New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-28
FINE SPORT AT SHEEPSHEAD.
THE RACING OF SATURDAY AND HE
PROMISES FOR THIS WEEK.
GREAT INTEREST IN THE FUTUIITh-Ho"HI0
THAT ARE LIKELY To START AND
THEIR CHANCES.


The racing Of Saturday was OF such a hlsl
ouality that II pleased everybody VINO NS'e" Wv
Sheepshead Bay racetrack The lovers OF r"o"e
who remained at home were greatly please" - " t
that n was like an oldtime raceday, anu ''"'
o,arv contest elected applause from the spectators.
The selection of the stewards for the meeuhs
meets the approval Of all classes Of racegoers ana
turfrnen. The American public are QUICK " '
when their interests well cared lot
The stewardssof the autumn meeting Oh 'ho '
ysland Jockey club are James G. Is. Lawrence
president of the club Colonel Lawrence hlp' VIC
president John II. Bradford treasurer ooi
Fellowes secretary and James X keehe' 'o' -
Heckscher and +. Gray Griswold' members Vi IN
BOARD of Governors of the club. Nheh IdCceoO
Look I'M to the stewards stand at the Coney lSi"'
Jockey Club and compare its occupants WIN SUN
of the persons who frequent the stewards
at other meetings. 1t gives them confluence - io
snort There Is fear that any OF the S'e"
at Sheepshead Bay will remain in the stdiiu VIZ"
they have the slightest interest at stake III '"' ~
cision of a race ,u,.,os &C
In regard to the individual members aoi.'''' %
horsemen it is conceded that James H. hee"e "
one of the best judges Of horses and racing III III.
world Mr. Keene is ardent lover oil the Spo't
and races his horses for the honor ana siati''aO'
Of seeing them win. He is not heavy pe''oi'
and never plunges that his judgment ID w
preiudiced in favor of his own horses ""ei'''0'
one of his horses is a starter In a race ne ie"'e'
he at
Colonel Lawrence Kip has watched racing co"
tests since his boyhood and is good judge oil
horses and men, If anybody doubts MS aDil'! ~
select hghcass horses OF perfect s!hiine"s ="
should compete with Colonel Nip III thc Silo"
ring of the National Horse Show where ne mas
taken the first premium over long hsts oi CUM
,o,,,ors several times lie is recognized by all
,urfrnen who have met him as thorough Morse
man and a man of the strictest integrity III All
his dealings.
II GRAY Griswold needs comment. He Is one
nf the best gentlemen jockeys in the country anu
can tell as we'll a professional one what Is re-
nuired of a Jockey in He can see as well
as any of the trainers if horse Is out OF cohui-
lion and not fit to run bruising race ne Is
popular with all classes. so that every hohes.
horseman is delighted TO have him act as one Vi
the stewards of the meeting.
j. G. X Lawrence has been an active RACING
official of the Coney Island Jockey Clup since II
was organized Consequently he is pracucal Ill
his ideas and is anxious increase the prosperity
of the club and the general interest in racing
J. H. Bradford is expert racing authority
His desire is to place racing on a hsh plane anu
NOT ~ cater TO the betting ring and to racing OIL
Gals who form their ideas from Conversations
held with bookmakers. Mr. Bradford oeNeFes !"
making the racetrack attractive and IN iurhishi"s
excellent music enliven the waits between iaoe'
He believes in true-run races. but he does ho' ACT
hastily as he wants to give everybody cfVahce
IN explain any suspicious conduct by either an
owner trainer or jockey
Cornelius Fellowes is beloved Dy all WIN NM"
him He is courteous and kind to all. 10 MI
Fellowes the Coney Island Jockey Club is largely
Indebted for its existence for In the days Oh l's
adversitv when its fate hung in the balance MT.
Fellowes went down into his pocket ana placed
large sum of money at the clubs disposal 50 'ha'
his timely assistance made 1T the leadihs JOCKEY
club of America. IA,
John G. Heckscher is a thorough sportsman WIN
oft he a
no immediate danger that the turf will suffer Tor
want of confidence in the stewards OF the Cohey
Island Jockey Club.
There was only a single instance Saturday OF
a horse being started which, TO use pettng-rihs
EXPRESSION was not meant" 1t did not pass I'M
noticed by the stewards, and the running OF the
horse in that race is being investigated. The horse
owner is likely to be called upon to explain MS
methods 10 the stewards so that large-sized
sensation is in store for racegoers and everybody
who takes an interest in racing.
1.-THE great trouble with racing is this, said
well-known breeder and racing man TO Coney
Island official Saturday; 1.-The racing associa-
tons all this country have catered altogether
too much to the horse owners and betting rings.
What would audience at one of the leading
theatres do if such an actor Henry Irving APP
peared in play supported by company selected
from the dime museums? 1t would be impossible
to control refined audience. as their dsappro-
baton would be decidedly emphatic On the turf
the owners of performers insist that pro-
grammes be made so that the star may appear
in after in company with dime museum
freaks. 1t is time that some attention be paid to
the persons who support racing by paying their
admissions the gate II the owners of per-
formers decline to their horses unless the
races in which they compete jughandled affairs
the race-going public will be perfectly willing
and anxious to closely contested races between
horses that high classed as the ones
owned bv men who will not start their horses un-
less they have conditions favorable to them"
In regard to the betting ring speedy 10
the mutual system could be made If the bookmak-
ers insist on debating the policy of the assoca-
tons. One of the clubs Is considering the advisa-
bility of trying TO give meeting without book
makers and adopting the old system OF auction and
mutual pools.
1t is not likely that the scheme will succeed as
The public have much confidence in the track
In question as they have in the Sheepshead Bay
track.
The Coney Island Jockey Club intends to give
another four-mle race at the close Of the meeting
a number of have been consulted in regard
TO the race, with every prospect of good
field of hgh-class horses is likely to be entered.
that fine contest which will the blood
Of the oldtime racing men. will probably take
place.
The prospects for this weeks racing are brilliant
In the extreme. there many rich and i'm
portant stakes on the programme. Tomorrow the
greatest two ear-old contest Of the year the Flu
turity Stakes will be decided The winner will
receive nearly 10000. The race is talked about by
breeders two years before ii takes place. Every
body in any way interested in any Of the young
sters entered spends two years in anticipation.
Every such person has his hopes and his fears and
asks anxously whenever a two-year-old wins a
good race: us he or she entered in the Futurity?
II the colt or fy eligible to start in the race tho
value Of the animal is greatly Increased II not
hundreds of turfmen breathe easier, and would not
hall II
was engaged In the greatest stake OF the year The
calibre OF some OF the horses engaged In to-inor'
rows race has never been eXcened by any Oh The
former contestants for Futurity honors
Domino, who is almost sure to be starter j.
nm unbeaten colt: six straight victories without
citA il record