New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-01
pACING AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY
,ocKEY TARAL RIDING IN FINE fORM
...-,.sr rv1.NoNT's COLTS FIRST AND SECOND IN
THE TIDAL STAKES.

-i was the hero OF yesterdays racing al Sleeps
"a pav In the first contest he secured second
.aca with Lehman by dint Of sheer excellence In
s.te,sh.p The best horse in the race was Belmar
80. IN class best IN public form. best In actual
.-tt Bemar is a slayer. and was fourth In the
Suburban But. take a., Belmars races since he
was frs, seen on racerack and is evident enough
s,.sr e the most obtuse intellect that he ought 10
,ave won that race by several feet at leasi. Any
esrnes: investigator who Will devote his time to ex
aiming every detail OF every race that Belnar ever
var mus; conclude that Belmar had sound TILE
% triumph But James Galway. owner OF belrlar.
C me Of he unluckicst turfmen ever known Tara
80, tides Mr. Cia.ways horses. and he rides the
G. horses as he rides other horses with more skill
Ard force than any other American Jockey can mus
,e- II Taial had been on Belmar. the G. colors
would ,ndisputab!y have been in ffo the finish
rai-,ar was backed heavily by The ablest turfmen
a. The track Unfortunately. however, ne was ridden
by sims and not by Taral. and Taral o'n ride
Da'-nar or any ether horse better than SINS can
Sims has been riding in the West among lot Of
incompetent Western jockeys. who do IL; Know
how 20 get a horse quickly into his stride. End who
ar. mere bunglers in comparison with the besi =
the Eastern jockeys. Among those Western blum
6a-e-s Sims shcne as Richard Croker shines at 4
,,se.lng OF the General Committee e Tarnmany Hail
Sims i no match for TarsL The Clark s.Ar .ing-ma
chine vas used and both Sims and Relmar seemed
tangled I'D Be.mar Tad last when the Tag
80 and was not n his stride. In fact. he was
,-.o.,aly LEFT a; the post and was far out OF the
contest for a quarter Of a mile. But his class IN
COMPARISON to OF the others gave him tAiTd place
., he end SIMS was Of No great assistance % him
In .acc SINS rode Of his poorest races on He-
M Peep Day with light weight got the best
~ the start and led ali the way Taral on Lehman
o,r,-je Sims on Brmar with eXtravagant ease. and
got second place
Tarars riding alone captured the fifth race with
Collateral The air was explosive with detonatins
l4T e
ha.,.- he REALISTICALLY named cot Thomas Cat IN
-he- trials Nevertheless il is well know ina; TN
mans old boots odd pOkeTs. tattered wh.sKorooHlS
"a -r-out brushes and all sorts OF refuse cracker
e,bie.s AMI broken tslbers included nave ol'eh
fa,.Ar thomas cats in rapid races over the DacK
<.-o.s % big cities so 1t Vas not amazing
triumph that Miss Prin secured because she had
,.-qu.shed thomas And Yet 1t must be con-
.essei nat Miss Pgim possessed OF MOI
e~ata portion OF rimbeness. II Taral ha1 been on
Miss Prm she would have put dainty forefnger
,,or f~st pace and the memories Of thomas cat
Mould have been buried under hail o missiles ana
q. obirrgations Taral was on Collateral fly OF
SIM speed but undoubtedly inferior r. agility 10
the renowned thomas cat l. was matter Of gen
s-al knowledge years ago that Taral could ouIlHe
r..-leaeld He can still. 50 Collateral was first
fv a Jew inches in the fifth race wholly N account
- Tarals ingenious ability in the saddle, and not
a. all because Of Collaterals competence
Ta-al rode Scottish Chieftain. winner OF the
oids-on favorite. AMI he outran Tripping ann
Arh,,,1la al his leisure l. was pleasant TO see
Marcus Days colors in the van in stake Marcus
pa,v has not spared expense IN his eHor's 10 get
together stable Of the highestelass. and rs whoe
-,,ljcy on the turf has been mos: liberal ana COM
