New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-27
A JOCKEY BADLY HURT.
TAYLOR'S LEG BROKEN IN TWO fl1AOh0
RECKLESS RIDING At GRAyEsEND-hEoNoN
LEFT AT THE PosT-HIs H1GHNEss


Much careless reckless and foul riding mas occurred
A. the Cravesend track since May 10. IL cumina'eo
$1,000. 4, oo,,f1 accident. George Taylor,
can.h,c hut overcautious jockey. rode Dr. y. j..
Knapps bay colt Hush In the last race a ioo po"nus'
a weight too light for Dogeeu' WHO uSu'"! iiues io
the Oncck Stable. There was so'' ''""i'e VII "ie
backstretch and Hush was iorc"u asahs' 'hN rail-
Taylors boot was torn of by me coh'"e anu his leg
,-oL.n 4, two placcs below the knee lie managed
, ~, 700, i'm halfway down the hOmesretch,
-. o,o-.ome by pain. he fell from the saddle. lie
60. unable ~ s,y who caused the accident. Taylor
has been most unfortunate. II was by no means the
e,.t serous injury he hac received Such occurrences
.r always be expected Oh narrow, oval track, with
- ,octev doing his best TO get to the rail. There
=, %. ,.ss danger a straight course, and perhaps
- ~ben all short races will be over a straight
-~e ,s not far distant. Such accident is not
u..v 10 happen at Morris Park or at Monmouth.
c,a.nr f. Dalys Crossfre colt won the race easily.
,houeb he was last at the start.
His Uighness will not do. That "sky-scraper'
Juen beat him In the easiest possible manner In the
ers, roce though His Highness overwhelming
foyorite at odds The winner Of the Futurity OF
1901 and many other important races was greatly
distressed after the race He trcmbed as If he had
chill Surely there is something wrong with him. He
used TO run with freedom, and was ambitious Now
he seems to so with painful effort. Can 1t be pos
.ibe that the greatest o-ycar-od OF his year mas
lost his form for good!
sykeston. ridden BY Ta,a won the second race IN
a hard finish. Taral is riding well Just now. No
Jockey H. the saddle approach him. Garrison san
yesterday that Tatal riding too VOL ana be-
coming too popular "I'l have 10 get down to busi-
ness and give him beating; just wait till we get
10 Morris PaIk,' he said. BY the way Garrison
said that lie expected to win the Metropolitan and
cap with The Pepper. All Of Byrness friends agree
with him that The Pepper will BE- the victor Nike
Dwyer thought Nomad a certainty In the second race
and sent into the ring commission OF $.o'ooo ana
las much more' vendic conld get on Lambiey
was not able do Nomad full justice. and the colt
vas not even placed. Lambley does his best always
and is one OF the incest most gcntlemanly jockeys
In all the world, but he must have cost Mr. Dryer
ESQ 900 already This year.
Colonel North's chestnut FLY Ethan Queen lei for
nearly half mile In the third race and retired Ihe
winner turned up in Ves,ibule, Who beat rerer ana
others In a common canter. W. c. DAILY may now be
sorry that he did not self TerIifer for $4,000
vestibule may be ranked with the speedest sprintrs
IN training. Metuchen In this race. His trainer
was quarter OF hour In inducing him to leave
Ills stable ana he had the assistance OF Meuchen's
stable companion black poodle: two men with horse
whips a Jockey and leading horse These made
circus that surpassed all the achievements OF the
amented Barnum. 1t Is believed that Metuchen can
rite harder and kick ofener and higher than any
trick horse in existence.
Ajax disappointment last year Yesterday
he cantered six furlongs in IA. winning the fourth
race in a wal. with Clenmoyne, sir Walter and
others struggling and striving behind him. His per
Torrance impressive that greater things are
predicted Of him. Sir Walter Will do better In his
hext race. Glenmoyne. the Moyne geding, did not
run up to expectations. He was heavily backed
first choice.
The handicap at and sixteenth miles fell to
Lowlander, long shot In the betting. lie led nearly
all the way from start finish. Diablo was a
good second, Sport third Raceand was poorly ridden
by Lambley. Rowe left Reckon at the post. and
suffered acutely In spirit all the rest OF the after,
noon, refused TO be comfored in the evening" and
could not sleep at night. There were four vicious:
geable horses In the field and he Obliged
TO get on the ground TO straghten them out While
engaged with st. Michael. who was certainly pos
snssed Of the devil the field broke away. II looked
Ike an excellent start and he dropped his flag. All
moved OF In line except Reckon. who stood stock
svll and left. There were some unkind remarks
and some uncalled-for Kisses. Rowe blamed himself
alone for the mistake. bat those who saw the
behavior of the horses gladly excused him.
The weather raw. but failed to keep away
highly satisfactory attendance.