New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-03
FIRST ON RAMAPO.
r.sr RACE FOR THE METROPOLITAN.
AMERICAS BEST JOCKEY RODE THE WINNER
or.,rp CONTESTS AT MORRIS PARK.

no clouds threatening storm at any time Oh o'
day. It is probable that bigger multitude Oh peo
nile would have gone 10 Morris PARK thAh o' any
previous day in its history. But all yes'ernas
,norn,nr the sky was overcast al short intervals
and there was every reason to fear bowman -
any minute. This must have kept many 'no"'
avav from, the course who would nave gone 10 Sc
tho Netropol!tan Handicap decided. II they hau ho'
hesitated TO risk a wettng. In the afternoon niiS
cd drvz;e and a darkened sky and air prfVahe"
until rain began fall. when the sport OF INC u-'
was about half But in spite OF the uis's'
ahe weather the number Of spectators IN inc gram
stand was not very many thousands Deo" '""' VI
N,e,oo-ial Day The menace Of heaVy storm"
SaYar ra5uce1 very heavily the host Of men,
oroon and children who would otherwise have gone
70 Morris Park on whee.s In comparison WIZ" '''
enormous caravan OF vehicles on the oPe"'"S ''
The groups of carriages. wagons carts an" '
things with axles small The CLUBHOUSE anu
the clubhouse lawn were not thronSed as '-ey "'I5
IN "wednesday But the bettine-ring was packer
Yesterday and every person who trieu 10 man
wager with a bookmaker. or 70 buy frenci poo
ticket wished that the area for the Del'lhs "dH O"
many times larger and that the number Oh 'i'e
-, ,oo, ma chimes had been multiplied by ten
The Metropolitan Handicap the great handicap OF
t,o meeting was captured by the favorie hoTse
Ramapo. and the favorte rider Taral. Hence '"e
result gave genuine gratihcatlon 70 an ann!
observers and pleased far greater NUMBER nan
ro,,d have been delighted by the victory OF any
other horse or any other rider. Ramapos RUNNING
a. csravesend had been consistent ana ad'nlrdO'e'
His triumph yesterday was consistent anu N
nendabe 1t shot in the goiu lo' 49,
form and it was sped by the Prince OF AMER.
Archers. Taral won the Brooklyn Ilandio1p ." -.
ptoo Yesterday he took the Metropolitan on
panano Perhaps at sheepshead Bay he may gam
erst Mace IN the Suburban and thus carry on ''e
trn;e crown of the three chief handlcapS u '''e
East ,,o.o5 ~
Never was a more popular triumph achieVeu i,
4r1lqT
an many races last year that ne WIS e'
raoar stouthearted brave and fleet, and, as a RUE
highly consistent in his running Inat Is ''e 80.
Of racehorse that the people hke-and Jus''S, M
had made It clear at the Brooklyn JocAVS
rnse,,nr that ne was in perfect health ana IN ,le
.as, ~ condition and that he had made sp.ehu'u
progress and Improvement in his grown lio," .Ie
- - tb,ee wears 10 four j. }. Hylahd' "'e
shrewd keen sagacious and skhinl "a'"e' -
Ramapo did not conceal his commence ma
colt would win the Metropolitan GIDEON D "a,
and their friends kept nothing back Ihey ii""Ni'
freely and generously tod every acqua'''i
.vsrv inouirer that they expeca 20 win 'he manu-
cap with Ramapo 1t IS not surpr!shs &C. 80
with Taral in the saddle. Ramapo shou'o Na'e w
a larger number OF admirers ana sdPP0' '''' ~
any other animal in the race . l.. en-.
II is true that Henry OF Navarro SCUM - 49,
prooklvn Handicap and worthily named AFTER ue
kpguenot leader who asked II Paris was ho' "oi'
a mass had troops of sympathizers' auil'e'' a.
hackers he had proved his stubborn coui~e0 ~ ~
persistency on more than one well-'oush' N7'D -
Rice winner Of the Brooklyn Handicap ca''''u ''
highest weight in the Metropoiiian-l9 Poui'1S.
