New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
,,,NNING IN THE RAIN.
x,N WAS WHOLLY OUT OF FORM.

It "sO leans Of the sky came down. Several
aU. ,au and an ohio River stern-wheel steam
acOo' have had comparatively easy navga-
sosi WI the course when st. Maxim foated
ion ~ surface of the current in the Brookdale
qpon wv keenan, did not swim we'll Many racing
psnoe"r that the gigantic of Lisbon and
pen ~ might do something to retrieve him.
Pstfmo' .h.v were wrong. Keenan, is a puzzle
| eh D" os owned by Gideon & DAILY he ran so
Vhen IN his work that Gideon & Day and their
sIea' o-a inclined 10 believe that Ormonde him
r'lne' fragment of sticking-plas;er in COM
si with Keenan, This colt Is IKE NesuVius
nfs0" we eryslpeas. He breaks out unexpect-
~ also AN" Aara he is least looked for. Perhaps 1t
~ am .,oke 10 name him Keenan,. IL is not
sr rule 10 name racehorses after Demo-
f'aer,,,ans Now If this son of Lisbon and
duc p0 hoa been named Mark Hanna, he could
f'a0 ,rus,ed 70 arrive. Paris has pat phrase
Il ya oee' ohio arrive" In the blunt persfage
II W p'f 81 the Steve Brodes of the Bowery,
e'ep,. who arrive" Consult PAU Bourgeois
speop,Tv. are the people who get there
fasc 20 &c on the spot and he knows now 10
ARK no 10, nau As 10 Thomas Collier Platt ana
'cke. H'' "a ,ati,ants T. Weed Barnes. f. : Gioos'
BIS s"N + Iauterbach l.. Payn and A. morn
A. 0iSo. have al, made sad miscues.
ton. they 'rs, 10 have been named Anak or Thor,
KeenA- Ty,an or Wotan, or Prometheus, or some
or ~e ~ tall stout name that had hegh' III It,
other DIS ,sa, colt Neither Pat keenan, nor
hes ,.non ever amounted to much. the COLI
!ona ,n.t as well have been named Biue-Eyed BIN!
men' ~ skeg-Iron John Sheehan, or Assassin
sne'" q, even Dick Croker. or some o'her ''''e'
... trivia, absurd, ridiculous name IKE ma -
pt'V' stroke Of genius 10 name him keenan,
vas h0' vaa,ansq When you get big colt with
Nho s,riae why not give him big name!
"" all him Boanerges, or Bucepnaius' OF
Ni,.asnbaus or Trlsmegistus. or Zoroaster' OF
A'.ms or Grover Cleveland. or DAVID bennett
es ~ :. Daniel 5 Lamont. or PADDY DlVVei' oi SUING
A -' ,d lofty and spacious and high-souhuins anu
E"1 ,te Ike that? What is to be gained by
~. minute. microscopic, empty pun-o'ao OF
''' =, ona Of the tallest horses In training an!
'" Garth He might well be called sol
'' . Keenan MI Belmont would do we'll 70
-. h,s name Immediately Why not can Elm
as me chinese Giant? The name Keenan, is no
-, coniurs with. Change his name anu can
~rong and perhaps he will run better.
:. clouds were In a leaky mood ana all the seas
=, ,bs heavens had been holding came pouring
- =, cravesend The track was almost deep
s !, water 10 drown any rash adventurer VINO
- M, take good care OF himself IN heaNy sun
n. a,< race was for prize OF SOU Tor '"o-yeai
IA . handicap at five furlongs The secohu was
80 a,.,snce Of one mile and sixteenth Tor horses
49, 49, Of age or upward, the total amount OF
r.v hung I'D being $500. Next came the baysiue
s.tss OF s0N a selling affair for three-yeaI-o' uS
-. rus Fourth on the card was run OF nVe
s.,orss for two-vear-old FLIES that had not won
II A. this meeting, special weights. with s4V 10 .ne
sinner s,5 70 the second and s25 10 the third, f'"
a, tho rs. was the Brookdale Handicap OF wv al
NIL. and furlong The sixth and seventh aHa'i
800 ,sl,rv selling races al six furongs for three
x.,rods that had not won at this meeting III e"0N
casa the total value was $500. So many entries WEI
,.c.,vad originally for the sixth race that II was
a,v,asd and two races were made OF 1t. the SKIN
and tire seventh. =,
In the Brookdale Handicap for 5000, at mile ana
hr,ong or!y three ran ST. Maxim. l24pounds rlduen
BY Taral Keenan, rs pounds, ridden by grimm anu
p.,--nr. ios pounds. ridden by Doggett Keenan,
was the favorte and Bemar second choice. Mos'
=, ,,o sx,sr,s though, that ST. Maxim could not
wiz With 90 heavy weight. bu; they were WRONG
because s.. Maxim won with absolute ease. nv
ssd tho great advantage Of Taras riding. Dut oo'h
KEENAN, and Belmar were ridden well enough anu
vaa. could be found with the manner IN wh'ch
Arp-e handled Griffin sent keenan, &c the 'front.'
