New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-22
HENRY OF NAVARRO BEATEN
WEIGHT TOO MUCH FOR THE CHAMPION.
nm GOT THIRD PLACE IN THE ORIENTAL HAN
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=, ia said to be hot (, the neighborhood OF the
mad Sea at times In some other places on the
,one not altogether remote from the equator. the
.rcury in the thermometer has been known to
.,nbe Any person who said II cool at the
.cscourse OF the Brooklyn Jockey Club yesterday
.vsr read the biography of George Washington.
Nsyertheless. hotter afternoons have been known
q, rophet Among the frequenters of racecourses
q l;tie thing Ike hot day. or a volcanic eruption.
ar an earthquake. or temperature that would
st purs carbon. does not count for much. 1t
GAS hot at the track. Let 1t go at that Why waste
nofds upon the tumefacton. the dislntegraton and
.,a dellouescence with which such heat that Of
yesterday torments pain-stricken men, women and
cbudren? 1t is nerve-rending. heart-splitt!ng
Misunderstanding subject Why drop it?
The Brooklyn Jockey Club is having race meet
ing on its first day 1t had the felicity OF setting
hfore It's friends OF the finest turf bills OF fare
seen for many season. Its second day was
n,rked by no small measure of success, although
come of the Jockeys and the starter seemed 10 be
.urering at intervals from parapegia on Thursday.
pu, Yesterday neither locomotor ataxia paresis
nor cerebro-s spinal meningitis could be discovered
anywhere on the grounds. The starter did so well
that many observers thought that he had paid
,ts, 10 Chauncey NJ. Depew and experienced the
hsneht OF a secondhand miracle from Lourdes.
uos, OF the Jockeys rode II they had received
hvpodermic injections of nitro gycerne. The clerk
~ the scales strobe TO the weighing machine and
hack again with much stateliness and majesty
that the spectators thought he had entered himself
tor a cake-walk which would take place in few
DAVIS and taking lessons in the true Olympian
Gait TIE stewards and the judges and the other
officials bore themselves with princey distinction
and dignity 1t is thousand pties that the
Ruler Of New-York, Richard Croker, Imperator and
Aristocrai was not at the races. II ne had been
there he might perhaps have fancied that he was
IN the royal park at Windsor. with the Prince OF
Wales on his right hand. the Duke of York his
LEI; and the Windsor Port Ranger the Lord High
Mighty and Pussant Clerk OF the Scales bowling
low before him. while the Master of the Buck
sounds the Clerk OF the Stole. the Black Rod. the
Supreme Exalted Glider of the Princes Left Garter
and the Most Illust.ious Polisher OF the Royal
ramilys Most Eminent Reserve Stirrup Leather.
sank TO the ground in lowy obeisance.
But IN all seriousness. 1t fine racing after
noon Racehorses like the hottest Of hot weather.
Some jockeys In training for hot hereafter,
and do not object the fercest strokes OF the
IN this life Bookmakers thrive heat that is
worse than equatorial They hardened 10 heat.
70 ice 10 penury. riches. 10 the favors Of
Fortune and TO Its hardest blows alike. In other
words they are Socratic philosophers. Some own
~rs and some trainers do not complain II the air
IL ouverng with the hercest heat waves. They are
preparing for another existence.
II may have been the heat II may have been
the lively shaking-up which The Tribune gave TO
the turf In its issue Of Friday. Whatever was the
cause Il is certain that the consciences OF certain
owners trainers and jockeys were all In tremor,
and the gratifying resul, that no fairer squarer
and more honest racing has been seen anywhere
for long time than was seen at Gravesend yes
terday Nearly all the horses were sent to the
post with grim purpose TO win the races with
them they could run swiftly enough 10 win the
races Nearly al the Jockeys seemed TO detect
new Koh-I-Noor CLINT in Joseph j. Burkeys gilt
tering eye. and appeared 10 dread trouble II they
did not ride for every ounce that was In them.
Even the starting judge and the patrol judge gave
the impression that they had shaken of their long
slumbers, and were wde-awake at last
II was a great day for the Brooklyn Jockey CLUB
and a great day for the turf. Every unsei1sh ahG
loyal friend Of hgh-cass racing must feel grateful
10 The Tribune for the shaking up which The
Tribune gave to the turf in its Friday morning.
number. 1t did a world of good The power of the
less is incalcuable. 1t can awaken even the
Cebound sleepers Of the turf. II there had been
any daily newspapers OF sincere energy and I'M
adu.terated enterprise in the days of the Seven
sleepers Of Ephesus in the era Of the Enchanted
Princess, the sleepers would have been walkers at
early date. and the princess would have needed
no kiss to unseal her eyes The up,to-date modern
newspaper is the discourager Of hesltancy, the
revealer Of mysteries. the stimulator of the slow
and the sullen. the alarmclock Of the dreamer and
But no daily purveyor OF fake interviews and
bogus sensations need apply. even If it has pot
The turf was wideawake Yesterday, thanks to
was on the lookout So the starter handled his
Gag with precision. grace and promptness and the
Tribune and Joseph j. Burke were watching them
with the sharpest scrutiny and they rode as well as
coSner Tenor in the fourth race His riding
sometimes es has ghast.y luck in engaging jockeys.
Counter Tenor only 100 pounds thereabout
,inn the saddle. and the late vas september H.
won the English Cambridgeshre Handicap distance
about one mile and a furlons) with l26 and l24
Fsnor Is thTee Years Of age not Foxha
or Plaisanterie Far from IT, But he is not en- en-,
ever lived and he ran credtably with l25 pounds
up in a race at sheepshead Bay at, one mile and
Counter Tenor in the Oriental Handicap in a slow.
lazy. deliberate way Evidently he had not read
bs other horses in the race to come back to Counter
Tenor They may come back after Christmas but
ought to go to the "a S
and then and see how the mona rSnS He coSd
not fail TO feel like selling out his stable If he
watched the style in which some jockeys rae mis-
But J. Murphy's riding Of Counter Tenor was the
only 6S IN Ss ork Of on tSe &i
No doubt J. Murphy meant wei, al mat Many
cSeSs NAM N 5HiS of Them have no brains begin
with and no proper training afterwaro u n'aAe up
Tor their lack or Drains. - yryal.rar
Griffin rode two winners. Margrave ana Waitner
Sims rode three Nanki Pooh, Chnord ana Leoha
vii vile Teral rode one Rey del Carreres All
three Jockeys rode well Cordds vSso aryer IN w Sas
won in fast time 207la. and was really prli1aht
The track was soft with much dust on Top anq ria
race was therefore noteworthy. The fracuoha
times were as follows: quarter mile 70 secol ms
half mile 50 seconds; three-quarters' lIsA' 'hio
lAn ,.. .,-,, ord noh,e
resolution in starting Henry OF Navarro WIN .ire
ton weight OF 1928 pounds In the oriental failuoap
OF course Henry was the favor!te, and the superb
creature with splendid courage ana styIe
But great racehorse he IT, and well as ne bra
simply because clifford who is high-class morse
also and who in perfect conduon' 1 ana 90 ~
mrably ridden carried only 12l POUNDS 10 iehry 70, Oi
Navarre's l28 while Sir Excess, iaet oeasl WIZ
West H@St.