His triumph In the Brooklyn had put pena'y Oh
q dozen pounds on his back. GafI4so" was -
Jockey Doctor Rice had done 50 We. al D'aNS
that much money put on Mn -NO' "N vs.
slab-sided, mountainous Don AIoAzo heee0"
friendless while the huge imported ooi' bAsse'ia"'
son OF St Simon. enhsUu INC "0P
thusasm of hundreds. ~,
But the great of visitors TO Morris i~4N
Yesterday had boundess confidence in the J0ene9
shin of the most successful Of American 'iueis'
Frederick Taral afectionateiy ncknaIned OS MS
<,.aa .,ha Dutcbran" They knew that they
could trust in his quickness, alertness nmoieness'
yersatility swift grasp Of opportunities; nsn1
s. gu narsistence bower skill. sagacity ana com
mand of all the arts OF riding racehoTses an
sre in Very truth and fact fortunate IN ma ti ny
secured so superb Jockey for t h ap bira
Class horses thus far this season for Tara. - F
But when Domino emerges from ms ise5 ;Sere nav
og psmapo won the Metropolitan nobly, and on his
nri,s hut Tarai's riding was an entire ana per
feet chrysalite in this race nc ana hor "Ss'S e a
no Carnegie blow-hoes. no Sugar Trust senate
stains and spots o,S apd sHi handed The colt per-
fectiy in every way. to the best advantage-iana ana
won the i race 9 by S his friends tnS angina peeto
Isaac Murphy so fond OF doing Re" yedI >
age bis best DAYS and 10 ali Jockeys who ever
tried to draw head finishes when they coua WIN ~ a
minds Of the judges or spectators ny thg way m
Is reported f6en lhe from g riding Of drink
ms That report recalls 1b ths T da tbers %as sui
alive when Murphy was 50 drunk that he zen ot
Of Frenz SADDLE carsng the the b ,aG besn hen
backed He Insisted that he had heen drugged'
nded from riding for thirty days for that offence
Il is probable that Murphy was drugged IN a SIM
mar mar saa drink In his own face" the Bowery
phrase now has IT, som. S'n et rDrpea in thai
way ,, et TO recuT to the Metropolitan Taa took
Snslone 70 shake of the rIshes OF Roche and Henry
Of Navarro R1cb and came 10 IN seeo o Henry Of
third, Bassetlaw fourth and Don Aonzo hfh. The
IN every way a race which rebounds greatly to the
Gideon RSS the ,SS s4ane OF Of aaRaR1
to that OF Tarai the Jockey and to that OF the co'
Ramapo is in the Suburban at ll6 pounds His VIC VIC
tory in the metropolitan raises ms weight 10 ~ ~
suburban prospects excellent, especially II Iara
Roche a has improved wonderfully since last year
He showed lurid speed in the Metropolitan henry
OF Navarro ran extremely well but not WS
n meeting antagonists that at their weights can
outrun him, although he struggles most brayey
and does ali that be possibly can DO his form i,
win many hsndicaps with him since the haqdicappsI
rs sure 10 put the weights on heaViiy' f1hry y
always getting placed, but never winning. lie may
be placed In the Suburban, for which his weight Il
only 100 pounds.
The start in the Metropolitan not long DELAYED
ana nearly all the horses got of fairy sport wa;
slow to move but this years form he had no
the fantest semOlance of chance In the race ~
horse in the race was prevented from Winning DS
any accidents. The start fair enough and theF'
were serious jostles or interferences; The pace
hot the hill King.et making y very
strong for the benefit OF his stable companion
Rainapo that DR.. Rice found his H5 pounds 100
heavy to permit him to get near place In The
homestretch.
Don Alonzo came In fifth. This colt as two-year
old always best when he made his own running
at strong pace in front of the field, no mattel
what weight he carried. In that way he spread
esged the whole field In the Junior Champion
Stakes. making them all ook ridiculous. and wlnnn'
was in the beaten fed, and DR.. Rice. AnC
YET many turfmen to-day consider DR.. Rice fa
han I1on per no !