New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-30
non ALONZO'S DEAD HEAT.
,o1,RIE CONCERNING THE RUN-OFF.
GREEN B MORRIS UNWILLING TO START srRATH-
MEATH AGAIN-THE MONEY FL
NALLY DIVIDED.

rrx r MORRIS UNWILLING TO START STRATH-
MEATH AGAIN-THE MONEY FL
NALLY DIVIDED.
rrst Is doing all that it can to help racing
. weather has been entirely favorable to the
IT,, FOR a long time. and yesterday furnished no
'ror.ion TO the rule. Once more the number or
.,a,ors at the races of the Coney Island Jockey
Hh was large. and once more the club provided
attractive programme. Once more the book
or" .rsrs suffered. as nearly all the winning horses
~. hacked with excessive holiness and with big
w. II this massacre of the innocent book
arsrs is kept up 1t will be advisable for benevo-
80, New-Yorkers to start Bookmakers Keller
oc,aton otherwise there may be danger that
~ hookmakers. reduced to penury may join the
,onks of the Anarchists. and deliver incendiary
speeches ,,.,,,, ,,.,, .,,,
,,,n,svjsu'' has been "a dark and hdeous blight
n the statute books of the country. President
c,oya,and declares IN his letter to Congressman
Co,chings that the deadly blight Of treason has
,,as,ed the councils Of the brave In their hour
- might" The poet Thomas Moore, in "Lalla
pookh" had anticipated President Cleveland
~ uniting this remark about the deadly blight
" erse 1t is plain that President Cleveland
,.d from Thomas Moore without giving Moore
Sa,, 'Tha. IS ''perfdy' and "dishonor'' equal
a. the crimes committed by the corrupt Senators
w. sold themselves TO the Sugar Trust. The
. secretary of the Treasury. a Cabinet and a
- that steal phrases from Thomas Moore with
~, credit and. while using hollow and hypocriti-
~, language with great emphasis. and making
,.a their phylacteries In the true Cleveland
s,vs despcil widows and orphans by selling the
.snn,rv 10 the Sugar Trust for price.
TUE DARK AND HIDEOUS BLIGHT ON THE
BETTING-RING.
pr, the bookmakers don't for the dark and
.,,.ous blight of McKiney!sm.' the Thomas
a,.orsCroyer Cleveland deadly blight" Of "trea-
r - which blasts the councils Of the brave in
sss,r hour OF might" They bowling because the
,oyov.rs Of the races blasting the councils Of
~. brave ockmakers in their hours of misery. and
49, smntyins their tin boxes and taking away bank
-,lls II the great majority Of race-goers are for
,rn..e enough TO go picking winners as they
80. been doing at Sheepsheed Bay In the last four
a,vs the bookmakers will be compelled TO apply to
c.o,se " Pullman or 10 Governor Altgeld. OF ILL.,
mis- for relief Democratic prophets. stuffed and un-
s,uned have been predicting 4 tremendous wave or
n,osperi,y TO follow hard upon the heels OF the
sugar Trust Senate BILL which the valiant hero Of
the White House did dare either TO sign or TO veto
Grea, strikes in Fall River and New-Bedford gen.
era reductions Of wages in all parts OF the country
considerable fall in stocks in Wall Street lower
nyices of cotton. widespread distruNt depression
and disaster-these the actual seque.s OF the
Sugar Trust Senate bill. The Democratic prophets
Of prosperity are wrong. they almost always are
The rule Of the Democratic party means destruc-
ton and ruin always and everywhere-even to the
bookmakers IN the betting-ring
DISPUTES AFTER THE DEAD HEAT.
It's singular thing that in most Of the quar-
rels controversies. dssensons and disputes OF the
Eastern turf for many years. one or the other OF
the DIVERS has beer in way or another IN
voved. Recall the Dwyer-1orard clash at Jerome
Park over Pontico; the Dwyer- Haggin collision al
Monmouth Park Salvador and Kern; the
Dwyer- Williams fight at Saratoga when blows
were struck; the Dwyer-Gideon controversy over
Ramapo and Banquet at Sheepshead Bay; the
Glenroyne- Stonenell affair at Jerome Park recent
H. and other incidents Of turf history. 1t Is pass
ing strange that the Dryers have been mixed up
80 many times In turf quarrels and misunderstand-
ings Why can't they get along always smoothly
and peaceably with all other racing men? Yester-
day Michael +. Dryers Don Alonzo ran dead
heat with Green B. Morriss Strathmeath In the
third race Don Alonzo was the favorite at to
On ~~t-Arno ~"sc'1e~ ~e q" 80
j. and even IS to against him. Only Don Alonzo,
Redskn and Strathmeath took part in the race If
Taral had been Don Alonzo there would have
been no dead heat. Taral could have won with Don
Aonzo very easily by couple Of lengths or more
The time very slow absurdly slow-l5S Tor
mile and furlong on dry track. upon which
Ducat had run a mile In 80 the day before Sims
Is singularly unlucky in riding Don Alonzo. he
does not seem to understand the horse at ALL and
he loses an amazing number Of races with him. lie
lay behind Redskin and strathmeath with the Don
even when the pace was crawl and tired 10 WIN
way in which to ride Don Alonzo.
after the dead heat Michael Dwyes was rum un
of Mr. Dwyer was perfectly right II was ,h as
Soa sHen wh gs S ss F%Hns
6S% as me en IN had ssr @ Don Aono
TO When division Is made after dead
heats and there is no run-off, the total OF IN, me
Suppose that Mr.: Dwyer bet $1,000 on Don Aionz9
surrendered his right 20 a run-off he would get
back from the bookmakers with whom he bet only
$3.50. thus losing $500 on the race.
REFUSING TO START sTRATHMEATH
Green b. Morris knew that he had no chance at
all defeat Don Alonzo with Strathmeath in run
of. So he asked for :. division This Michael F.
Dwyer justly. properly and rightly refused Then
Mr. Morris declared that he would not start Srath-
meath again. anyway He asserted that II would
XII the old fellow to run him again: strathmeath
geologic period. 1t would be mercy 10 Kill him
without Delay and put him put OF his misery he
pon Stakes at Monmouth Park somewhere about
ne time Of Melchizedek But he is 80 old now that
nA Joints creak. and he cannot run as rapidiy as
NE average selling platter. Mr.. Morris was deter
s na nothing should IRON rom 70 be rack on
ms way to his stable at the brooklyn Jockey Ciub
Blu, Mr.. Dwyer Justly. properly and rightly In.
sisted upon his right to a run-oH So the stewards
sent Tor Mr Morris and told him that he must start
srathmeath. An official announcement was put up
on the blackboard that the dead heat would be run
on twenty minutes after the last race. Later MI
Dwyer reented and consented to division. He
acted very generously in doing this and lost money
Strathmeath The betting on the race was almost
entirely Don Alonzo and on Redskn 80 the
eookmakers were compelled to pay out very little
strathmea;h money while they made a profit on
every Don Alonzo bet The division severe
hardship to all the hackers OF Don Alonzo
TARAL OUGHT TO RIDE DON ALoNZo.
! II is most unfortunate that In so many cases
friction and unpeasantness Of one kind and another
, follow races In which Michael F. Dryers horses
un. But II Mr.. Dwyer had a jockey OF Tarals class