New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-23
MONMOUTH'S GRIM GHOST.
ONLY THE GRAY AND GLOOMY SHADE OF
FORMER GREATNESS.
IT sTAGGERs ALONG PALE AND WORN UNDER
THE BURDEN OF PUBLIC DIsLIKE-%HAT
THE PAPERS sAY-ANTICS OF THE IN

TO tha members of the Executive Committee OF
Monmouth Park concern themselves In 'he ie"S'
about the opinions OF the newspapers thes '"'o'
extremely unhappy in these days All the pe9'
known, most conspicuous, most widei! ieau "
most influential newspapers of this city unite In
expressing qualification and relief that the Mon
,routh Park racing season is almost at an end All
of them have criticised repeatedly and severely
the methods which have been practised at Moh-
mouth this summer. The Tribune yestelua! N
printed some of the censure published by 1he view"
York Herald" In yesterdays issue THE Herald
remarked
ma host that refrsined from putting in an appear
,o a, Moomouth Park Yesterday will probably be hieoN
satned TO learn that they missed nothing Inc racing
WIS 40 triviA insignificant that In spite oil inc SUM-
otrressive atmosphere the few stasglcrS VINO sau'e
shout the betting ring difficulty In keeping them
..,yas warm However, glorious d"Y '"'
6ossrs. NJ Il Dryer ana j. A., A. H. D. H. Morr~
Tho one captured three purses, while inc o.hors "
the seasons record BY winning two events may oV
blessings be showcrcd the author OF tn" condlto'' "
tbsv were responsible the success OF ese 1"o PP
stables.
E,verv careful reader of the racing column in Inc
Herald'' knows that THE Herald" was induisins
in playful irony when it referred to the 'on' 80
Morris stable and the NJ. +. Dwyer stable d.
popular" ,, ,..s-
'aThe New-York World" in its racing column yes
terday printed the following pointed comments
unworthy of that famous OH iaccoonise' IL" p"o,1
dcated its disapploNal of the "rcichci pf' gl''".'
was presented by Icinaninc away 20 'h'' N"'" ut.
went to the post tn frat race iheie "'ic Oily ~
reople in the grandstad a. make its enuhess HWY W.
parent o. ,ser. n
Tho conditions of the first and second races "''
evidently framed for Stoncncll and Ban1Ho' tha' all
was DESTROYED. In BanquCts race every "o' f,
sabin, was withdrawn aud Joh' MOTIFS =" NV
Manor Stable sud that the only rea'o" NJ s'ar'" "''
the
back West" 49,, o,,,
rnaer NJ, Walcott, adminr hast year the lacih'
WAS well conducted ard the meeting was me mos s"o'
fui in the history of thu association. VII" "ie "
zion Of host OF conflicting Interests this year the whore
,x,licy of the club been altered, ana the result ~
been disastrous alike 70 tn public ana 10 h"rs""'"'
IL not an exageeraton to say mat not o'c p' 80"
leave Monmouth Park Thursday, owrer na'hef OF
,aeler without lifting UP his voice like that other u
fortunate the Earl >'a1ord and repeating re beui"
audamus' TO which rail birds would piobaoiy auu
glad we're alive
other papers printed similar criticlsms. "e
New-York Evening POST declared: III Is ioi
tunate thing for racing that the Monmouth PARK
r,aet,ng Is TO end this week. for the pubic Is
getting disguised with the methods ana VIII WEI.
como a change TO Sheepshead Bay.
."The New-York Press published an article ]"
which Midgeleys riding of Chesapeake was con
demned in strong terms. and it was asserted 'na'
an investigation ought to be made. lha' ""' nv
the first peculiar race Mldeeley mas i'
rode a race on Galilee earlier in the season. wheh
C,alilee was an odds-on favorte. ana MS riuihs
tbot dav had sulphurous smell about it,
And so the zigzag and uneasy course OF UNI
bannv Monmouth has been going on from scahuai
10 scandal from shame shame. from depraVity
to degradation, from depression to disaster.
FEATURES OF YESTERDAYS CONTESTS.
record was broken at Monmouth PARK yesler
day. but it was of which the Association VIII
hardly boast The record was the NUMBER Oh ho''o'
nhich made ND the fields of the different con-
tests The total number of starters IN the SiA
races was twenty-five. or an average vi ioui ~
a race with one to spare. This showing was wi'h-
out question the poorest that mas ever oeei ma"
nv a so-caled legitimate racetrack ana IL Is sur ~
saw that in the middle of winter at ei'i''
Cloucester or Gutenberg. such a card mas rarely
.f o,,ar been offered The fact that two stakes.
the Monmouth Handicap and the Barnegat STAKES
for tbree-yearolds. included on the cdiu,
makes the days showing even worse imam 1t "ou''
he IL II had been collection of overnight races
The day was the poorest of the many poor on.'
that have marked the meeting, and II goes WIN
out saying that there was i''ie e"'''
the crowd present 49,.
The opening had a field OF -FOUR "raoe
Brown seemed the best of the lot and 1t was no
surprise 10 see her the favorite; in fact, 10 D.
the odds offered seemed unusually LIBERAL ana can
only be accounted for by the plunge on the bash'
ford Manor flly Espanita. The showing that 'ht
latter made failed to warrant the support she re-
ceiyed for at best it poor race, with Grace
Brown winning easily 49,
The second race was just a good gallop for Dis
count He had only Baroness and Ales1a 10 peat
and they could not make him run at any part OF
tho Journey NJ f. Dwyer and some of the heavy
bettors backed him, taking as low as to ana t'
10 for their money
The third race was the Monmouth Handicap, anc
Il furnished the only good race of the day. There
n
result a good contest the whoie distance WIZ ~.
Cleaning the winner. Her impost was 100 pounds
never shown form which could compare VIII
Gloamings. Promenade did not run The Pepper
was the favorite and Mars second choice Mars
was beaten at the end Of mile, but The Peppel
hung to the end, and with better handling Nigh
have won. Mdgeley took him too far back in th'
early part OF the race ana At the end made h
anxious win. Sims got down to l0ll2 pounds
70 ride HIM when about nsb ve cns fony,b ba'
Midgeley gave another poor exhibition on Re
Stakes selling affair for three-year-olds Tn
colt is heavy headed one. who needs a lot o
strong riding This Midgeey did not able Il
give him. and the colt was in and out and all owe
the track. kinglet won easily, yet with stronge
rider up Restraint would probably have been sec
Wormsers was marked Improvement ove
that of Monda when his STnsr backed hin
showing a surprise.
NVestibule declined to run in the fifth race which
left Tormentor Kingston's only competitor
Both had up liz pounds, and there could be only
result, Kingston winning easily. His
backed him heavily his commissioners betting viii
every book that would take their money.
This repeated in the last on Nimrod
who went to the post "A l 10 10 chance He failed
TO win. however and the ring was saved another
scorchng. Taral rode the colt well. but Ions
Beach too game for him In a drive tina
lasted for three furlOngs
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-For threeyear-old,. Selling. Seven fur
longs
Betting.
St Pr.
RichmOnd-Kaue A.. 1C< H. Md@c!cO Go /,
Bashford ManOf's b. T. Espanita, l0i--..-.
"a. CLAYTON . IS -
c. Cornehlsen & Co.'S ch. g. Shelley futile
JOG --.---.- GO IampcAJ . %
Pisa colt IO2. ......... Penn 2O1 II