New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-18
FILLIES WON FOUR RACES.
EXCELLENT SPORT AT GRAVESEND.
THE RACING LAWS ENFORCED WITH RIGOR-
MANY SPECTATORS PREsENT-BITs OF
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Fun HERE AND THERE.
August Belmont. president Of the Jockey Club;
x,h,,n J. DIVER president of the Brooklyn Jockey
club: all the racing officials at Gravesend and
Robert Pinkerton who. as usual. was in charge OF
the detective force took great pains to that the
r.c,ne laws we're enforced with unfinchng severity
at the races yesterday. Mr.. Belmont is deter
mined that there shall be no just cause for criti-
csm or complaint to the relentless execution Of
the acts which were passed recently by the Legs-
,a,ure in regard to betting on turf contests, and
ali the officers and members OF the Jockey club
are heartily supporting him in every effort to carry
ont the present laws both in letter and in spirit.
The authorities of the Brooklyn Jockey Club are
acting in entire harmony with the Jockey Club In
this matter and the most ccnsorous and merci-
less Of critics could find nothing to complain OF
concerning speculation on the races yesterday
.tternoon What trivial differences of opinion
70 the relative merits of horses may have existed
IN the minds OF the observers of the various COM
petitions were adjusted without friction, vocifera-
zion or display, in an unassumng. conversational,
reserved and even dfident manner. II was APP
,arent that every rule OF Cas;ilian chivary and
etiauette obeyed implicitly. Not only was the
most delicate and high-bred courtesy maintained
q, all times on the grounds. but something APP
rroachns to coyness could be discerned in the I'M
ohtrusive transactions which were effected Inc
rrevailine spirit seemed to be that OF the polished
warriors of Fontenoy. who politely requested 'he'r
friends the enemy to shoot first DO" anu d
smile and an exquisite genuhection accompanied
the discovery that two or more men dinered as TO
tho nrospects of the candidates for the several
.os,s of sneed This was as it should be. and
everything passed off with a civility. grace ana
stateliness that even the court OF LOUIS the Mag
n,fcent Louis Quatorze OF Versailles couu
hardly surpass. 81,
The profoundest respect and Difference were paul
throughout the day to every syllable ana every
latter NJ the existing statutes in relation to wagers
ON horsefiesh Dstrct-Attorney Ridgway OF Kings
County was on the grounds represehtihs WIN
awful dignity the portentous and Medusa-nhe may
estv Of the law Mr.. Ridgway apparently did not
discover ANYTHING TO disturb his digestion Even
~ Peter De Lacy. the Hermit Of the contempt
r,peous and contumelious crusade against the
turf had been present with his adjutant ana any
TIA sanctifed Anthony OF Summit ~ D. hei'he'
the St Peter OF the Poorooms nor the 81. An'no"'
Of Summit could have found aught to onend the'f
d.,;cate susceptbilites. Nor could Mr.. Eiott OF
BROOKLYN City OF Churches, have laid his hands
and turned his vision upon any transgressors OF
tho statutes no matter how diligently he might
have explored the grounds. The august ana SOW
ereien grandeur OF the law supreme at the
Gravesend races. and every bookmaKer maze
haste TO bow the knee and kept IT bowed
The new system works we'll. 1t is satisfactory
and gratifying to the unsued and unsel1sh sup
porters of the highest class OF honorable sport
OF course there kckers. Some people "ouio
find fault with the melody OF the spheres. II theS
had a chance and would hunt for discords wheh
the morning stars sing together. II they were mas
terra Of counterpoint Certain faut-finders are now
d.nouncing the condition OF racing affairs under
tho new system established by the recent lesisla-
ton at Albany. But nothing would ever content
these prophets OF lamentation and misery Inc!
are chronic Cassandras like F. L. Godkin SACK
c,o,h 10 their constant wear: ashes are their I'M
failing ornament; Jobs potsherds are ever IN
1heir hands and jeremiah when his tears Moved
fastest was iocose and jubilant IL compared with
them.
All things moved smoothly and pleasantly in all
nsrts Of the grounds at the Brooklyn Jockey Club
r.ces vesterday No arrests were made, and there
were no reasons for arrests Everything was peace
IN, and harmonious. No money was exchanged In
bets no tickets distributed. no odds were cried
out no bookmakers were seeking to evade or 'o-
late the law by any schemes and tricks Inc num-
her of friends of racing who passed through the
gates was amazingly large for a Friday. ana
chilly Friday at that. II an eager. spirited
enthusiastic assembly Of admirers OF the turf But
q cloud same them when that we're de we're
Of a hlly The Butterflies. looking like Grahd
Duchess or = Greek goddess. lovely to look upon
divnsiy tall for hlly) and divinely oeautiiui uor
Q ilIyA was disasuousiy deieateo ia TUG "is' '"o"
b. Owjst
Don't forget that The Butterflies won the Fu-
turity Of 1891 An al-conquering Aphroolte she
was that day last year. Then and there the goo
CESS was apparent in her gait tRemempef Ni's'''
Venus and the pous Aeneas) But yesterday
lame Vulcan must have cast MS net o'e' VI"
Gideon a. Daily goddess.
IL was In the FIRST race that The Buttefnes was
vanaulshed and her glory and renown were dis
mally dimmed. The distance was mile ana d
sixteenth II was a race for Niles only. ana three
ran-The Butterflies. Owlet and sabilla or course
The Butterflies an odds-on popular laVoi'r
smone all the people who talked about what bet
ting they would do II the Legislature had not re-
pealed the Ives Pool act hui II was the nfA'
lace Of the Fgturity goddess In iss'' while "w'e''
second choice In the popular fancy. had run well ~
AZ, Asaph and had been successful al GfavrTehd
on Wednesday. Owie, led all the way ana Inc
butterflies could never catch hc' snh''l" was
far IN the rear ~
Some experts declared after The race mat inc
butterflies was only Splinter. ana would never
he able to outrun fast nrl1 at distance greater
than six furiongs But II IL too early to say that
Wait until The Butterflies tshc's beauty, even "
she was badly beaten has been seasoned by
sufnclcnt racing. and then sec II she can scoot u
mile or more David Gideon said after The Butter
files with bodrasgled and downcast MEN, had been
led away to her stable. that he would rather have
paid out $500 than have seen the Futurty winner
overcome. The dainty darling was backed with
stable money and perchancc she may 90 httie
better when she next trips out.
Many sagacious sages thought JACK OF spades
was the winning card for the second race. But the
trump suit In that egchrc hand was not black 80
Mr.. Beimont's Jack not even left bower Wern-
berg had a troop OF friends on account OF his races
at 81. Asaph. and his second place 10 Domino on
Wednesday. Well ridden by Doggett he won the
race handsomely and handily leading almost all
the way. The despised Fac;o,um was second ana
the sombre j. Of s. third.
Jack j. Mccaferty. 1t was reported. had scattered
large sums among the Western Amaekites on his
uncertain colt Buckrene. ridden by his uncertain
jockey Ref Rnmors are afoat that the Western
Philistnes still bet on races. although II Is well
known that turf speculation has hecn entirely sup
pressed among the chosen people Of the East But
McCaferty seems to be unable al times to inspire
even his own animals with confidence. Buckrcne
came In poor fifth. Prig locked rs pretty as
ported plant living picture before this race. but nc
seemed TO be unable to get out OF his frame. Phia'
deiphia Is the place for prig
August Belmont Is sure that his flying FLY Flor