The evening world., 1894-07-14
GOSSIP Of THE TURF.

Times were most exciting at Brighton
yesterday. In fact, it was the most
sensational race day of the meeting
The Idges viewed the finish in the
first rice as though badly afflicted with
strabsmus. NJ. T.. Dryers $1,000 colt
Don Alonzo was boosted 5000 in the
selling race. aud Starter Caldwell, after
an unseemly exhibition of temper in
the last race. pettishly offered his resig-
nation. All these happenings served as
choice morscls of gossip on the way
home, and the crowd agreed that what
had promised to be dull day turned out
to be chock full of exciting incidents.
Starter CaldSrelrs resignation was not
accepted. He was ,coaxed by the stew
ards and George Engeman to remain.
an error remains to be seen. 1t is Ger
tainly "a fact that MIR. Caldwell has lost
whatever control he. ever had over the
jockeys. The same is applicable to his
temper, which was always fiery. The
exhibition which Mr. Caldwell gave in
the last race was disgraceful. Several
Of the jockeys We're slashed with me
whip. and the lash cracked about the
horses legs until the riders we'll nigh lost
control OF them. Finally the flag fell
with two horses standing and the others
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signed and thus practically testified to
his own weakness. An expert said yes
terday that the real reason for the poor
starts could be found by examining the
different methods of Messrs. Rowe and
Caldwell. The former gathers the field
right under him and drops the flag. Mr.:
Caldweil's method when his WORK ,a earnsa
was to start the whole field back about
tifty yards Then II they swept by him
in good shape the flag would be dropped.
mtsH
Rowe's methods, will not go back with
their horses, and thus disorder ensues:
Mir. Caldwell complained that he had
no authority to punish RoSs ann eha az
the Jockeys. lie is right in this, for the
starter should be supreme at the post.
word to the wise is sufficient, and
MIR NJ f.. Dwyer. being very sensible
and tar-seeinG person, WI no doupt
understand that the public demonstra-
ton made yesterday when Don Alonzo
was bid up was practical disnpproVal
Of his methods. 1t seems rather rough
that a man who owns good horses can
not race them where and how he
pledses 1t is only human nature for
a man to drop his horse into soft spot,
and that Is only what every other turf
man Is constantly looking for. At the
same time, The bald fact remains that
others racing at the beach that when
they are dropped into easy spots in
trrest in those races practically ceases.
Banquet and Don Alonzo really had
walk overs in their respective races
| yesterday. and as each was a prohib-
| tive favorite. the public could only bet
6 -four k syfnls There dh the wA' part o
the bookmakers. Mir. Dryer should be
satisfied with running his horses in han
| dicaps and allowance races. There is no
| valid excuse for throwing Don AlonZu
| into a selling race, and after Yesterday 5
| experience Mr.. Dryer will realize that
| there is no money in il. Not only does
he incur the enmity OF the public but
| ne places himself in d most unenviable
| light with other owners. 1t is to be
| hoped that Yesterdays happenings will
convince Ny. Dwycr that he VIII neither
| policy Half Of the money which Mr.,
| bwyer paid to retain Don Alonzo will be
returned to lin by Jimmy Shields, who
ran second. This is the usual custom
among owners. \ report that the Asso-
citation will return Its half to Mr..
| pwyer is probably untrue. such thing
wodId be nnheard of and ridiculous 1t
would be an invitation to Mr.. Dryer to
! do AS he pleased at Brighton and prac-
teal approval of his methods. The Asso-
| citation should frame the conditions of
| its races so that walkovers FOR Dwyer
horses would be almost an imposslbility.
1t is hard to explain the misplac cling
| of War Bonnet in the first race yester-
| day. The colors were in no way similar.
other races, and in thc two-year Odds
eS cnt hc picked The third horse with a
nearness that proved his ability to Judge
luiSh. Judge Wheeler probably rea-
| lized his mistake after the numbers were
| IN, and he had an excellent oppor-
tunity for a display of moral courage
ana to acknowledge the error. Every
! man at the track saw War Bonnet finish
Wheeler would not admit that he had
been mistaken.
Ed Corrigan has declared war against
! ". ;. Barnes, and asserts that he Will
not race on any track at which that
gentleman otiiCiateS in any capacity.
| COrrgan holds Barnes responsible for
hawthorne Park rejection by the Turf
speedy dissolution Of the Congress a
! whose members are even more arroga nj
and dlctatoral than those of the Jockey
Club in the East.
The men making foreign books at
! Flushing We're arrested yesterday. The
Jockey Club is probably stirring up the
village authorities in the same way in
which the old Board Of Control got after
Gutenberg.
1t viii be noticed that Pontlear ran a
much improved race yesterday.
jfow at sut Jimmy Lamly's case? Isn't
II about time the Jockey Club did ths
sluar" thing 10y this boy, or Is II In The
power or William .: DAILY to keep one
of the best lightweight jockeys in Amer
lea from earning living? Mr.. Daly
may land IN jail " young I.amly gets a
good lawyer on his trait.
ers, not TO engage Alec Berwick, who was
under contract to him as exercise lad
and who has absconded.