,rarsahle He wants racers Of sterling quall'N'
rss % the right class carry off the most exalted
stake honors. and he does not care 10 o''he' VII"
selling p.aters He has always been ready 70 eN-
mend generous sums IN order 70 get racers tnat
-
hem managed Constantly In broad-'niItei ana
open-aan,ied The best OF American jockeys
Is under engagement 10 Marcus Day, ana II "ouId
b. a good thing for the American turf II Marcus
T,sIv's stable were full Of colts and FLIES capaoie
NJ sweeping everything before them in many stakes
John J. McCanerty advised his friends 10 Oach
Arbucke n the Spring Stakes. and ne pun MS own
money on freely. But Arbuckle was unaoe 20
con.,.-ie a dozen pounds Scottish CAieftaln or |
= the imported Aly Tripping from the heehe
stable ard he came in third
Roth Hastings and Mar grave went TO the post
with the Belmont cOlors in the Tidal stakes ana
-. 7 rrnal and Bonaparte came out against theni
,,~ belmont declared 20 w.n the Tidal with Mar |
20 as he had a perfect right 70 DO and Hast /
,,s was pulled IN order to let his stable CON-
NON win In al the betting Hastings and Mar
save were coupled and therefore not the least IN
t,.sc.~e vas done anybody. Neither Formal nor
I,rararte was OF the class 70 hurry either Mar
c~.y.s - Hastings Both OF the Belmont colts were
n fsutless form and they callel out much en-
-rrs4astic rn.ratiOn Both OF them VII probably |
make profound impression in England
Mr. Belmont will sal Tor England today HIS
sf-o--a will leave vacant place Of large pro
r,.-.t,ns On the American turf. and Will cause
much aepress on and regret. and his return will be
looked sr with eagerness
Tae weather; was delightfully."- cool and agreeable
AMI ne attendance satisfactory 10 the ciuo ana
- every at the track But Starter FLYNN an
rove. all the spectators by inexcIeable delay In
in he las.
hurdle race al mile and three-quarters, and with
60 lony a journey 70 We covered at the compare
t,-iy SON pace at which hurdle races are run IL
MAS re widest aDsurdl.y imaginable 20 keep the
Jumpers a long time the post. as Starter Flynn
ID ~ living breathing person with mind quail
fed 20 Yrestie with primary school problem III
tor ,nfantile .nteects thinks OF considering these
Jumping races seriously in these days. Messy
marbles have been resting for decades over the
graves of almost all the thoroughly trusi worthy
riders Of jumpers have ever been discovered IN
America Jumping horses both hurilers and steep!e-
haser. usually cisreputabe raecals on four legs
While -he jockeys VINO ST on the backs OF these
leapers not. a rule. hopeful candidates 'or
canon.zat.0n. Some steepechasers and hurders have
been named :, Luke s. John. s.. Mark and the
Ike. This o. course, was acute irony No one OF
these jumping brutes was ever sanity and as Tor
Their riders. Siclian brigands would nave wei
COINED many them with siealthy hands 70 thievlsh
GSiilrt.r snlp y tAey had ever tahTn Eos1sT ~
with eyes OF ten.er compassion upon the jumping
horses ana ne jumping jockeys, anu are CON- ulHtu
VIII srior and zeal 10 turn the Salvation Army
loose upon them all But most OF then-hors's ana
men aiik--were past redemption long ago
Seven races were run. and the last wa this hurdle
arai- J. j. possible thst among IN" thousands or
lookeTs-cn few told themselves that this hurdle
exh'oiti Dr.. Hhirr the turf, was as honest as
tne average c0Ites, The hat. But II was not ana
me horses and III riders also we're queer lot ana
,hey playei an OF queer antics. especially
Srazil the rider e Tom Moore.
i vas ghastly error 10 permit these jumping
No'srs an5 these jumping riders 20 return -
reputable ec0urses. They worse taan an cpl
Genie OF "plnk-eye"
A Few carly geologic tri,aLtcs entombed IN The
cara s.at- and limestone Of the Slurian and De