New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-24
ONCE MORE A DEAD HEAT.
A LIVELY FINISH AT SHEEPSHEAD BAL.
THE JUDGES DECIDED THAT LoNGsTREEr AND
o.,rxc xvryr MEAN AND HEAD.


y,oord ~ Control Judges acquired the ne'o-heat
habit This is an Injurious and even perncons a'c"oh
and general regret Is expressed tha' 80 es'""oe anu
popul.r turfmen as Colonel simmons clarence NC
lowell and Victor Smith should have succumpeu 10 'he
influence Of this insdious disease In former seasons
,o tbrec Judges have not betrayed so conspcuo'isly
thcir de,orabe weakness In yielding to the fascna-
tons Of this lurking and burrowing Infection. Up
~ 1903 the Judges rule had no serious dncnity
~ mailing I'D their minds which horse had won when
e .ho an,sh was close. Eut about month ago the
smn,on,s Of the ravages OF the dead heat microbe
hogan TO become painfully apparent, and the judges
bctraycd a melancholy devotion 10 the doubl" o.
Whenever they could discover the slightest preext Tor
calling upon the race-cOurse attendants to pick out
tho twcc-told zero and to put It m on the official
,,,c,nc board ont came that duplicate nonent,ty.
This lamentablc dcac !ient habit. more scronS ana
distressing In its consequences In the case OF race
course Judges than the opium passion. IN" hashe"sh
spell, the cocnins or the choral frenzy IS be-
ieved to have had its origin in the Fourteenth Street
wygwam. II Is certain anyway that urtil Tamnany
Hall began to assume marked prominence and IN
Aucnce on the turf the dead-heat epidemic was cen
fined to scanty limits and had not assumed appalling
proportions But this year II has broken out among
the Board OF Control judges in virren' form. ana
they are suffering from It as severely MS II IL
were continent smallpox or the black dea'h.
The racing In this state was opened on MAY
IL md only five weeks have passed since then. But
the Judges in their regrcttabe mania for dead heats
have already put on exhibition more OF these amaz
ing monstrosities than can usually be brought TO
view in a whole racing season. Yesterday Kicharo
Crcker's horse Longstreet and j. G. Follansbee's
mare Cleaning made a close finish at q mile and
furlonC on the turf--the last OF the day. Mr.
Folansbce Is a modest amiable. quiet gentlema1. a
member OF some wellknown New-YOrS Clubs, bnt not
n politician and without any share In the govern
ment Of NcwYork City. AS to Mr.. Croker every
rody knows that he say ut any time, win
little Modification Of the famous phrase of Louis
XIV Louis the Great. Louis the Magnificent, OF
France "New-York. II Is l." We all remember thn'
Louis the Grand said OH certain memorable occasion
"The State It is l." The original French Is not
used here because some Of the Tammany district
leaders may like to have this article spelled out 70
1hs and foreign languages are not exactly in their
,ine Mr. Croker has become great power on the
turf as ne is a great power Iii polincs anu Ill
municipal government. The Board of Control Judges
look at Mr. Croker through their racing glasses. and
Nr Croker looms large This Is OILY natural When
they look at Mr. Folansbee they reverse the racing
cosses and Mr. Follansbce looks like little specR
=, sand 81 when Mr.. Crokcr's I.onGStrect and MT
rollonsbee's Cleaning came mp the homestre'ch 10
ceher I'm the last race. Mr. Crpke's horse looked as
big as house 10 the Judges whiie MI ro''">'''
mare looked rs small as an ant.
Hence the judges decided that LongsUeet anu
Cleaning had made dead heat
TINS decision was pericety hohest o"e' anu "
eros r,dc nv gentlemen OF integrity and self respect
But fortunately they were victims OF the u'ao-
mot habit and OF the prevailing disposition 10
magnify Tommany Hall and everything that appcr-
tans thereto and to minimize everything that ven
lures to rival or oppose Tanmany Hall. Inc Jnose'
meant WE'LL but they could not see straight "io"'i'
ing won the race, but they cOuld not see the result
IN that way There was great deal OF DISK tiiH
OF run-of. Michael +. Dwyer ana MI. troher
had backed Longstreet heavily. LongStreet Is 'hc
horse that Mr. Croker bought from Mr.. DwSer Ior
$4,000 with the intention OF making him "a STATION
at Belle Meade. II would be pity II Lohe"'ree'
shou,d 90 10 Belle Meade with tho stigma OF having
heen beaten on the grass by Cleaning Ent Mt.
