New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-09
A COLT FOR CHICAGO.
THE KEEyE CANDIDATE FOR TIE DERBY.
cHoMsTER DISPLAYS Striking FoRM-DE-
CIARE'S FINE RACE.


Foxhsll Keene not at Morris Park yesterday,
and he lost the qualification seeing his coors carried
into first place in the Fleetwood stakes by ChOils'T'
This ordinary victory. Chorstcr won IN suc'
a manner as to cxah him in the opinion OF all WHO
saw his race and the general anticipation now among
turfmcn Is that Chorister will be first In the betuhg
on the American Derby at Chicago, on june "a
That great stake has a total value of 100000 ana Is
the richest prize ever raced for by threeyearods III
any country. 1t is probable that the Only co's
sent from the East to for the Derby VIII De
Chorster, and possibly st. Leonard from the keche
stable Don Alonz0, owned by Michaei i. D"Scr'
q. W. Johnson, the property OF the OnccK suoe'
Ramapo owned by Gideon DAILY; and perhaps
Rainbow who carries the Morris all scarlet. II Is
likely that the 5000 colt Sir Francis VIII be
seen at Washington Park. lie mas not yet sho"h
sufficient promise this season. Ramapo Is sore and
lame but nav grow better In time to run In the
Derby II will be n waste OF time and money TO
slim Rainbow TO the Worlds Fair city unless he can
run faster in the West than he has been running at
Morris Park. But 1t IS possible Chat the mile and
bali of the Derby may prove more suitable to Rainbow
than a shorter distance His exploit In the Brook
Ign Derby at mile and quarter was OF higher
class than any feat OF his since that achievement
James Il. Kcenc Morris Park, and was, Of
course, pleased with ChOrlsters triumph In the
Fleetwood. lie was cordially congratulated by Will
lam X. Vanderbilt, Pierre Lorard. John A. Morris.
Alfred H. Norris J. o. Donner ii. De Courcey Forbes
Michael f. Dryer, Amos F. Emo. John Hunter,
James G. X. Lawrence. DR.. c. l.. Knapp. J. G.
F0llansbee, a. T. Walcott. James Galway and many
other well-known racing men.
Don Alonzo withdrawn from the Fleetwood
Stakes. and Chorister, ridden by Tara, was made
an overwhelming favorltc at odds on. lie won as
he liked In commanding style. ChOrister did not
run last year. but there Is ample reason to believe
that he is one Of the best of American three year
dds sport gave him weight and defeated him at
brooklyn but Chorster is not colt OF the class
that light weight jockeys can ride We'll When he
meets sport again. each carrying l22 pounds or more
and each ridden b. competent, powerful Jockey
Cloister will not lack hackers.
The afternoon was one Of tie most agreeable In
Jues gift the happy mean, not too hot ana not 700
cold. Clubhouse and grand-stand contained brilliant
gathering OF admirers of meritorOus racing. They
were pleased by the evidences OF high class exhibited
not only BY the Keene colt Chorster but also BY
Philip j. Dryers excellent colt Declare winner OF
the Control stakes, worth 5000. $4,000 being
guaranteed 10 the FIRST horse. Declare appears 10
Gain In quality speed and power with every additional
race lie may yet prove himself the champion
OF the two-year-olds. A. J. Cassatt ought to be
proud Of him. since he is by Mr.. Cassatt's stallion
stratfor brother Of Sensation and by the lustrious
Remington, out of Susan Beane Taral rode Declare
as well Chorister. This Jockey Is In greater re-
0uest than ever, and he deserves TO be- lie Is on
the very crest of the foodtde of success lie never
uttlefeli, Midgley. Bergen. Blake, SIMS ovcrton
Elrod Doggett Delehanty, S!oan Clayton. I. Jordan
the Lambeys and many other Jockeys almost always
know when they are beaten. and t'ey often Know II
before II happens. They anticipate too much
Discount had legions OF supporters. who bet on hm
boldly expecting him to Ourun Declare. but the race
left no doubt in the mind OF any unprecedented spcca
tor that Declare was much the best colt that ran In
the Control Stakes and OF the best twoyearoldS
in the country. The owners Of lIalon thought we'll
OF him, and he carried much money, but he came III
last His Gravescnd form has vanished entirely
1t is puzzng 10 account for so complete collapse
in so short a time. Pierre LOrillards handsome colt
Rubicon had some friends. but he ran Ike worthless
rogue. 1t is a pity so fine looking a fellow should
run so currishly In public while he distances ghosts
In private
Yemen with light weight, down the favorlte,
Correction I'm the first race. Mr.. Loriard backed
Yemen, but not for q large amount. Frederick Geb-
hard's FLY Louise is extremely unlucky. she can
get second place but she has never won race. She
second In the fourth race. while the all-scaIiet
carried In triumph by Midnight. Sims was on
the even-money favorlte. the Sunbeam colt. and did
not ride him well.
