New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-04
RACING AT BRIGHTON.
THE WEEK WAS OPENED PLEASANTLY

40 STARTLING REvERsALs OF PUBLIC FORM
HILLS POOR INCONSISTENCIES
SLOW RUNNING.
The visitors to the Brighton Beach racetrack yes
,erdav were fortunate in that the air was NOT OPP
,,ra.sive,v hot or humid and in that the winner oi
every race had some claims to victory on PreVIou.
FORM Possibly the criticisms which '"o '
Republican newspapers Of this city nave peen ca
pressing as TO the peculiar performance VIC,
taken Mace on several previous days at 'h's iee'
,nv NAV have had some influence. Whatever may
haye heen the cause most Of the horses that ran
Yesterday appeared TO have retained Vai'ous '
rnents of self-respect and both the success'" "'u
the unsuccessful contestants in the main gave the
impression that they were out LOT suos'antiai
suits and rot for pleasure strols' IL "puiu We ~
no means an impossible task TO enforce as much
consistency IN the running OF horses as was oo'io1
Yesterday on every race day OF the year oh e'''s
honest racetrack. board OF stewards iha"e up %
the right material could compel just as much con-
,a,nro,, n, everv race day as observed yester-
dav Rut such a board OF stewards wouiu DC 'oo
honest and too respectable 10 pay the snghtes' az
@sntion TO dishonest English excuses TOT the run
ming ~ William c. Days horses or the rid'ng OF
Hamilton or any other disreputaoe pe"S III "e
fence of the rascalities of the turn
t,iu the Jockey and j. Flynn, the starter act
"a II they were somewhat at odds now ana 'iei
Or IL they are not at odds. as least they arc mo-
ALWAYS in harmony. Hill was conspicuous neN'e
IN iockeyship yesterday. He rode the ooos-oh
<avorite Cromwell in the first race ana was hrs'
Mt the finish by a broad margin The many races
which Cromwell has run this year have Increased
his speed amazingly and he ran as II ne pos
sessed higher velocity than at any previous 'iiiie
The second choice. Long Beach, was secohu W
Cromwell and as every horse In the race moNeo
AS If he were doing well as he could. and every
.ockey likewise the contest looked comely ana
sound o.,
In the second race Hill rode Trowbridge CO. s
well-backed FLY Minnie Alphonse This nlly was
quick on her feet and took the lead promptly ai'ef
the fall Of the starters flag. She was III Hoi' up
20 the final stride, when Doggett. by dint OF nara
riding. got Belle Dick up and secured the MS,
place by head. 1t is likely that II Hi had hau
no whip he would have carried of hrst hohorS
with Minnie Alphonse But he began to use DIS
whip much too soon and bunged badly with ,ho
djscourager of hesitancy. In truth, Hill never
could use whip with discretion, confluence anu
sobriety Very few American jockeys can empioS
a whip in such way as not TO hinoer hoi'e
rather than TO force him to move more rapidIS'
and hin as a whipper is a whffet. A pulling
,,sbv in a cradle can whip almost as e1ec-
lively as Hill can But Belle DICK earned d great
deal Of money. McCafferty's hlly Confession was
The fayorte. but she could not do better IMAM 10
get third place. All three Of the placed Miles hao
plenty Of friends and supporters So when the num-
bers were mt I'D the hackers Of Minnie Aphonsc
sighed gently as they thought how Hi and thrown
The race away and defeated his mount by his impu-
siye and misguided use Of the provocative just
when he ought not TO have used H. put the All
was singularly free from blasphemy. In fact SO
few oaths were heard that several OF the spectators
fanc,ed for the moment that they were present at
a camp meeting.
But II the excavations were only whispering
zephyrs after Hills excessive. unwarraniahle ana
premature use of the whip on Minnie Alphohse'
wicked words hurled through the shocked ana shiV
ering air like hailstones after the thlrd race
was made overpowering favorle IN ARK Nil NH
Now. Darien is not much OF race h9rse any Nor is
who rode him, is not much OF race Jockey MT 70
FLYNN much of a starter The dela! al tie post
was not long Flynn Is an n-and-out starter IL mere
ever was one In many races he waits and waits ana
waits through ong-dra wn-out periJds before ne
IN a GREATNESS hurry at the start and is too i'm
patient tarry long enough 10 gel laT sem
n dozen starters and the distance was seven fur
longs. A great deal of money had been pui on I,e
gators who did not dream that Flynn Of ,,ew-Jer,
sey could be so cruel TO Darlen as to depfIre MN %,
did not suspect that HI. wac had been first WIN
LOST the second race by head only. would go 10
pleep on Daren when much valuable currency Vaii
,,ry in New-York) had been risked the cot These
were no three-cent dollars that had been riskea
them was good as gold. But Hill was only nifty,
rhree-cent Jockey lie went to sleep at the post and
got away drOws silly and with loud SHORES. )arien
was snoring also and walking in his sleep Neiner
Hill nor Darien woke until after the race WAS
over. and Daren came in fourth. although win an
alert wide-awake starter an alert woe-aw haS
Sockey and skilful riding. Darien would nave oeeh
first without much worry hustle or hurry; 49,
Sims awake yesterday, although ne mas peeI,
back from q s in many riding Of fHf the
favorite Ben Eder in the fourth race was mastery
Dutch Skater would have vanquiShed Ben Euer il
Sims had not outridden O'Leary who was on
Dutch Skater. all the way up the homestretch
This was fine piece of riding on the part OF Sims
What pity il is that he does not ride in every
race well he rode Ben Eder! But the fact
that IT was necessary 10 ride Ben Eder Win SO
proves that Michael +. Dwyer made a mistake In
buying Ben Eder whose running in the East so
far has been of mea9re merit
the fifth race. Salmak is son of Salvador, and II
ne cannot run better than he ran yesterday he
must be by very much the worst apology for Il
runner that Salvador ever sired Salvador was q
had seen him. the sire would probably have tried
slay the unworthy son in order 10 save the lam,
fly honor Crawling creatures that were called
Jacehorses have been seen on racetr0ckS before
he can do, is a miracle of elaboration and tardi-
ness At last reports Salmak still alive. but
his Infatuated owner Is likely TO cut the colt
throat blow his brains out before many hours
iyn track In fair time, and many people knew OF
this trial. Hence Salmak was well backed But
the Keene colt Tragedian was a slight favorite
over Salmak. and. ably and forcbly ridden by
Poke second. Salrnak very bad last, beaten
70 badly 10 make II advisable for his owner
either 10 kill him promptly or TO give him away.
il in way HIS fault that Salmak ran so
J. F. Maddens Ally Clymena had much more
speed than any other starter In the last race, ana