New-York tribune., 1895-10-02
RACING AT GRAvESEND.
,orp OF THE FAvoRITEs SUCCESSFUL

y q, BROOKLYN TO the racetrack at Gravesenu'
.s,, ~ be anxious TO ruin racing atogether' '"es
IL, as II they trying to keep people away from
r. ~oces Yesterday without changing their al
',,.enent in The Tribune. they changed the time
- the train which has been leaving the station at
,st,nave and Thirty sixth-st at 1885 TO lSV O'CLOCK
:, large number of persons who wished 10 see t"e
s,s, race just barely missed catching that tram, oe
.use OF the change in time The conductor Oh 'he
,,r,ace train. with fendsh glee, started MS tfaIh
.., as the passengers on the elevated train were
+ r,.hng madiy in pursuit All those passengers
,ned 10 see the first race. That conductor Is evil
l asntly a hater of the turf and an enemy OF man.
r,nd IN general Perhaps he lost a bet once
Caulee was a strong favorite in the second race
.,s his owners. the Boards OF Brooklyn, put sew
al thousands of dollars on him. Only Sir Walter
ra Sir Excess ran against him. Waiting orders
rsre given TO SIMS the rider Of Galilee He obeyed
,..s orders too literally and too blndly and too
.,up,dy. keeping Galee under choking pull un-
az hs had choked the speed out OF him. The first
hal,.mile was crawled over in the absurdly slow
,,oe OF IS seconds. If Sims had allowed Galee TO
,un the first half-m!le steadily and easily in 81
.sconds or thereabout Galilee would have captured
,te race Possibly he would have been first any,
~ay but that near the finish Sir Excess. who was
An the outside. swerved against Sir Walter who
susryed against Galiee and Sims compelled
N pull up Galilee TO avoid being forced into the
fence Sir Excess first the line. Sir Walter
second and Galllee third but all three were close
together
i The stewards questioned the three jockeys and
made inquiries OF the timers and others. After
long investigation. delberation and consultation,
they placed the horses they came in. Reih rode
Sir Excess and Dogsett was on Sir Waiter.
I, was heavy betting The bookmakers got
hack the money which the Boards had won from
them on the OF Nanki Pooh and Galilee.
7, seemed many observers tnat Rein was seri-
o,sly in fault and that II he had ridden Sir Excess
with care and skill would have occurred.
The decision OF the stewards and the waiting race
which Sims rode Galee filled the bookmakers
with ioy because both Galiee and Sir Walter
backed far more heavily than Sir Excess was
backed The time was a crawl-l5s for the mile
and furlong.
Sims did not ride waiting with Harry
Reed in the Greenfield Stakes. Michael +. Dwyer
and Riley Grammar. the boy plunser from the
West put much money on Harry Reed that ne
was socn at odds Pierre LOrillards flly An
nisette was a strong second choice at short price.
She was ridden by Griffin. This 10
make a novice stare and acolyte wink. Bel
coso Harry Reed and Irish Reel delayed the
start by III temper Belcoso far the of the
three Irish Reel ridden by Keefe one Of W. c.
Days favorite Jockeys Years ago reckless turf gos
sip whispered about wild rumors that W. c. Days
Jockeys sometimes rode horses in such a way as to
help horses owned by Michael F. DwyeT. Ihis
gossip may have been wholly baseless. Dut some
racegoers feared times that there might possibly
be some shadow of shade Of sembiance IN IT,
Everybody knows w. C. Days reputation. and the
mischief he has done TO honest and decent racing IN
this country. 1t is not surprising that any Jockey
who rides for W. c. Daily should sometimes be
talked about unpleasantly.
l Some people who watched Keefes riding OF irish
Reel thought that It looked strange in spots Irish
Reel was first away and with her light weight she
led al a lively pace for almost five furiongs lflsh
Reel went off at such speed and kept the lead
90 brskly that Annisette acted as II she mad peen
II fsrtfl mad n
\ 90 anything with her. Harry Reed took SECOND 1g
place. irish Reel led into the h0nestretcn I ho.u
Ing the rail She was well in advance ot 9.,i Happg ap
Reed who had all the other starters saieiy ana
| surely beaten. When Irish Reel was strashtened
in the % ooksS kfs seens eaeh sd
Ss could not fa to see that Harry Reed @ had ds
Just then Keefe seemed 1o be speSo,und Some
perhaps lost ,s IN e ng se at xa s' not RS in
R1y at S 'ii' sas s0?S @
Reel wholly in fault and that keefe Ne roas as as
to IRISH 81 Reel with Supreme the
at his leisure. Both the good little keefe ana I'm, tne
little boy and " What wGksd aSS ors 3sS
Se The swain from the Morris stable carried only
dssS BY 9Sn4MS Max HI fRu' Fs sha
outsider In the betting at 10 to ana even ~ 70 nv
sn was s the n favors sHhs %he With r
IN up strong second chSce but Ut !ps,e Ine SWAN
E J. Badwin's big colt Rey del csrreres. ridden
Tas an OddsSn fsysse for he scoHd
oc key del carreres has Improved vastly na n the be
ex ees S ssrnfs M d on as at qah1sk the start With
swlftness. He ran away from the Others al @ the
| lengths which none of the others could lessen at
,Ga b @ bpP9ded Re Se' MeFht we 10
effort. He was rompng all the way ana the ongr sr
dsss fD"a S the ss sharp
course very deep IN oust. o -, .h ,,ad,sor Stable
very popular young mionnire nn, VINO races ge c UnS
sGr from thu be' repei capses Of that cur
\ colt of his named whippany. In some mysterious
that Whppany has speed Perhaps he has bu, II he
has he has carefully concealed that speed in every
crawled and crept as il he were one OF the very
eIowest creatures that carried coors. And he
SSSSdy 50 S asS sSo so o
sodrs Sn a9f Of t. M K Of
against seeing such contemptible beast as Whip
'fRy P begins at Macon 0 G under Jockey
Club rules on Monday next. Major Wheeler will
he Majors Varied and extensive experience. his
exceptional executive ability, his admirable quail
Sr hs ss pf ess o &
friends. may fairly be expected TO carry the Macon
meeting to solid and substantial prosperity and sue
There will be racing at Aqueduct to-day. and at
No Of Volume II Of The nf,eenth seas season NOT Of
lished Every person Interested in racing or in
breeding racehorses ought to buy every number Of
this excellent and admirable Gu de just soon as
each number Is issued This Guide Is absolutely In
dispensable TO every turfman
Richard Croker admired Rey del Carreres SO
much that after the ffth race he offered MI Bald.
he would not sell Rey del Carreres for less than
&1Wo
Rumors have been afoat since Michael r. Dwyer
returned from England that Mr.. Dryers cam
paiyn the English turf was extremely costly
and disastrous to him. But II Is plain enough II
Mr. Croker Is willing 10 pay $4,000 for Rey del
Csrreres that the former boss Of Tammany Hall
eall has money 10 burn. and plenty OF II. The
fortune which he accumulated by years Of honest
and srduous toll In the service OF Tammany Hall
must be enormous. because II Is certain that Mr..
croker has spent great deal Of money In horses
ana houses In travel and in s1mptuous and lux
urious iviTg 10 recent years. Queen Victoria gets
seout 200 900 year IN one way and another from