New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-24
RACING SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS by A NEIEHA'
THURMAN.

Thirteen SutrIrbans have been run, and are records
% the past, From - inception, The SUBURBAN
Handicap has been extremely popular Inc 'oh''
Island Jockey club Is looked upon AZ the ied'HF
racing club IN America, and thr'intn Uro"S"o".
the country consider almost everything hss"'"'"'
with the racing at Shccpshead Bay as superior 10
that Of any other association In the Inlt'd oa'eS
The racing OF Yesterday - nkey 10 De- remembered
for many years by the persons VINO Witnessed 'n'
contests The crowds began 20 arrive Al an '''''
hour and therefore, the trains to the track were not
overcrowded Moreover. the trolloy lines were eN-
tenslvely patronized. 40 that the distribution "i
the racetrack visitors among the different routes
prevented the squeezing which made the journey 10
,be rnceeourse so uncomfortable in former years
There was not 50 much display and hurrah mad"
by some OF the spectators as In former years Many
persons went 10 the races In carriages. Inc ""'-
va,or club headed by Alexander McKeever. was
much In evidence. and the members were Il" 'o'-
lowers Of the white plume Of Navarro ..
In the paddock before the first contest there
was . gathering Of people. who talked IA logically
about the condition OF the horses IA a f'opui'S'
leader talks about political economy ir"''''H'
who are considered oraces. Impressed eadihs plS'-
ness men and nnanciers forcibiy that they as
caried the golden policy OF public FORM ana eagerly
accepted the silver failacy OF trainers theore'ic"i
tins Men who are prominent In society chatteh
famillar.y with minor Jockeys; prominent imam
ciers who are acquainted with every TWIST ana 'u'h
y, tho money markets OF the world. consulted ABOUT
the hurdle race with steeplechase riders. VINO can
hardly find their way to the track without "a edi"e
An army Of club men was present and they had ac-
oured almost az much knowledge about racing as
a ers,-class trainer possesses since the Prince Of
Wales won the Derby with Persimmon
The wall Street brokers out In force. and
az usual fancied that they were the monarchs Of
the crowd at the usual Wall Street percentage.
twelve and a half each way, 30 "a to catch the
lambs coming and going When these brokers ar
rived In the market place where the members OF
the Netropolitan Turf club meet TO exchange
their opinions with the public and asked about the
odds quoted against the horses. they hung their
heads in shame as the layers Of odds gave them an
object lesson In percentages by oHerlng 10 lay as
much as ! to 2 against Is to shot. Before the
races were well under way majority or the wall
Street spectators were forced to try several sam
MES of the Nelson Tennessee novelties In order TO
give them sufficient nerve to accept the odds sus-
gested by the stool herdcrs In the market-place a
large number OF the crowd were business men who
were gu, for days sport. The layers OF onds "'u
nat take much comfort with this class. nothing
could change their opinion. and they bet on henry
of Navarro in spite Of the universal tip that Henry
| ~ Navarro "was not good" There many
women present. who were beautifully attired IN
their summer costumes Nearly all OF them APP
neared TO be young, but appearances are sometimes
deceptiy, az the writer overheard several CONVERSE
| lions among presumably young women, In which
| General Monroe's Suburban was talked about with
a familiarity that would cause Jonathan "yhhe OF
Timothy Robbins TO imagine that they are !" '
| heyday OF their youth. -,
conservative estimate of the attendance NY
an ex,ert placed the number OF spectators at up
| ward of fifteen thousand. There were four lines