New-York tribune., 1895-08-31
TWOULD BE A GREAT CARD.
TURFMEN WANT A RACE RE1vErN
DOMINO. NAVARRO AND CLIFFORD
A DEMAND FOR LONGER CONTESTS WITH HEAVIER

Henry OF Navarro and Clifford. The racing at
Sheepshead Bay Is of such high qualit n
racesoers dislike TO make suggestions OF -
fault. 1t Is plainly evident that no ter how
many flrst-class or high-class two-year-olds start
in or how valuable to the winner the stakes
may be. racegoers and the general public do not
become wildly enthusiastic about two-yearold races.
II Is the same In England The two-year-od races
DO not draw the crowds. 1t is the Derby. Two
Thousand Guneas. st. Leger. Eclipse and the great
handlcaps that attract the crowds 1t is al It an
absolute certainty that the owners OF Domino
Henry Of Navarro and Clifford will not race horses
worth 100000 for $500 A 5000 purse would be al
most certain TO the three cracks to go TO
the post in at a mile. Messrs. Belmont.
Keene and Rose could make the race for much
as they liked between themselves. Such race
would attract an enormous crowd. and repay the
Coney Island Jockey Club twice for the outlay
the would cost the club
Nobody desires critcise or hamper the racing
clubs at the present time but the racing officials
should heed the general demand Of the public for
races at longer distances and with heavier weights
I, might be well for officials to consider that
a few owners-or many owners. for that matter
are not the public Give the ongdstance races and
the public will patronize them.
FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS.
II owners persist in occupying stables at the
racetrack and yet object TO any kind OF racing ex
cept short sprnts impose stall tax at the earliest
POSSIBLE moment. lnere IL aitokTNHt' wv
nonsense about the weights carried. DO
all races where the conditions rec ne
scale" Change the conditions al. nuke every
grade Of horses carry scale weights or upward
whenever It is possible. There plenty OF places
for the horses that not up 10 weight to race
The selling races and handicaps are open 10 that
class.
There l. more or less talk about some OF the
leading turfmen. such August Belmont ana
Pierre Lorllard. engaging in an English campaign
To be sure Pierre Loriliard knows from experience
what sort OF horse required 10 win In England
lame. r. Keene is we'll aware OF the fact tina II
requires a horse that carry weight run fast
and stay a distance. Michael F. Dryers recent eN-
perience taught him lesson Some OF MS 'c-
marks about English racing are worth reHempe'-
ing Here is what he said about trainers and tram
ing IN England: The English trainers are IL edu-
Gated and highly intelligent TSeir horses ar
trained 10 carry weight and go ~ r distance o'
ground Ii is all TO say that the rear rae
ing In the long distance races in England Is connh.a
m tho last quarter OF mile / know that the
nace is fast throughout The English Jockeys ~
veil as the trainers know every point about riding
races The jockeys make few mistakes anu rave
their horses along with rare skill ana )u1gmeh.,
Frorn the foregoing remarks II will be seen that
IL American horse-owners desire 10 WIN III h'"e"''
the sooner the tracks have long gdistance races
,,, high scale of weights the better. Long-dls-
tance lightweight races will educate jockeys VINO
hava little skill and less judgment in any race al
a distance greater than mile
FAR BEHIND ENGLISH JOCKEYS
q. courss there are some jockeys. such as rrii-
An and Taral who ride fairly well In long i-ce
aoas bu, the rank and file OF American jockeys
are far behind the English jockeys IN everything
,h,, annertains to frst-class horsemanship.
The Futurity will not down in some quarters
paou,tars victory was facer to some OF the VET
Grams Of the turf. First. 1t was quesuoh oi o'e'
,,s and the fact that Requital was preu a' D'oO"
dale caused the ancient mariners OF 'he 'u'"
eco NJ racing to assert in emphatic language tha'
- xaoa vas q huke In one instance the DEBATE
haoame So acrimonious that the ancient mariner
called one OF his associates an ass VINO 0o1'1
not distinguish a bale OF hay from "o''' %
The assertion was denied in such vigorous "
that for a moment 1t looked as II the ancient MAJ
,n.r boded evil his antagonist MoieoN'' ~
arc.r, mariner was accompanied by cfohs' WIN
added 10 the discord by making some o'oau as'''
,,ons about turfmen who could not lose "''iou'
sauealing like porker ,, A
The interesting dialogue was ended by friends VINO
,.nr,ared IN time 10 prevent A general rumpus
nb,cb uould have shaken the turf 10 lis iouhaa-
tions Since the heated argument ne" 'acA mas
been taken and the question OF training suOs''N
The defeat Of Of the candidates IN III"
was attributed to their unfortunate trainers i".ie
"a ona drawback to the assertions OF some OF the
,oo.s ond ,ba. Is that some turf writers have
memories The statement has frequently been
made in the columns Of The Tribune m tnaI 80 SOM Il q
arc so tmid that wnen @ m one ,be stable unless
race is the programme Win Gomo',iVms ,hr the
favorable that it Is an absolute ber trainers
so that their horses are often oea'~.' oS 'ne '''
When John j. Hyland trained for James Ga.way'
who is highly esteemed by his past ana present en-.
n 'snc,ent shook their heads and looked at Mr.
Galway with pteous glances "nensSe' pra,Lness
Stable intimated that of mis- horses had the
slightest chance of winning race Nhen Johh ,;
on, his own campaign and fought his own battles
without asking favor from either the ancien,s
mons of the turf. Hyland as a public trainer did
not race his horses 10 them run with the coofs
When any Of Hyland's horses went to the post they
won or gave their opponents morse race TOT the
money, Jonn ,e DaS: horses to Hyland. David Gideo
Also kept horses in Hylands stable. Man 4 seilint
tsciense stakes by horses from Hyands ,ay,e, &C
heavily were they backed by John Daly and DAVID
uas forned between them when tney could place
implicit confidence in their trainer?
HOW ITS SUCCESS WAS WON
The Gideon & Daily Stable one OF the most
successful in the history of the turf as the records
p.ainly show John J. Fyland won his VA, 20 the
ton and owes much Of his success 10 his hrmness
IN refusing TO be interfered with in the way in
which the horses in his charge should be trained
II some OF the owners OF high-class horses refuse
70 listen TO the anciens and pay more attention 10
horses without mediling with their afars ov giving
second hand advice the racing Will Dee ter an -
races between the best horses In the lea * stables
viii be far more frequent than they has been In
the past. .
"Thoroughbreds are either raceho-s@' or obs sters y
WAS the remark made by Kentr " breeder Cn
Thursday night. The public pay "ttle attention
- r. 600 sional reports about the casuAti"s In a
great stable Everybody knows that keruital won
the Futurity but few racegoers are awGre that
80 n0 worth of yearlings. purchased by Gideon *
Da,y died from accidents or big head or fell by the
vay;side in the march 70 the post Gideon x Ialy
maSs No sign neither did they cry loud sbout their
losses in the market-p,ace 1t }. ne tine with
breed,ng The accidents and de2tfs are Just as
mnch a mart OF the business as the v:cores and
defeats" -. ,..oo,o- ,ratt.ai