New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-17
uANDSPRING WAS IN FRONT.
FIRST ALL THE WAY AT GRAVEsEND.
.s,ox SECOND IN THE BROOKLYN DERBY
SHOCKING AND LAMENTABIE RE-
yERSMS OF FORM.
yERSALS OF FORM.

cuocKING AND LAMENTABLE RE-
yERsAIs OF FORM.
learned students of ancestry, who have
Ce'',,. wears OF resea~ ch TO the subject say
ave" ost OF the descendants Of job settled in
ma ,.,r Job was the most patient sufferer in all
of time. since the morning stars sang to-
ne o." n the people of Brooklyn did not trace their
se'"' an 10 the meek victim OF calamity. who en-
in' most every affection imaginable. they would
~. On angry protest against the acknowledgement OF
rse ~ Bridge. That Bridge has the tax
'"e - J,rooklyn and Now York since the corner
pay - laid nearly twenty million dollars. But
s'0 ..o hour when the first dollar was paid that
.,,re has been the Prey OF politicians and OF
,o,ons II the cables were not of steel wire
siDr .o,ld have dropped apart from the effects OF
~ gangrene long ago. for senile gangrene and
s ' ataxia and cerebro-s pinal-menngitis ard
.oo,ion of the spinal marrow have been ravag-
wv ho BOARD of Trustees and the engineering force
ns atoole organization which has had control OF
sh' ns,ce for many years. A journey to Brooklyn
"e :, the Bridge is a sou-wrackng task. First
Noooning victims of INSTRUMENTATION and total
s.a of common sense are compelled to walk a long
"'r t. order 10 buy tickets. Then they are forced
""' ,A lofty and trying and arduous flights OF
Next they packed upon Platforms which
80 o., TOO narrow. Next they are squeezed into
@'' 18th such pressure that their bones are al
ArNkp
"..rsve3 across the East River at a crawl which
en- name a lizard with all four legs broken.
~, supendous set of geniuses the trustees.
,oars managers and officials Of the Brooklyn
n-'Sga are, Their intellectual endowments would be
.".oss,v strained If they were called upon to cope
--,,h me problem of transporting a dozen bricks
. dozen steps across street
ono ~ the srangest things In modern life is that
- s,nan being ever consents to cross the Brook
ri Of
go constrained TO do by duties which are over
W" -r or nv the irresistible demands Of cruel
necessities.
rhs management Of the line which runs cars from
~. Rrooklyn Bridge to the Brooklyn racetrack is
,,,-s better than that of the Board OF Blunderers
~, make the Brooklyn Bridge thing of skies and
.svsns That line pays scanty attention to time
.nas It's trains are like the vagbant winds They
.,ms when they list and they go when they feel
s,s II The wretched wayfarers who take this
ante to the races never know when they will get a
..,r going or coming and the delays are so
.s,ched ont that they mortify the flesh and the
..,i, alike until the exhausted victims OF railroad
,,..nac,ty sigh for COOL quiet. peaceful graves in
c,esnwood Mr. Barton Is the president Of this line
n Mr. Barton cannot handle the racetrack trains
a,, rore promptness and efficiency he ought TO
,Asrs an engagement TO guide the footsteps or
.-p,led mule on the Erie Canal. And II ex-Mayor
Howell Of Brooklyn CInlnk OF IL! Inc 'O'eis VI
p,,okvn once elected Howell Mayor. president Of
The Board OF Trustees OF the Brooklyn Bridge,
cannot improve the present Bridge system OF con-
vsvng Messengers TO a most radical and revou-
,,onarv extent Mr. Howell ought TO be promoted 10
The Mace OF tester in a chewing gum mandatory,
where his only work Will be the mastication OF
samples OF the gum before they are put upon the
market As 10 Chief Engineer Martin. II he cannot
do better with the Bridge than he seems TO be doing
In these days he ought 10 be engaged TO sit on a
wharf during his working hours and watch the tide
IN order 70 see that ii does not rise too rapidly.
Brooklyn. as has been intlmared. is inhabited by
the mos, patient people in the world. Patience Is
q mos, estimabe quality even when 1t Is sitting
on a monument smiling at grief. There are so many
cemeteries within the borders of the Greater Brook
Ign (which now includes all Kings County, That "a
thence has a spacious range Of seats and snies IL
TIE people of Brooklyn had less patience, however.
less time would be wasted in crossing the Bridge
and in travelling from one part of Brooklyn TO an
other Would Cleveland Chicago or any other
enterprising Western city tolerate such mossgrown
md medieval gravestones as now I'LL the Board OF
trustees OF the Brooklyn Bridge and manage many
the railroad lines in the metropolis OF Long ISL
and? Why even Philadelphia would cast them
out, Philadelphia is not the sowest and sleepiest
city in the New World. BY means Brooklyn
fairly entitled 10 that distinction so far as the
Brooklyn Bridge and the trains to and from the
Brooklyn racetrack are concerned.
WHERE THERE'S MORE SLOWNESS.
And then there's Starter Flynn. who still con.
tnues suddenly 10 hold the flag at the races Flynn
often agon!zingly slow. and some OF the Jockeys
are even slower In fact some of the Jockeys are al
most slow and stupid as is the editorial koooid
Oh E. L. Godkns Evening Eczema" who writes
tie articles the plans and purposes and principles
Of the Republican party. That unprecedented and
cd ri q
Of American citizens by pelting them every AFTER
noon with sneers and gibes. He Is so unhappy and
miserable IN the country tor which he expresses so
much dislike and d!sdan that every sensipie Ae.
delay and stay out OF IT. AS the Repubhcan parry
70, which this malignant gbcat has SO extreme an
many a year 10 come after the 4th OF March,
IT, Ssy a0e reR hi ar and
WHO IS constantly coming and collecting. the most
sveTy philosophical and high minded citizen OF this
tEspuelc feels only loahng ana eSh,eInp & Ihy
here and he finds so much fault with everything in
this country that he could not be more unnapp! II
M %ese apees Of dom and on his play the
apes OF Gomorrah. That would be an apt con-
waters which cover the graves OF the hideons Cites
OF the Plain.
THE REyERsAI.S OF FORM.
The Brooklyn racetrack has been renowned for
many season the scene OF innumerabe d's-
utssng reversals OF form. II the day ever comes
when the stewards stand is occupied by three master
Ts by three stewards strong Of viii ana Tm aS 81
ws elder Cato, turfmen who know human nature
SrvvIougnly experts OF most robust ana relentive
tsinotes. OF the keenest eyes and the acutest ID,
torse sages who study owners. trainers anu
S.sAn a. profoundly German professors STUDY
,o.ok roots; turf leaders and chieftans ana pm,
rsopner. iniexble energetic. fearless, determined
sra nonored and looked up TO; racing directors
i,, dcators who Will devote themselves unsparingy
tbo,a an ther powers TO getting at inner truths
sy AVE. VINO will watch with the strictest scrutiny
sws uy part Of every race. and every feature ana
sn nc.dent-hen. and not until then. VIII puzzing
rackp ssihiui reyouti ons Of form at the BROOKLYN
On oe stopped and suppressed altogether:
u. me stewards stand at Brooklyn viii not be
xvupied by three such turf statesmen FOR many a
~ 10 come Yet until every steward In the stand Is
IA ,.sApert OF the right stamp. and does his full duty
Ss,s Ss right way every time. these deplorable re-
M" OF form Will be seen at the Brooklyn track
SS' a mas always been celebrated since the very
- ay When II was opened for such reversais. The
are not difficult for any observant visitor 10
races TO discover. and 1t is not necessary now TO