The morning times., 1895-07-22

most serious obstacle in the way ofrealIy
good racing at the across -the-river
tracks is the lack of competent Jockeys
The boys who are really good riders can
be summed up on the fingers OF one hand
Within two months nearly all of the
first class boys have disappeared The ac-
ton of the Jockey Club which owes
some of the boys a chance to get into the
folds, contributed largely toward thin
ming out the ranks The sad death of lit
te DICK Corbley took one of the best of
boys away. He was a very strong fin
isher and good, honest lad
Shortly after his death, "Dink'' DON
nelly who was great fayorite with the
race-goers, left for New York, with the
intention of being reinstated, if possible.
He Is now acting as exercise boy for Burns
Il Waterhouse, who have crack stable at
the metropolis and an earnest effort is
being III ade in his behalf Then little
Charley Donnelly was sent for by Jimmy
Shields and at once joined him in New
York
The greatest loss Of all, however, was
next To come Mr.. Pierre LoriIlard has
been after Willie Ham FOR some time and
when the Jockey cub opened the way for
his procuring a license he immediately
stopped riding and viii shortly go to
| New York
Ham probably had the largest follow
/ ing of the boys at the outlaw tracks
When he landed a winner he was always
received with cheers, no matter il ii was
favorite or a long shot
Lorlllard Is in luck to get hold of such a
good boy, and little Willie" no doubt
VIII one day be the premier jockey of the
| country.
Among the boys who are now riding at
| St Assph and the Island Murphy is easily
the best rider. He has a good head and
can finish with any OF them The worst
/ habll that he has ls pulling up when he
/ thinks he has a race Won This has cost
/ h,in several races recently which lie could
/ have won if be had gone on about his busi-
/ Ilass instead OF attempting to make a grand
stand finish As long as he Keeps straight
| hc can easily ride rings around his fellow
/ jockeys.
! Hughey McCarron's boy. Wasaburn, is
/ good rider. and as he rides on the level
/ he has a big following. Take Patsey Nc
DeTmott George Taylor, and FiTZSimmuns
/ away and outside of Murphy and Was'burn,
there would not be another really good
/ boy left. Duffy, Zeller Congdon, and
NeaTy are riding in good form just at
/ present. but they need much more school
ing before they VIII do.
/ The EngIisa are chuckling at the way Mr..
! Michael f. Dwyer is losing all his horses i'll
! selling races and the methods OF the Ameri-
! can stable are again roundly abused on all
/ sides There Is reason To believe. however,
/ that MT. Dwyer is anxious TO get rid of
/ the string a any price aud is cur satisfied
with what he got on Thursday for Don
/ AlonzO.
Tne latter was in the veterinarians hands
before the race aud why he was allowed to
/ ruu unless u was deslra bic to lose him is Il
! question which the Britishers are asking
| themselves Mr.. Dwyer also claimed the
/ winner of the race, Primrose Knight,
/ under the rules and paid $500 for him.
Johnny Distel, the weIi-known and sue
cesSlul handicapper. has arrived here with
! a stable consisting OF five horses, each of
whom Sgood enough to VIII many company,
aud certainly class as nigh, IL not better,
! than almost any racer at the Two over-Ihe-
/ river tracks. The animals are Halle Gay
and May PiDkerton, two -yCaT-olds that
/ belonged to Gus straus ana have Won many
/ Il race out West; Joe Mack. which belonged
/ TO Byron McClelaud, silva and another
crack. The two-year-olds have been pick
/ ing up 115 pounds and winning at five
! furlongs I'D the average time of Leg Ii,
beating some of the fastest youngsters in
/ the occident. Joe Mack has won several
| Oakley track in 1.10, and silva is quite
! as fast.
AS Johnny Distel is a game and heavy
! bettOr aud likes to run his horses to
| win each time, his stable Will probably
carry off many "a success Sful coup. On
| form it would appear that either ofthe two
! year-oldS hold Miss Bowser and Sir Will
| lam safe, and the only colt that has a
chance to beat them when they are ready
| is Septour. Joe Mack certainly ought
| to give Tancred, Finnwater, Rosita and
| other fleet ones OF his age a good deal
| of trouble outpointing him. His distance
| is six and quarter and six and a half
furlongs The advent of these horses Will
certainly improve the class of racing in
| this vicinity.
The card presented at the st. Asaph
| track to day gives promise of some good
| sport The fields are not large, but if
! they are not spoiled by scratching, should
furnish first class finishes.
There are eight Carded for the opening
race, aud Hazel aud Lento appear to be
the best of the lot. They should finish in
! this order, with George HakeS as the
runner up. The next event looks to he
! an easy thing for Pie. There are several
! however, who have a ok-in, aud Biscoe,
| EyaS Kid, aud Eouda may any one de
| feat him.
| Fagin will capture the third event i'll
gallop Miss Bowser viii of course be
played to beat him, but she will have
merry time doing it. Minnie S should be
! third. White CoCkade looks very tempting
in the seven-furlongs race, but it is doubt
| full if he can beat Belisarius. Miss Carter
has been improving right along and may run
| into third money
1t is not likely that Con Lucy was a
lobster on Saturday for nothing, and he
should capture the fifth race. Manola and
Mrs. Stewart stand a good chance of
being second and third. The closing race
is made up of dogs, and Duke of Gloucester
| and Van Dyke appear to have the cinch,
| with Irish Fat knocking at the gate.