ccncr
ally looked upon the champion racer q tn" conn
try among animals than two years Old Dom
inc could probably defeat lhmplghtcr nj amy tim" al
weigh, for age al three quarters Of mile. tnc sec
ond horse IN IN" Trooklyn Handicap. ana the thri
horse in The suburban, victor II many brilliant con
tests since he ha carried tn Eancoca, co!or~. ana
II Dewildcring that these bpokmakcrS offered
such ODDS against him. In the suburban Handicap
most Of the Lamplieltcr letting was nj even money
The suburban field far stronger at the wcichi'
than the field which in the Fourth Of July
Handicap. but here The b)OhmmAcrs giving 10
against Lamplishtcr'
This astonishing. Int il not nearly o.
astonishing the race which Lamplehtcr In
part OF IN" did he exhibit approach To That
tremendous burst OF speed with which he down
the homcstretch in the Brooklyn Handicap and with
which in the quarter Of his furlonc
at Shcepshcld Bay he ran away from Kingston and
Gold Dollar. In no part of the race dill he get
the leaders. sims h1gg,d him freely, hut even under
the whip he did not gain at all upon >irocco, Alan
and Picknicker and at the end he waS poor fourth
The Fourth of July Handicap. at one mile
the straight course and the time very slow
for that course 40 II. Last year Kidcer ran one
mile on that cOurs. in a race in - IA. and kirsch
Ex. Ni.ryir l.
vators record against time that coursel 30 IL.
II is that Kildcer carried 81 pounds. kir'ch 90,
and Salvador only no. while Lamplghtcr carried
125. 1t j. true. also that the straight track Is much
softer and heavier this year than It in 1892. ana
has much loan top Out Lamplghtcr delights In
heavy going. As twoyear old ne ran "A remarkable
in deep mud al Jerome Pars) 1t is true more
that SirOcCO has improved 10 wonderful extent
since Pierre Lorillard sold him for low price. Of Mr.
higgins advised him to sell Sirocco, Mr. Lorlard must
be convinced that the advice very unwi,eD 1t
Is true furthermore that j. b. Collins. the owner of
srocco confident before the that sirocco Mt
the weights could defeat Lamplielrer and every
other horse in the race. and said that any horse
that beat srocco must the mile in less than :S
Ii is true finally That SrOcc0 is Of the
fastest horses in training. He bred by Mr..
Loriard himself at Ranoocas and Is Icy Emperor out
Of the fleet Breeze If Mr.. Loiillard had kept
lin, he could have many races and many Dig
bets with sroccO If Mr. Higgins could Lave succeeded
us well IN training him as Mr.. Collins had. But Mr.
Higgins never made much of Sirocco. The horse
never exhibited in public willie in Mr.. ug;ins's hands
anything approaching the marvellous speed which
lie has shown this year in the hands of Mr. Collins
sirocco's victory was imprcs,ivcly easy. He led
all the way and won he liked - fast did he
run IN part OF tie race that sims and Lamp
lighter seemed get badly tang d up in the effort
to get favoritc into his stride. sims j. not well
fitted to ride Lamplightcr at his best. lie is TOO
hen
FORM and not INDUCING IN such fantastic and fool
ish antics he pracsed on Il. LcOnards last sat
urday, could ride this big horse oNccsny. 30 could
Taral the steadest surcst and >turicst OF all Amer
lean jockeys. the most trustworthy, the rider
who is never, never caught mapping: who
always tries his hardest and who never gives
up third place If the slightest hop" rcnainS Of
getting it. Alas! Taral j. unhappy exile
in Chicago lie is greatly missed ANA mOurned in
The East.
As oirocco carrying only liz pounds to The F
125 Of Lamplighter and SrOcco is five years old
while Lamplighter is only four Lampghtcr Wits .
giving him sixteen pounds by the schedule. II was
not confoundng and crushing shock to
fast flyer SrOccO IS now vanquish the (ai
times mighty Lamplghter at great difference
In weights But the time : di,maly slow, and
sirocco very very easily. and with
very, very much in hand! But Worse than that
Lampligber defeated not only by sirOccO most
easily. but also with great By the three year
Old col; Ajax, carrying 100 pounds, and the five
yearold Iiclnicker. carrying 10. lie conccd
Ing only pounds by the schedule to Ajax
who had OH his back very poor sprIwling, uncer
lain rider, stable boy only recently named foX
Lamplghter conceded dozen pounds 10 Iicknicker
by the schedule before the almost every turf
man believed that Lanplighter could easily give
ickncker at least fifteen pounds. How are the
mighty fallen! Lampighcr did not make
close finish with Ajax and Icknicker. lie was a
poor fourth, distance behind thi, pair.
Was the trouble with the jockey with the horse?
sims rode Lampigher abomnabiy in the BROOKLYN
and not at all brilliantly In the suburban
Perhaps the horse diskes colorcd jockey. some
horses do have that dislike and show il plainly.
Lampghter some poor races under Iamion'S
riding, but none poor as that Of yesterday. Both
sims and Hamilton cClOrcd jockeys. Perhaps Mr..
liuggins had INDUCED Lampghter much after his
Bay That is a very common
with American trainers. Mr.. Allen committed it with
Don Alonzo, alter his dazzling triumph in the Junior
Champion Stakes. when he left the field very far
behind all the way and Cantcred home. In cOnsc-
quence OF this Indulgence, Don Monzo almost lost
his next Mr.. Allen admits himself that he
made Il bad mistake in doing this.
But whatever may have hecn the cause OF Lamp
lighters Iamentablc ana disastrous failure this
was very far below his Perhaps he dcjcsts
Jockey much he to dislike his trainer.
After the he tried 10 bite of
,ne of Mr.. Iiuggins'o hands, aud sue
rceded IN HlpplS on IL Dll Oh Oh" vi HIS HDS'Tn' ,
Whether it sims is not the Jockey tho ca get
nut Lamplighter's iuil speed when LOHlandcr, Il ,
rerrifier a DiaLlo Il sirocco, Ajax IA fcknlckcr
IS running in front oil Lampghtci whether Mr..
Higgins has not been successful in sending the cec
bratcd TO the post fully prepared 10 run well in
his race it is certain that Lamplighier far
better than he ran yesterday. II would be- Well
worth Mr. LOrillard's while IL he could make an J
arrangement with his fried Mr. Walcou, who
iolds Taal bound by contract 10 let
Iaral ride Iamplghter whenever Mr. LOrillarf 1
wishes to start him. Mr.. WalcOtt to get percentage
If the winnings. That would be fair arrang mcnt
On both sides and Lamplghtcr n sent to the pot
after plenty of work and fully prepared for a
struggle would lose very few II any with ]