New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-06
ECHOES OFTHE GREAT TRIAL
TALK ABOUT THE VICTORY OF WINGED
FOOT.
SOME CHANGES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
VETERAN THURMAN.


VETERAN THURMAN
Winged Foot won decisive victory IN the race io'
tho Great Trial Stakes on Saturday. McoaNe'"
won 10 easily at the finish with her ina. '".'e N
no excuses eft the owners OF the oeateh
rr.,vd,ced persons may attempt to oetract if"i'
Winged F,oot's victory by asserting tnat 'here "1e
no two-year-ods out this year WIN any p'e'e"
70 class Such statements are aosuru III "e
crane The trials OF the candidates oeiore eae ".o
were run in fas; time and In reality e~oeoN Wv
trials OF the candidates of former years VINO were
h.re, as nrs.class racers in their respective years
~ non de- ORC had won the race ne would nave oee"
p,aced upon so high plane by some OF inc 1'e
hearers that the two-year~olos OF io'i'e' '
would appear as mere seing-platers IN the eyes y.
tho inexperienced followers OF the turn ornament
,roved himself 20 be colt Of sterling worth oy n'
a ,,ade IN Ia fought fierceiy contested races.
u ran a. game and true possible IN the race
on Saturday. The pace was superiAnVes iAs' ~
naSfan 10 finish. Rhodesia ana Inc Fr'ai "'e GO
'tremey speedy youngsters. yet ornameh. paso,u
them nearly quarter OF mile iro" '"o '''''1 49,
20 bs passed In turn by Winged Foot VINO won '''e
80 with amazing ease In record time for the rrea'
SrraaI Stakes liOl-5 Time may he no test ou' -
q safe TO say that the time mace III oatui""'
uss the result Of extreme speed and near ca"
ing pacs from pos; to finish: consequently al! q"
sempt TO beMt;le Winged Foots sp.enoio pc, Nm
ance on Saturday Is a renectlon upoii ''e
Of the fly's de;ractors.
,n,hn l. McCaffersy may not be so popular as sumo
o.her horse-owners. The horses IN HIS o'@ r.
be difficult to train. and may run /" r -. Sat
% saw the least Is peculiar: but Wihseo wv VI.
0rday raced truly and honestly a"u "''' ~
Great Trial with as much ease any Of the great
two-year-ods of the gained their victories Oh
the turf When racing comparisons are mace WIN
former years the time ties; compares 1aVoraoiy VII"
former years The racing itself has completely oe-
ruoral;zed rhe rank and file or racesoers Ns|uS'
OF certain owners. trainers and Jockeys Is almost
unanimous among the racegoing public The stew
ards are hard at work making Investigations and
have refused the ent ries of Charles 1ohmann q CO.
What the public wants to know is: VINO is Lon
mann & Coz"
Now what Is the use OF asking quesuohs vi
Jockeys racegoers ask Some OF them are wholly
discredited by both the layers and takers OF oodS'
nv the former because they know these jockeys,
and By the latter because they are fully convinced
that they have been plundered time and again py
certain OF these rascals.
rbera - a determined effort beng made to in
1ure George f. Smith GETTYSBURG Phil py covert
,nsinuations and by combination OF JOCKEYS VINO
dislike his fearless method of saying what he
thinks about races that have an extremely sus-
picious appearance to everybody except a CHOSEN
few George f. Smith is. without doubt. one o.
the shrewdest far-see.ng quick witted racing ex-
merits in this country. His losses this year nave
been enormous. yet there seems to be a concer'eo
effort to spread false reports about his betting
William Smith who had Palad.n in his stable
for few days at Morris Park. was highly mdig-
nant on Saturday because Of an attempt TO asso-
ciate him with the ownership OF Paadin A Ger
tain racing official made some rather bitter re-
marks about turf-writers on Saturday TO an
audience distinctly of his own class Now. II is es-
sental that racing officials should not bet on races
when they act Judges or in any otner capacity
hence it behooves ;hem TO keep out of the betting
ring and to discharge their agents or messengers
II 90 lane hah selec, from particular
calling and talk harshly about them for critcis:ng
the vagaries az form at the SheepSnead Bay meet
ing II some OF the mildest expressions used by
well-known turfmen about some OF the races last
week were quoted in the newspapers there would
be a lively time for the stewards If the TURNER'S
remarks taken seriously.
HE Is AN ANTI CIGARETTE FIEND.
To show how absurd some OF the racegoers are,
one weknown frequenter Of the racetracks has
a violent antpathy for one OF the racing officials
because he smokes cigarettes. Horse-owners DO not
nay so much attention to the clamor about in-and-
out running Of the horses they do to the fact
that racing, under the present methods. is
tanly leading them into bankruptcy. The expenses
Of racing stable have been materially increased
by charging rent for stables. high entrance fees
she horseowners themselves Michae r Dwyer
suggests that guaranteed stakes be abolished and
TO the stakes, and that lower rate OF entrances
should be charged to race for overnight races. Mr.
inent horsepower but the racing associations DO
not take kindly TO a return to the old methods
as a drawback to return to the plan OF adding
c s S Of h sng
certain stakes appear to have an immense value
Gideon and James r Keone nod thousands Of
dollars in worthless forfeits
definite amount is added a success is to com.
pei horse-owners who enter horses in them to send
ing entries void in case they fail to do II
Ing them. then the jockey Club shoIia compe the
association accepting them to pay the forfeits Of
stakes in cash. and the burden Of collecting them
should rest with the association.
VIEWED WITH. ALARM.
August Belmonts departure for England and the
fact that he intends in that country is
viewed with alarm by many OF the owners Of
small stables Some intelligent horse-owners who
train their horses do hesitate in saying
that men Of moderate means the turf should
not permit themselves TO be deceived by promises
but should be watchful and alert. and not over
burden themselves with the cast-offs from the
stables Of men who desire TO race in England
There is dcar;h Of good horses in this country;
hence Is not conducive to the interests OF racing
Enoch Wishard mas been diverting the attention
OF his horses at the English meetings The average
american horsepower believes that Wishard has
horses and the trainers.
neither did John Husslns consequehty there Is
likely to be extensive invasion of the English
turf next year by Americans
Moreover. the owners Of thoroughbreds are
alarmed at the nigh prices Of hay; The hay crop
has been failure in many hay raising regions. and
the thoroughbred requires the best quality Of
hay, the expenses Of the racing stables in this
neghborhood likely TO be largely increased this
year. The intense desire of many persons
csA.ed with racing to initiate the English customs
There many races for feather weights. II
two-thirds Of the selling races were arranged SO
that. high weights were the rule and not the ex,
ception there would not be much lin and OUT
racing. Garrison gave exhibition Of jockeyship
IN Saturday that should the racing officials