New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-02
GOOD SPORT AT SHEEPSHEAD
THE FINISHES CLOSELY CONTESTED.
a DEAD HEAT BETWEEN KINGSTON AND SANTA
AxyA-pETrIyG on TIME NO
LONGER ALLOW Ed.

LONGER ALLOWED
The racing at Sheepshead Bay yes'e'u"S'
ordinary circumstances, would nave p'
s,dered excellent. but coming aiter i"u, 9'
treat its effect materially Iesseheu' !. wa"
entoved nevertheless. by good-sized crown anu
as the Acids were OF liberal proportions III every III"
stance the betting was brisk. and the hnishes' do
q rule were keeny fought, that OF the ope"ns
contest being especially so, Kingston anu SANTA
Anna running dead heat .
The Executive Committee held meeting III inc
.fternoon. and among the subjects discussed was
that of time betting The committee resoVeu 'i'"'
In future betting on time would not be perhI.'1'
on the grounds of the Coney Island Jockey CluD.
1t would be well il the other associations "ou'u
adopt similar rule for there has been o' VI
dissatisfaction caused by the public endeaVorihs ~
guess the time of a race. 1t is guessing pure ana
simple for while judgment might become lac'o''
SO far as the ability of horse and the cohdi'io'
of the track is concerned. II is almost useless as
a guide for the orders which Jockey receives
govern the pace. 1t gives 10 owners ana Jockey ;
an undue advantage. as was shown Ill SeNe'".
races at Monmouth Park The jockey clubs should
never have permitted il. and now that the Cohey
Island Jockey Club has decided to prohibit IT, the
other associations should hasten to adopt similar
measure.
The opening race came near to bringing harvest
TO the Saratoga division. They backed Lucky
Baldwin's mare. Santa Anna, down from 10 TO ! 10
j, OF the books refusing 10 Jay dHNt"i"5
against her The distance tril" too short 10
suit her. sprinting has never been her forte
yet she ran a surprisingly good coming like
whirlwind in the last furlOng, and making dead
heat with Kingston. who had been in the front
rank throughout. At first the Santa Anna people
insisted off. for they felt that 1t would
mean certainty for their mare az a cripple
like Kingston could hardly "come back" in good
style. After about fifteen minutes delay, during
which there was a lot of running back and forth
between the two owners, a truce was declared and
the purse was divided.
The second race resulted in an easy victory for
Minnehaha. Her race of Tuesday must have been
looked on fuke. for as good as 10 to was
offered against her at one time to being OBJ
tainable all sides the close. She led all the
way and easily. She is either greatly i'm
proved lilly, those which finished behind her are
Of little account
The talent seemed all at sea in the third race
The result that they backed everything,
Nomad, who opened and closed the favorte. being
quoted at 10 to .. The race bore out the betting.
1t was anybody's money at the head of the home
stretch while at the end Nomad and Marshall
finished close together. that it only when
Marshars number was posted that the crowd
knew which OF the pair had
The fourth race was handicap at a mile
Banquet top weight. with l22 pounds and in
the early betting the favorite, but at post
time could be backed at TO 1. both Count and Sir
Matthew being he4 Il shorter figure Reckon
who had not run in month was leniently treated
10 pounds yet she practically friendless in
the betting, until just before the bugle sounded
when big commission from Il well-known young
punger drove her price from 10 to to l. Her
rest must have done her lot OF good, Tor she
ran away from her field in the first few strides
and was in the lead 10 the end, winning under a
pull.
Byron McCelland's hlly Fondaline. almost thrown
down the field made the turn out Of the chute
and then finish we'll up in the bGnch. She was meet
ing an ordinary lot in the fifth race Yesterday, and
the knowing ones were willing to take any price
by leading all the way and winning handiy
Rod Stakes for two-year-olds. run on The turf.
Henry of Navarro seemed to Outclass his com
on favorite He Won but hardly in the way ex-
pected, in the hardest lest kind Of drive he only
this race Mr.. Lorillard's colt Lochinvar jumped
the rails into the in.feld throwing his rider %nd
BE was nnay secured and in the race, finishing
-'A VIII DETAILS OF TIE RACING.
FIRST RACE-maldicap. Five fuhong,.
g. Hr'"f F.
NE, pyy ,s1 b. .. Eq Ps7 BY sY%% :.
santa Anita stables b. f. Santa Anna = no =, O
G. W. Leihy & sons b. Pedestrian.
1sd dlS violet. 3 lis tIa%iton, -
Chesapeake. aged rs ...........t Mid3elrN - >
K Ksn5lssT"a 81, 80 Gear lo,rft "% 81 81
Siroceo g. 12j ..............i t'alli-onl g =
Yemen q 10. Il l,mhIny3 u 100 i 4o-i
Mutuals-King.ton straight IS 80 place al 30 Santa
Anna straight SD 60, place sls So
Sir Matthew and Torgalsnt were wnhdr,wn. Kingston
and Pedestrian altcrnated in the lead for half mile
Kingston then and it looked a. II rs would win
easily but with rush. the two reaching
finish nearly aligned that the judges could not
separate them verdict being dead heat Pedestrian
was third lcnctG away The Of the dcadhcates
agreed TO divide.
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