New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-20
HOW TURFMEN LOOK on OPERA SINGERS
SOME or THEM ADMIRE THE LUMBER" OF
MELBA's voIcE-OTHER INTERESTING


MELBAs vOICE-OTHER INTERESTING
AND UNIQUE OPINIONS.
That the general depression affects the rank and
file OF turfmen who remain in the city goes with.
ont saving Many of the horsemen attend the pro.
auctions of grand opera at the Metropolitan Opera
House Their comments and CRITICISMS are ex-
;reme,y amusing. Max Hirsch, VINO IS very popu-
lar with the racegoers and horseowners' Is the
box -office Handicapped. He assures each horseman
that he has the best seats in the mousse VIII" inc
same suavIty Of manner and smiling countenance
with which he assures seekers of tips on the race
track that "Gimp" is real good thing II 1t wins.
1t might prove severe shock to some OF the operao
stars II they overheard a group OF horsemeh COM
menng the fine productions OF the "ol"s
greatest composers. What would Melba tnnK X
she heard one of the OF a leading stable
say She Is a 20 TO on shot, and real jam AZ
that?" The chances are that she would faint X
she heard another say she had plenty OF ,umpeF IN
her voice. evidently getting timbre mixed WIN
timber, and evening up matters by calling II ium'
Der.
Nordica nigh: possibly demand an apology II she
heard she Cracker jack and was up to
weight over any kind of a track even the severe
cross-country Wagner course, with It's stiff hurdles
and numerous high and drop jumps. Emma Eames
is c.assed up lirst-c,ass handicap form, with
but few pounds difference between her and the
best of the year. Manteli is decided favorite.
and is quoted as well up with the leaders. invariably
getting place when she starts. Moreover. come OF
the horsey set say that she Is invncible in her
class.
Zelle De Lussan has many admirers who say
''She would be an ace in Carmen II We never had
seen Cave who was the Flrenzi OF that part
The De Reszkes classed as stake winners with
Jean the favorite in the betting Maurel Is called
q campaigner who can win at any distance, from
hye-furlong dash TO four-mile heats One aes,
thetic turfman said he was knee-sprung ana had
bad ankles. He was Immediately squelched py an
or
was not pedestrian but singer. Tamagno Is
looked upon as good-gaited. strong going per-
former who cannot be restrained but rlishes our 10
the front II he were trained by William {. DAILY.
and could disobey his instructions. but In.
slsts dying in front. Mines Drog; Heller Heller and
placed where the conditions suit them. Last but
not least scalchi. who is at home IN either q
speaks kindly OF her for old times sake and gives
her the credit OF keeping her many voices safely
corralled at al times. while some OF the singers
are unable TO control a single puny voice
The horsemen believe In realism. A few OF
them believe that Iago was pretty good sort OF
Otello. He looked like typical negro from the
soudan. while Nine. Eames's story as Desdemonia
white and beautiful as lily. The idea
Tamagno's Otello, and that Otello had
the nerve" to reciprocate. made some OF the
in employing any kind of methods to destroy such
extraordinary alliance.
souhsIn TURNER VINO So mas naa to
Aida personated by Nordica. II RACES furioIisly
at the idea OF an Ethiopian queen being painted
ret and insists that the royal E;niopians are SO
black that one has 10 light match TO see them
on the whole, the racing men who visit the
MerOpOSp oDers H9Hse asrsg bo W.T." ha ,bS
privilege OF attending the operas az produced this
year need regret the past or fear for the future
given In the past and not likely to be
improved on in the future.