New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-11
CHAT AMONG THE TURFMEN.
THEIR COMMENTS on HORSES AND on YACHTS
THE GREAT RACE TO-DAY.


THEIR COMMENTS on HORSES AND on YACHTS
THE GREAT RACE TO-DAY.
Some Of the racing men who were at sheepshead
Rav Yesterday declared that the Earl OF Dunraven
ough; TO be happy and satisfied with the result o.
Yesterdays yacht race. When the mishap &C.
Cured 10 the Defender the Nakyrie made as much
haste 10 return and sail the race over again as
the Cornell crew did when the Leander crew failed
TO start at Henley. Consequently In the interest
Of fair play a. the Br,ons see 1t. these turfmen
said the Valkyrie should be acclaimed as the win
ner Of the race since nothing short of the loss of
the Defenders mast the laundering of the
Yankee yacht would permit true Briton 10 ac-
knowledge a foul Things are coming In the
Briton's way every day. 1t is whispered on the
racetracks that Grover Cleveland has volunteered
his services 10 the owner Of the Valkyre and de-
sires to a ballast in the next race Tammany
Democrats however. object strenuously to the
proposition. because. they say. he might SINK the
Valkyrie as many fathoms deep as he has SUNK the
Democratic party The Tammany men do not care
rap for the party. but they are alarmed al inc
prospect of mob OF enraged Britons lynching
Richard Croker so to get even. or course. the
Cuckoos are confident that their leader possesses
the ability TO stand off the yellow dog mascot
of the Defender. and 10 secure the cup for the
Britons.
Michael F Dwyer IS a dead-game sport. racing
men say. He intends to start Harry Reed In
likely that a large number of English turfmen VIII
be present as well as many Americans. who have
been abroad recently and who DESTROYS OF pick
ing up selling platter.
There IL reasonable doubt in the minds OF TURF
men that Requital Is easily the best two-year-od
of 1895 August Belmont should have sought
earnestly diligently and persstently for David
Gideon at the conclusion OF the race for the Flu
turity Stakes. and. without moments delay he
should have exchanged Hastings for Requital and
the liberal bonus OF $4,000 offered by Mr. Gideon
for the s37 900 Of Spcndthrift ana Cinderella
Now II Is too late. because Hastings Is said 10 be
lame and Requital has improved to a remarkable
degree.
In the F.atbush Stakes yesterday New-Jersey
showed resplendent through the merits of Requts.
Kentucky was fairly beaten by the New-Jersey-bred
cot while the California champion. Cfescendo'
trailed in the dust kicked up by the nmble heels OF
Requital and Ben Brush. The time Of the race
l:26 was second and hreeauarters faster than the
record for the race. In 1888 J. B. Higgins King
Fox with ll2 pounds on his back, covered the
seven furlongs In TN. King Fox was hailed as a
wonder but he died few weeks later. and the pre-
dctions that he would prove wor.d-beater could
not be verified Requtars race yesterday over
shadows every performance made on the American
turf by a two-year-od.
Reouita, carried rs pounds He waited his
opponents unit. the stretch was reached, when he
strobe over them In the most impressive manner
and was two lengths in front OF them at the finish
Griffin. who rode him. kept on with him. and finished
the mile. which timed by Byron McClelland and
other trustworthy timers IN l:39 40 Several
watches stopped at ! 40 even.
Requitals victory dazed and COMPOUNDED horse
owners. trainers and the pubic. II (as David CID
con and John j. Hyand have frequently said.
Hastings can beat Requita In any kind OF a race,
when he is fit and ready TO race. what sort OF a
superlatively hgh-oass horse Is Hastings anyhow?
ofh wer
one OF August Be.monts two-year-o.ds. won the
second from fagfall to finish Margrave has
been ang less since the racing season ie-
gan. He showed lot of speed in his Of yester
day. and promises 10 win many races.
August Belmont and Philip J. Dryer should hasten
TO propitate the grim and relentless Peter the Pom
derous, the poolroom crusader BY presenting him
with Song and Darce Long Beach and other horses
that cause the layers-of-odds to fat while the
takers grow lean. they might possibly diver,
Peters attention from the racetracks. To make II
upon 10 train horses which would cause the re-
hts to sn s to Hs' u e:p
| In the daytime. while the races were run.
Anita and Henry OF Navarro to-day should attract
| a large crowd to the racetrack Byron McCeIland
him.. and should run as well as he ever did in his
Is confident that the Keene horse will run credta
nagfall finish and Rey viii be with them ali the
| way"
II Is Of to go into long and exhaustive ex
plantations about the contestants. Everybody who
| Is at all posted on racing has formed his own
| opinion about the race and has selected his cham.
pon. In spite OF the prestige given TO Henry OF
Navarro by glowing euloges In the newspapers
Domino IL the favorlte The Western bettors al
most 10 q man. for Henry of Navarro, but de-
| sire comfortable odds In his favor.
Rey FL Santa Anita has what would be called
| the ''vest-pocket' vote OF the racegoers A large
| following OF the conservative racing element viii
| bet Rey r. Santa Anita. while the enthusiast
| and the general public will pin their faith 10
| Domino.
The stewards visited the jockey room at the Sleeps
head Bay track yesterday and admonished the
Jockeys about their misbchavior at the post and
their reprchensble foul riding in races. The jockey
were cautioned that the slightest deviation from the
path OF rectitude meant instant suspension The
| boys made az many promises as a candidate fol
office. but some OF them wipked the other eye when