The evening world., 1894-07-20
G0SSlP.OF THE TURF.

Brighton is certainly the greatest track
In the country. 1t is Undoubtedly the
most democratic. and when 1t comes
down &c sensati ms. Brighton can furn-
ish more In day than all the other
courses In the country do in a week.
There Is no other place. either where
one can lose money and weight SO easily.
Fasorite" have the hardest kind OF
hustling to win, and &c piungers
would die OF heart disease If the
Brighton meeting lasted longer than
thirty days. Brighton should be the
Mecca OF lazy pugilists and athletes.
Turkish bath cannot be men
toned In the. same breath with
Brighton's grand stand. The shocks
that one experiences during the races
may perhaps be a triie less invisorating
and health than the cold piunst,
But one keeps on losing weight lust the
same, and II ON the last day of the
meeting the peaceful inhabitants of
load Of loving skeletons soins cltyward
they need not ne alarmed. They will
know that the remnants are the sur
vivors of Brightnn's meeting.
Messro Gilpin Taylor are person
any good fellows, and have many
friends. 70 ono would feel better
pleased to see them win good money
with their colt Sport. than the writer.
At the same time it is positive in
Justice to the public for the Brighton
Beach management to permit this can
tankerous brute to start, His entry
owners believe that he will go kind and
Sport started against Sir Walter and
Herald YESTERDAY. He broke nicely in
ter. Then MIR. Campbells assistant
5lartea IN to whip sport into line.
nudge. bergen, thoroughly disguised
with his mount, tore OFF the colts blink
ers At the head of the stretch, struggled
for fifteen minutes to get the horse to
canter around the course, and when he
succeeded he returned to the paddock,
where he turned Sport loose. after crack
happenings which Messrs. Glpin "" &
Taylor should have complained OF. Ber-
gen had no right to act as he did. no
matter how the horse performed. As
sole mission In life appears to be
that Of cracking his long whip about
horses No. legs Neither Mr., Gilpn nor
preferring to pass the thing over with
out making any trouble. Perhaps II
may be out OF place to offer advice TO
gentlemen ersss en-, Of Of experience in training
Saratoga. and a let up Of u month or so
would Immensely benefit Sport and put
him into shape for the Fall campaign.
The colt H. certainly thoroughly sour,
and no good can come of racing him at
Brighton.
The Coney Island Jockey Club an
nounces that entries for the Autumn
Maiden. Sapphire. Dash, Bellies and
Eiatsnsh stakes, and the Great Eastern
Ing viii Close Sc on %s A rR a. The s @ ss
announces series OF Autumn handicaps
for three-year-olds and upward. sub
scription Of $50 made by. Aug entities
the subscriber to start free In the Fall
Handicap over the Futurity course,
value $1,000; the Ocean Handicap, one
mile, value 5000; the Omnium Handi-
cap, nine furlongs value 5000, and the
irwin City Handicap, one mile and
quarter. value $500. No steeplechase or
hurdle races are announced, and 1t Is
believed that the Association has done
with this class of races. The Foam and
Tidal. for three-year-olds. to be run In
1895, close on Aug. 1.
Harry Griffin must have passed an
anxious night, wondering what action
the stewards would take in regard TO
his riding of Mr. Sass. The stewards
try very hard on Mr.. sass, and intend
is known. Mr. Sass is known as a
hard h9rSe to 70 ride do ana p shaps G thu
same time his riding certainly looked
queer and the horse did not perform
within pounds of his real form.
In two-horse race, where an out
slider runs the favorite close race,
there will always be found enough back
ers of the long shot to raise u dis
turbance at the judges stand. Such
was the case in the Sir Walter-Herald
race yesterday. Though the finish was
close. Sir Walter undoubtedly won.
Racegoers forget that every one else
on the track, save the judges, Views the
nnish at an angle. Where a judge is
competent and honest. his decision
should be accepted without a murmur.
The attention of the proper authorities
should be called to the fact that the
trains on the Brighton Beach Railroad
are dangerously overcrowded. The cars
are old and are whirled along at a high
rate of speed.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed at Albany for new track at
Newtown, L. I. j. II. Collins, the we'll
known owner OF Sirocco, Addie and
other horses. is interested In the new
course.
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