Al ned TO get away from the others. This was
=. anil ,his stvle of riding gave keenan, the
M chance he could have in the deep waite: ana
Ii But Keenan, seemed TO have caught an inieo'
u. Of cowardcc and currishness ana siugeishhesS
from his stable companion. Dorian, or perhaps t"e
,,ouzht struck him that he ought never 20 nav
h.s named Keenan, after a Democratic ward ieade'
vho Is no longer conspicuous or successlul III pm
~ Wbs,evs- cause may have coerced him. NJ
p.,,nly cured I'D in a way that even Dorian MIN
VII could not surpass. The time was 1reh.iu"S
lr-onlJ two minutes for mile ana iur'ohs
ns was shock!ngly slow. even for track oeep II
vale, and mud but Keenan, did not nave the spee'
concealed currant jelly .,.
vh., "a, no the matter with keenan, and Dorian
I'm A probem TO make the strongest Dralh "'hi
These two horses have excellent races al times
r.v are ouned by the first and foremost OF Amer
Inn turfmen They are trained by trainer 'ha'
whom America holds no ADLER. They are RIDDEN o'
1 compe,en: Jockey Where's the He' ~ -"
sJma: Who can solve this riddle! ,
Before the Civil War the school-books askeo UNI
C.s,ion who will weep for Logan now" en-"
va nor General Logan. OF Illinois. The earhe
loesn was An Indian sachem who los; all MS wan
I'm backing favorites) No one stepped forwer'
seclare his Willingness to Weep fer f fSg Reeha
Mbune now asks: Who VIII weep sent .y1 70 III
o1 p0c ~ The A spTUcket bicycle deparmsn,
xii bn T.iS1qs thr'f snbdvs SSr -
But there viii be weeping and wailing ana Ia' ihe
Sn sn3 woe ss among serts eran Information
M .as snd ae To certain racing officials as to tn
I'd theis relati,n 10 certain unscrupulous manp pa
a:oss 1t Is no, expected that al. re. s,eewsras
a meeting are TOO ienient and indulgent ana am,
.as and kindhearted 10 give even me ne. ,be de
isetves who are now at work should succeed !, y
Esparng Immediately proofs so overwhe'tn mrf mus
inevitably follow But even II no layer OF od nr;
yxnst trainer jockey is ruled of me , ~ b
tnls meeting (more than Jockey ought " ~,
certain earousng Jockeys. black and white ana sac
ssS0l.'s might well understand now Teve s' an
earo,sas studied carefully with the use OF 20"
s,iu glasses; that certain layers OF ODDS cert s
s.hers and certain trainers are also unoer susp
son; that the movements of certain go1petwerIs
uno is thought, carry out certain dperaHso,hhs :"
uso tracked and followed and that. even II there
70 EARTHQUAKE at Brooklyn this week the son,
Sosno likely to cape and chasms sno aoy sS Ca
nxn at Sheepshsad Bay II certain layers OF QUO.
Mian owners, certain trainers and certain JOCKEY
wIeny coored Jockeys do not take pains 70 wa wa.
sn care In the straight and narrow pain OF righ'
ss,a'nsss. The time OF easy tolerance is Wahilt
,ss hour Of punishment. swift, sure and deadly az
sAeenan was last In the Brookdale Handicai
- IN Keenan, and Belmar may be In better n ni
nme later date and may be able 10 run las.e
s~ystercay ST. Maxim could give them Dig ioa
sssht and Almost lose them. 49,.
sIMd .equ.red TO explain his peculiar handln
SSle Washington In the last race Inc M
~ nne lead until she well into the homs
H@. and seemed likely 70 win. But then PoNei