New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-20

BANQUET.
. ant Of him. for he went through the year without
Soc ono Of the other in which he started In
~. Foam stakes finished last. in the July STAKES was
,,d IN the Amboy Handicap was second, In the Junior
rh.mnon was third Qt Prote tons year, was I'M
d IN the Careret Handicap for when he was favore
s,.had third in the Great Eclipse M ko Reys), failed
. 20, n Mace in the White Plains Handicap was eighth
,n the Great Eastern and wound up the season by nh
A., 9Th In the Algeria Stakes named Tor the pace Oh MS
hrb 1; began 10 be said that he was an unlucKy emo
Un,Or,unate animal and the public would have none "
7, 800 Mr. Scott gave orders T. 'pound' him, ana
10 was sent TO post twenty times in all sorts OF com
,anv -Four races his share OF the seasons Spots
m. sweepstakes at Gravescnd in the spring the Stock
a., and Stevens stakes at Monmouth, and handicap OF
rayesend in the fall in which he carried 20 POUNDS
7, tho stockton Stakes. Banquet beat Tournament SIP
ohn and DeyOtee three more unortuhat>' ana io"e'"
the mile and quarter record OF salvador from 10 "
O2s IL must be borne in mind. however mat al
,o,,s recod was made circular course, anu Ban
$50 over the long straight stretch OF Monmouth. 1t
ras great wear records. Fdes lowered the three
ouartemle record :lOi Bella b. the seVen-cishths
record 10 232 Salvador the nile to 1892 against
,m., and Rayeloe mile TO :39's (in race; Az-
a. the ono nil, SEVENTY yards 70 14jL Prince
Roral the mile and a sixteenth 10 Asa Ieutoh the
mile and an eighth 70 52t Tristan the mile ana thrce
y,eenhs 70 200 ID Orme the mile and three-eghhs
10 COL and Eircnz the mile and haif TO 2S3'
In.
Of the turf and its dsapponments and ordered the sale
~ his entire stable OF in training The sale TOOK
place in this city November 20 Thirty-ohe head
fetched total s942 The occasion was made sen
,ationa BY Philip Dryer who. carried away for once
gave s35 900 for Boerc tenth-rate two-yearod Win
great prvate reputation but public record OF note
Michael Dwyer bought Banquet for 5000 when was
thought by to be rather extra'agah' price
But the courageous plunger had watched the eedihs
closely appreciated worth, and attributed his repeated
hand and
months after the sale of his stable w. L. Scott died.
Mr. DIVER kept Banquet busy. In his colors the
eeldns never knew what rest meant. In 1891 he ran
no less than forty races, OF which he won fifteen In
bets alone his new owner with him over 100000
He began the year at Guttenburg in company with Long
street purse there on April Is. On No'enpei
g. after terrible campaign in which he eafhea the sym!
Ishy OF racing community he returned TO the
hilltop track where after winning Jour races and losing
one he bade the adieu. Mr.. Dwyer had never
attempted impossibilities with Banquet. With that
Judgment and foresight which have always distinguished
him he placed the gelding where he had an excellent
chance to win and him till the ring refused to take
his wsgers.
Last year Banquet ran txenty.elght races Of which
he won fourteen Beyond all question he the most
useful the year. and his astute owner reaped
large his victories. He wound up the season
respected OF all men for his gameness, his speed his
toughness and his general excellence No one ever re-
garded him being first flight of racehorse but
everybody admitted that he would at time another
beat the best OF them. He never seemed 10 tire He
was like steel and whalebone. No amount Of work could
hurt him. He thrved on work that would have ruined
almost any other animal the world The best horses
must be their best beat him. II they go at him
. little OF their feed they will find him tough customer
In year Banquet If good as he was last
season. will be very dangerous element. 1t VIII not
DO TO take many liberties with him.
Perhaps IL is not generally that the genial the
ampudnous the felicous II. d. Mcintyre. secretary Of
the Brooklyn and Elizabeth Jockey Clubs was very near
becoming twice in his life genuine
professional As amateur and substitute he
had often his ability to handle the red flag to the
satisfaction OF the public. the horse owners and the
jockeys and clever men tried 70 capture him. more
advertisement than anything else Wncn the Clifton
management was without starter George Engeman maze
him proposition that would have caught almost any other
man. He offered him 5000 day to go to Clifton and
start the horses He promptly declined. Argument was
useless. Engeman then asked IL he knew who
would answer purpose aud Mr. Mcintyre advised him
10 get James Rowe. Rowe had never held flag in
his life and hesitatd to the ONCE. go ahead
said Mr.. Mcintyre ANYBODY start horses 1t isn't
Ike running newspaper circus You can do it as
well az anybody else" Rowe finally consented TO try.
and Clifton gave him 500 day. He succeeded. and
has been starting ever since.
In the last ten years no less than twenty men have
held the flag the metropolitan race tracks with more
less success. One OF the most amusing starters was
Jacob Pineu the trainer. Henry Stedeker recalls the
day when English rider Holmes went 10 the post al
Monmouth. the favoritc at odds on. and failed to get
away Pncus gave him every chance but he refused "a
eke anything but the best OF the start and hnay atei
half hours delay, the flag fell, leaving him standing
Nl. When the horses at the quarter Holmes rode
up To Pincus and in the quetcst possible manner said
Must gor, Pincus looked hard at him for moment
and replied "You might WELL the others nave gone y
Holmes riding for "plunger" Walton, and certain
cokmakers laid heavily against the favorite BY getting
zen he for them large sums.
Mr. wbeatlcv secretary OF the Saratoga Association
v OF the most Indifferent starters In the world liz
W bad habit Of holding aloft the nag ana was o,'n
a Danger Of dropping IL at the wrong tme one uay
nn there long delay at the post, he pcrs'seu u
ssshg up the flag TIL the betting men grew "reu
Sena Mccormack and Stedekcr standing near. ahC
Ne ofmer said that II stedeker would get on the ooN ~
;seeh give him shove, throwing MN asa'ns' wi
"heaey and knocking the flag out OF his hand' s'e'eA
esan to climb but Charles Read. who was standing near
overheard the conversation and nterfered. preventing W
Catastrophe.
The honor OF making the worst start on record =
divided between Captain W. NJ. Conner and Francis NJ
Prison.
The unexpected nav always be expected in NewJersey
A. T. Walcot and his associates have been ndietea io
keeping "dIsorderly house because they raced horse
y Monmouth Park last year How utterly ra'e"'ou' ~.
erm Is. 1t the OF that word that ofo'e VT
Sassau out Of the Monmouth management ana c@os'u ~"
"ithers to close the gates OF the course
So Senator Joe, Blackburn is 10 judge the racc' a.
IVY City! Well, well No living American Is '"
iond Of the sport. The fact that Mr. Biackour"
ron Kentucky places him on high pedestal ano"s 49,
colleagues whenever there racing within reach o. e
second generaron smokers to1ay ~
with their fathers In declaring