New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-09
MARCUS DALY'S FAST COLT.
SENATOR GRADY THE JUNIOR CHAMPION

,ur DOMINO DID NOT GO TO THE posT-GARRI-
SON WAS on MATT BYRNEs-MIDGLEy
RODE THE wINNER-AJAx OUT OF
THE NEWARK STAKES.
Tho delightfully."- cool, clear bright weather ond tho
Aope OF seeing the unconquerrd Domino run against
u.rcus Days feet colt senator Grady In the Junior
cbampaon Stakes were the chief Influences which
brought out the large attendance at Monmouth PARK
yesterday. But the visitors 10 the track also ex-
rccted TO witness an exciting struggle tcweer Ajax.
Don Alonzo. Comanche, Lady Violet and others in
,e Newark Stakes, at differences In weights which
s.ve promise OF a stubbornly fought contest Bitter
indeed. the disappointment and loud were the
complaints when 1t was discovered. after the lovers
NJ racing Ind reached the course. that Domino would
NOT for the Junior Championship. and that Ajax
uould not take part in the Newark Stakes
besides the rcsrcttable absence of Domino the
SPECTATORS had reason for fault-fnding because the
ecId Of fourteen probable starters originally an
pounced for the Junior Champlo- ship dwlndlei down
10 eight. In number Of previous years the Junior
Champion Stakes had drawn ont much larger and
stronger fields But everything Is urder blight at
Monmouth Park this season. the blight of injudcious
management the blight Of hcadstrong defiance of pub
lie sentiment, Is expressed by the newspapers and
by the great mass OF the people. and the blight Of
freed and avarioe. which insists upon carrying racing
10 AN that resembles to grievous extent, the
rlsdvscd and iTtoleIable policy pursued at Gloa-
cester OF graspng every day except Sundays for
ing purposes, for as long series OF days be
seized upon
Domino. Dobbins Dorian, Dolly Warden. Long
shanks and Factotum were withdrawn from the
nounced list OF probable starters for the Junior
Championship. OF the eight that ran, the winner.
Senator Grady was undoubtedly the best yesterday,
hat II is by no means certain that Hornpipc is in
nne condition he in ut Sheepshead Bay.
Matt Dyrnes will probably improve. lie is still
nv and green. Declare Is. at least, twenty pounds
below his best form OF a few weeks ago. Henry OF
Navarro. Jack OF Spades and La Joya would not win
any stake OF Importance in good year for
two-yeaI ods, unless the high-cass youngsters were
disabled, sick or burdened with extreme weight
penalties. Ii has not yet been proved beyond qucs
ton that senator Grady is colt of the class TO
which His Hghness, Tammany and many others
belonged when those showing their
finest performances.
1t unfortunate that Ajax who is I'M
donbedy the most popular of the Eastern three-year
olds at present, was withdrawn from the Newark
Stakes. Every admirer of sterling merit in thor
oughbred horsefesh eager 10 note whether Ajax
could take up 100 pounds and give weight 10 his
opponents. II would not have been an astounding
exploit II Ajax had carried 100 pounds TO victory
In the Newark Stakes English three-year-old colts
carry 1875 pounds in the Two Thousand Ouincas
the Derby and the st. Leger. 1t was much to he
lamented that Ajax did not run. and unhappy
we're thousands OF spectators tho absence OF
Domino from the Junior Champion and OF Ajax
from the Newark that they audiby expressed their
sorrow that they had gone 10 the tack at all.
The reason for Domino not starting was kept
stable secret. but in the paddock 1t was generally
r,imored that he has not been doing we'll OF late
and in view OF this he was kept in his stable and
Hornpipe sent to do battle for the prize. Horn
pipe q good race, beating all but Senator Grady
q colt that even his trainer is unable TO classify
He viii not try to run in his work, while In MS
races ne wins under pull When he and Domino
meet both ft and fast. will probably De an inter-
esting affair TO look at Both in the Futurity.
The opening race brought surprise Of the startling
kind, as the winner, Rghtmore, was at one time
quoted at 80 10 /, and even after the friends OF
the stable had backed him, as much as 20 10 was
ottainabe. lola was the fhvorite, the talent
uniting on her as Il sure winner. Well ridden she
might have won. but 1t was Midgeley against Relh In
. driving An.h. which could mean bat one result
s.S n% Miss lG . In and sns irTs 70 defeat
in the second race and her SG b n"sAed 4 9ss
Il hardest I9s "G to- get to her 0d the boy
Clayton. who rode Miss Dixie, has improved since
The thri race was the Junior Champion. The
betting was heavy. with Senator Grady the choice
opening at to S and closing at II to TO- several
when II was found that there wo1ia De no WsH scS
V with money on the favorie while the colt Mart
Byrnes went back from 10 to 5 to i. IL was an
rnee Won before half the distance had been covered
Garrison in explaining the running OF Mau Bsrhe n
said nc got away poorly. but at one time was up
with the leaders and seemed 10 be running well IN
hand but he faded away in the final tlronc
Why Ornus started for the Junior Chanpoll-
ship Is easy to explain. He Is not even Il
Junior champion selling platter. , A..
The Newark stakes were won By Comahche A!aH'
Don Alonyo Wormser and Restraint were scrslchea
leaving only four TO run Lazy Violet was iooneu Oil
rs a certainty but she finished last ,., -
Uncle Jess. a TO l chance. won the MIN race
easily lilo was entered to be sold for S.,ooO' ana
there bid 81, $780,
The last race was by Mary stone She was
very sore before the race, yet managed TO last uc
journey ont. .,.. ,,o ,..r,rc
The Board Of Control met and contnn'd the hearing
IN The case OF Thomas Barrett Their decision sus
ianed tho action Of the judges In ruling on Barrett
the Jockey Mason, who rode the colt Macintosh on
Tesday of last week. and the colt Also all on the
ground Of fraud