New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-08
coNGDON'S POOR RIDING.
s STUPIDITY GIVES THE OPENING RACE
At AouEDUcT TO MIRAGE.

r,,prn1rY GIVES THE OPENING RACE
At AouEDUcT TO MIRAGE.
OTHER FAvoRITEs RUN wELL-FAvo AND
MARSHALL FINISH WITH LITTLE TO SPARE
rpANK c1.ARKEs MACHINE USED
SUCCESSFULLY.
v,rgIet won the opening race at Aqueduct
ma .,.v favortes would have made clean sweep
yesie tour races that followed the choices OF the
for IN III. arst to the hnish King,ets defeat
bet'o,s n,re.v TO the stupidity or something more
vas u - the part of his rider. The officials did
cfih' A. 10 ask any questions. so the failure must
ao' oa 10 stupidity, but this opinion was not
u, shared by the public. for the morse was
genera ces off his feet without any apparent need
ciea barring this. the afternoons sport was lalr-
FOR IL The Winds which blew fresh from
M. raw. were rather chilling. but the layers OF
Jama. .o,ed 70 feel them more than the general
the our ,os.rs among the latter were few and far
public. iof 'o''''
between r,h.r ~ tho horsemen whose
AZ 'ne chartered at the track. President Reilly
w. rea the stewards of the Jockey CLUB 10 per
nss -, ossocation to race on the on DAYS AT MOT
nit ns Those who solicit the extension do SO
me score that their horses VIII De cohp,e'eN ou
On ' =, Morris Park. Gravesend and Sheepsnead
elas'ea means an enforced ideness Of couple
Bay ~ II Is generally believed that Mr.. Bel
Of I'D his associates will view the situation IN
m and assign the days asked for
mS a.. ballard is to be the possessor or the WHIP
'o'r go Archer carried the last time he rode the
~ a, the English Derby. The whip Is pres
VINE gilbert Hare, of John Hare the we'll
M w. .c,or. Ballard is exceedingly proud at the
DOW =, securing the memento Of the famous
nes frank Clarke's lnng-up machine was used
pa" ..,ond race and 1t met with the same sue
s,a a, Bennings, the start being perfect. The
es little too small to make the test thor
D" . hut the general opinion seemed 10 be
oasn ~. a good thing. 1t Is far less intricate In
"A' o,,on than the others that have been tried'
~a' :. generally commended by both horsemen and
Jockeys ,,. u,na,a,s defe,t He
Inc the best horse Of the six that ran. and.
was .,S laden. would have easily. but Cong
p'ops A much use Of him that he was beaten out
W. w.. very last Jump. He is horse whose forte
-. ,vays been speed, and had he been he'd back 1t
".uM merely have been case Of how much he
..d have won by. but Congdon made every post a
,rr,ne one and of course had a tired horse at the
s,,.h Rounding into the homestretch he had a
lad Of six lengths. but there was no let up ana the
..r.r,s which was sure to come followed. Mirage.
~, heat him. was better handled yesterday than
vbeu he last ran. The distance was something
short Of seven furongs
Resse Browning under Doggett's pilotage easily
a,.nosed OF her competitors In the second race He
had 70 hurry her some until the homesuetch was
,eached but she proved the better slayer In the na
drive. and won with considerable to spare King T..
who was looked on the one she had TO beat was
nearly a furong behind. He bolted when turning
INTO the backstreteh, but when Hamilton got MIN
Tas Ha sTa made runaway Of the third race
Her Own managed to keep near him for the first half
nd wifi he under
With Sabilla and Fannie B. Withdrawn from the
third race Marshall looked a real good thing. as
good things go at this season Of the year. The
pnce offered against him, to 8. seemed extremely
fberal but the turned out IL was fully war
ranted as it took Doggetts best efforts to get him
home neck in front of Chugnut. 1t was riding
alone that enabled his hackers to cash.
dozen maiden two-year-o made up the field for
Ae closing Several Of the lot were whispered
Is ODes Was on Favo one Of
he stable commission was heavy one, and me
% for those placing Il must ss has been mne
"a the line when the flag fell for a start She
htAwas reached she and Brighton were so nearly
Gtau that 1t was only when the official placing
Wnnounced that her hackers knew that they had
- Brighton carried toward the rail by the
ner IN the last strides But for this Faye would
ndsnp The ss named Sas SI
)sorly and received but little help from his rider
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
b1Rsr RAcE-Purse $500; for three-year-ods and up
ward: selling allowances. About seven furionss.
b Anderson's b Mirage. by cyclops-Ali Hope; .,
clsir: KInFlet; 8 iii :G9nsSSn}
d H;sz 0' sSa HssSsS s''S '''
ssd even k Ns.1s bs. to and
10 10 I to and to Buckeye 20
] and 10 to /.
Won in hard drive by head; three lengths between
second and third.
SECOND RACE-Purse $780, for threeyearolds: selling
allowances. One mile.
Erie Stables. CHI T. Berse Browning by Buchanan
Irene 100 n car io1 n,snv HssIay
As;. Df rnet sn los sa ana King T. S
snS IL TO and
cess 10 to and 4 to l. king T.. 2 to and to B.
Won handily by length and half four lengths be
tween second and third
THIRD RAcE-Purse $500; for two-year-olds: selling
allowances. One-haf mile.
McLaushln's ch c. Joe Hayman. BY Ty r,S,t,,
" G. Baly Z" b. II Her own ss Keefe,
RssS S s. @ G IS
and Lotto H.. eS oLsaryo. also also ran'
70 ana 40 i Young Harry. to and to q r ,n
and to l. Lottie H.. 20 to and to l..
Won easily by three lengths six lengths between sec
ond and third
FOURTH RACE-Purse $500: for three-year-olds and
upward special weights: selling allowances one and
one-sixteenti. miles.
stearn's b. h. Marshall by voltigeur--Hard TO
R Bradi.ys b. e. chugnu;, s. ss....:. Powers,
w. chanlers b. c. Rosedale. 4. 1OS. ~ Donnehv
Time. 1:5OH . ,
ny TO 3: Rosedae to / and to b.
wa IN hard drive by neck; four lengths between
second and third
fifth RAcE-Purse $500; for maiden two-year-olds;
special weights one-half mile
=. - fSheedy
John McCabes CHI Z Ks,ae " ir7 ....... G.ambiey) 3
a. Heseyp1 lo lear 1881 u. Hortenl sedgewck i 01
tSco,1 fneL l07 (DogsetO; Second chance, ~.
tBais,d, " w Bbs. lo7 o.. Cannon, Myrtle L. ~
ana H,i;,s saey Girl I07 tOLeary): L. b.. lO7 Reefe)
"' Hillside ITO WARREN also ran.
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