New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05
MR. BELMONT'S BAD LUCK.
HIS COLT DON DE ORC RAN POORLY.

HIS COLT DON DE OhO KAN FOOnLi.
rxp1AcEp IN THE GREAT TRIAL srAKEs-FUw
rAvoRIrEs SUCCESSFUL
Perhaps August Belmont himself was the Mascot
81 his own stable. Since ne sailed away TO the
domains Of Queen Victoria his coors have not been
a. fortunate they were before he departed Mr.
Belmont has been intending 10 run Don De ORC IN
ne English Derby IN 1897 When the steamship on
which MI Belmont is voyaging reaches her dock in
England. a cable dispatch will be handed TO MI
Belmont which will contain melancholy news. When
he started TO cross the Atlantic II seemed almost as
certain as anything on the uncertain turf well
he THAT Don De ORC would run well in the Great
TRIAL Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Vanity OF van-
ties All is vanity said the Hebrew sage. Pos
sbly ne had Just seen horse race The Latin poet
sanders lovely woman by declaring that she Is AL
ways oapricious and inccnstant The truth is that
even Cleopatra herself. Messalina burning
Saprho or Faustna, Empress Of the West, or Theo-
dora, Empress of the East. was model OF decorim
and conrstancy In comparison with a racehorse Don
De Ono ran 50 well at Morris Park that he was hailed
as the champion OF the two y'ear-olds. AT Graves
end he cast clouds Of doubt upon his title TO dis
tsnctson BY his wretched running in the Great Amer
lean Stakes Later at the Gravesend meeting he
regat,ed popularity by his glttering success in
the fremont Stakes. Yesterday ne was down IN the
dust again with none poor TO do him reverence.
II Don De Oro's true class and quality to be
Judged his appalling faiure o, yesterday ne GER
tainly is not worth shipping over the Atlantic. If
ne can't run better hereafter than he ran in the
Great Trial Stakes, voyage up Gowanus Creek is
good enough for him No luxurious travelling for
iecrestton tho other side of the for Don De
ORC. ne can't accomplish more than he accom-
2isted yesterday.
HIS PERFORMANCE DISTRESSING.
II was a disconsolate and despairing downfall that
Of Don De Orc. His performance distressing
,,H and IoIa hat ohnd1 discover
any excuse or explanation. Il is true that great
deal OF crossing Jostlng and interfering took place
as the field approached the curve into the home
stretch. But nothing that could be noted by the use
Of the strongest glasses and nothing tina; could
be learned from the Jockeys In the race. accounted
for Don De Oro's hopeless failure to make himself
formidable In any part of the contest 1t was not
Great Trial that turfmen in after ages Will recall
with rejoicing But the layers-of-odds and ther
children and their grandchildren and their descend
ants to the remotest generation will recount with
exultAton the story Of the marvellous triumph OF
the professional spectators over the amateur seek
erp after profit which took place on the battle
ground Of the Sheepshead Bay track. when winged
Font won the Great Trial Of 1896, with Ornament
second and The Frar third The Belmont entries
.re backed with inexhaustible courage and prodis-
ions amounts But neither Don De Orc nor Oc'a-
eon succeeded in obtaining even as much as 'hiru
mac. II was a remarkably fast race. and the time
made 11o Is compares we'll with the best previous
performances over the Futurity course. "lhseu
Mo. an outsider in the betting. ridden by ner
owner John j. McCafferty. captured first honors
with startling ease. The Western colt Ornament
ridden by Garrison creditably and secured sec
ona nlaca Captain Alfred s. Post the starting
>pdrr whose work excellent and admlraoe'
.,or,ed 70 the stewards that Garrison had done
everything in his power to help the starter 10 oo.a
q fair and prompt start. and Garrison "as o'.u
into the stewards stand and praised TOT WHAT nc
had done ,,. ,r,,
80 scottish Chieftain in the Great Trial Stakes
..,a after the race that Scottish Chieftan "as ou'
classed and that the others In the contest ou a
him The start he added. was wholly Satisfactory
and nothing could be said in the way OF apoiosy ioi
"a. -,ourt Scottish Cheftain simply did not have
snsed enough 10 get place at the finish. IAri
was an enthusiastic admirer OF Ornament anu az
vssed Matthew Byrnes to suggest to Marcus Ia"
~ buy the Western colt. even II 1t snouio De Hecs
- 70 nav q big price in order to get him. he
s,,d ,,yr4ber that he thought both Don De orc ana
George Kessler badly tosted and in'eriereo
With before they reached the homestretch- Never
theless he could not understand why Don lie Oro
aid exhibit greater speed
PUZZLE OF THE TURF.
STRANGE az I. NAV seem. Don De Orc never
,nsuv DANGEROUS Who can account for II? 1t ID
one Of the puzzles and mysteries OF the turl 'nAt
a colt which had shown high form at Morris PARK
and in the fremont Stakes at Gravesend should run
50 rniserzbly In the Great Trial
Wnen SUCH painful puzzles and mysteries occur
on the turf is ri odd that hosts Of intelligent Amer
cans prefer go wheeling rather than TO go racing!
Horses far less trustworthy than bicycles and
far more uncertain
Byron Mct1erand and John J. McCanerty are
wonders IN their way Nobody would suspect that
they we're genuine genuses but the two men are
amazingly successful n buying with moderate out
lay colts and FLIES that capture many rich turf
prizes Each of them has been shrewd enough to
secure racers Capable of catching big stakes year
after year Winged Foot conceded weight to every
one Of her competitors except Don De Orc. Orna-
rent and George Kessler but she won with be-
wilder1ng
1t was a holiday multitude at the race-course,
made no of many thousands Of good-tempered,
neht-hearted recreation-seekers. The attendance
war 20 large as to give much qualification to the
Cub, and the sport had many delightful features
But II was an extremely expensive afternoon to
nearly all Of the visitors % the course except the
sayers-of odds The Great Trial fell to an unpopu-
lar animal from an unpopular stable. and no wild
spte,,ssas,rn was displayed the second place
gained by the Western colt Ornament or the third
,aace gained by The Frtar. II Mr.. Belmonts Don
De Gro had proved 70 be all that fond fancy had
painted him. and had carried of the victory In I'M
presenve style the cheering ana rejoicing "ouIu
have been tremendous
But the Great Trial was by no means the only
which deeply disappointed the great majority
Of the spectators. The first race was taken by an
overlooked and unpopular outsider, while the rid
ing Of CLAYTON on Distinction. from the Brook
dale Stabe-a wel-backed and much admired FLY
was By no means equal 10 Frederick Archers
greatest exploits in the saddle In fact many Wit
nezss thought that IL Distinction had been ridden
VIC, especial ability and especial energy from
the nryt stride TO the last she might perhaps have
been the leader the end. instead OF coming In
forth
IN the second Sue Kittie. another outsider,
wzs easily successful. very easily. The favorte.
Str Dixon ran second Jefferson, VINO carried the
hopes and the money OF many people, ran out on