New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
INCIDENTS or SUMMER SPORT

Tho American trotter has put wings 10 HIS
heels this season, while the representative
American Yacht, the Vlgllant, seems 10 i''''
Ind too much lead on her keel In most Oh h'r
races abroad That may not be the true IA
n,,potiou OF the many defeats which nave pee"
hcaped upon the champion American s'oop' D"'
I, must now be sorrowfully admitted, even d!
tbc most intensely loyal and patriotic Aiher'c'"'
that our pet sloop IL not for all wa'crS 10
Phoebe I'm AS You Like II" was not LOT III
markers II NAV be said that the Nigilant mas
hocn amazingly unucky. and has been Dune'eu
and beaten repeatedly 10y an extraordinary SERIES
of accidents but no ono can now assert mat
tho Yankee sloop Is swifer than she was ias'
veor when she ovcrcame the Nalkyri' b"' "'
co,l.ct,ve American trottcr and PAGER are GER
,,lnIv more rapid in their movements 'han me!
wore I'm lS.,3 and possibly the American eiei'
NAV be permitted TO emit mild ana ihou's'
scream Of pridc in the American animal which
| hauls the sulky.
| Lang il the list Of the American troit"rs anu
! n,cers that have drawn the ingenious American
h,cvcle sulkies with their American pneu'ha"c
| fires around the rcsounding tracks OF the 'h'''u
S,,,.s In less N,an 2:lO for the mile. Only T'W
wars ago 4 tro,tcr or n PAGER that couid NOV"
| , milo I'm or near 2:lO was looked upon alihost
| ~ an. az the seven wonders ~ the world. Now
American breeding farms nre sending lor'h
,rnons of graceful and agile creatures. whose
| specd far SURPRISES the marvcls OF zen years
oy, American troti.rs and PAGERS nave IL"
! rivals I'm th.Ir peculiar sphere anywhere Oh
| .,r,b nuJ no other country can produc" HORSES
| that can approach In troting or pacing rue
! vhirlvIuI flight II au AliN. an Aron. i'r''-
| Inn, , pnlnllco or an AZotc. In troting anu
| rocipy America not only beats the world but
| distances all competitors. however II may De III
| Yachting. and the achievements OF America"
trot,rrs this year have been even more as'oh'sh
Ing than In previous years
Amour ia, thoroughbred runners or thls couh-
| fry the season has been commonplace" lh'Fr
has been great falling of In IN" number Oh
rc,lly imporfnnt and remarkable" contests on me
running turf I'm comparison with III" ahhirs Oh
! las, wear No new star of dnzzllng liStrr has
riScn nhoyc The turf horizon Of 1S0i Last year
Jnurs l. Kc.nc's superb colt Domino was uno'
f.ni.d and he captured turf laur'ls and prizes
I'm rnr.. abundance. No twoy"ar-od colt III any
pari OF the world ever won 80 mach money ns
Domino won last year But after gaining 'he
Withrrs Stakes. n single triumph. MS s'aSoi'
Domino WAS sent 10 Chicago Win I'D" rNp'T''-
,inu TIA, In, would win the American p'rpy.
liz. was injured Ia that race so badly That he
fnllcd 10 get even Il place. and he has not been
seen I'm public since The disaster 10 Domino
WAS deeply regretted by all racing men. as turn
men generally hoped that She colt would remain
unconuucrcd throughout his turf career. Much
WIS expected OF Marcus Days colt Senator
Grady this year. but Ii" went sadly anss in his
tourney 10 Chicago. where lac was a poor second
I'm the American Derby. Last season there were
many fast two-year-olIs on the American turf.
but Domino was ndsputably the king of them
all This year the two-year-old colts and iillics
orc a d.plorahly poor lot. and no one of them
has proved clearly his or her right 10 high rank
I'm England the success Of Lord ROsebcry's
colt Iadas In the Derby has stirred up more
tulk obont turf affairs than has been heard In
that country FOR II number OF years. Up To the
time when I.adas was Outr,in twice In a decisive
manner by Mr. Mct'alinont's Islnglass Lord Rose
berry fondly fanciel that his colt was the Cham
pIon Of the English turf But Prime Minister'S
have their disappontmcnts like lesser mortaE
And II il plain enough that In Islnglass Lord
Rosclsrys Derby winner has found his master.
In their race for the championship the New
York baseball players have not yet rQuallcI or
| approached the gait Of an Allx or an Arion
They do not gain on the Bostons and the Balt
morrs with that convincing AMI rcsislcss speed
which their friends would Ike 10 see. In fact. II
the Bosions and the Baltlmores continue 10 play
ball ms they have been playing. New YOrk's pros
poets for staying In third place and getting no
further seem 10 be almost assured But pos
slbly brighter days are In store for the stead
fast and stubborn supporters OF the Gotham
nine.