New-York tribune., 1896-05-15
AT THE RACES.
c,1 Jokes IN TURF AFFAIRS

T Flynn, ,orr,s park yesterday. Perhaps this was
10 ice q, .xorbtant prices exacted by the Morse
Que 10 Wv Zoo ,s expensive In these days But l.
Ice ,,, do better than he did on TUESDAY ana
Flynn Nus no must be laid the table In the
soh,on in which he tossed ASIDE 'aihs anu '".n
tur' he was Speaker OF the New-Jersey AS
err ~. Now this will never do, 1. fIyhn' ro-
i'., e'". nus don't tell on New-forK raceuaoNs 40
Euca' p- Won must give switter and more even
LIS or off you so. Ihese are D"'' ,o.,,o,.s
staf's are busy people. Make the jockeys
America" -, tho horses away In short metre. or
nhu' ser+ 20 settle In the cranberry bogs OF
you w." % grow up with the sprouts. ana
Ne".' r,.cbine handled by Thomas A. Edison or
fai'"e ros,, or some other human dynamo, VIII oe
NM ,,our place. This is not the period OF 'he
put '' ,,hen Methuselah begat sons and daugh-
pa" be had reached his half-thousandth
ters This Is the time for promptness In start
-, ~ Alfred Hennen Morriss colt PROMPT Is
ms' than CONCEALED gelatine. Speaker FNn"
sO" ,eak rapidly enough In the palmy Gays OF '"e
eoua 30 Ding Get move on ex-Speaker Flynn!
49,. ant, A slow starter Is even less usei"' '"a"
e'p.mnrer e'sp We must have quick and even starts
goH ..or,,np was not up to the mark yesterday
io. T, was lame and halting, and anaemic
.. ,aretic Brace up, T. Flynn
sn' .oca m Alfred Hennen Morris II news
A ,ororts are TO be accepted, YOU were In feVer
p'' .h,ngton TO bet with George Wheeioch 'ha'
o,a colt Prompt could outpace your colt
w.. Some newspaper scribes With Aladdin I'M
%a.,,ons possibly stimulated by hasheesh or NOR
~. declared that you told WheelocK tha' you
p. ~, 700 with him that Prompt could outrun
80. That was fantastic Oriental dream now
h 1, II NJ? You wouldn't bet 5000 that
" 60 alive now would you? Not unless Thur
;o ;s Weed Barnes took an affidavit that your We're
or,a YOU? OF course. no one would consioer an
n.,,,, nv Thurlow Weed Barnes OF any particular
,r. IN A political matter The Tribune has re-
,sv EXPRESSED it's editorial opinion as TO what
p.n,coi VACCINATIONS and utterances from Thurlow
~. parnes are worth. When the ancient Romans
',ssss 10 construct an uncommonly noisy and empty
,, drum they invariably made II out of the skin OF
Sn,,,sn ass 1t was lucky for Thurlow Weed Barnes
49,, ts was not born in Spain in the days OF the
.,cent Romans And yet he might possibly nave
49,, use.ul TO a certain extent at that period as
ts,tledrln As a political snaredrum for Thomas
r Platt OF Tloga, in these piping Mckinley days ne
,s wholly worthless politically. He has bray enough
ana hrass enough but the political noise which he
emi,s Is not enectlVe
Bpt even Thurlow Weed Barnes might know
enough II he were in charge Of the stable of his
hrother.,n-law Alfred Hennen Morris. not TO de-
,ude hl. friends into thinking that Prompt could
mn faster than Lithos in the Bouquet Stakes at
Morris Park and that Abuse could win maiden
raes when he was ridden by F. Littlefeld. and F.
Ii,tleheld's brothers. wife had colt called Bona
parte in the same race. Thurlow Weed Barnes
ought to be set up as a top-lofty signpost at the
door Of the Alfred Hennen Morris stable. bearing
big placard with long letters displayed upon 1t TO
the following effect: This is a family affair
And the people who go to the races and who
deve in the archives Of the turf. and who study all
the humorous races with which the Morrises and
the Littlefeds have been mixed up in the most
eomical confusion and chaos since the early days
Of that magnificent. philanthropic and charitable
institution the Louisiana Lottery, will make up
their minds. II they are wise, that betting on
races Is a deluson and a snare. even more disap-
pointing than the purchase Of lottery tickets and
q policy slips and that nobody outside OF lunatic
asylum ought ever to risk dollar on such family
affairs al the Morrises and the Littleields have
bestowed at times upon the racing public
By-the-way. who is the Jockey who Is populary
Known as The Favorite Killer?
England is highly attractive place TO race IN
wishard has crossed the foaming brine. There are
,,hers Why don't they also go? America might
ssolve In II they should depart but possibly
miles might be discovered among the tears by
careful scrutiny, as sunshine sometimes CLEANS
amid the rain.
Prompt?
Lithos?
Abuse?
BOnapdrteI
Well! well. well:
GOOD FIELDS NECESSARY.
Certain owners and trainers seem to be deter
mined to ruin the turf in this part OF the country.
Racing cannot be kept up unless large numbers of
people go TO the races and pay their money at the
gates OF the racetracks. Large numbers OF people
will not go to the racetracks unless owners and
trainers will start sufficient number of horses
In races TO make good fields. Yesterdays card was
not attractive. because in several Of the races the
fields pitifuy small The stables at Morris
Park crowded with horses. Unless the owners
and trainers Of these horses will start them In
races the Morris Park meeting will be a failure,
end If this meeting is failure the whole racing
season in this part OF the country is almost sure
to be failure. 1t Is mystifying that owners and
trainers do not seem 10 see that II such meet
Ing as this Morris Park meeting does not prosper.
they cannot possibly prosper. and the turf cannot
trainers who have horses in the stables at Morris
Park. but who could not earn more than 81 cents
Gay at any otheS occupation than that OF racing
would be compelled 10 sell peanuts and bananas In
order to get food II all the racetracks in New-York
should be shut, all the racetracks In New-Jer-
eey have been shut. Can't these dolts see that II
nsy keep their horses in the stables instead of
meeting will be failure? DO these owners and
trainers really wish to become peanut merchants
The stewards OF the Jockey Club and the officers
=. on the Weschester Racing Association ought to
sst promptly. They ought to summon before them
vnefy owner and every trainer who has horses In
wv Morris Park stables Then they ought TO talk
TSsny and bluntly 10 these owners and trainers.
ssnsy ough, TO tell them that racing In the great
es on the Atlantic Coast will be at its last gasp
a., loon loon unless all the owners and all the train
sscas VII! help It by starting their horses freely in
hsnd.uS % a. 70 stimulate public interest. to provide
and to 70, neds TO bring about exciting contests.
Mr. d., D. kel mutitudes of spectators 10 the track
AlbsDvs Dsmo5t and his friends have worked nobly at
and Sany ~ snd elsewhere to purify the American turf
he Afl1r mil anf az lob
quality free from ness a tbs owners
mon, "a.ners amer will do all they can TO help Mr. Bel
priss s"u MS associates In their exacting enter
die s,d -. Iner tremendous undertaking, racing must
'f Rus s1a ought TO die.
persr. meanwhile cannot Alfred Henner Morris be
WIliare 10 sell Prompt Lithos and Abuse TO
paix ~'n ~ catastrophe DAILY? II William Calamitous
eyervbcsas possession Of these precious creatures
a. Swell. well. well,
sonevhe-way isn't there q place called Barksdale
nAalnn .lrn,,n rorirne I'D