The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-30
GOSSIP OF THE TURF.

The action Of the Jockey Club Stewards
IN ruling off Alex Shields was thoroughly
discussed by owners and trainers at
Brighton yesterday, and opinion as to the
justice of the decision differed. The ma
Jurty. however, thought that Shields had
had fair hearing. and that the decision
was fair. The Stewards hid rot act has
thy, but spent several hours on Friday
and many more on Saturday before ar
irving at any decision. Mir. Shields was
vas given long hearing, ana as be-
fore the Brighton Beach Stewards he
claimed that while he thought his horse
Logan had been gotten at on July %
he was iHi ,ocent. The sheets. Of num-
Der OF booImakers who KILLED" Logan
against Shields. Wlle the consensus OF
Opinor was against Shields, owners and
trainers claim that "Fatier BIZ DAILY
was equally as gu..y ana he should have
received the same meuicine. Many of
he sheets produced showed as bad a
stJry against Father Biz" for In nearly
every instance Lizzie had been plugged
Us hard as Logan.
The racing at Brighton on Saturday
was far from good. In only. one race.
the handicap, was there anything like II
close finish. and that was caused by
Hamilton's stupidity; He had the
mount on Herald and turning into the
stretch was nearly two lengths to the
good. He then began to take things too
easy. la the last sixteenth. Jodan and
kildeer both came with rattle, and
had the race been Il couple of jumps
further. the mare would have won. The
finishes In the rest of the events wera
strung out. BY the way. 1t would not
he had idea II the Stewards kept "A lit
tie closer watch on Heralds running
HIS last few races look very peculiar.
The handicappers figured Hardy Fox
a winner, and got as good as % TO ! for
,ls..ta
found its way into the ring on this horse
that many of the books were hit pretty
hard
meaning of the shift of jockeys on
Watterson. Neither Relff nor McCaf-
| ferty had the mount, but George Tay-
lor was put up. Many thought this
the horse. If this was the intention OF
| the stable it succeeded, but the price
was all they al. get
frank Beard and his friends won
waited until the public got through
good as 3 IL TO against their horse.
| They backed him down point.
Saratoga had 10 get in, line and fur
! nish 100 TO ! shot on Saturday. Bal
| briEsan did the trick.
Rohusta showed Il very decided inn
provsnsut on Saturday over her las;
| few races. Many were Inclined to think.
after the race that she had been given
| Sir Knight .was scratched In the handi-
cap because D0sgetts services could not
! be procured. Dr. Knapp thought Jodan
| had a chance, and refused 10 allow Dog
Hett TO accept the mount on Sir knight
The sweepst"kes which the SARATOGA
probably bc run On Wednesday. 1t j.
! likely that Ramapo, Banquet and 20
Tambicn vii, 60, and possibly Henry N
and hwyor haze practically consented
to STAR their horses, ana even II o7lS
| this pair meet royal race will he sure
| = h. race will he bitterly fought. because
! there ~ NJ love lot between these turf.
| men. The kamapo y lnGuei dead heat
, and the cir 'unstanC"s which attendel
it are stiil lresh in the public mind. |,
b, to be h. O. that No Tambien an(
give the race sor: OF inter inter. iona,
tone. so to sreok
Faraday ana 80 Tambien are rega rdec
% worli-beaters. In fact, most or tn,
Western horses are, and in this can b,
found the cause of most of the upset,
a Saratoga. Horses like Brahma ant
Hawthorne, for instance come from tn,
West with records of miles in l.iO /
must have surprised many people to sc,
banquet beat them both as easy a.
though they were ive-year-old maidens
clifford was taken into camp on Satur
day. and Lehman, who was said to b,
able 10 tow rope King Lee, who raI
prominently In the Suburban, was de
featcd by lot OF nags who had hare
work t. win oats nj Guttenburg A
dozen other Instances may lie men
toned Miles at l. 10 in The West won
do for form players 10 ;gure on.
Ballarat's defeat by southcrner was nc
surprise Ballarat H. not nearly 40 goo(
over the hurdles as he Is over III,
steeplechase fences, while Southcrner',
forte l. hurding Nevertheless, Raj
iarats form was so high class in hi.
last race that he had to be played,
The bookies have come to the concl
sion that anything that Midgley rides /.
a good thing to lay against.
There was really no reversal Of form
! In Saragossas race, aud no reason FOL
criticism. In his last race Saragosss
was gong very easily and Reagan lust
started 10 come through when LIsel.
swerved across him and forced ReagaI
to pull up. Then something else ranged
alongside and Saragossa was hopelessl,
pocketed. On Saturday, however, Reu
gan took no chances and went around