New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-18
STILL. MOURNING OVER CLIFFORD.
HIS GREAT ARMY OF HACKERS REMAIN VERY



UNHAPPY
People are still talking about the unfortunate start
for the Brooklyn Handicap. and are SIM asking II
It is not possible to for 500 per day starter
who will not leave at the post three horses OUT OF
fourteen In a IS 900 The feeling OF bitterness
over that wretched mess Of start gains In strength
and intensity daily. instead OF diminishing. The
fact that Clifford was the idol and champion or the
West that he had been backed for this race FOR
months by thousands OF people all over the country
that he was great popular favorite from the time
when the weights announced up 10 the second
when the starters flag fell. leaving clifford at the
post-an these things make the whole occurrence
most melancholy lamentable and deplorable. The
great multitude OF Clinords admirers and hackers
had no chance 10 find out what their horse could DO
In that race against the best handicap horses IN
America and they got no run for their money II
clifford had been fairly beaten in a fair contest
after a fair start they would not complain. But TO
ge, no opportunity at all TO save even their second
place and thirI-p money. that was a dolorons
experience indeed Starters and Jockeys are often
too careless They should be held 10 a stricter AMI
seyerer responsibility and accounting for blunders
which wreck the hopes empty tho pockets and sour
the tempers OF tens Of thousands of people. 1t is
not good for the American turf that such grIevous
accidents should occur and no penalty be meted out
TO any
II was pity that Mr.. Rowe could not have
handed over the starters flag for the Brooklyn
Handicap to Colonel Frank Hall, the venerable.
respected and esteemed starting Judge. Colonel Hail
would probably have left at the post three
out OF a field OF fourteen. and he probably would
have watched the favorite clifford win suilicent
care to that he was not deprived OF all his
chances by careless jockey.
Mr. Rowe's friends and admirers. OF whom he has
a great number the turf. say that the starter
suffers from the keenes regrets over the calamity
al the post in the Brooklyn Handicap. No doubt
this Is true. But Mr.. Rowes regrets VIII not refill
the empted pockets Of the huge throng Of Cnori's
hackers nor sOothe their rufied feelings. They feel
that they have not received fair treatment. And
they right. .
The Eastern owners who sent their best colts
Chicago last summer TO run for the rich Aincrl
can Derby vehement In their complaints con
corning Pettengill. the Western starter. who Kept
the horses at the post for more than an hour and
half But Pettenglll did not leave the favorite In |
that race at the post, did he I'll the souls OF |
tens OF thousands OF people In the various States Of
the Union with acute anguish. as Mr.. Rowe did on
Tuesday No horse In the American Derby was |
backed by nearly so many people. or for nearly 50
much money. the case with CLIFFORD In the |
Brooklyn Handicap. so the Westerners and East |
erners who backed Cfford-and there was enOr- |
nous throng of them-have much more serlous |
grievance against the Eastern starter than the |
Eastern owners had against the Western starter |
last summer.