New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-03
CHAT OF THE RACETRACK.
MR. KEENE'S REMARKABLE TwOYEAR oLDs
now THE H,RD TINES HAVE HURT RAING-
OPENING or THE MONMOUTH PARK


HOW THE HARD TIMES HAVE HURT RACING
OPENING or TnE MONMOUTH PARK
SEASON
when Hornplpe Was PIT mp az auction man
shrewi hOrsemen we're amazed that James r. Keen
should he foolish %, 10 ma for him. IT, lad
very had ankle. ana those Who think thcv KNOW
good colt when thew 500 one lc I'm severely alone
Everybody knows what Hornpipr 4. today M.
ankle attn looks bad. bui no Indication Of
hr-akdo"n. Ilis pasiert' g. simply maiormed Horn
pipe T. several pound better Than Declare uoIwiih
Standing the stories that be- mas log or ihrc,
inches shorter than TIE o'hcrs rms Il would seem
ought n make him wobh'o somewhat IN hi, gait
but Garrison. who rode him Saturday. said That
h. ran as true and steady q. a clock Certain own
or are looking earnestly for - icw colts win nal
formed ankles and legs ~ various lengths Horn
PIPE was inclined % loaf I'm the race f,r tc Double
Event. but when Garrison showed him thc ryhip t.
came away In imp es.ivc ~ivic ana won I'm - canfcr
II WAS not necessary 70 touch him. II f. believed
that he holds Dohhns safe vet 10 f. rated rs ior,
pounds behind Hydcrahad who Is not within seven
pounds Of Domino. strange the fates tho should
have brought together I'm ono stable three such colts.
Iivdernhsd had n full brother Glorian. who wa,
purchased by Major J. /. Robertson at auction for
500. lie had great speed. and the Major hoped to
sweep the turf with him. lie worked half milo
up the back stretch at Morris Park In 40 seconds
finishing under a pull. An agent o' Jacob RUPERT
who the tral. offered $500 for him but tho
Major declined 10 sell for less than $4,000. soon
afierward Glorial brosc down and was eventually
sold for $50.
Major Robertson came near being the owner of
NorcHo. lie was unable 70 attend tho sale ~ which
that colt was disposed o. Int authorized his agent
10 hid ne much n 500 FOR him. The agent after
examining Morcllo, hooks. decided the colt was
worthless. and did not matc a bid Mr. boswell
bought him for 800. some owner. who wanted
Domino refused 10 bid for him when they saw what
"A llu.l Il. HIM, ,,f.
The meeting AZ She' rshcad BAY was probably tho
least successful Of all the spring Of the Concy
Island Jockey Club. from financial point Of view
tn" money crisis which has induced The President 10
call an extraordinary session Of Congress, Is mainly
responsible for This Times are 30 hard and money
J. 20 scarce that all sports suffer In other years
Yale Harvard baseball game has attracted an at |
tendance Of 1000 or 15.OoO. but on saturday the
number Of spectators estimated at 5000. II was !
hoped that 10000 or - 900 persons would 20 10 /
sh"epshead Bsy - the contest for the Realization
bus the actual number present WAS not over L. 600
Tins great falling of gives amusement managers no |
httle concern. II Is the with the theatres in
HE city. The depression has affected them to star
Ting degree Most Of them have been playing TO poor
business for two molth,. and some have been losing
money heavily. If matters do not improve there will
not BE- one open during ihc summer Even the roof
gardens are doing none TOO we'll
The Monmouth lark races begin to-day. 4 pro |
granlme Of unusual excellence has been Offered 10
horse owners. and there for every animal
Of high and low degree that wears plates. Before
the programme issued II was common talk that
Brighton Beach would ruin Monmouth. and the name,
Of many owners Who have followed the fortune, Of
the Board OF Control announced a. having de-
dded 10 ally Themselves with Brighton. when the
programme wa, studied. however. most Of these mon
Immediately changed their minds. arr the detection
will not. after an. amount 10 anything several |
owners who had engaged stable Brighton have
given n up and turned their steps in the direction
Of Monmouth Moamcuth will race every day. because
II was necessary t. head oil Ekwocd Park. Racing .
NJ ElkvOcd Park would have be.Si a par with the ,
racing al Gloucester ,iuticnbms and such a ,
ravesty Of sport would have aroused i'll feeling the
rouniy. rhi' ID VI, necessary 10 avoid. The man
lgement do not expect 10 max, great deal Of money
n july ana August INT they are confident Of holding =
ncr own. .
Ncomnied on SATURDAY when they looked into the G
ovardS stand al >hccpShcad Bay AMI recognized its v
hlP !. rwyer, OF thy brooklyn Jockey Club. oc- !
npied chair there. With him werc A. J. Cas..tt a
oney isani Jockey club John Hunter president St
the board Of Control; John II. bradford. John \
10 only ah~enic'. He sat Tn the clubhouse balcony +
see the Realization. james Il. Koenc. now i
IN Frank Clarke and Captain Babcock. He had ST
IN IN ~" habit Of going up there whenever he had
ewards and Captlin Babcock declared that h. had by
yer lost race while occupying that lofty post. -
a suggestion Of Mr. Bradford that JOCKEYS be re- "
Ired Z" wear numbers both VIII probably nv
adopted hy ihc Monmouth management. This a
'ud enable every one I'm the grand stand 10 dis , n
rsh the hor,, whether thcv railoped up or down to
track II l. an excellent idea. The duties the A.
tges at Monmouth have not been defined. Al :.
epshcad BAY all that they had do wa to place 10
horses and look for fouls. Every other detail M
The management vested In the stewards. Ii
not been publicly announced that there will be for
wards at Monmouth. n,