New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-08
DOBBINS AT THE 'FRONT.'.
CLOSE OF THE sHEEPsIEAD BAY MEETING
MANY SPECTATORS PREsENT-MR.
ROwE's BAD STARTING.


ing yesterday with an impressive assemblage OF
gratihed spectators 1t attendance which
compared acceptably with that OF the Fourth OF
July and Suburban Day. The weather was delight
fu. and all the conditions were favorable for an
afternoon Of enjoyment Richard Croker's colt
Doboins won the valuable Realization stakes with
amazing facility in extremely slow time The
Keene colt Hornpipe poor second. and the
California colt Rey @. Santa Anita, winner OF the
American Derby. third Marcus Days colt
Senator Grady covered himself with discredlt lie
1ad speed whatever. In no part of the race was
he conspicuous and during the last mile ne was
FAR behind the others that he was the object or
the most derisive and contemptuous comments II
Marcus DAILY had been present 10 see his colors so
abjectly Inundated and disgraced he would have
been tempted 10 sell all his horses Immediately
and to retire from the turf forever
Senator Grady the Junior Champion ana
other important stakes last year. He never met
Domino in 1898. In fact. Matthew Byrnes. Marcus
Days trainer. carefully avoided meeting with
Domino. Mr. Byrnes Is 50 cautious and tlmld IN
starting his horses against racers Of high class hat
he has received the nickname Of the Ar,fu Dodge"
Of the turf. In the autumn Of 1895 the air was
constantly filled with rumors that Senator Grady
was faster colt than Domino These reports were
supposed 10 have their origin In Marcus paIN
stable. But Mr. Byrnes diligently avoided meeting
Domino with Senator Grady James Il. keene ana
his son. Foxhall. had pursued bold and strenuous
all sorts of races all sorts OF weights, and were
ready TO meet all corners with him. But Mr..
Byrnes always shrank from every chance of start
ing Senator Grady against Domino.
The Keenes father and son. decided that they
would settle the question OF superiority between
Domino and Senator Crazy. even If they were COM
PEELED TO chase Senator Grady 20 South America in
order 10 do it. SO they sent Domino to chicago
TO run in the American Derby. Unfortunately
Domino cut himself badly in that race ana was
unplaced. Senator Grady ran second TO the Call
fornia colt. Rey el Santa Anita.
Yesterdays race proved concluSiNey that heS
81 Santa Anita is merely another Boundless.
horse of no great merit. that wins rich stake by
a "fuke" All the mush that has been ladled
out to Eastern turfmen to the effect that this colt
is a racehOrse of the highest class Is grotesque
in the extreme. 1t must be admitted with regret
and grief that The Tribune was mised into print
ing in its columns hasty opinions of Eastern rae
ing men who unwise as TO go TO chicago
to see the American Derby. and who came back
filled with the delusion that Rey el Santa Anita
possesses genuine merit racehorse OF the rar
est quality
He is another Boundless. That is all.
Mr. Croker's Dobbins won the Realization Stakes
so easily and with much in hand that there
was really not even the semblance of contest
when Sims called upon Dobbns to make his run
Hornpipe was second, and Rey 81 Santa ANITA was
third
The time was contemptibly sow-255-by far the
slowest time in which the Realization was ever
run In 1859 Salvador carrying l22 pounds. won
the Realization in 25l. In 1890 muddy, sloppy
track. Tournament. with ll2 pounds In the saddle.
covered the distance in the same time. In 1891 Po-
tomac. with 10 pounds, and hampered by a split
hoof traversed the journey in 2:5l. Tammanys
weight in 1892 119 pounds and his time was
2:5l 2-5 Daily America had only 1O7 pounds In the
saddle in 1893. and his time was 2:50 30.
But absurdly slow as the Realization of
no Raaliz afO eve r7lp-SenafOr
Grady could never keep pace with the others. and
could never raise a respectable gallop The old mare
Flip Flap, who entered in the steep!echase.
could have run about mertorious a race in the
Realization Senator Grady did. II was a most
painful exhibition. If Marcus DAILY had been pres
ent to see he would have been dirsusted with rae
Ing for the rest of his life.
Presumably Il the journey 10 Chicago and
back which took all the speed out of Senator Grady.
If Eastern owners Will study the effects OF tina,
Journey upon st. Leonards. Chorister. Don Alonzo
and Ramapo in 1893 and upon Senator Grady in
1894 they will send another horse 10 Chicago
Richard Croker was not at the track. He re-
manned Rchfeld Springs, and did not see his
colt Dobbins win the Realization. He would have
been keenly gratifed II he had his OF Mr..
Pickwlck and Thora defeat the field in so decisive
and triumphant a stye. No Realization
easily But Dobbins Is by no means a
colt Of the first class. That has been proved again
and again. He simply had lot Of dogs behind
him, and the worst dog OF them all yesterday was
Senator Grady Henry of Navarro can give Dob
bins to-day five pounds and conclusive defeat at
any distance from one furlong TO ten miles. So
could Domino If he fit and well.
There will be racing OF any mOmentous I'M
portance in or near New-York until the Coney ISL
and Jockey Club begins its autumn meeting in the
latter part of next month. 1t Is devoutly 10 be
hoped that the Jockey Club will get competent
starter by that time Mr.. Rowes work IS frequently
distressing A few owners like Mr.. Rowe's starting.
hQN Ia fkG he Is
faction with his starting Is most extensive James X.
Keene thoroughly justified in complaining Of his
starting Several owners. both owners inside Of the
Jockey Club and owners outside Of II. talk very free
Is among themselves and among their friends about
MIR Rowe's starting They are thor ughly d. spleasei
with It, and they have reason to be dspleased What
from Mr.. Rowe a number Of Instances this year?
What sort OF starts have clifford and Lazzarone
owner who is Disguised with the starting 1t Is
extremely unsatisfactory.
The Tribune said yesterday that Mr. Rowe's starts
IN e at Sc @ BSE Ssn b
nth race. at mile Mr.. Rowe practically left him
al the post 10 the intense disappointment of the
race and 1t would have been perfectly easy for any
competent starter TO get them of evenly.
Legislature and the Republican Governor VII prob.
suppressng racetrack gambling "a most unfair, in
then Mr. Rowe can hold the flag for polar bears
In Spitzbcrgen or for chmpanzees in Central Africa
II he desires. but he will have more opportun
state But in 1894. the Jockey Club ought, in
way to secure great deal better starting for
500 per day than IL has secured up to date.
And then there Is Colonel Frank Hall Of Mary
land. chivalric Southern gentleman, whom every
body esteems. likes and admires. If paper were
ns up of Of c0ns Han n the
centre OF the field Sheepsnead Bay. every racing
man would subscribe generously. Colonel Hall has
sverybodys goodwill. affection and friendship. But
everybody knows that the starting Judge ought to
be John Randolph OF Roanoke. In severity, In !
sternness. in rgor, In acrdity. nhexibillty and
hardness OF heart. Colonel Hall is too mild. gentle
and Ina mr. n Tpll-
late. supervise and control the starter; Colonel Han
Is so indugent amable. kind-hearted. friendly de-
voted and sympat hetic that II the starter should
leave nineteen horses out OF twenty at the post he
with true Southern fidelity. loyalty and devotion !
would report TO The stewards that II was a most |