New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-12
RACING AT GRAvESEND.
Of THE OPENING DAY CONTESTS.
.vs IN STARTING IMPAIR THE PLEASURE
OF THE DAY.

.vs TN STARTING IMPAIR THE PLEASURE
OF THE DAY.
. prooklyn Jockey Club began It's fall meeting
,dov with a rather attra ctive card of seven
yes The snort furnished was fair. and under
.,norv circumstances might have been termed
o,,oh,e. but the delays at the post in several
'". made It so late when the last race was run
TO-. oil enjoyment was spoiled. Race-goers, as a
'"s ore willing to put up with all kinds OF ncon-
,orces in order TO enjoy their favorite pastme,
W. a. teep them at the track until nearly dark. so
49,, the city Is reached when the dinner hour has
.od nuts an end to all chance OF pleasant
'.mories of their outing.
rh. opening race a sprint OF five furlongs.
49,. original entry announced starters Aloha.
n.assrjan Prince George. Potentate. Correction.
,,,.~ston and Dr. Hasbrouck but when the num-
&c were hosted on the jockey board there was
o,ber tale to tell. All but Kingston and Dr.
,I.sbrouck had been scratched. making what had
,orsed to be the best race of the day practical
p.,lover for DIR. Hasbrouck. He the leader
,,ouehout and won handy by more than length.
MANY of the books in the ring offered odds on time.
= ,,vIe Of business that is trouble
,or the club II 1t Is permitted TO continue.
The second another chance Tor the
.,re-thing players With Cadmus ont. Don Alonzo
h.d a very ordinary lot TO beat. and the plungers
care willing to back him at any price. He won
tho race but hardly in the manner expected.
eide turn into the homestretch causing him to lose
90 much ground that Sims had to ride him hard TO
land him the winner by a length. Herald second. a
~ood length in front OF Young Arion.
The third the Prospect Handicap for
,-ov.ar-olds for which a field Of thirteen sported
snk of which Dobbins despite the fact that he
Was giving away all the way from eleven to thirty
,ounds was made the choice at to |. 1t took Mr.
Rowe forty minutes to get chance to drop his
e,s and when the chance did come mistake
somewhere made IL one Of the worst send-offs OF
he OF Jockeys
the race did not to think il go and began
10 null up. the result of which was that when all
uers in motion there fully sixteenth of a
mile between the first and last horses Factotum
and lack Of Spades had the best of it. and at one
time il looked as If they would be the only ones
In Il but at the end both tired badly and were not
even placed. Prig winning easily by three lengths;
Gallee second. head in front of Queenlike H.
Dobbns finished NTH.
The fourth the chief one of the day. 1t
was the Oriental Handicap. at mile and quar-
ter in which Lamplighter was TO measure strides
with some OF the best horses in training. He was
carving ~ pounds, against Banquet with u.s. and
the result conceded to lie between the two
Taral rode I4amplighter. and at the finish landed
him the winner. after at one time looking hope
lessy beaten. The colt had the necessary speed
but was pocketed at the rail- where all Taral could
do was 10 sit still and wait his chance. Luckily
he got an opening in the last half-furong and the
way Taral made use of it positive treat
The way hardly opened when his ca'l was
made and the colts response was fully as quick
With bound he at Banquets neck. and in
the nex, stride had passed him. winning with Il
trine to spare by length and half; Banquet
second three lengths in front OF Sir Walter
The fifth race selling affair. at half a
mile for two-yea rods. p J. Dryer 4 Sons re-
cent purchase. Patrician. was the favore ana WIN
ner. The start poor one. with Ponce DE Leon
lef al the post and Patrician in the middle OF the
bunch He was fourth as they turned INTO Inc
homestretch and his hackers gave up hope out ne
came with rush In the last furlong and beat
Domingo a head, with Camden third, only neck
away.
The sixth race was really a second division oil
the fifth the original entry numbering twenty-one'
which Induced the club to make two races oil H.
Frog Dance was the choice for this part OF the
race and he won easily by Il length and haIf;
Black Hawk second neck in front OF Little
Pirate
The closing race OF the day at six furlongs.
and IT furnished another poor start. with Tom
Tough left standing at the post. The hnish was
the best of the day. Roslyn, Red Banner and Eva
natus going by the mark i'm the order named, with
only short heads separating them.
IL was expected that Mr. Rowe would inlet
some heavy fines for the delay at the post in the
third race He did not. however; weeks sus-
pension for Hamilton and one of two days Tor Il.
Harris being the only punishment meted out
II was announced in the afternoon that the club
would refuse to permit the Western Union Tel"-
graph Company to supply Clifton and Guttenburg
with the information necessary to run the foreign
books at those places If necessary, ii is said that
the wires will be removed from the track.
The patrol Judge reported that Taral had caused
lot of crowding at the head of the stretch While
on Ismpghter in the Oriental Handicap. Iaral
was called into the stand and cautioned Ihere
was crowding at the point mentioned, Dn uI
Taral seemed TO be the sufferer rather IMAM the
offender.