The evening world., 1894-05-23
GOSSIP OF THE TURF.

The delays at the post have been so
ards thought 1t high time to take a
hand in the game and try to remedy
matters. So after the fifth race they
that a. repetition Of the offense would
result In suspension. Starter Rowe and
S,oo Col Hall Hall. the starting judge. were
other high.class Jockeys were just as
amenable to discipline as the green
stable boys. Said Philip Dwyer after
this little breeze was over:
1.-The delay in the fifth race was entire
ly due to Taral. He broke frequently
one knows Tarals a good jockey and is
going to get away. well; The result Is
that when inexperienced boys are sent
to the post their masters instruct them
to watch Taral" or watch Sims" or
some other good Jockey in the race:
No attention is paid to the starter. and
breaks out. Tara. Of course, reins up
his horse quickly, but the other boys
are scattered all over the track. Thus
the real offender escapes notice"
There is q good deal of hard commen
ffhe e Boys wSaT Would try oFas help the
starter, much better starts would be
made and the tedious delays spared.
Taral. Sims. Lamly and one or two
spect IL they tried.
1t is said that after the Brooklyn
meeting ends the mutuel machines Will
be abolished. The reason for this Is
that the mutuel scheme is more Of
book bet. A man bets in the mutuels
on knowledge and information. just as
he does in the books, and 1t Is difficult
any an IN more strongly n than in the books, il
amount to be won. It would be far bet
ter for SSng If mT,ue hs oe
the machines should. however, be dis
continued. There is nothing in the rules
which compels riding out for third
prize to the third horse. Either the rules
should be amended or the l-2-3 betting
entirely eliminated.
It Is to be hoped that Eugene Leigh
win bring Chant. the fast son son OF Fal- EG.l
This This eoit aa appears e to % have '"s the three:
year-olds In the West cinched. and East
erners would be glad to see him measure
strides with Dobbins, Sir Excess, Horn
pipe and a few other good three-year.
olds in this section.
Blitzen Is certainly a great horse In the
mud, and with anything like 100 pounds
pp he can beat most anybody's horse
with the Iron Horse yesterday. He let
furionss Then. when when the far FAR turn m wa.
and Count tied themselves in double
knots In their efforts to catch him. He
won galloping.
My Lady as was sore disspgointmnsennt n
fast at Monmouth. and nde was vas broushl Mt
over especially to win the Gazelle Stakes
Riley Grammar was scorched badly. HI
Sh all and ne sent money It out he to SOqs be Sst
My Lady He was whpsawed to tn,
. tune OF a couple of thousand, My Lad,
was heavily backed and will about dt
next time.
Alfey Lakelands face, after Hoey has
been offered at auction without bid
beamed so brightly with smiles that To-
many 5hSSsh the the eass,
clouds, Aifey and Purser have, patchet
up a truce, and no one else has an!
grudge against the genial. talkativ
( owner of Hoey.
h The wonderful tales anent the bi,
n winnings of the Straus party on Ap
= plause will hardly, go in the face Of tn
:, fact that o,, to ] wa vas o,d freely Offered
= The inhabitants of Coney Island ant
a Gravesend tumbled out in hurry yes
terday afternoon just about the tim
r the horses in the, third race were finish
e the "Siren" was sounding fire alarm
a II was only Jack Joyner giving vent 4
|. his triumphant yell over Tancred's vic
A tory.
;. mile dash get aboard. He Is gettin
good.
1t is too bad Rowe will not take a va
cation and let some stable boy try HI
worse than 1t Is,
Racegoers might get a little confidenc
g In the Stewards II they were assure
a that there was one of those gentleme
u who knew a bad twenty-fve-cent piec
from a bull-necked porcupine, but the
r lose respect for the pompous trio whe
& the turf mandarins show themselves I
r be afraid OF a popular, jockey. Tara
II who has perhaps spoiled as many start
y as any jockey in America, was simpl
reprimanded Yesterday. But he Is 81
II quickly. "jolies'' the starter, and: las
Ie but not least. he rides for Mr. Jane jaime
l. II Taral was riding for Charley OK;
m and his skin was black, the Steward
!: fine him enough to pay salaries for thr'
). or four more Anglo-maniaes, and the
4 have the Jockey Club, In half doze
|. .whereases' and resolved" annount
d that It may be dead. but It isn't buris
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