Croker,s Celtic blood up. He likes ngh' ana
he hits hard when there is any hitting 10 oe gone
He was eager for run-oh lie "ah'e" y" ~
another race he said. This was to his creoi'' hhu
h. showed true sporting grit. Everybody likes 'a''
pb,,in T. DIVER had not backed Longstreet ana Do
,o,. the race he did not expect that Longstreet
xrould be a winner dead heater But all vi
Mr. DIVERS fraternal and friendly synpatmes "ore
instantly at fever heat. lie was sure 'ha' INC
,udues were right, and that 1t must have been
dead heat. $1,000 1900
He was not quite so that the judges Wero
right when a certain race was given TO Bradford
st sheepshead Bay few years ago. but everybody
gets excited at times. He proclaimed his readiness
10 bet $4,000 to $1,000 that Longs'reet womb ue-
feat Cleaning II the two would run OF the race
II Vas n pity that Pierre LOrllard or James H.
Keene was not the owner OF Cleaning just a' 'l'''
moment Just then and there fine chance 1or
a sporting bet was offered
cleaning would have defeated LOngstreet In run
off, almost to a certainty she was better seasoh'o
and in better condition than he. Mr.. Follansbe' AZ
ono time thought he would II of. but his trainer
was inclined to override him. and the result was ,na'
first money was divided. As the betting against
Longstreet opened at to l and was 1orceo oo"n "
IN /, and to by the weight OF the bets OF M'chaei
= Drror and Mr. Croker while the betting against
CLEANING opened at to 1 and was raised to 10
In many books the hackers both OF Longstreet ana
Cleaning money on the DIVIDE, ana 'he o"iS
sufferers were the sad and sorry bookmakers' 'hoc
unhappy victims of the turf SO everybody cohcerneu
came out Of the turmoil with credit ana an eXci'hs
Incident of racing left sting behind everybody
was satisfied In thinking over the whole matter, ana
everybody went TO bed In good spirits. bu' .he
County Medical Society ought to appoint committee
Of the ablest physicians In New-fork to draw up a
system OF treatment for the dead-heat haoit WIN
which the Board Of Control judges are now all cted'
And as TO whether Longstreet or Cleaning is the
better inst now at 100 pounds on the grass AT he
and a furlong that question ought 10 D. eit ior ue
cson to a committee composed OF the D"yer pro'nei'
and Mr. Croker.
The showers kept the attendance at Sheepshead
nav Yesterday down to numbers far less than II ought
TO have BEEN and the absence OF owners' 'HiherS
and Jockeys at ChcagO-Or some other doubtiW reason
kept the fields In the six races down 10 scah'y
measure Many OF the boOkmakers are lahneh,ns
that with so small fields Of starters they ma IL
hard to pay expenses. But they all made big pronts
ON suburban day. and that fact ought to console
them. The moderate attendance at the races since
Tuesday is no doubt largely due to the pre'aIhhs
bitterness of disappointment that Lamplighter. the
one horse in the suburban In the thoughts ana the
admiration and the loyalty OF the general puohc'
was third instead Of first in that race. IL Is hara
for the great host OF amateur racegoers 70
from SUCH u wound that The cut sun stlnes
Kingston Is not I'm his best estate, ana Gich!noyne
outran him boldly in the first Mr.. CROKER
holds that hay should be harvested in clear weather.
and he Is following the sensible policy o. Winning az
compelled to meet Domino or the Glorlanne colt
Iob6ins clntercd of with the Zephyr Stakes.
August belmont ought 10 give Hamilton rest
The Jockey has gone stale Hamilton Morrs rope PARK e
knows that course as a MahOmetan muezxin knows
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