New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-22
FIRST CHOICES WERE DAMP.
EI-T THEY CAPTURED THE HoNORo'

IL Is common expression on the turf that "ne"
air and earth are alike extremely wet horses 'ha'
are first I'm favor in the speculation are o,eh near
,,e roar I'm the races. But yesterday at MOTIFS
Park although the rain covered the GROUNDS WIN
pools five out OF six favorites bore OF the 'aui'
The ranks OF lookers-on were much H'o'e SUI
s,antial than might have been expected IN sue"
weather. and the chances therefore are that the
contests OF the colts and the hllies OF sincere anu
unaloved ancestry are getting a renewed grip on
popularity II the managers OF the race'racA' ~
this State will walk softly and smoo'hIS anu ~
creetly in all things. and will endeaVof 10 p'e"'e
the public throughout the coming Weeks anu
months. and IL the Littleheld family VIII Nhu'y
oonso,, - furnish its escutcheon and not provoke
urkind words OF carelessness and forgetiuiHess J"
Jockey ship the race courses OF the Eas' may o'o
ike magnolia trees and flourish ike Kocheie'''i'
The American people are crying aloud ior pio'ec
.ion They lift up their voices. ana they sp"i' ~
rhny demand that William Mckinney shaiI pe the
next President Of the United States ana as surrey
as the sun rises and the sun setS' 'he! wan ~
their will at ST. Louis in June ana AZ 'he Po'' "
November They have demanded pro'eC'i'" VI ~
turf for wears and they are getting II III H'o..
generous measure this year than ever Deio'e'
Ahrsa and PROMPT and I.thos and few DINER
horses had died from catarrhal fever or from s0i'
other useful and effective Inflammation pe'o'' ~
onening day of racing in the East IN 1880 ANY '
admirers OF thoroughbreds would nave ucC"ie
with one voice that barring the hump-backed ana
bow-legged and squint-eyed jumpers, which ou'".
20 he barred everywhere and forever most OF
4he racers In the East have been running amicao'E
and with some reasonable approach 10 co"s'''o'
this season Most of the stables. most Oh 'ie
owners most OF the trainers. most OF the jockeys "
mos, Of the horses seem to feel some sei-resPect
IN those days-more sef-respect than seVeral OF
them were able to summon up in previous Seasons
This is abundant cause COR rejoicing
II must be admitted nevertheless that there are
few exceptional cases and that few stables Re"
ala ND
owners few trainers few jockeys anu ~"
horses still, prefer to pursue paths mat are i.o'
straight But these will. be fewer as the months
roll around The Jockey Club has done much eoou
and II IL likely to do more good IL IL can pei'ua
Lord Salisbury to recall 10 the fogs OF loiiuo,,
several Englshmen who think that turf "isuoi "'''
AZ with them and who delight to take wrong views
of affairs on American racetracks' II VIII aud an
o,hor cred,table achievement Its list OF praise
worthy deeds.
OMNIsCIENT PRITISHERS.
Americans Of broad minds have no bias or pre'u-
dice against Engshmen. Great Britain mas ser"
MANY magnificent Britons to this country Al '"e
worthy sons of Albion who come here 10 lhaAe d
living or for any other purpose are cordialy we.
come But for long time America has oeeh
m,o,oa u,,,h tho presence of few British cast
ors who talk and write and act as If they Kne"
everything about the turf and about eVer!t"i"s
csc and Americans knew nothing In every quar-,
=, the globe IT is known and acknowledged tha'
himself even more offensive than the unspe"Aao'
rrL or tho mephitic Hottentot. Every fair-minded
American is eager to give the hearty hd"u-
and the quick throb OF good Will to 'he moues''
,nassuming unpretentious Enghshmah WHO IN
IN this country without assurance or arrogance ou
I thousands of Americans are Thoroughly weary y,
the British outcasts who cross the Atla'',c an,
nrta articles ridiculing what is best IN the Ch'ed
States and apologizng for turf abuses
r-rhe nrinter should be careful not 10 PRINT ABUSES
IN this case with a big A. although there Is one DIE
turf Abuse with very big Al
Nearly all the layers Of odds are SAD. - many
horses have been running consistently TINS year 'd'
most Of the professional spectators have lost large
sums on their operations up to the present Jay Inv
heavily backed horses have had way OF Winning III
1906 and dozens Of the layers have been coHnpe''e"
10 convert latent into silver certificates MOST
of these professional spectators. however are eoou
natured patient, philosophical. long-suferihg
bankers and brokers Of the racetracks. and they
bear up we'll under their troubles Their expenses
are not so heavy they were under the old betting
ring system but both the plungers and the great
mass of followers Of the are now dividing the
substance and the spoil Of the layers among them-
Selves Moreover the layers have tall heaps OF oad
debts Many a who owes them portly sums
slips off to Europe elsewhere. without settIihs
accounts Nevertheless. the layers are wonderfully
cheerful and hopeful and they are looking for better
days.
GOOD SPORT IN POOR GOING.
lavish rain fell for hours and the track was
moist Yet there were no puzzing reversals Of
form, and August BemOnts Henry of Navarro, the
champion the Brookdale Stables superb three-year-
old nlly One Love- and Rhodesia an imported
English fly belonging TO the keenes, dld their
duty stoutly and stuTdily in the mud SO did
Shakespeare II and Deers.ayer in their races.
Only at rare intervals visitors at racetracks
see thoroughbreds well in rain and mud as
Henry of Navarro. One Love and Rhodesia Henry
of Navarro had only maidens to vanqush, but
NE moved through the encircng gloom IKE the true
but she is stately court queen, with majesty IN her
Celebrated English sire Minting will lay hold of
many glowing honors for the BrOokdale Stable mere
after. The sons OF Colonel Thompson whose death
was grievous loss TO the American turf are carry,
ing on the Brookdale Stable as their father would
like TO have carried or and IN this my they nave
a representative worthy Of the fame Of the renowned
Brookdae Farm. Trained By James Rowe one l
Love may make the best colts hurry.
FILLY TO BE PROUD OF.
James r. Keene and his son Foxha like Rho
desia Well they may. There's region in South
Africa named Rhodesia, after the hlibuster Cecil
Rhodes, confederate and accomplice Of the bucca-
Jameson in the highway robbery raid against
phlegmatc Dom Paul Kruger and his rugged band
of rihe-b bearing Beers. The Keene fily was named
after that region. She has earned better name.
Nothing of the hbuster the picaroon. the bucca-
neer or the pirate about this nimbe-fooed daughter
comey and a coming flly in Rhodesia The delay at
the start was tresome and Rhodesa got away IN
the ruck. BY sheer courage, sheer speed and sheer
suck at she grpped that second race in the sngu-
larry fast time in the mud of forty nine seconds.
Rhodesia is dvinely tall, but she is daugh-
ter of the turf gods Notwithstanding. She -
sweet bit of horsefesh Noah said to his wife
(name not mentioned in Holy Writ the first
Thoroughbred fly In history ran down the steep
slopes of Ararat breakneck speed, when he
opened the front door of the Ark soon after ii
stopped raining.
Lady Louise. by Iroquois. out of Tarantua, bear
ing the Fle.schmann colors brilliantly In that
second race. and was close second to Rhodesia.
Fourteen maiden two-year-old FLIES In
that race, and Starter Flynn had much trouble and
delay with them. But when the flag fell ii was
good for field OF that size and ne one of the