John Kelly kept busy all. the afternoon al
Morris Park responding TO the enthusiastic greetings
showercd upon him by his many friends. Never was
any racing welcomed back TO familiar scenes
with hcartler good will and warmer friendship. Mr..
Kelly got back to NewYork the steamship Majestic
Wednesday from his journey around the world.
we left Vancouver On December o. said Mr..
Kelly, in conversation with member Of The Trib
une staff "and reached Yokohama on December %
Thence travelled 10 Toxic and hher places In
Japan. stopping day here ard two days there,
I'll reached shanghai, where remained four days
In that CITY were at the Aston House, hotel kept
by an American and served by Chinese. While there
heard that the Geary act had been affirmed by the
Supreme Court Let me tell you that from what
saw believe that If the Geary act is repealed
the he
there be question. The closing Of the Chimes
ports against American trade would amount to little
we export any cotton goods into China--and 1t /,
said that certain New England firms have line of
trade III THAI directi0n-I evidence Of IL. In
China there 465 OOO, 900 souls. The country
Is overstocked, Overpopuated and only find relief
In emigration. The labor In China, the best kind Of
rough labor. can be got for IL day. while
skilled neutrality-suspicious. toincrs, bL,cksmithA
and others-command 25 cents day. Think Of the
We'll continued Mr. Kelly, we went on to Hong
Kong and then to Canton where no street Is more
superior TO Pekin. the capital and to every other city
IN that country Then We travelled on to Penang and
two months and had now got through half our Jour
ney., From Singapore we went to Ceylon, With It's
delicious cinnamon groves, and at last got TO Alden
SS S N1 We pushed rw" ar 70 Jerusalem ,S nS VISIT
and all the sacred spcts identified with the history Of
andria. From that point after few DAYS rest, we
sed the Mediter into Italy Ian ling ut NnI
ana WISHING tnc lOsl clues OF IOMpen ana H'rcuu-
neum. OF course, saw Mount Nesuvus. Sorrento
and Capri. AT Rome We remained ten days, and then
visited Florence, Pisa, with its Wonderful leaning
tower beautiful Venice and Milan We spent two
days by the Lake Of Como. and then We were soon at
Nice and Monte Carlo
"Whcre Of course you broke the bank ~
Well l did very well said Mr. Kelly. with q
laugh, showing hundred franc piece souvenir of
his visit.
Mr.. Kelly racing everywhere. In the cities
Of India the controlled by the English resi-
dents and Americans VIII be surprised to hear from
those in Europe. Little white ponies standing about
l4.2 are the contenders. The riders all amateurs.
Mr. Kelly revisited Paris and London and saw the
French and English Derbies run aud won. IL
Isiniass win the Two thousand, the Derby and the
Newmarket stakes he said and In the opinion OF
most racing there he is the best horse they
seen In many years. ] had ~ 900 on him for the
Derby and had 10 lay to 4. but he II In a walk
The jockeys who most took my fancy Tom Loates
Watts q superb judge OF pace and fine nnishcr:
the Barretts and Bradford-the last boy OF great
promise. Yet think that either Taral or Garrison
could fairly hold his own with them.7